Exam 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Which of the following, according to Vygotsky's theory, would be the most effective way to teach children?

Tiffani, age 4, drew a circle with eyes, nose and a mouth. She made 4 lines coming out of the circle for arms and legs. Tiffani proudly presented it to her father, saying "I drew a picture of you!" Her art is evidence that she has developed

When young children focus on the static end points in a conservation task rather than the transformation itself, they are demonstrating

As children grow older, their private speech is not out loud, but in their mind. This process is called

Your cousin is 2½. His parents ask you what they can do to facilitate his language development. What suggestions, after reading Chapter 8, could you give them?

"Operating space" is an area where

Two-year-olds produce questions by putting what in front of a noun?

Instances of overregularization occur in less than _____ percent of the instances when children use irregular words.

Children in the Abecedarian program showed superiority to control subjects in all of the following EXCEPT

Children at high risk for problems in cognitive development entered the Abecedarian Project program at _____, on average.

To be able to understand the thoughts of other people, children must understand

Describe two of the main goals of early childhood education programs. Discuss the debate over the successes and drawbacks of Project Head Start as an early childhood program.

Which of the following is a function of private speech?

According to the information processing theorists, most of the cognitive development

Pablo is taking a test with a cognitive researcher. The researcher says a series of numbers and Pablo is to repeat them in the exact order they were presented. What is the researcher measuring?

When a child has a language and then learns a second one, what type of bilingualism is it?

The approach to cognitive development that looks at how individuals store, retrieve, and transfer information is the

Vygotsky's ideas were heavily influenced by

Children who had attended the _____ were more likely to report having an active lifestyle including regular exercise.

Kwame is a normally developing 4-year-old. He remembers playing with a toy fire engine at his cousin's house the previous day. Although he didn't have his favorite stuffed animal with him when he played with the fire engine, Kwame can imagine putting the bear on the fire engine and giving it a ride. These thoughts and memories demonstrate