Question 1

Children in the middle adulthood years have more trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The ability to focus one's attention and screen out distractions advances steadily through middle childhood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Preoperational children engaged in problem solving tend to focus on more than one element of the problem at a time, which is a major reason they have developed conservation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following is true of bilingual children?

Accepted Answer

A) They use more than three languages with equal facility. 
B) They have more cognitive flexibility than monolingual children. 
C) They use more than two languages with equal facility. 
D) They encounter more academic problems than monolingual children. 
A) They use more than three languages with equal facility. 
B) They have more cognitive flexibility than monolingual children. 
C) They use more than two languages with equal facility. 
D) They encounter more academic problems than monolingual children.

Question 5

The term__________is the intellectual level at which a child is functioning, based on the typical performance of a child of a certain age.

Accepted Answer

A) mental age 
B) intelligence quotient 
C) chronological age 
D) emotional quotient 
A) mental age 
B) intelligence quotient 
C) chronological age 
D) emotional quotient

Question 6

Provide a brief account on the development of metacognition in children.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Children's knowledge

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true of mildly disabled children?

Accepted Answer

A) Their intelligence quotient scores are 130 or above. 
B) Their biological growth is normal but they do not develop age-appropriate behavior at the normal pace. 
C) They do not acquire speech and self-help skills and remain dependent on others for survival. 
D) They are the most capable among students with special needs of adjusting to the demands of educational institutions. 
A) Their intelligence quotient scores are 130 or above. 
B) Their biological growth is normal but they do not develop age-appropriate behavior at the normal pace. 
C) They do not acquire speech and self-help skills and remain dependent on others for survival. 
D) They are the most capable among students with special needs of adjusting to the demands of educational institutions.

Question 8

Decentration refers to the principle that if A > B and B > C, then A > C.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Patrick, a nine-year-old, is playing with his toy trucks. He has many trucks in front of him, and they are all of different colors. He puts all his red trucks in the middle, the blue trucks on the right, the green trucks on the left, and the yellow trucks in front of the red ones. Which of the following processes does this scenario best illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A) Encoding 
B) Mainstreaming 
C) Seriation 
D) Rehearsing 
A) Encoding 
B) Mainstreaming 
C) Seriation 
D) Rehearsing

Question 10

Which of the following statements describes the term culture-free?

Accepted Answer

A) It is the descriptive of a test in which cultural biases have been removed. 
B) It is the free and fluent association to the elements of problems existing in cultures. 
C) It is a thought process that attempts to focus on multiple aspects of a culture. 
D) It is a factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds. 
A) It is the descriptive of a test in which cultural biases have been removed. 
B) It is the free and fluent association to the elements of problems existing in cultures. 
C) It is a thought process that attempts to focus on multiple aspects of a culture. 
D) It is a factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds.

Question 11

Which of the following is a difference between the judgements made at preconventional level and the judgements made at postconventional level of reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A) Unlike the judgements made at the preconventional level, judgements made at the postconventional level are based on the consequences of behavior. 
B) Unlike the judgements made at the preconventional level, judgements made at the postconventional level are found in adolescents and adults. 
C) Unlike the judgements made at the postconventional level, judgements made at the preconventional level is based on a person's own moral standards. 
D) Unlike the judgements made at the postconventional level, judgements made at the preconventional level are mostly found in children above 10 years old. 
A) Unlike the judgements made at the preconventional level, judgements made at the postconventional level are based on the consequences of behavior. 
B) Unlike the judgements made at the preconventional level, judgements made at the postconventional level are found in adolescents and adults. 
C) Unlike the judgements made at the postconventional level, judgements made at the preconventional level is based on a person's own moral standards. 
D) Unlike the judgements made at the postconventional level, judgements made at the preconventional level are mostly found in children above 10 years old.

Question 12

In the context of cognitive development of children, explain the principle of transitivity.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. If your parents are o

Question 13

Max promised to brush his teeth twice a day because his mother promised to buy him a box of his favorite cereal. According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, Max is likely to be in the _____.

Accepted Answer

A) formal-operational stage 
B) preconventional level 
C) sensorimotor stage 
D) postconventional level 
A) formal-operational stage 
B) preconventional level 
C) sensorimotor stage 
D) postconventional level

Question 14

Divergent thinking is the:

Accepted Answer

A) free and fluent association to the elements of a problem. 
B) view that retribution for wrongdoing is a direct consequence of the wrongdoing. 
C) judgment of acts as moral when they conform to authority or to the rules of the game. 
D) thought process that attempts to focus on the single best solution to a problem. 
A) free and fluent association to the elements of a problem. 
B) view that retribution for wrongdoing is a direct consequence of the wrongdoing. 
C) judgment of acts as moral when they conform to authority or to the rules of the game. 
D) thought process that attempts to focus on the single best solution to a problem.

Question 15

Identify a true statement about concrete-operational children.

Accepted Answer

A) They do not exhibit transitivity. 
B) They exclusively focus on abstract ideas. 
C) They can focus on multiple parts of a problem at once. 
D) They do not seriate in two dimensions at once. 
A) They do not exhibit transitivity. 
B) They exclusively focus on abstract ideas. 
C) They can focus on multiple parts of a problem at once. 
D) They do not seriate in two dimensions at once.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale?

Accepted Answer

A) It groups test questions into subtests that measure different motor skills. 
B) It suggests children's strengths and weaknesses as well as provides overall measures of cognitive functioning. 
C) It yields a score called the intelligence quotient and can be used with children from the age of two to adults. 
D) It is a culture-free intelligence test and can be used for anyone irrespective of their cultural background. 
A) It groups test questions into subtests that measure different motor skills. 
B) It suggests children's strengths and weaknesses as well as provides overall measures of cognitive functioning. 
C) It yields a score called the intelligence quotient and can be used with children from the age of two to adults. 
D) It is a culture-free intelligence test and can be used for anyone irrespective of their cultural background.

Question 17

Sarah, an eight-year-old, is playing with her dolls. She notices that they are of different heights; this leads her to arrange them in the order of their height from left to right. Which of the following processes does this scenario illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A) Encoding 
B) Mainstreaming 
C) Seriation 
D) Rehearsing 
A) Encoding 
B) Mainstreaming 
C) Seriation 
D) Rehearsing

Question 18

Explain the phonetic method of teaching reading.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Children read by inte

Question 19

Which of the following refers to the principle that if A exceeds B in some property and B exceeds C, then A must also exceed C?

Accepted Answer

A) Decentration 
B) Class inclusion 
C) Conservation 
D) Transitivity 
A) Decentration 
B) Class inclusion 
C) Conservation 
D) Transitivity

Question 20

__________is the ability to do things that are novel and useful.

Accepted Answer

A) Adaptability 
B) Creativity 
C) Heritability 
D) Transitivity 
A) Adaptability 
B) Creativity 
C) Heritability 
D) Transitivity

Children in the middle adulthood years have more trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers.

The ability to focus one's attention and screen out distractions advances steadily through middle childhood.

Preoperational children engaged in problem solving tend to focus on more than one element of the problem at a time, which is a major reason they have developed conservation.

Which of the following is true of bilingual children?

The term__________is the intellectual level at which a child is functioning, based on the typical performance of a child of a certain age.

Provide a brief account on the development of metacognition in children.

Which of the following statements is true of mildly disabled children?

Decentration refers to the principle that if A > B and B > C, then A > C.

Which of the following statements describes the term culture-free?

Which of the following is a difference between the judgements made at preconventional level and the judgements made at postconventional level of reasoning?

In the context of cognitive development of children, explain the principle of transitivity.

Max promised to brush his teeth twice a day because his mother promised to buy him a box of his favorite cereal. According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, Max is likely to be in the _____.

Divergent thinking is the:

Identify a true statement about concrete-operational children.

Which of the following statements is true of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale?

Sarah, an eight-year-old, is playing with her dolls. She notices that they are of different heights; this leads her to arrange them in the order of their height from left to right. Which of the following processes does this scenario illustrate?

Explain the phonetic method of teaching reading.

Which of the following refers to the principle that if A exceeds B in some property and B exceeds C, then A must also exceed C?

__________is the ability to do things that are novel and useful.

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Exam 12: Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development

Children in the middle adulthood years have more trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers.

The ability to focus one's attention and screen out distractions advances steadily through middle childhood.

Preoperational children engaged in problem solving tend to focus on more than one element of the problem at a time, which is a major reason they have developed conservation.

Which of the following is true of bilingual children?

The term__________is the intellectual level at which a child is functioning, based on the typical performance of a child of a certain age.

Provide a brief account on the development of metacognition in children.

Which of the following statements is true of mildly disabled children?

Decentration refers to the principle that if A > B and B > C, then A > C.

Which of the following statements describes the term culture-free?

Which of the following is a difference between the judgements made at preconventional level and the judgements made at postconventional level of reasoning?

In the context of cognitive development of children, explain the principle of transitivity.

Max promised to brush his teeth twice a day because his mother promised to buy him a box of his favorite cereal. According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, Max is likely to be in the _____.

Divergent thinking is the:

Identify a true statement about concrete-operational children.

Which of the following statements is true of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale?

Sarah, an eight-year-old, is playing with her dolls. She notices that they are of different heights; this leads her to arrange them in the order of their height from left to right. Which of the following processes does this scenario illustrate?

Explain the phonetic method of teaching reading.

Which of the following refers to the principle that if A exceeds B in some property and B exceeds C, then A must also exceed C?

__________is the ability to do things that are novel and useful.

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity

Conception and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical Development

Early Childhood: Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical Development

Adolescence: Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

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