Question 1

Anneli's 4-year-old daughter manipulates sounds within words and enjoys rhyming games. Anneli's daughter is demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A)  phonological awareness. 
B)  metacognition. 
C)  private speech. 
D)  knowledge of cardinality. 
A)  phonological awareness. 
B)  metacognition. 
C)  private speech. 
D)  knowledge of cardinality.

Question 2

Which of the following children is most likely to be a more frequent TV viewer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Allen, whose parents both work full time 
B)  Kayleigh, who is the youngest of 4 children 
C)  Joaquin, who is enrolled in child care 
D)  Catherine, who is low SES 
A)  Allen, whose parents both work full time 
B)  Kayleigh, who is the youngest of 4 children 
C)  Joaquin, who is enrolled in child care 
D)  Catherine, who is low SES

Question 3

Mastery of false belief is associated with early __________ ability.

Accepted Answer

A)  reading 
B)  mathematical 
C)  writing 
D)  speaking 
A)  reading 
B)  mathematical 
C)  writing 
D)  speaking

Question 4

Between ages 4 and 8, children's magical beliefs decline as they

Accepted Answer

A)  gain familiarity with physical events and principles. 
B)  understand that television characters are not real. 
C)  begin to ascribe supernatural causes only to events they can explain. 
D)  become less likely to confuse fiction with reality. 
A)  gain familiarity with physical events and principles. 
B)  understand that television characters are not real. 
C)  begin to ascribe supernatural causes only to events they can explain. 
D)  become less likely to confuse fiction with reality.

Question 5

Follow-up research on preoperational thought indicates that preschoolers do not display the illogical characteristics that Piaget saw when the tasks are

Accepted Answer

A)  first performed by more expert peers while the preschooler watches. 
B)  simplified and made relevant to their everyday lives. 
C)  performed by their parents rather than unfamiliar experimenters. 
D)  performed with their own toys rather than unfamiliar objects. 
A)  first performed by more expert peers while the preschooler watches. 
B)  simplified and made relevant to their everyday lives. 
C)  performed by their parents rather than unfamiliar experimenters. 
D)  performed with their own toys rather than unfamiliar objects.

Question 6

What are the benefits and drawbacks of children's computer usage in the preschool and early school years?

Accepted Answer

The majority of 2- to 4-year-olds have u

Question 7

Adults try to promote __________ when they translate their own insights in ways that are within a child's grasp.

Accepted Answer

A)  transitive inference 
B)  intersubjectivity 
C)  guided participation 
D)  scaffolding 
A)  transitive inference 
B)  intersubjectivity 
C)  guided participation 
D)  scaffolding

Question 8

Young Yucatec Mayan children

Accepted Answer

A)  rarely imitate adult work in their make-believe play. 
B)  and Western children display impressive similarities in their make-believe play. 
C)  decide for themselves how much to sleep and eat. 
D)  tend to frequently display attention-getting behaviors. 
A)  rarely imitate adult work in their make-believe play. 
B)  and Western children display impressive similarities in their make-believe play. 
C)  decide for themselves how much to sleep and eat. 
D)  tend to frequently display attention-getting behaviors.

Question 9

Bethany, age 3, spends, a large amount of time engaged in make-believe play. Her parents are especially concerned because Bethany has a pair of imaginary mice that she talks to and talks about. Bethany's grandmother believes that this is a sign of maladjustment. What can you tell Bethany's parents and grandmother that might ease their minds?

Accepted Answer

Imaginary companions were once viewed as

Question 10

Children as young as age 2 display

Accepted Answer

A)  a sophisticated understanding of role relationships and story lines. 
B)  awareness that make-believe is a representational activity. 
C)  the ability to flexibly understand that an object may take on multiple fictional identities. 
D)  advanced forms of sociodramatic play without adult prompting. 
A)  a sophisticated understanding of role relationships and story lines. 
B)  awareness that make-believe is a representational activity. 
C)  the ability to flexibly understand that an object may take on multiple fictional identities. 
D)  advanced forms of sociodramatic play without adult prompting.

Question 11

Which of the following statements about follow-up research to preoperational thought is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Piaget underestimated preschoolers' animistic beliefs. 
B)  Young children exclusively use egocentric speech until about 3 years of age. 
C)  Children as young as 2 years realize that what they see sometimes differs from what another person sees. 
D)  Preschoolers think magic accounts for all events, even the ones they can personally explain. 
A)  Piaget underestimated preschoolers' animistic beliefs. 
B)  Young children exclusively use egocentric speech until about 3 years of age. 
C)  Children as young as 2 years realize that what they see sometimes differs from what another person sees. 
D)  Preschoolers think magic accounts for all events, even the ones they can personally explain.

Question 12

Three-year-old Rachael could not solve a conservation-of-liquid task because she focused on the height of the water. Rachael's thinking is characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  dynamic transformation. 
B)  irreversibility. 
C)  hierarchical classification. 
D)  centration. 
A)  dynamic transformation. 
B)  irreversibility. 
C)  hierarchical classification. 
D)  centration.

Question 13

Young children learning Chinese, Japanese, and Korean acquire __________ more readily than their English-speaking agemates.

Accepted Answer

A)  proper nouns 
B)  verbs 
C)  object nouns 
D)  modifiers 
A)  proper nouns 
B)  verbs 
C)  object nouns 
D)  modifiers

Question 14

What are scripts? How do they contribute to young children's memory development?

Accepted Answer

Like adults, young children remember fam

Anneli's 4-year-old daughter manipulates sounds within words and enjoys rhyming games. Anneli's daughter is demonstrating

Which of the following children is most likely to be a more frequent TV viewer?

Mastery of false belief is associated with early __________ ability.

Between ages 4 and 8, children's magical beliefs decline as they

Follow-up research on preoperational thought indicates that preschoolers do not display the illogical characteristics that Piaget saw when the tasks are

What are the benefits and drawbacks of children's computer usage in the preschool and early school years?

Adults try to promote __________ when they translate their own insights in ways that are within a child's grasp.

Young Yucatec Mayan children

Children as young as age 2 display

Which of the following statements about follow-up research to preoperational thought is true?

Three-year-old Rachael could not solve a conservation-of-liquid task because she focused on the height of the water. Rachael's thinking is characterized by

Young children learning Chinese, Japanese, and Korean acquire __________ more readily than their English-speaking agemates.

What are scripts? How do they contribute to young children's memory development?

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Birth and the Newborn Baby

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

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Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle Childhood

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Exam 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Anneli's 4-year-old daughter manipulates sounds within words and enjoys rhyming games. Anneli's daughter is demonstrating

Which of the following children is most likely to be a more frequent TV viewer?

Mastery of false belief is associated with early __________ ability.

Between ages 4 and 8, children's magical beliefs decline as they

Follow-up research on preoperational thought indicates that preschoolers do not display the illogical characteristics that Piaget saw when the tasks are

What are the benefits and drawbacks of children's computer usage in the preschool and early school years?

Adults try to promote __________ when they translate their own insights in ways that are within a child's grasp.

Young Yucatec Mayan children

Children as young as age 2 display

Which of the following statements about follow-up research to preoperational thought is true?

Three-year-old Rachael could not solve a conservation-of-liquid task because she focused on the height of the water. Rachael's thinking is characterized by

Young children learning Chinese, Japanese, and Korean acquire __________ more readily than their English-speaking agemates.

What are scripts? How do they contribute to young children's memory development?

History, Theory, and Research Strategies

Genetic and Environmental Foundations

Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

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