Exam 8: Cognitive Development

If children spend time out of home in child care, they are most likely in which type of care?

Failure of the Three Mountain Task in preschool children indicates their:

Positive effects of Head Start programs have been shown to:

When 2.5-year-olds were asked to find a hidden toy in room. They had already been shown where the toy was hidden in small model room. These children:

The ability to hear and manipulate the sounds of spoken language is known as:

Brody understands that when counting children in her class, the last number represents the amount of children. This is an example of:

Which of the following does not predict children's creation of an imaginary companion?

Sarah says, "The duck has two feets." This is an example of:

Watching Sesame Street has been positively associated with:

Young children's ideas about the nature of mental activities, especially those of the other people around them, is known as:

Preschool children's difficulty with recall tasks seems to be in:

People who learn a second language early in life use the same part of the brain to process information in both languages.

Families with high scores on the HOME inventory are likely to have children who have:

The primary difference in the cognitive development theories of Piaget and Vygotsky is:

Scottie knows that when you go to the grocery store, the doors open automatically, he rides in the cart, he gets a free apple slice, they go to the check-out counter, and finally he gets a sticker. This type of knowledge is known as:

The most effective way to learn a second language is:

According to DeLoache's model studies, children are able to use a small model as a representational clue before they can use a video as a representational tool.

At the library, Bobby points out a book to his mother that they had checked out previously. This is an example of:

Studies of children who attend Head Start indicate that school readiness is:

The concept that the last number in a counting sequence represents the quantity of objects in a set is known as: