Question 1

Children go from being able to speak about 500 to 600 words at age 2 to saying over _________words

Accepted Answer

A)  8,000 
B)  10,000 
C)  12,000 
D)  15,000 
A)  8,000 
B)  10,000 
C)  12,000 
D)  15,000

Question 2

________________ is responsible for the establishment of increasingly complex connections among neurons.

Accepted Answer

A)  Myelination 
B)  Dendritic growth 
C)  Vascular growth 
D)  Axonal connections 
A)  Myelination 
B)  Dendritic growth 
C)  Vascular growth 
D)  Axonal connections

Question 3

More recent research has challenged the position that left-handers were more susceptible to developmental delays and immune deficiencies than right-handers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The most frequently cited criticism of Piaget's preoperational development stage is that

Accepted Answer

A)  Piaget underestimated children's social abilities 
B)  Piaget overestimated children's social abilities 
C)  Piaget overestimated children's cognitive abilities 
D)  Piaget underestimated children's cognitive abilities 
A)  Piaget underestimated children's social abilities 
B)  Piaget overestimated children's social abilities 
C)  Piaget overestimated children's cognitive abilities 
D)  Piaget underestimated children's cognitive abilities

Question 5

Sally and James are both 4 years old, and each is well-coordinated. From this, neurologically, we can surmise that the _________________ of the neurons that link the cerebral cortex to the ___________ has progressed normatively.

Accepted Answer

A)  myelination, cerebellum 
B)  cerebellum, cerebral cortex 
C)  cerebellum, parietal cortex 
D)  cerebral cortex, myelination 
A)  myelination, cerebellum 
B)  cerebellum, cerebral cortex 
C)  cerebellum, parietal cortex 
D)  cerebral cortex, myelination

Question 6

_____________________ is a national program designed and implemented to promote school-readiness among disadvantaged children through the provision of educational, nutritional, and social services.

Accepted Answer

A)  No Child Left Behind 
B)  Common Core 
C)  Bright Start 
D)  Head Start 
A)  No Child Left Behind 
B)  Common Core 
C)  Bright Start 
D)  Head Start

Question 7

________________ is one major health hazard for US children living in older homes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Falling through the floor 
B)  Lead poisoning 
C)  Rotting windows 
D)  Getting splinters 
A)  Falling through the floor 
B)  Lead poisoning 
C)  Rotting windows 
D)  Getting splinters

Question 8

Henry is able to draw lines and successfully fit differently shaped puzzle pieces into their corresponding slots in a shape-sorter. His fine-motor skills are normative for a ___ -year-old.

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5 
A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5

Question 9

Symbolic play involves children ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  exchanging toys. 
B)  working toward a common goal. 
C)  enacting social roles. 
D)  using an object as a substitute for another. 
A)  exchanging toys. 
B)  working toward a common goal. 
C)  enacting social roles. 
D)  using an object as a substitute for another.

Question 10

In early childhood, skeletal growth stunting undermines the health development of bones and is also associated with cognitive delays that ________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are difficult to distinguish from ADHD 
B)  are difficult to distinguish form learning disorders 
C)  interfere with socializing 
D)  undermine educational achievement 
A)  are difficult to distinguish from ADHD 
B)  are difficult to distinguish form learning disorders 
C)  interfere with socializing 
D)  undermine educational achievement

Question 11

"I sitted on the car" and "I gone home" are two examples of _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  naming explosion 
B)  noun bias 
C)  overgeneralization 
D)  undergeneralization 
A)  naming explosion 
B)  noun bias 
C)  overgeneralization 
D)  undergeneralization

Question 12

Pragmatics is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the study of language 
B)  grammar usage 
C)  the social use of communication 
D)  using parts of speech correctly 
A)  the study of language 
B)  grammar usage 
C)  the social use of communication 
D)  using parts of speech correctly

Question 13

Your 5-year-old cousin Julio is in the backseat of the car on the way to go camping with her family. A very normal question for her to ask is: ________________ say?

Accepted Answer

A)  "can we get some gas?" 
B)  "are we there yet?" 
C)  "did you pack my slippers?" 
D)  "can you on some jazz music?" 
A)  "can we get some gas?" 
B)  "are we there yet?" 
C)  "did you pack my slippers?" 
D)  "can you on some jazz music?"

Question 14

Young children's thought is informed by the assumption of ____________, the belief that anything that exists is made by a conscious entity

Accepted Answer

A)  centration 
B)  artificialism 
C)  egocentrism 
D)  irreversibility 
A)  centration 
B)  artificialism 
C)  egocentrism 
D)  irreversibility

Question 15

Most of the world's population appears to be right-handed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Piaget's law of conservation describes the developmental accomplishment of being able to understand that changing the form or appearance of a substance does not change its _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  color 
B)  smell 
C)  texture 
D)  amount 
A)  color 
B)  smell 
C)  texture 
D)  amount

Question 17

A child cannot bake cake alone, but the task is within the child's Zone of Proximal Development, because she can perform this task _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  if she is motivated with avoid punishment 
B)  if she is motivated to receive a reward 
C)  within the next 2 years 
D)  with the help of an adult 
A)  if she is motivated with avoid punishment 
B)  if she is motivated to receive a reward 
C)  within the next 2 years 
D)  with the help of an adult

Question 18

Many preschoolers are egocentric and empathic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Your professor, a developmentalist, explained that it is normative for _______________ a dominant role in language.

Accepted Answer

A)  the right hemisphere to play 
B)  both the left and right hemispheres to fight for 
C)  the left hemisphere to play 
D)  neither hemisphere to play 
A)  the right hemisphere to play 
B)  both the left and right hemispheres to fight for 
C)  the left hemisphere to play 
D)  neither hemisphere to play

Question 20

____________________ is the process of forming a cognitive compartment or grouping based on specific properties.

Accepted Answer

A)  categorization 
B)  pragmatics 
C)  fast mapping 
D)  syntax 
A)  categorization 
B)  pragmatics 
C)  fast mapping 
D)  syntax

Children go from being able to speak about 500 to 600 words at age 2 to saying over _________words

________________ is responsible for the establishment of increasingly complex connections among neurons.

More recent research has challenged the position that left-handers were more susceptible to developmental delays and immune deficiencies than right-handers.

The most frequently cited criticism of Piaget's preoperational development stage is that

Sally and James are both 4 years old, and each is well-coordinated. From this, neurologically, we can surmise that the _______ of the neurons that link the cerebral cortex to the _ has progressed normatively.

_____________________ is a national program designed and implemented to promote school-readiness among disadvantaged children through the provision of educational, nutritional, and social services.

________________ is one major health hazard for US children living in older homes.

Henry is able to draw lines and successfully fit differently shaped puzzle pieces into their corresponding slots in a shape-sorter. His fine-motor skills are normative for a ___ -year-old.

Symbolic play involves children ________________.

In early childhood, skeletal growth stunting undermines the health development of bones and is also associated with cognitive delays that ________________________.

"I sitted on the car" and "I gone home" are two examples of _______________.

Pragmatics is:

Your 5-year-old cousin Julio is in the backseat of the car on the way to go camping with her family. A very normal question for her to ask is: ________________ say?

Young children's thought is informed by the assumption of ____________, the belief that anything that exists is made by a conscious entity

Most of the world's population appears to be right-handed.

Piaget's law of conservation describes the developmental accomplishment of being able to understand that changing the form or appearance of a substance does not change its _____________.

A child cannot bake cake alone, but the task is within the child's Zone of Proximal Development, because she can perform this task _____________.

Many preschoolers are egocentric and empathic.

Your professor, a developmentalist, explained that it is normative for _______________ a dominant role in language.

____________________ is the process of forming a cognitive compartment or grouping based on specific properties.

Understanding Human Development: Theories and Approaches

Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy: The First Two Years

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood: Two to Six Years

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years Old

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Adult-Hood

Physical and Cognitive Development in the Later Years

Socioemotional Development in the Later Years

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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Exam 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood:two to Six Years

Children go from being able to speak about 500 to 600 words at age 2 to saying over _________words

________________ is responsible for the establishment of increasingly complex connections among neurons.

More recent research has challenged the position that left-handers were more susceptible to developmental delays and immune deficiencies than right-handers.

The most frequently cited criticism of Piaget's preoperational development stage is that

Sally and James are both 4 years old, and each is well-coordinated. From this, neurologically, we can surmise that the _________________ of the neurons that link the cerebral cortex to the ___________ has progressed normatively.

_____________________ is a national program designed and implemented to promote school-readiness among disadvantaged children through the provision of educational, nutritional, and social services.

________________ is one major health hazard for US children living in older homes.

Henry is able to draw lines and successfully fit differently shaped puzzle pieces into their corresponding slots in a shape-sorter. His fine-motor skills are normative for a ___ -year-old.

Symbolic play involves children ________________.

In early childhood, skeletal growth stunting undermines the health development of bones and is also associated with cognitive delays that ________________________.

"I sitted on the car" and "I gone home" are two examples of _______________.

Pragmatics is:

Your 5-year-old cousin Julio is in the backseat of the car on the way to go camping with her family. A very normal question for her to ask is: ________________ say?

Young children's thought is informed by the assumption of ____________, the belief that anything that exists is made by a conscious entity

Most of the world's population appears to be right-handed.

Piaget's law of conservation describes the developmental accomplishment of being able to understand that changing the form or appearance of a substance does not change its _____________.

A child cannot bake cake alone, but the task is within the child's Zone of Proximal Development, because she can perform this task _____________.

Many preschoolers are egocentric and empathic.

Your professor, a developmentalist, explained that it is normative for _______________ a dominant role in language.

____________________ is the process of forming a cognitive compartment or grouping based on specific properties.

Understanding Human Development: Theories and Approaches

Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy: The First Two Years

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood: Two to Six Years

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years Old

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Adult-Hood

Physical and Cognitive Development in the Later Years

Socioemotional Development in the Later Years

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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Sally and James are both 4 years old, and each is well-coordinated. From this, neurologically, we can surmise that the _______ of the neurons that link the cerebral cortex to the _ has progressed normatively.