Question 1

Provide a brief account of enuresis.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Enuresis is failure t

Question 2

Caitlin thinks that all people love dolls because she loves dolls. Caitlin is displaying _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  egocentrism 
B)  sociocentrism 
C)  symbolic thinking 
D)  cognitive flexibility 
A)  egocentrism 
B)  sociocentrism 
C)  symbolic thinking 
D)  cognitive flexibility

Question 3

Skills that involve the small muscles used in manipulation and coordination are called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Micro motor skills 
B)  Gross motor skills 
C)  Simple motor skills 
D)  Fine motor skills 
A)  Micro motor skills 
B)  Gross motor skills 
C)  Simple motor skills 
D)  Fine motor skills

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a child showing fine motor skills?

Accepted Answer

A)  Five-year-old Leah throwing a ball forcefully 
B)  Two-year-old Kyron pushing and pulling large toys 
C)  Four-year-old Farah riding a tricycle very well 
D)  Three-year-old Dana building a tower with nine cubes 
A)  Five-year-old Leah throwing a ball forcefully 
B)  Two-year-old Kyron pushing and pulling large toys 
C)  Four-year-old Farah riding a tricycle very well 
D)  Three-year-old Dana building a tower with nine cubes

Question 5

Which of the following is true of transductive reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A)  It involves reasoning by going from one isolated event to another. 
B)  It involves reasoning by looking into multiple events together. 
C)  It involves reasoning by going to only the most complicated event among a group of events. 
D)  It involves reasoning by looking into similar, related events. 
A)  It involves reasoning by going from one isolated event to another. 
B)  It involves reasoning by looking into multiple events together. 
C)  It involves reasoning by going to only the most complicated event among a group of events. 
D)  It involves reasoning by looking into similar, related events.

Question 6

The growth of new dendrites and redundancy of neural connections are neurological factors that enable ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  elasticity 
B)  plasticity 
C)  responsivity 
D)  cursivity 
A)  elasticity 
B)  plasticity 
C)  responsivity 
D)  cursivity

Question 7

Language and cognitive development are exclusive of each other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is true of the corpus callosum?

Accepted Answer

A)  It starts developing only after the age of five. 
B)  Its use is limited to processing visual information. 
C)  It connects the brain stem to the frontal regions of the brain. 
D)  Its myelination is largely complete by the age of eight. 
A)  It starts developing only after the age of five. 
B)  Its use is limited to processing visual information. 
C)  It connects the brain stem to the frontal regions of the brain. 
D)  Its myelination is largely complete by the age of eight.

Question 9

Physical play is more common among ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  toddlers 
B)  early primary schoolers 
C)  younger preschoolers 
D)  older preschoolers 
A)  toddlers 
B)  early primary schoolers 
C)  younger preschoolers 
D)  older preschoolers

Question 10

The use of symbols to represent objects and relationships among them best characterizes _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  deductive thought 
B)  inductive thought 
C)  preoperational thought 
D)  postoperational thought 
A)  deductive thought 
B)  inductive thought 
C)  preoperational thought 
D)  postoperational thought

Question 11

Class inclusion tasks are difficult for a preoperational child because _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  it requires the child to have the ability of seriation. 
B)  the child unnecessarily compares various subclasses of information. 
C)  it requires the child to focus on two aspects of a situation at once. 
D)  the child focuses on assigning one item to a category at a time. 
A)  it requires the child to have the ability of seriation. 
B)  the child unnecessarily compares various subclasses of information. 
C)  it requires the child to focus on two aspects of a situation at once. 
D)  the child focuses on assigning one item to a category at a time.

Question 12

The ability to pretend involves _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the use and recollection of symbols. 
B)  the ability to use language. 
C)  concrete operational thought. 
D)  mental representation of things that children have never heard of. 
A)  the use and recollection of symbols. 
B)  the ability to use language. 
C)  concrete operational thought. 
D)  mental representation of things that children have never heard of.

Question 13

Which of the following is true of handedness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some infants show no hand preference during infancy. 
B)  It is not influenced by genetics. 
C)  Identical twins have identical hand preference. 
D)  It is exclusively associated with emotional development. 
A)  Some infants show no hand preference during infancy. 
B)  It is not influenced by genetics. 
C)  Identical twins have identical hand preference. 
D)  It is exclusively associated with emotional development.

Question 14

In the context of a theory of mind, describe the origins of knowledge.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Another aspect of the

Question 15

Overregularization refers to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the application of irregular semantic rules for forming inflections to regular verbs and nouns 
B)  the application of regular semantic rules for forming inflections to irregular verbs and nouns 
C)  the application of irregular grammatical rules for forming inflections to regular verbs and nouns 
D)  the application of regular grammatical rules for forming inflections to irregular verbs and nouns 
A)  the application of irregular semantic rules for forming inflections to regular verbs and nouns 
B)  the application of regular semantic rules for forming inflections to irregular verbs and nouns 
C)  the application of irregular grammatical rules for forming inflections to regular verbs and nouns 
D)  the application of regular grammatical rules for forming inflections to irregular verbs and nouns

Question 16

Fast mapping refers to a process of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  quickly determining a word's meaning 
B)  understanding locations in space 
C)  connecting broad concepts to narrow ones 
D)  building on preexisting knowledge of certain themes 
A)  quickly determining a word's meaning 
B)  understanding locations in space 
C)  connecting broad concepts to narrow ones 
D)  building on preexisting knowledge of certain themes

Question 17

It is an open question whether handedness is associated with cognitive advantages and disadvantages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Parental responsiveness is a minor factor in children's cognitive development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Immaturity of the nervous system is a major factor in _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  sleepwalking 
B)  nightmares 
C)  dreaming 
D)  sleeptalking 
A)  sleepwalking 
B)  nightmares 
C)  dreaming 
D)  sleeptalking

Question 20

Increase in brain weight during the preschool years is due to the ______. increase in thickness of the skull.

Accepted Answer

A)  increase in thickness of the skull. 
B)  continuing myelination of nerve fibers. 
C)  increase in size of the spinal cord. 
D)  continuing of growth of the medulla. 
A)  increase in thickness of the skull. 
B)  continuing myelination of nerve fibers. 
C)  increase in size of the spinal cord. 
D)  continuing of growth of the medulla.

Provide a brief account of enuresis.

Caitlin thinks that all people love dolls because she loves dolls. Caitlin is displaying _____.

Skills that involve the small muscles used in manipulation and coordination are called ______.

Which of the following is an example of a child showing fine motor skills?

Which of the following is true of transductive reasoning?

The growth of new dendrites and redundancy of neural connections are neurological factors that enable ______.

Language and cognitive development are exclusive of each other.

Which of the following is true of the corpus callosum?

Physical play is more common among ______.

The use of symbols to represent objects and relationships among them best characterizes _______.

Class inclusion tasks are difficult for a preoperational child because _______.

The ability to pretend involves _______.

Which of the following is true of handedness?

In the context of a theory of mind, describe the origins of knowledge.

Overregularization refers to ______.

Fast mapping refers to a process of _______.

It is an open question whether handedness is associated with cognitive advantages and disadvantages.

Parental responsiveness is a minor factor in children's cognitive development.

Immaturity of the nervous system is a major factor in _______.

Increase in brain weight during the preschool years is due to the ______. increase in thickness of the skull.

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity 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: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Developmeny

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Lifes Final Chapter

Filters

Exam 7: Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Provide a brief account of enuresis.

Caitlin thinks that all people love dolls because she loves dolls. Caitlin is displaying _____.

Skills that involve the small muscles used in manipulation and coordination are called ______.

Which of the following is an example of a child showing fine motor skills?

Which of the following is true of transductive reasoning?

The growth of new dendrites and redundancy of neural connections are neurological factors that enable ______.

Language and cognitive development are exclusive of each other.

Which of the following is true of the corpus callosum?

Physical play is more common among ______.

The use of symbols to represent objects and relationships among them best characterizes _______.

Class inclusion tasks are difficult for a preoperational child because _______.

The ability to pretend involves _______.

Which of the following is true of handedness?

In the context of a theory of mind, describe the origins of knowledge.

Overregularization refers to ______.

Fast mapping refers to a process of _______.

It is an open question whether handedness is associated with cognitive advantages and disadvantages.

Parental responsiveness is a minor factor in children's cognitive development.

Immaturity of the nervous system is a major factor in _______.

Increase in brain weight during the preschool years is due to the ______. increase in thickness of the skull.

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity 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: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Developmeny

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Lifes Final Chapter

Filters