Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive effects from ______ may be long lasting.

Although she remembers riding the bus every day to school,Hillary especially remembers the day that her bus driver was dressed up like a clown.This type of memory would be described as

During early childhood,physical development involves

Kelly,age 3,frequently goes to the beach with her mother.One night,when her father comes home from work,he asks Kelly what she did that day at the beach.Which of the following is Kelly most likely to talk about?

When young children start to make grammatical errors that they did not make previously,they are often

Piaget designed the "three mountain task" to study _____________ of young children.

Tanya has recently developed the ability to draw shapes such as circles and squares.She can also button large buttons.What skills has she developed?

One theory about the increase in food allergies among children is

Ricardo sleeps VERY soundly at night,but he will still need a daytime nap or a quiet rest until about the age of

The highest rates of undernutrition are found in

By their late teens,children who had attended Project Head Start or similar programs were more likely than other needy children to have done which of the following?

The mastery of the skills that are necessary before a child can begin to read include the knowledge and attitudes that underlie reading.This is referred to as

Meagan is learning to jump rope.This involves her learning to use her leg muscles to jump in a rhythmic fashion.In learning to jump properly,Meagan is acquiring a

Kindergarten teachers placed ____ above knowing the alphabet or counting abilities in terms of predicting school success.

Four-year-old Ramona has just returned from a trip to a children's museum.While at the museum,she viewed some antique cars,listened to some music from 1930,and built a house out of clay.Generalizing from the text,which activity will she be able to recall the best?

Which type of preschool is most likely to be found in China?

______ is the retention of information over time.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the textbook as something that has been done legally to make young childhood safer?

At about the age of ___,children are able to understand the relationship between pictures,maps,and scale models and that the objects are spaces they represent.

Children's ability to communicate is related to