Exam 7: Conceptual Development

Children tend to engage in pretend play, at least occasionally, until approximately what age?

Tina, a 3-year-old, is shown a Cheerios box and then shown that it contains marbles. If asked what her friend Mark will think upon seeing the box for the first time, Tina will MOST likely say that Mark will think it contains

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?

Wayne is using a _____. This is an example of an object substitution.

Which statement about the ability of 5-year-olds to make logical inferences about time is TRUE?

General ideas or understandings that can be used to group together objects, events, qualities, or abstractions that are similar in some way are referred to as

Telling children that _____ is likely to influence the age at which children understand that plants are alive.

Which category do children usually learn first?

On the subject of growth, preschoolers believe that

Preschoolers believe that the essence of a living thing

How does an understanding of cause-effect relations help children form categories? In addition, how does an understanding of how objects are grouped into categories assist children's understanding of cause-effect relations? (Hint: Think about the study by Krascum and Andrews using imaginary wugs and gillies.)

Describe the development of children's understanding of inheritance. Give examples of the differences between the beliefs of preschoolers and the beliefs of school-age children.

Which category would a young child be MOST likely to learn first?

Which statement is NOT one of the counting principles proposed by Gelman and Gallistel?

Trevor is in preschool and loves tractor trailers. Which question would he be LEAST likely to ask his teacher about a tractor trailer?

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

Which statement BEST expresses Piaget's beliefs about infants' spatial representations?

False-belief problems examine children's understanding of the relation between

Which statement would BEST support nativists' view of causal reasoning?

Emilio, an 11-month-old infant, is sitting on the floor in a nearly empty room. On each side of him is a television screen. Every 10 seconds, an interesting picture appears on the screen to his right. The screen to his left remains blank. Emilio is then rotated so that the screen that has been showing the interesting pictures is now to his left. Where will Emilio look in anticipation of the interesting picture?