Exam 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

If I have 4-year-old Juan fill a tall cylinder with water up to the two cup mark and a short, wide cylinder up to the two cup mark and I ask him to tell me which cylinder has more water, what is he most likely to say?

Children acquire the__________ between the ages of 18 and 24 months, which is the understanding that one object or behavior can represent another.

The average 2-and-a-half-year-old's vocabulary is about__________ words.

In which category are children who score 130 and above on an IQ test?

Private speech helps children to __________ .

During which stage of cognitive development do children's figurative schemes grow rapidly?

What is understanding about and control of memory processes called?

How do Vygotsky's theories of cognitive development differ from those of Piaget and information processing theorists?

According to Vygotsky,__________ is central to cognitive development.

What is the correlation between parents' educational levels and their children's IQ scores?

Explain to the parent of a toddler the differences between egocentrism and selfishness.

Which of the following is considered an average IQ score?

Which approach to early childhood education is the Montessori method?

You are a second grade teacher who would like to teach to your student's zone of proximal development in math. How would you structure your activities to make sure this happens? Make sure you discuss scaffolding as well as guided participation.

Cheryl sat with her 3-year-old while she wrote out various lists as they played a game the child called work. When Cheryl's mother came over she pointed out that her granddaughter had misspelled practically every word on the paper and should be properly taught how to spell. What should Cheryl tell her mother?

John wants to be an early childhood education teacher. Which ages could he be working with?

Maritza is a new teacher in a preschool classroom for 4-year-olds. She understands that young children have difficulty focusing and listening for long periods of time so she reads interactive, short stories to them during group time and allows children who are struggling to sit still to go to a nearby table and play with play dough while she reads. What would the N.A.E.Y.C. think about Maritza's classroom?

Discuss the steps you would use to teach a 3-year-old how to put on her jacket by scaffolding.

Three-year-old Maddie tells herself aloud, "I have to go down the stairs sitting down," as she does so. Which of Vygotsky's stages of cognitive development is she demonstrating?

What cognitive milestone is a child who understands that a banana is a fruit and so is a cherry demonstrating?