Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Which statement is supported by research on childhood injury rates in the United States?

Which statement is supported by research on individual differences in motor skills?

Which statement is supported by research on nutrition?

With the transition to early childhood,many children __________.

By age 2,children __________.

Two-year-old Christoph can probably __________.

Which child is the most likely to get his or her permanent teeth first?

The hippocampus plays a vital role in __________.

With regard to questions used to elicit children's autobiographical narratives,preschoolers who experience the __________ style recall __________ information about past events.

Three-year old Aabbee refuses to leave her stuffed elephant at home.She explains,"My elephant feels scared because she is alone." Aabbee is using __________.

Dr.Kahng shows a group of preschoolers a tray with a set of 10 familiar items.She then takes the tray out of the room and asks the children to name the items they saw.Dr.Kahng is testing __________.

Two-year-old Asha says,"We saw two deers." Asha is demonstrating __________.

Two-year old Salomé placed a crayon on paper and quickly drew a line across the page,explaining,"Car zooms!" Which statement best describes Salomé's drawing progress?

Describe the benefits of watching educational television,such as Sesame Street,Arthur,and The Magic School Bus.

In research comparing artistic maturity and originality,Chinese-American children's drawings were __________ than European-American children's drawings.

A researcher shows 3-year-old Emilia two small boxes-a familiar crayon box and a plain,unmarked box.When the researcher asks Emilia to pick the box with the crayons in it,Emilia picks the familiar box.The researcher then shows Emilia that the familiar box is empty and the unmarked box contains crayons.Finally,the researcher introduces Emilia to a puppet named Betty and asks,"Where do you think Betty will look for the crayons?" The researcher is testing Emilia's grasp of __________.

As children's bodies become more streamlined and less top-heavy,__________.

Worldwide,__________ percent of deaths of children under age 5 are __________.

Although rates of left-handedness are relatively high in tribal and village cultures,in a study of one such society in New Guinea,individuals who __________ were far more likely to be extremely right-handed.

According to Piaget,young children are not capable of __________.