Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Vygotsky's view of the importance of _____ on children's development fits with the current belief that it is important to evaluate the contextual factors in learning.

Three-year-old Ashley is putting together a jigsaw puzzle.As is typical of her age,she:

In short-term memory,individuals retain information for up to _____ if there is no rehearsal of the information.

Juan and his little sister,Anne,are each given a large cookie.Their mother breaks Anne's cookie into four pieces to enable her to eat it easily.Juan immediately begins to cry and says that it is not fair for his sister to get so many cookies when he only has one.Juan is showing a lack of:

Six-year-old Gina has a BMI at the 95th percentile.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,she is:

Which of the following best describes the relation between centration and conservation?

Using rehearsal,we can keep information in short-term memory for a much longer period.In this context,rehearsal means:

Briefly state two criticisms leveled against Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development.

Aubrey is in a school that takes into account the typical development of children within an age span as well as the uniqueness of the child.It also emphasizes the importance of creating settings that encourage active learning and reflect the child's interests and capabilities.This view represents a ________.

Briefly describe the two stages of preoperational thought.Provide an example of children's thinking at each stage.

It is now accepted that autism is linked to:

The second substage of preoperational thought,occurring between approximately four and seven years of age,is characterized by the use of:

The second Piagetian stage of development is the preoperational stage that lasts from approximately _____ years of age.

What are signs of vision problems in children?

Define what Piaget meant by an operation.What would be one task that preoperational children fail at because they lack operations?

Sandra has been informed by a pediatrician about the weight gained by her four-year-old son,Manuel,over the last one year.She learns that Manuel has gained six pounds.Sandra should:

Identify the factors that can influence the accuracy of a young child's memory.

Who among the following five-year-olds is most likely to be the tallest?

Four-year-old Ethan reasons that every time he sees a lightning bolt in the sky,angels are turning on their flashlights.Ethan's primitive reasoning about lightning is characteristic of:

Identify a common nutritional problem in early childhood that results from the failure to eat adequate amounts of quality meats and dark green vegetables and causes chronic fatigue.