Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Chinese children tend to develop their theory of mind in which manner?

Project Head Start is one of the most successful early childhood education programs in the United States created by the federal government.

Research that showed young children had structural brain changes over a period of 15 months after exposure to activities to build music and auditory skills illustrates which concept?

What is the term for descriptions of what occurs in a particular situation?

Academically oriented preschool programs that emphasize academics over self-directed exploration have been shown to ______.

In early childhood, the greatest increases in cortical surface area is in which area?

Preoperational children's irreversible thinking is illustrated by their performance on which type of tasks?

Which term means the inability to take another person's point of view?

Darrius can button his shirt, pour juice into a glass, and draw pictures with crayons. These abilities are called ______.

A researcher shows Trey two containers of the same size, both containing the same amount of marbles. The researcher pours one container of marbles into container that is taller, but smaller in diameter so the level of marbles is higher than in the other container. When the researcher asks Trey which container has more marbles, Trey points to the taller, thinner container. What type of task has Trey been tested on?

The awareness of thinking children between the ages of 2 and 5 have is that it ______.

The zone of proximal development is gap between what the child can accomplish independently and what the child can accomplish ______.

Julio is a typically developing 2-year-old child. How many words does Julio know?

Which term means the ability to mentally represent an object in more than one way at a time?

Preschool programs provide educational experiences for children in which age range?

Which words would be most challenging for young children?

According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, much of children's learning comes from ______.

Which two methods did Piaget use to study moral development?

Explain what Vygotsky emphasized as the influence on children's thinking.

Similar to Piaget, Vygotsky's theory has been criticized for ______.