Exam 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Unlike the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Revised (WPPSI-III)

Which of the following statements is true of generic memory in children?

Four-year-old Ned travels with his family by car to a hiking spot. On the way, his parents discuss that the car is running out of fuel and needs fuel. After a few minutes, they stop the car and fill it with a liquid. Ned understands that this liquid is called "fuel." This ability of Ned is an example of

Information-processing models depict the brain as containing two storehouses: sensory memory and short-term memory.

Which of the following represents a specific phonological skill?

Molly, a 5-year-old, went to the circus 6 months ago with her family. She still remembers meeting the clowns and watching the trapezium show at the circus. Which of the following types of childhood memory helps Molly store this memory?

Socioeconomic status and preschool experience can affect how rapidly children advance in math.

Which of the following is true about the individual differences in theory-of-mind development in children?

Describe the development of vocabulary, grammar, syntax, pragmatics, social speech, and private speech in early childhood.

Which of the following is true about the development of theory of mind in children?

Which of the following statements is typically true of language development in early childhood?

________ is the awareness and understanding of the mental processes of others.

Autobiographical memory primarily helps a child know what to expect and how to act.

According to Jean Piaget, not until about age 8 or 9 do children begin to understand the distinction between what seems to be and what is.

________ is a national system in the United States for early care and education using the public schools.

Which of the following is true about the use of grammar and syntax by most 3-year-olds?

The growth of working memory permits the development of ________, the conscious control of thoughts, emotions, and actions to accomplish goals or to solve problems.

Which of the following is an example involving episodic memory?

Five-year-old Rebecca plays a game on her iPad in which she needs to tap on all red-colored objects that appear on the screen and ignore objects of other colors. At the end of every game, an animated character of a girl appears to congratulate Rebecca. When asked who the character is, Rebecca says that it is a girl who lives inside the screen and watches her games. This illustrates

Vygotsky's term for the difference between what a child can do alone and what the child can do with help is known as the