Question 1

Which group lists the three objects in subordinate/basic/superordinate order?

Accepted Answer

A)  flower/daisy/plant 
B)  hammer/screwdriver/tool 
C)  sedan/car/vehicle 
D)  food/fruit/apple 
A)  flower/daisy/plant 
B)  hammer/screwdriver/tool 
C)  sedan/car/vehicle 
D)  food/fruit/apple

Question 2

The understanding that objects can be counted left to right, right to left, or in any other order represents

Accepted Answer

A)  one-one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order irrelevance. 
A)  one-one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order irrelevance.

Question 3

Research demonstrating infants' habituation to a constant pattern was concerned with their knowledge of

Accepted Answer

A)  future events timing. 
B)  temporal order. 
C)  event duration. 
D)  event duration ratios. 
A)  future events timing. 
B)  temporal order. 
C)  event duration. 
D)  event duration ratios.

Question 4

A structured understanding of how desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behavior is referred to as a theory of

Accepted Answer

A)  mind. 
B)  behavior. 
C)  thought. 
D)  psychology. 
A)  mind. 
B)  behavior. 
C)  thought. 
D)  psychology.

Question 5

Children at the age of _____ can count but have no idea whether 3 is bigger than 5 or 5 is bigger than 3.

Accepted Answer

A)  2 years 
B)  3 years 
C)  4 years 
D)  5 years 
A)  2 years 
B)  3 years 
C)  4 years 
D)  5 years

Question 6

The study that examined kindergartners' ability to point to various locations in their classroom while imagining a walk from their seat to the teacher's chair demonstrated that kindergarten children

Accepted Answer

A)  are essentially unable to imagine spatial arrangements. 
B)  have poor recall of their classroom arrangements. 
C)  can easily imagine spatial arrangements while standing stationary. 
D)  have mental representations of space that are improved with self-generated motion. 
A)  are essentially unable to imagine spatial arrangements. 
B)  have poor recall of their classroom arrangements. 
C)  can easily imagine spatial arrangements while standing stationary. 
D)  have mental representations of space that are improved with self-generated motion.

Question 7

A study by Taylor demonstrated that compared with children who do not have imaginary companions, children who do have imaginary companions

Accepted Answer

A)  are more intelligent. 
B)  are more likely to be depressed or anxious. 
C)  watch more television. 
D)  have more advanced theories of mind. 
A)  are more intelligent. 
B)  are more likely to be depressed or anxious. 
C)  watch more television. 
D)  have more advanced theories of mind.

Question 8

Sheira, a 2-year-old, is told a story about a girl named Brenda. Brenda is looking for her favorite doll. Although Brenda thinks the doll is under the bed, it really is in the kitchen cabinet. When Sheira is asked where Brenda will look for her doll, Sheira will MOST likely predict that Brenda will look in which location(s)?

Accepted Answer

A)  under the bed 
B)  in the kitchen cabinet 
C)  in the garage 
D)  both under the bed and in the kitchen cabinet 
A)  under the bed 
B)  in the kitchen cabinet 
C)  in the garage 
D)  both under the bed and in the kitchen cabinet

Question 9

The understanding that each object must be labeled by a single number word represents

Accepted Answer

A)  one-one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order relevance. 
A)  one-one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order relevance.

Question 10

The understanding that the number of objects in the set corresponds to the last number stated represents

Accepted Answer

A)  one-one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order relevance. 
A)  one-one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order relevance.

Question 11

On the subject of healing, preschoolers believe that

Accepted Answer

A)  only people, not plants or animals, can heal. 
B)  living things, not inanimate objects, can heal. 
C)  living things and inanimate objects can both heal. 
D)  inanimate objects, not living things, can heal. 
A)  only people, not plants or animals, can heal. 
B)  living things, not inanimate objects, can heal. 
C)  living things and inanimate objects can both heal. 
D)  inanimate objects, not living things, can heal.

Question 12

Nativists differ from empiricists in that nativists believe that children are born with

Accepted Answer

A)  the ability to remember. 
B)  a sense of the concept of time. 
C)  the ability to form associations. 
D)  a sense of the concept of vehicle. 
A)  the ability to remember. 
B)  a sense of the concept of time. 
C)  the ability to form associations. 
D)  a sense of the concept of vehicle.

Question 13

An organized understanding of how mental processes such as intentions, desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behavior is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  theory of mind 
B)  naïve psychology 
C)  perceptual categorization 
D)  false-belief problem 
A)  theory of mind 
B)  naïve psychology 
C)  perceptual categorization 
D)  false-belief problem

Question 14

Cases where adults who were born blind and have surgery to restore sight have provided evidence that

Accepted Answer

A)  self-locomotion, even without visual input, is sufficient for perfect development of the ability to mentally represent space. 
B)  the stream of visual information that accompanies self-locomotion is important for an individual's current sense of space only. 
C)  early visual experience is important for full development of the ability to mentally represent space. 
D)  individuals who are blind are better able to mentally represent space than those with normal vision. 
A)  self-locomotion, even without visual input, is sufficient for perfect development of the ability to mentally represent space. 
B)  the stream of visual information that accompanies self-locomotion is important for an individual's current sense of space only. 
C)  early visual experience is important for full development of the ability to mentally represent space. 
D)  individuals who are blind are better able to mentally represent space than those with normal vision.

Question 15

Isabella, who is 5 years old, observes her little brother counting the nine pennies in front of him. He first lines up all the pennies, and then begins to count them, starting from the middle of the line, proceeding first all the way to the end of the line on the right, and then continuing with the left-most penny and counting to the right, ending on the penny directly to the left of the penny he counted first. He counts, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9," and then says, "I have nine pennies." When Isabella is asked if her brother counted correctly, which response is she MOST likely to make?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Yes, that's the way I would count them. It's right." 
B)  "That's the right number of pennies, but I would not count them that way." 
C)  "You shouldn't count that way. That's not the right number of pennies." 
D)  "That's not the right number of pennies. He only counted the middle penny once." 
A)  "Yes, that's the way I would count them. It's right." 
B)  "That's the right number of pennies, but I would not count them that way." 
C)  "You shouldn't count that way. That's not the right number of pennies." 
D)  "That's not the right number of pennies. He only counted the middle penny once."

Question 16

Developmental psychologists and other researchers have found that the development of a theory of mind is severely impaired for

Accepted Answer

A)  only children. 
B)  children with autism spectrum disorder. 
C)  children with imaginary friends. 
D)  first born children. 
A)  only children. 
B)  children with autism spectrum disorder. 
C)  children with imaginary friends. 
D)  first born children.

Question 17

Which category would be considered by researchers to be a child-created basic category that is likely to disappear as the child matures?

Accepted Answer

A)  objects with wheels 
B)  food 
C)  objects that make you cool 
D)  places we go 
A)  objects with wheels 
B)  food 
C)  objects that make you cool 
D)  places we go

Question 18

The understanding that numbers should always be recited in the same order represents

Accepted Answer

A)  one-one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order relevance. 
A)  one-one correspondence. 
B)  stable order. 
C)  cardinality. 
D)  order relevance.

Question 19

The debate between nativists and empiricists reflects what fundamental, unresolved question about human nature?

Accepted Answer

A)  Do children shape their own concepts, or are they passive recipients of the concepts taught to them by others? 
B)  Do children form all concepts through the same mechanisms, or do they possess special mechanisms for forming a few particularly important concepts? 
C)  In what ways is concept development continuous, and in what ways is it discontinuous? 
D)  Do all children learn concepts in the same manner, or does the sociocultural context matter? 
A)  Do children shape their own concepts, or are they passive recipients of the concepts taught to them by others? 
B)  Do children form all concepts through the same mechanisms, or do they possess special mechanisms for forming a few particularly important concepts? 
C)  In what ways is concept development continuous, and in what ways is it discontinuous? 
D)  Do all children learn concepts in the same manner, or does the sociocultural context matter?

Question 20

Which statement BEST characterizes the findings of cross-cultural research on children's understanding of false beliefs?

Accepted Answer

A)  The pattern of development is very consistent across cultures. 
B)  Children in Western cultures develop the understanding earlier than do children in Eastern cultures. 
C)  Children in Western cultures develop the understanding later than do children in Eastern cultures. 
D)  Children in developed countries develop the understanding earlier than do children in developing countries. 
A)  The pattern of development is very consistent across cultures. 
B)  Children in Western cultures develop the understanding earlier than do children in Eastern cultures. 
C)  Children in Western cultures develop the understanding later than do children in Eastern cultures. 
D)  Children in developed countries develop the understanding earlier than do children in developing countries.

Which group lists the three objects in subordinate/basic/superordinate order?

The understanding that objects can be counted left to right, right to left, or in any other order represents

Research demonstrating infants' habituation to a constant pattern was concerned with their knowledge of

A structured understanding of how desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behavior is referred to as a theory of

Children at the age of _____ can count but have no idea whether 3 is bigger than 5 or 5 is bigger than 3.

The study that examined kindergartners' ability to point to various locations in their classroom while imagining a walk from their seat to the teacher's chair demonstrated that kindergarten children

A study by Taylor demonstrated that compared with children who do not have imaginary companions, children who do have imaginary companions

The understanding that each object must be labeled by a single number word represents

The understanding that the number of objects in the set corresponds to the last number stated represents

On the subject of healing, preschoolers believe that

Nativists differ from empiricists in that nativists believe that children are born with

An organized understanding of how mental processes such as intentions, desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behavior is known as

Cases where adults who were born blind and have surgery to restore sight have provided evidence that

Developmental psychologists and other researchers have found that the development of a theory of mind is severely impaired for

Which category would be considered by researchers to be a child-created basic category that is likely to disappear as the child matures?

The understanding that numbers should always be recited in the same order represents

The debate between nativists and empiricists reflects what fundamental, unresolved question about human nature?

Which statement BEST characterizes the findings of cross-cultural research on children's understanding of false beliefs?

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behavior

Theories of Cognitive Development

Perception, Action, and Learning in Infancy

Development of Language and Symbol Use

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Gender Development

Conclusions

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Exam 7: Conceptual Development

Which group lists the three objects in subordinate/basic/superordinate order?

The understanding that objects can be counted left to right, right to left, or in any other order represents

Research demonstrating infants' habituation to a constant pattern was concerned with their knowledge of

A structured understanding of how desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behavior is referred to as a theory of

Children at the age of _____ can count but have no idea whether 3 is bigger than 5 or 5 is bigger than 3.

The study that examined kindergartners' ability to point to various locations in their classroom while imagining a walk from their seat to the teacher's chair demonstrated that kindergarten children

A study by Taylor demonstrated that compared with children who do not have imaginary companions, children who do have imaginary companions

The understanding that each object must be labeled by a single number word represents

The understanding that the number of objects in the set corresponds to the last number stated represents

On the subject of healing, preschoolers believe that

Nativists differ from empiricists in that nativists believe that children are born with

An organized understanding of how mental processes such as intentions, desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behavior is known as

Cases where adults who were born blind and have surgery to restore sight have provided evidence that

Developmental psychologists and other researchers have found that the development of a theory of mind is severely impaired for

Which category would be considered by researchers to be a child-created basic category that is likely to disappear as the child matures?

The understanding that numbers should always be recited in the same order represents

The debate between nativists and empiricists reflects what fundamental, unresolved question about human nature?

Which statement BEST characterizes the findings of cross-cultural research on children's understanding of false beliefs?

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behavior

Theories of Cognitive Development

Perception, Action, and Learning in Infancy

Development of Language and Symbol Use

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Gender Development

Conclusions

Filters