Question 1

Follow-up research indicates that

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A)  when given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences, preschoolers rely on trial and error to solve problems. 
B)  a preoperational stage, as described by Piaget, really exists. 
C)  Piaget was partly right and partly wrong about young children's cognitive capacities. 
D)  preschoolers rely on faulty logic to solve problems even when given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences. 
A)  when given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences, preschoolers rely on trial and error to solve problems. 
B)  a preoperational stage, as described by Piaget, really exists. 
C)  Piaget was partly right and partly wrong about young children's cognitive capacities. 
D)  preschoolers rely on faulty logic to solve problems even when given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences.

Question 2

A central component of Montessori education is

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A)  formal training in reading and writing. 
B)  repetition and drill. 
C)  child-chosen activities. 
D)  teacher-planned science lessons. 
A)  formal training in reading and writing. 
B)  repetition and drill. 
C)  child-chosen activities. 
D)  teacher-planned science lessons.

Question 3

Which of the following statements is supported by research on sex differences in motor skills?

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A)  Parents tend to foster gender-stereotyped physical activities in their children. 
B)  Preschoolers exposed to formal lessons tend to be advanced in gross-motor development. 
C)  In early childhood, girls have a slight edge over boys in skills that emphasize force and power. 
D)  Sex differences in motor skills are largely due to genetically based differences. 
A)  Parents tend to foster gender-stereotyped physical activities in their children. 
B)  Preschoolers exposed to formal lessons tend to be advanced in gross-motor development. 
C)  In early childhood, girls have a slight edge over boys in skills that emphasize force and power. 
D)  Sex differences in motor skills are largely due to genetically based differences.

Question 4

Young children improve in fine-motor skills as

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A)  their bodies become more streamlined. 
B)  their center of gravity shifts downward. 
C)  control of the hands and fingers improves. 
D)  control of the legs and torso improves. 
A)  their bodies become more streamlined. 
B)  their center of gravity shifts downward. 
C)  control of the hands and fingers improves. 
D)  control of the legs and torso improves.

Question 5

When children who lack growth hormone (GH)are given synthetic injections of GH starting at an early age,they

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A)  grow normally until the beginning of puberty. 
B)  show catch-up growth and then grow at a normal rate. 
C)  still reach an average mature height of only about 4 to 4½ feet. 
D)  gain more in weight than in height. 
A)  grow normally until the beginning of puberty. 
B)  show catch-up growth and then grow at a normal rate. 
C)  still reach an average mature height of only about 4 to 4½ feet. 
D)  gain more in weight than in height.

Question 6

Piaget believed that __________ leads to internal images of experience,which children then label with words.

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A)  imagination 
B)  intentional behavior 
C)  sensorimotor activity 
D)  role playing 
A)  imagination 
B)  intentional behavior 
C)  sensorimotor activity 
D)  role playing

Question 7

Priya was born with a deficiency of thyroxine.She did not receive prompt treatment.Priya is most likely

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A)  extremely tall for her age. 
B)  mentally retarded. 
C)  inattentive and unruly. 
D)  strong in spatial relationship skills. 
A)  extremely tall for her age. 
B)  mentally retarded. 
C)  inattentive and unruly. 
D)  strong in spatial relationship skills.

Question 8

Discuss episodic memory,including memory for familiar events and memory for one-time events.

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Episodic memory is memory for everyday e

Question 9

Preschoolers exposed to substandard child care,especially for long hours,score higher in

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A)  cognitive skills. 
B)  social skills. 
C)  behavior problems. 
D)  depression. 
A)  cognitive skills. 
B)  social skills. 
C)  behavior problems. 
D)  depression.

Question 10

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A)  consistently affect children's usage. 
B)  eliminate errors in children's speech. 
C)  elaborate on children's speech, increasing its complexity. 
D)  restructure inaccurate speech into correct form. 
A)  consistently affect children's usage. 
B)  eliminate errors in children's speech. 
C)  elaborate on children's speech, increasing its complexity. 
D)  restructure inaccurate speech into correct form.

Question 11

Conservation refers to the

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A)  failure to distinguish others' symbolic viewpoints from one's own. 
B)  belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions. 
C)  inability to mentally go through a series of steps and then reverse direction, returning to the starting point. 
D)  idea that certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes. 
A)  failure to distinguish others' symbolic viewpoints from one's own. 
B)  belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions. 
C)  inability to mentally go through a series of steps and then reverse direction, returning to the starting point. 
D)  idea that certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes.

Question 12

Three-year-old Maya is asked to describe what happens at preschool.This task requires Maya to use

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A)  scripts. 
B)  recognition memory. 
C)  autobiographical memories. 
D)  digit span tasks. 
A)  scripts. 
B)  recognition memory. 
C)  autobiographical memories. 
D)  digit span tasks.

Question 13

__________ is central to the Head Start philosophy.

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A)  Child-chosen activity 
B)  Guided participation 
C)  Decentration 
D)  Parent involvement 
A)  Child-chosen activity 
B)  Guided participation 
C)  Decentration 
D)  Parent involvement

Question 14

Follow-up research on preoperational thought indicates that

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A)  perspective taking develops gradually throughout childhood and adolescence. 
B)  toddlers are unable to infer others' intentions. 
C)  preschoolers attribute biological properties to objects. 
D)  most preschoolers do not believe that magic accounts for events they cannot explain. 
A)  perspective taking develops gradually throughout childhood and adolescence. 
B)  toddlers are unable to infer others' intentions. 
C)  preschoolers attribute biological properties to objects. 
D)  most preschoolers do not believe that magic accounts for events they cannot explain.

Question 15

Compared with other industrialized nations,the United States

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A)  has a low childhood injury death rate. 
B)  has a high childhood injury death rate. 
C)  has a high preschool immunization rate. 
D)  is safer in terms of childhood illnesses and injuries. 
A)  has a low childhood injury death rate. 
B)  has a high childhood injury death rate. 
C)  has a high preschool immunization rate. 
D)  is safer in terms of childhood illnesses and injuries.

Question 16

Ignacio lives in a remote Mayan village in Yucatan,Mexico.Ignacio does not rely on conversation and play to teach his children.Which of the following is the most likely reason for this?

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A)  Ignacio is too busy working and maintaining his household to interact with his children. 
B)  Ignacio instead focuses on preparing his children for academic success and civic engagement. 
C)  Ignacio's young children spend most of their time playing with and talking to their agemates. 
D)  Ignacio's children spend their day in contact with adult work and start to assume mature responsibilities in early childhood. 
A)  Ignacio is too busy working and maintaining his household to interact with his children. 
B)  Ignacio instead focuses on preparing his children for academic success and civic engagement. 
C)  Ignacio's young children spend most of their time playing with and talking to their agemates. 
D)  Ignacio's children spend their day in contact with adult work and start to assume mature responsibilities in early childhood.

Question 17

Three-year-old Reagan says,"I losted my dolly!" Reagan is demonstrating

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A)  overregularization. 
B)  underextension. 
C)  overextension. 
D)  underregularization. 
A)  overregularization. 
B)  underextension. 
C)  overextension. 
D)  underregularization.

Question 18

Children who lack __________ reach an average mature height of only 4 to 4½ feet.

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A)  growth hormone (GH) 
B)  estrogen 
C)  thyroxine 
D)  thyroid-stimulating hormone 
A)  growth hormone (GH) 
B)  estrogen 
C)  thyroxine 
D)  thyroid-stimulating hormone

Question 19

Compared to their Western agemates,5-year-old Yucatec Mayans

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A)  engage in more sophisticated make-believe play. 
B)  more often spontaneously do tasks beyond those assigned. 
C)  are less competent at self-care. 
D)  are not as self-sufficient. 
A)  engage in more sophisticated make-believe play. 
B)  more often spontaneously do tasks beyond those assigned. 
C)  are less competent at self-care. 
D)  are not as self-sufficient.

Question 20

Heidi is shown 16 flowers,4 of which are blue and 12 of which are red.When asked,"Are there more red flowers or flowers?" Heidi,a preoperational child,responds,"More red flowers." This problem demonstrates Heidi's difficulty with

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A)  animistic thinking. 
B)  egocentrism. 
C)  hierarchical classification. 
D)  magical thinking. 
A)  animistic thinking. 
B)  egocentrism. 
C)  hierarchical classification. 
D)  magical thinking.

Follow-up research indicates that

A central component of Montessori education is

Which of the following statements is supported by research on sex differences in motor skills?

Young children improve in fine-motor skills as

When children who lack growth hormone (GH)are given synthetic injections of GH starting at an early age,they

Piaget believed that __________ leads to internal images of experience,which children then label with words.

Priya was born with a deficiency of thyroxine.She did not receive prompt treatment.Priya is most likely

Discuss episodic memory,including memory for familiar events and memory for one-time events.

Preschoolers exposed to substandard child care,especially for long hours,score higher in

Expansions

Conservation refers to the

Three-year-old Maya is asked to describe what happens at preschool.This task requires Maya to use

__________ is central to the Head Start philosophy.

Follow-up research on preoperational thought indicates that

Compared with other industrialized nations,the United States

Ignacio lives in a remote Mayan village in Yucatan,Mexico.Ignacio does not rely on conversation and play to teach his children.Which of the following is the most likely reason for this?

Three-year-old Reagan says,"I losted my dolly!" Reagan is demonstrating

Children who lack __________ reach an average mature height of only 4 to 4½ feet.

Compared to their Western agemates,5-year-old Yucatec Mayans

Heidi is shown 16 flowers,4 of which are blue and 12 of which are red.When asked,"Are there more red flowers or flowers?" Heidi,a preoperational child,responds,"More red flowers." This problem demonstrates Heidi's difficulty with

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Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Follow-up research indicates that

A central component of Montessori education is

Which of the following statements is supported by research on sex differences in motor skills?

Young children improve in fine-motor skills as

When children who lack growth hormone (GH)are given synthetic injections of GH starting at an early age,they

Piaget believed that __________ leads to internal images of experience,which children then label with words.

Priya was born with a deficiency of thyroxine.She did not receive prompt treatment.Priya is most likely

Discuss episodic memory,including memory for familiar events and memory for one-time events.

Preschoolers exposed to substandard child care,especially for long hours,score higher in

Expansions

Conservation refers to the

Three-year-old Maya is asked to describe what happens at preschool.This task requires Maya to use

__________ is central to the Head Start philosophy.

Follow-up research on preoperational thought indicates that

Compared with other industrialized nations,the United States

Ignacio lives in a remote Mayan village in Yucatan,Mexico.Ignacio does not rely on conversation and play to teach his children.Which of the following is the most likely reason for this?

Three-year-old Reagan says,"I losted my dolly!" Reagan is demonstrating

Children who lack __________ reach an average mature height of only 4 to 4½ feet.

Compared to their Western agemates,5-year-old Yucatec Mayans

Heidi is shown 16 flowers,4 of which are blue and 12 of which are red.When asked,"Are there more red flowers or flowers?" Heidi,a preoperational child,responds,"More red flowers." This problem demonstrates Heidi's difficulty with

History, theory, and Research Strategies

Genetic and Environmental Foundations

Prenatal Development, birth, and the Newborn Baby

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood

Death, dying, and Bereavement

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