Exam 4: Early Childhood

Solenne decides to sit in the corner of her daycare facility and brush a doll's hair. As other children gather in the play kitchen area, Solenne remains in the corner with her doll. In what type of play is Solenne engaging?

In general, preschoolers appear to acquire motor skills by teaching themselves and by ____.

According to Vygotsky, what is the ultimate binding of language and thought?

Miranda's mother watches her daughter run down the street while singing at the top of her lungs. At what developmental stage did Miranda likely start this behavior?

Preschoolers are least likely to fear ____.

What are the six subscales of the HOME inventory that are used for evaluating a child's home environment?

Which child is demonstrating transductive reasoning?

Terri finds her five year old son Omar walking back to his room in the middle of the night with a glass of milk in his hand. She is perplexed by the fact that Omar quietly enters his room, sets the glass on his nightstand, and then goes back to bed. What may Omar be experiencing?

Rough-and-tumble play helps develop physical and social skills.

Sleep terrors are more severe than nightmares and occur during non-REM sleep.

Definitions of the self that refer to external traits are referred to as the ____.

According to which theory do children form concepts about gender and then fit their behavior to those concepts?

The concept that one's gender remains the same despite changes in appearance or behavior is referred to as ____.

Parents can foster prosocial behavior in preschoolers by using authoritarian techniques.

Six-year-old Pippa has difficulty controlling her bladder and has "accidents" at least twice per month. Pippa suffers from ____.

Jordan and Jesse run around the playground chasing and pushing one another while laughing. This type of behavior ____.

Which child is demonstrating animism?

The motto of an authoritative parent is likely to be "____."

A three- to five-year-old child will most easily remember ____.

Bryan watches as his father pours two cups of water into a wide saucepan and two cups of water into a tall pot. Bryan is unable to understand that the saucepan and pot contain the same amounts of water because he does not understand the law of ____.