Question 1

Jaron is an overweight five-year-old. If his experience is typical of children in the United States, we can expect Jaron to be:

Accepted Answer

A)  slimming down by age 14 but overweight as an adult. 
B)  obese at age 14 and overweight as an adult. 
C)  overweight at age 14 and in adulthood. 
D)  overweight at age 14 but then slimming down in young adulthood. 
A)  slimming down by age 14 but overweight as an adult. 
B)  obese at age 14 and overweight as an adult. 
C)  overweight at age 14 and in adulthood. 
D)  overweight at age 14 but then slimming down in young adulthood.

Question 2

Juan and his little sister, Anne, are each given a large cookie. Their mother breaks Anne's cookie into four pieces to help her eat it more easily. Juan immediately begins to cry and says that it is not fair for his sister to get so many cookies when he only has one. Juan is showing a lack of:

Accepted Answer

A)  constancy. 
B)  conservation. 
C)  intuition. 
D)  symbolic function. 
A)  constancy. 
B)  conservation. 
C)  intuition. 
D)  symbolic function.

Question 3

Which of the following is TRUE of Lev Vygotsky's educational applications?

Accepted Answer

A)  IQ should be assessed to test a child's learning capabilities. 
B)  Children should learn on their own to realize their capabilities. 
C)  Children's use of private speech reflects immaturity and egocentrism. 
D)  Teaching should begin toward the upper limit of a child's zone of proximal development. 
A)  IQ should be assessed to test a child's learning capabilities. 
B)  Children should learn on their own to realize their capabilities. 
C)  Children's use of private speech reflects immaturity and egocentrism. 
D)  Teaching should begin toward the upper limit of a child's zone of proximal development.

Question 4

During the preschool years:

Accepted Answer

A)  children get taller while their trunks gets smaller. 
B)  boys get taller and girls' trunks get thicker. 
C)  children get taller and their trunks continue to get thicker. 
D)  girls get taller and boys' trunks get thicker. 
A)  children get taller while their trunks gets smaller. 
B)  boys get taller and girls' trunks get thicker. 
C)  children get taller and their trunks continue to get thicker. 
D)  girls get taller and boys' trunks get thicker.

Question 5

Benjamin, a toddler, is likely to learn something in the zone of proximal development (ZPD) if he:

Accepted Answer

A)  has mastered all the skills necessary. 
B)  has parents or teachers who do not interfere. 
C)  has a sibling less than 24 months older in the home. 
D)  watches educational shows on television. 
A)  has mastered all the skills necessary. 
B)  has parents or teachers who do not interfere. 
C)  has a sibling less than 24 months older in the home. 
D)  watches educational shows on television.

Question 6

Lauren wants to open her birthday gift before people arrive for her party, but she knows she shouldn't. Rather than stay in the room with the present, she decides to go in another room and play. Lauren is demonstrating:

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive inhibition. 
B)  cognitive flexibility. 
C)  goal setting. 
D)  delayed gratification. 
A)  cognitive inhibition. 
B)  cognitive flexibility. 
C)  goal setting. 
D)  delayed gratification.

Question 7

_____ attention is focused and extended engagement with an object, task, event, or other aspect of the environment.

Accepted Answer

A)  Salient 
B)  Relevant 
C)  Executive 
D)  Sustained 
A)  Salient 
B)  Relevant 
C)  Executive 
D)  Sustained

Question 8

Memory of significant events and experiences in one's life.

Accepted Answer

Autobiogra

Question 9

Which of the following was cited by Zigler and his colleagues as evidence supporting universal preschool in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is more important to improve preschool education for young children who are disadvantaged than to fund preschool education for all 4-year-old children. 
B)  The quality of homeschooling has often been found to be of questionable quality. 
C)  Research has proven that the gains attributed to preschool and kindergarten education are often overstated. 
D)  Universal preschool would bring billions of dollars of cost savings because of a diminished need for remedial and justice services. 
A)  It is more important to improve preschool education for young children who are disadvantaged than to fund preschool education for all 4-year-old children. 
B)  The quality of homeschooling has often been found to be of questionable quality. 
C)  Research has proven that the gains attributed to preschool and kindergarten education are often overstated. 
D)  Universal preschool would bring billions of dollars of cost savings because of a diminished need for remedial and justice services.

Question 10

In Piaget's theory, failing the conservation-of-liquid task demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  that the child is at the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. 
B)  that the child is unable to think fluidly. 
C)  centration. 
D)  rational thought. 
A)  that the child is at the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. 
B)  that the child is unable to think fluidly. 
C)  centration. 
D)  rational thought.

Question 11

When individuals deliberately shift their attention from one item to another, they are demonstrating:

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive inhibition. 
B)  cognitive flexibility. 
C)  goal setting. 
D)  delayed gratification. 
A)  cognitive inhibition. 
B)  cognitive flexibility. 
C)  goal setting. 
D)  delayed gratification.

Question 12

Which of the following is TRUE about Head Start programs?

Accepted Answer

A)  They only provide for low-income families. 
B)  They focus on children of a particular ethnic origin. 
C)  They have negative effect on young children's language development. 
D)  They are funded by the private corporate sector. 
A)  They only provide for low-income families. 
B)  They focus on children of a particular ethnic origin. 
C)  They have negative effect on young children's language development. 
D)  They are funded by the private corporate sector.

Question 13

Sharon, age three, can solve four-piece jigsaw puzzles on her own, but needs her parents' help to solve 12-piece jigsaw puzzles. Which of the following represents the upper limit of Sharon's zone of proximal development (ZPD) for solving such puzzles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sharon moving on to 24-piece puzzles 
B)  Sharon solving a 12-piece puzzle on her own 
C)  Sharon helping her two-year-old brother with 4-piece puzzles 
D)  Sharon mastering 4-piece puzzles 
A)  Sharon moving on to 24-piece puzzles 
B)  Sharon solving a 12-piece puzzle on her own 
C)  Sharon helping her two-year-old brother with 4-piece puzzles 
D)  Sharon mastering 4-piece puzzles

Question 14

Patricia, age six, loves to decorate books by drawing pictures and putting in words to describe them. She has started to analyze and try to understand things. However, she is egocentric and holds what her parents describe as "magical beliefs." Patricia is in Piaget's _____ stage of development.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensorimotor 
B)  concrete operational 
C)  formal operational 
D)  preoperational 
A)  sensorimotor 
B)  concrete operational 
C)  formal operational 
D)  preoperational

Question 15

Identify the factors that can influence the accuracy of a young child's long-term memory for events.

Accepted Answer

Several factors can influence the accura

Question 16

Irene is taking a test where she hears a random list of numbers, which she is then asked to repeat in the right order. Irene's _____ memory is being tested.

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term 
B)  implicit 
C)  autobiographical 
D)  short-term 
A)  long-term 
B)  implicit 
C)  autobiographical 
D)  short-term

Jaron is an overweight five-year-old. If his experience is typical of children in the United States, we can expect Jaron to be:

Juan and his little sister, Anne, are each given a large cookie. Their mother breaks Anne's cookie into four pieces to help her eat it more easily. Juan immediately begins to cry and says that it is not fair for his sister to get so many cookies when he only has one. Juan is showing a lack of:

Which of the following is TRUE of Lev Vygotsky's educational applications?

During the preschool years:

Benjamin, a toddler, is likely to learn something in the zone of proximal development (ZPD) if he:

Lauren wants to open her birthday gift before people arrive for her party, but she knows she shouldn't. Rather than stay in the room with the present, she decides to go in another room and play. Lauren is demonstrating:

_____ attention is focused and extended engagement with an object, task, event, or other aspect of the environment.

Memory of significant events and experiences in one's life.

Which of the following was cited by Zigler and his colleagues as evidence supporting universal preschool in the United States?

In Piaget's theory, failing the conservation-of-liquid task demonstrates:

When individuals deliberately shift their attention from one item to another, they are demonstrating:

Which of the following is TRUE about Head Start programs?

Sharon, age three, can solve four-piece jigsaw puzzles on her own, but needs her parents' help to solve 12-piece jigsaw puzzles. Which of the following represents the upper limit of Sharon's zone of proximal development (ZPD) for solving such puzzles?

Patricia, age six, loves to decorate books by drawing pictures and putting in words to describe them. She has started to analyze and try to understand things. However, she is egocentric and holds what her parents describe as "magical beliefs." Patricia is in Piaget's _____ stage of development.

Identify the factors that can influence the accuracy of a young child's long-term memory for events.

Irene is taking a test where she hears a random list of numbers, which she is then asked to repeat in the right order. Irene's _____ memory is being tested.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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Exam 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Jaron is an overweight five-year-old. If his experience is typical of children in the United States, we can expect Jaron to be:

Juan and his little sister, Anne, are each given a large cookie. Their mother breaks Anne's cookie into four pieces to help her eat it more easily. Juan immediately begins to cry and says that it is not fair for his sister to get so many cookies when he only has one. Juan is showing a lack of:

Which of the following is TRUE of Lev Vygotsky's educational applications?

During the preschool years:

Benjamin, a toddler, is likely to learn something in the zone of proximal development (ZPD) if he:

Lauren wants to open her birthday gift before people arrive for her party, but she knows she shouldn't. Rather than stay in the room with the present, she decides to go in another room and play. Lauren is demonstrating:

_____ attention is focused and extended engagement with an object, task, event, or other aspect of the environment.

Memory of significant events and experiences in one's life.

Which of the following was cited by Zigler and his colleagues as evidence supporting universal preschool in the United States?

In Piaget's theory, failing the conservation-of-liquid task demonstrates:

When individuals deliberately shift their attention from one item to another, they are demonstrating:

Which of the following is TRUE about Head Start programs?

Sharon, age three, can solve four-piece jigsaw puzzles on her own, but needs her parents' help to solve 12-piece jigsaw puzzles. Which of the following represents the upper limit of Sharon's zone of proximal development (ZPD) for solving such puzzles?

Patricia, age six, loves to decorate books by drawing pictures and putting in words to describe them. She has started to analyze and try to understand things. However, she is egocentric and holds what her parents describe as "magical beliefs." Patricia is in Piaget's _____ stage of development.

Identify the factors that can influence the accuracy of a young child's long-term memory for events.

Irene is taking a test where she hears a random list of numbers, which she is then asked to repeat in the right order. Irene's _____ memory is being tested.

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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