Exam 3: B: Human Development

When children understand that rolling a ball of clay into a "snake" does not increase the amount of clay or that pouring liquid from a tall,narrow glass into a shallow dish does not reduce the amount of liquid,the children have developed

You are playing the game of Monopoly with your nephew.Although he tries to play the game,he cannot understand the instructions and tends to make up his own rules to play by.Your nephew is most likely in which stage of cognitive development?

Which of the following may explain why Piaget underestimated the abilities of infants?

Teens who take pride in their ethnic heritage show which of the following characteristics?

Regarding language development,which of the following statements is FALSE?

A child is told a story using two dolls named Sally and Anne.Sally has a basket,while the Anne has a box.The experimenter than explains that Sally puts a coin in her basket and goes out to play.In the meantime,Anne takes the coin from Sally's basket and puts it into her box.Sally comes back inside and looks for the coin.The experimenter asks the child "Where will Sally look for her coin?" If the child says that Sally will look for her coin in her basket,the child is demonstrating that he or she has developed

Vygotsky realized that some tasks are just beyond a child's reach.However,children receiving sensitive guidance from skilled partners could make rapid progress.Interactions like this are most helpful when they take place within a child's

Resilient children who are also characterized by being independent,competent,self-controlled,assertive,and inquiring are often a consequence of which parental style?

The modification of existing mental patterns to fit new requirements is called

Peter is sitting on the floor playing when he waves to his daddy and says "Go bye-bye." He then calls to his cat,"Here Kitty," and later asks his mother for a cookie by saying,"Want cookie." Peter is exhibiting

True intellectual enrichment

A child who thinks it gets dark so that she can sleep is demonstrating

To say that a child is egocentric means that he or she is

Two-year-old Marian and her mother are at the park.People nearby hear Marian talking to her mother,"See birdie," "Want cookie," and "My ball." According to Noam Chomsky,Marian is exhibiting

When Kathy uses crayons,she holds them tightly and presses down hard on the paper.Her mother just gave Kathy some fine line markers to draw with.Kathy grips the marker tightly and presses the point down hard on the paper.The point of the marker breaks.Kathy's difficulty with this new drawing instrument is due to

Erica is accustomed to riding her own bicycle.She decides to ride her brother's bike,which is slightly larger.Piaget would call the changes Erica makes in order to ride her brother's bike

Five-year-old Allie is asked if she has a sister,and she says "Yes,Sarah's my sister." Allie is then asked if Sarah has a sister,and Allie says,"no." This verbal exchange illustrates that Allie's thinking lacks

An infant is being weaned to drink out of a cup,but she continues to suck the cup as if sucking a nipple.This best illustrates

Which of the following observations is cited to support the idea that language is learned?

When a child no longer plays the game of Monopoly mechanically and is able to understand the complex and hypothetical transactions unique to each game,the child has most likely reached which stage of cognitive development?