Question 1

The accumulated wisdom and refinement that produces a tool or artifact would be considered an example of _____ culture:

Accepted Answer

A)  Material 
B)  Ideal 
C)  Mental 
D)  Symbolic 
A)  Material 
B)  Ideal 
C)  Mental 
D)  Symbolic A

Question 2

How do the three traditional views of human development held by Gesell, Skinner, and Piaget equate culture with environment, and in what ways does the view presented by Cole and Packer of "culture in development" offer an alternative?

Accepted Answer

Response should (1) reflect the various limitations of these three traditional approaches related to influence of culture on creating the material and ideal features of environments in which human beings develop, and (2) illustrate an understanding of Cole and Packer's alternative view.

Question 3

Give three examples in which culture has been shown to influence prenatal development.

Accepted Answer

Evidence that prenatal humans are influenced by culture has been shown in relation to maternal food selection, emotional stress experienced by pregnant women, and language spoken in the environment of the mother.

Question 4

Current research on the role of schooling in cognitive development during middle childhood suggests that concrete operational thinking is not influenced by schooling but rather:

Accepted Answer

A)  Schooling influences people's ability to understand the presuppositions of the testing situations 
B)  Preoperational thinkers tend to acquire domain-specific knowledge that is concrete 
C)  Children seek out opportunities to use concrete operations in school settings 
D)  Teachers are biased in their perception and assessment of students' concrete operational thinking 
A)  Schooling influences people's ability to understand the presuppositions of the testing situations 
B)  Preoperational thinkers tend to acquire domain-specific knowledge that is concrete 
C)  Children seek out opportunities to use concrete operations in school settings 
D)  Teachers are biased in their perception and assessment of students' concrete operational thinking

Question 5

Regarding the role of culture in development, what conclusions can be drawn from research using false-belief tasks to investigate the emergence of theory of mind in early childhood?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a developmental niche?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shared biological changes related to brain development 
B)  Physical and social settings in which the child lives 
C)  Culturally regulated childrearing and socialization practices of the child's society 
D)  Psychological characteristics of the child's parents 
A)  Shared biological changes related to brain development 
B)  Physical and social settings in which the child lives 
C)  Culturally regulated childrearing and socialization practices of the child's society 
D)  Psychological characteristics of the child's parents

Question 7

Cultural psychologists such as Shweder contend that human artifacts:

Accepted Answer

A)  Are combinations of ideal and material culture 
B)  Are largely only symbolically inherited 
C)  Reflect universal features of human culture 
D)  Exist primarily in material culture 
A)  Are combinations of ideal and material culture 
B)  Are largely only symbolically inherited 
C)  Reflect universal features of human culture 
D)  Exist primarily in material culture

Question 8

How does research on the influence of schooling suggest that language is a fundamental cultural influence on development in middle childhood?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Culturally embedded changes in relations between children and their social world as an integral part of the changing relations between their biological makeup and their behavior are known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Bio-social-behavioral shifts 
B)  Developmental stages 
C)  Culturally mediated development 
D)  "The garden metaphor" 
A)  Bio-social-behavioral shifts 
B)  Developmental stages 
C)  Culturally mediated development 
D)  "The garden metaphor"

Question 10

What evidence exists to support the claim that schooling in middle childhood has effects on parenting in adulthood?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

List three of the six characteristics of institutionalized public basic schooling (IPBS) that reflect the notion of "culture as medium."

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Which of the following approaches tends to regard culture as an antecedent or independent variable that acts on psychological processes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cross-cultural psychology 
B)  Cultural psychology 
C)  Culture-as-medium
Multicultural psychology 
A)  Cross-cultural psychology 
B)  Cultural psychology 
C)  Culture-as-medium
Multicultural psychology

The accumulated wisdom and refinement that produces a tool or artifact would be considered an example of _____ culture:

How do the three traditional views of human development held by Gesell, Skinner, and Piaget equate culture with environment, and in what ways does the view presented by Cole and Packer of "culture in development" offer an alternative?

Give three examples in which culture has been shown to influence prenatal development.

Current research on the role of schooling in cognitive development during middle childhood suggests that concrete operational thinking is not influenced by schooling but rather:

Regarding the role of culture in development, what conclusions can be drawn from research using false-belief tasks to investigate the emergence of theory of mind in early childhood?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a developmental niche?

Cultural psychologists such as Shweder contend that human artifacts:

How does research on the influence of schooling suggest that language is a fundamental cultural influence on development in middle childhood?

Culturally embedded changes in relations between children and their social world as an integral part of the changing relations between their biological makeup and their behavior are known as:

What evidence exists to support the claim that schooling in middle childhood has effects on parenting in adulthood?

List three of the six characteristics of institutionalized public basic schooling (IPBS) that reflect the notion of "culture as medium."

Which of the following approaches tends to regard culture as an antecedent or independent variable that acts on psychological processes?

Who You Are Assessing

Getting to Know the Student

Selecting an Appropriate Assessment Instrument

Selecting and Administering Tests

Assessing Motor Development and Motor Skill Performance

Assessing Physical Fitness

Assessing Posture and Gait

Assessing Perception and Cognition

Assessing Behavior and Social Competence

Appendix A: Sample Write-Up for Infant and Early Childhood Motor Development Tests

Appendix B: Sample Write-Up for Fundamental Motor Patterns Tests

Appendix C: Sample Write-Up for Motor Proficiency Tests

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Exam 2: Why You Are Assessing

The accumulated wisdom and refinement that produces a tool or artifact would be considered an example of _____ culture:

How do the three traditional views of human development held by Gesell, Skinner, and Piaget equate culture with environment, and in what ways does the view presented by Cole and Packer of "culture in development" offer an alternative?

Give three examples in which culture has been shown to influence prenatal development.

Current research on the role of schooling in cognitive development during middle childhood suggests that concrete operational thinking is not influenced by schooling but rather:

Regarding the role of culture in development, what conclusions can be drawn from research using false-belief tasks to investigate the emergence of theory of mind in early childhood?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a developmental niche?

Cultural psychologists such as Shweder contend that human artifacts:

How does research on the influence of schooling suggest that language is a fundamental cultural influence on development in middle childhood?

Culturally embedded changes in relations between children and their social world as an integral part of the changing relations between their biological makeup and their behavior are known as:

What evidence exists to support the claim that schooling in middle childhood has effects on parenting in adulthood?

List three of the six characteristics of institutionalized public basic schooling (IPBS) that reflect the notion of "culture as medium."

Which of the following approaches tends to regard culture as an antecedent or independent variable that acts on psychological processes?

Who You Are Assessing

Getting to Know the Student

Selecting an Appropriate Assessment Instrument

Selecting and Administering Tests

Assessing Motor Development and Motor Skill Performance

Assessing Physical Fitness

Assessing Posture and Gait

Assessing Perception and Cognition

Assessing Behavior and Social Competence

Appendix A: Sample Write-Up for Infant and Early Childhood Motor Development Tests

Appendix B: Sample Write-Up for Fundamental Motor Patterns Tests

Appendix C: Sample Write-Up for Motor Proficiency Tests

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