Question 1

The intuitive thought substage of preoperational thought occurs between approximately _____ years of age.

Accepted Answer

A) one and two 
B) three and four 
C) two and three 
D) four and seven 
A) one and two 
B) three and four 
C) two and three 
D) four and seven

Question 2

In the Montessori approach to education:

Accepted Answer

A) children are given considerable freedom in choosing their activities. 
B) teachers direct and organize children's learning. 
C) social development is the focus during the preschool years. 
D) all children follow the same educational program. 
A) children are given considerable freedom in choosing their activities. 
B) teachers direct and organize children's learning. 
C) social development is the focus during the preschool years. 
D) all children follow the same educational program.

Question 3

The transition from the ability to construct simple sentences expressing a single idea to complex sentences begins between _____ years of age.

Accepted Answer

A) one and two 
B) two and three 
C) three and four 
D) four and five 
A) one and two 
B) two and three 
C) three and four 
D) four and five

Question 4

Which of the following is true with regard to young children's memory?

Accepted Answer

A) Both short-term and long-term memory decrease in capacity during childhood. 
B) Memory span remains constant irrespective of age. 
C) Preschoolers' memories are less susceptible to suggestion than that of adults. 
D) Young children's eyewitness testimonies can often be influenced by the interviewer. 
A) Both short-term and long-term memory decrease in capacity during childhood. 
B) Memory span remains constant irrespective of age. 
C) Preschoolers' memories are less susceptible to suggestion than that of adults. 
D) Young children's eyewitness testimonies can often be influenced by the interviewer.

Question 5

What are the three mental states that children begin to understand from the age 18 months to 3 years?

Accepted Answer

Following are the three mental states th

Question 6

_____ is an approach that emphasizes the social contexts of learning and the fact that knowledge is mutually built and constructed.

Accepted Answer

A) Social constructivist approach 
B) Academic approach 
C) Phonetics approach 
D) Social norms approach 
A) Social constructivist approach 
B) Academic approach 
C) Phonetics approach 
D) Social norms approach

Question 7

Developmentally appropriate practices are most likely to be:

Accepted Answer

A) child centered. 
B) skill oriented. 
C) teacher centered. 
D) content focused. 
A) child centered. 
B) skill oriented. 
C) teacher centered. 
D) content focused.

Question 8

When adults are working with young children,they often provide a lot of hints,assistance,instruction,and other support to help the children succeed.Then,as the children demonstrate that they can do more for themselves,the adults begin to withdraw their hints,assistance,and instruction.This shows that the adults are often aware of children's:

Accepted Answer

A) zone of proximal development. 
B) ability of engaging in private speech. 
C) level of metacognition. 
D) range of cognitive evaluation. 
A) zone of proximal development. 
B) ability of engaging in private speech. 
C) level of metacognition. 
D) range of cognitive evaluation.

Question 9

Without rehearsal,our _____ memory can store information for 30 seconds.

Accepted Answer

A) sensory 
B) long-term 
C) brief-attention 
D) short-term 
A) sensory 
B) long-term 
C) brief-attention 
D) short-term

Question 10

Fay is five years old and attends a school where her teacher shows her how to work with a variety of curriculum materials.The teacher acts primarily as a facilitator in Fay's cognitive development.Fay is given considerable freedom and spontaneity in choosing activities.She is allowed to move from one activity to another as she desires.Fay most likely attends a:

Accepted Answer

A) Montessori school. 
B) child-centered kindergarten. 
C) Project Head Start program. 
D) developmentally appropriate kindergarten. 
A) Montessori school. 
B) child-centered kindergarten. 
C) Project Head Start program. 
D) developmentally appropriate kindergarten.

Question 11

Centration refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of action. 
B) the inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective. 
C) the ability to complete reversible mental actions that allow children to do mentally what they formerly did physically. 
D) the focusing of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others. 
A) the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of action. 
B) the inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective. 
C) the ability to complete reversible mental actions that allow children to do mentally what they formerly did physically. 
D) the focusing of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others.

Question 12

The _____ substage is the first substage of Piaget's preoperational stage of development.

Accepted Answer

A) sensorimotor 
B) social referencing 
C) symbolic function 
D) intuitive thought 
A) sensorimotor 
B) social referencing 
C) symbolic function 
D) intuitive thought

Question 13

Children learn to change their speech style to suit the situation by around:

Accepted Answer

A) two to three years of age. 
B) three to four years of age. 
C) four to five years of age. 
D) seven to eight years of age. 
A) two to three years of age. 
B) three to four years of age. 
C) four to five years of age. 
D) seven to eight years of age.

Question 14

_____ thought is the beginning of the ability to reconstruct in thought what has been established in behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) Operational 
B) Proximodal 
C) Preoperational 
D) Self-conscious 
A) Operational 
B) Proximodal 
C) Preoperational 
D) Self-conscious

Question 15

What is a developmentally inappropriate educational practice? Give a suitable example.

Accepted Answer

Developmentally inappropriate practice i

Question 16

The concept that an object's or substance's basic properties stay the same even though its appearance has been altered is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A) animism 
B) scaffolding 
C) conservation 
D) operation 
A) animism 
B) scaffolding 
C) conservation 
D) operation

Question 17

Research suggests that older children perform better on memory-span tasks than younger children.Which of the following best explains this finding?

Accepted Answer

A) Older children are more susceptibility to suggestion than younger children. 
B) Older children rehearse the information more than younger children. 
C) Older children have more accurate implicit memory than younger children. 
D) Older children can retrieve information from long-term memory faster than younger children. 
A) Older children are more susceptibility to suggestion than younger children. 
B) Older children rehearse the information more than younger children. 
C) Older children have more accurate implicit memory than younger children. 
D) Older children can retrieve information from long-term memory faster than younger children.

Question 18

Between the ages of _____,children come to understand that the mind can represent objects and events accurately or inaccurately.

Accepted Answer

A) 1 and 2 
B) 6 and 8 
C) 9 and 11 
D) 3 and 5 
A) 1 and 2 
B) 6 and 8 
C) 9 and 11 
D) 3 and 5

Question 19

In regard to cognitive development,which of the following terms was used by Vygotsky to describe the changing level of support over the course of a teaching session,with the more-skilled person adjusting guidance to fit the child's current performance level?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-concordance 
B) Operant conditioning 
C) Scaffolding 
D) Reverse socializing 
A) Self-concordance 
B) Operant conditioning 
C) Scaffolding 
D) Reverse socializing

Question 20

In a child-centered kindergarten,education focuses on the:

Accepted Answer

A) child's social interaction. 
B) role of a teacher as a director. 
C) child's freedom to choose activities. 
D) process of learning. 
A) child's social interaction. 
B) role of a teacher as a director. 
C) child's freedom to choose activities. 
D) process of learning.

The intuitive thought substage of preoperational thought occurs between approximately _____ years of age.

In the Montessori approach to education:

The transition from the ability to construct simple sentences expressing a single idea to complex sentences begins between _____ years of age.

Which of the following is true with regard to young children's memory?

What are the three mental states that children begin to understand from the age 18 months to 3 years?

_____ is an approach that emphasizes the social contexts of learning and the fact that knowledge is mutually built and constructed.

Developmentally appropriate practices are most likely to be:

Without rehearsal,our _____ memory can store information for 30 seconds.

Centration refers to:

The _____ substage is the first substage of Piaget's preoperational stage of development.

Children learn to change their speech style to suit the situation by around:

_____ thought is the beginning of the ability to reconstruct in thought what has been established in behavior.

What is a developmentally inappropriate educational practice? Give a suitable example.

The concept that an object's or substance's basic properties stay the same even though its appearance has been altered is known as _____.

Research suggests that older children perform better on memory-span tasks than younger children.Which of the following best explains this finding?

Between the ages of _____,children come to understand that the mind can represent objects and events accurately or inaccurately.

In regard to cognitive development,which of the following terms was used by Vygotsky to describe the changing level of support over the course of a teaching session,with the more-skilled person adjusting guidance to fit the child's current performance level?

In a child-centered kindergarten,education focuses on the:

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development

Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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Exam 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

The intuitive thought substage of preoperational thought occurs between approximately _____ years of age.

In the Montessori approach to education:

The transition from the ability to construct simple sentences expressing a single idea to complex sentences begins between _____ years of age.

Which of the following is true with regard to young children's memory?

What are the three mental states that children begin to understand from the age 18 months to 3 years?

_____ is an approach that emphasizes the social contexts of learning and the fact that knowledge is mutually built and constructed.

Developmentally appropriate practices are most likely to be:

Without rehearsal,our _____ memory can store information for 30 seconds.

Centration refers to:

The _____ substage is the first substage of Piaget's preoperational stage of development.

Children learn to change their speech style to suit the situation by around:

_____ thought is the beginning of the ability to reconstruct in thought what has been established in behavior.

What is a developmentally inappropriate educational practice? Give a suitable example.

The concept that an object's or substance's basic properties stay the same even though its appearance has been altered is known as _____.

Research suggests that older children perform better on memory-span tasks than younger children.Which of the following best explains this finding?

Between the ages of _____,children come to understand that the mind can represent objects and events accurately or inaccurately.

In regard to cognitive development,which of the following terms was used by Vygotsky to describe the changing level of support over the course of a teaching session,with the more-skilled person adjusting guidance to fit the child's current performance level?

In a child-centered kindergarten,education focuses on the:

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development

Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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