Question 1

Akira is 3 years old,and his family has been on welfare for many years.When his parents speak to him,they are most likely to use

Accepted Answer

A) commands and affirmations. 
B) commands and disapproval. 
C) talk about emotions and affirmations. 
D) talk about emotions and disapprovals. 
A) commands and affirmations. 
B) commands and disapproval. 
C) talk about emotions and affirmations. 
D) talk about emotions and disapprovals.

Question 2

Experiments have demonstrated that children as young as _____ show evidence of symbolic thinking.

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A) 1   
B) 2   
C) 3   
D) 4   
A) 1   
B) 2   
C) 3   
D) 4

Question 3

Nate cares for his own daughter and the children of four neighbors while his wife and neighbors go to their jobs.He is running

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A) in-home child care. 
B) a child-care home. 
C) a child-care center. 
D) a child-care paradigm. 
A) in-home child care. 
B) a child-care home. 
C) a child-care center. 
D) a child-care paradigm.

Question 4

Dr.Jamal is a successful psychologist who teaches at the local university.When he talks to his 3-year-old daughter,he's most likely to engage in

Accepted Answer

A) commands and affirmations. 
B) commands and disapproval. 
C) talk about emotions and affirmations. 
D) talk about emotions and disapprovals. 
A) commands and affirmations. 
B) commands and disapproval. 
C) talk about emotions and affirmations. 
D) talk about emotions and disapprovals.

Question 5

The scaffolding behavior described by Vygotsky

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A) can only be used in teaching language. 
B) can only be used in teaching mathematics. 
C) can be used in teaching any subject. 
D) cannot be used in teaching any scholastic subject. 
A) can only be used in teaching language. 
B) can only be used in teaching mathematics. 
C) can be used in teaching any subject. 
D) cannot be used in teaching any scholastic subject.

Question 6

Lev Vygotsky believed that children's cognitive development was a product of

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A) genetic predeterminism. 
B) their individual explorations. 
C) appropriate reinforcement and punishment. 
D) learning from other,more competent people. 
A) genetic predeterminism. 
B) their individual explorations. 
C) appropriate reinforcement and punishment. 
D) learning from other,more competent people.

Question 7

Barbara Rogoff referred to children's social interactions with adults and their observations of adult behavior as

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A) scaffolding. 
B) guided participation. 
C) the Zone of Proximal Development. 
D) inner speech. 
A) scaffolding. 
B) guided participation. 
C) the Zone of Proximal Development. 
D) inner speech.

Question 8

Compare and contrast the ways in which Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky might design preschool educational programs.

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Question 9

One way to test for the size of working memory is the

Accepted Answer

A) Digit Span Task. 
B) Continuous Performance Task. 
C) Stroop Test. 
D) Thematic Apperception Test. 
A) Digit Span Task. 
B) Continuous Performance Task. 
C) Stroop Test. 
D) Thematic Apperception Test.

Question 10

A _____ is a mental representation of a general idea about something.

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A) relation 
B) morphology 
C) pragmatic 
D) concept 
A) relation 
B) morphology 
C) pragmatic 
D) concept

Question 11

Children can generally recite the alphabet and relate stories to their own experiences by the time they are approximately _____ years old.

Accepted Answer

A) 3 
B) 4 
C) 5 
D) 6 
A) 3 
B) 4 
C) 5 
D) 6

Question 12

According to Jean Piaget,during the preoperational period,children master

Accepted Answer

A) reversibility. 
B) classification. 
C) representation. 
D) conservation. 
A) reversibility. 
B) classification. 
C) representation. 
D) conservation.

Question 13

_____ believed that children develop language in order to establish and maintain social contact.

Accepted Answer

A) Myrtle McGraw 
B) Jean Piaget 
C) B.F.Skinner 
D) Lev Vygotsky 
A) Myrtle McGraw 
B) Jean Piaget 
C) B.F.Skinner 
D) Lev Vygotsky

Question 14

Explain how adults can encourage the development of literacy in children.

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Some strategies might include:a lot of p

Question 15

When little Dylan is having trouble adding two-digit numbers,his teacher hints that maybe he needs to think about how to carry numbers.With that hint,Dylan sees his error and begins to solve the problem correctly.Adding two-digit numbers seems to be in Dylan's Zone of

Accepted Answer

A) Proximal Development. 
B) Distal Development. 
C) Cephalocaudal Development. 
D) Preoperational Development. 
A) Proximal Development. 
B) Distal Development. 
C) Cephalocaudal Development. 
D) Preoperational Development.

Question 16

One way to measure a child's ability to focus his attention is the

Accepted Answer

A) Brown-Peterson Procedure. 
B) Continuous Performance Task. 
C) Stroop Test. 
D) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. 
A) Brown-Peterson Procedure. 
B) Continuous Performance Task. 
C) Stroop Test. 
D) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.

Question 17

Young Lancelot is running around the house with a pot on his head,holding a trashcan lid in one hand and a stick in the other,yelling about killing dragons.Piaget would say that he's engaged in

Accepted Answer

A) symbolic representation. 
B) deferred imitation. 
C) object permanence. 
D) habituation. 
A) symbolic representation. 
B) deferred imitation. 
C) object permanence. 
D) habituation.

Question 18

Benjamin shows three-year-old Candice a shoebox,and asks her what's inside."Shoes," she replies.He opens the box.It's full of cookies.Then he closes the box and tells Candice that he's going to give the box to Pandora and to ask Pandora to guess what's inside.Candice predicts that Pandora will say "cookies." Candice has not yet developed

Accepted Answer

A) combinatorial logic. 
B) a theory of mind. 
C) animistic thinking. 
D) centration. 
A) combinatorial logic. 
B) a theory of mind. 
C) animistic thinking. 
D) centration.

Question 19

Young children demonstrate _____ when they believe that inanimate objects have the same kinds of thoughts,wishes,and feelings as people do.

Accepted Answer

A) centration 
B) conservation 
C) accommodation 
D) animism 
A) centration 
B) conservation 
C) accommodation 
D) animism

Question 20

As children acquire concepts,they become more adept at

Accepted Answer

A) syntax. 
B) reversibility. 
C) categorization. 
D) conservation. 
A) syntax. 
B) reversibility. 
C) categorization. 
D) conservation.

Akira is 3 years old,and his family has been on welfare for many years.When his parents speak to him,they are most likely to use

Experiments have demonstrated that children as young as _____ show evidence of symbolic thinking.

Nate cares for his own daughter and the children of four neighbors while his wife and neighbors go to their jobs.He is running

Dr.Jamal is a successful psychologist who teaches at the local university.When he talks to his 3-year-old daughter,he's most likely to engage in

The scaffolding behavior described by Vygotsky

Lev Vygotsky believed that children's cognitive development was a product of

Barbara Rogoff referred to children's social interactions with adults and their observations of adult behavior as

Compare and contrast the ways in which Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky might design preschool educational programs.

One way to test for the size of working memory is the

A _____ is a mental representation of a general idea about something.

Children can generally recite the alphabet and relate stories to their own experiences by the time they are approximately _____ years old.

According to Jean Piaget,during the preoperational period,children master

_____ believed that children develop language in order to establish and maintain social contact.

Explain how adults can encourage the development of literacy in children.

When little Dylan is having trouble adding two-digit numbers,his teacher hints that maybe he needs to think about how to carry numbers.With that hint,Dylan sees his error and begins to solve the problem correctly.Adding two-digit numbers seems to be in Dylan's Zone of

One way to measure a child's ability to focus his attention is the

Young Lancelot is running around the house with a pot on his head,holding a trashcan lid in one hand and a stick in the other,yelling about killing dragons.Piaget would say that he's engaged in

Young children demonstrate _____ when they believe that inanimate objects have the same kinds of thoughts,wishes,and feelings as people do.

As children acquire concepts,they become more adept at

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Exam 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Akira is 3 years old,and his family has been on welfare for many years.When his parents speak to him,they are most likely to use

Experiments have demonstrated that children as young as _____ show evidence of symbolic thinking.

Nate cares for his own daughter and the children of four neighbors while his wife and neighbors go to their jobs.He is running

Dr.Jamal is a successful psychologist who teaches at the local university.When he talks to his 3-year-old daughter,he's most likely to engage in

The scaffolding behavior described by Vygotsky

Lev Vygotsky believed that children's cognitive development was a product of

Barbara Rogoff referred to children's social interactions with adults and their observations of adult behavior as

Compare and contrast the ways in which Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky might design preschool educational programs.

One way to test for the size of working memory is the

A _____ is a mental representation of a general idea about something.

Children can generally recite the alphabet and relate stories to their own experiences by the time they are approximately _____ years old.

According to Jean Piaget,during the preoperational period,children master

_____ believed that children develop language in order to establish and maintain social contact.

Explain how adults can encourage the development of literacy in children.

When little Dylan is having trouble adding two-digit numbers,his teacher hints that maybe he needs to think about how to carry numbers.With that hint,Dylan sees his error and begins to solve the problem correctly.Adding two-digit numbers seems to be in Dylan's Zone of

One way to measure a child's ability to focus his attention is the

Young Lancelot is running around the house with a pot on his head,holding a trashcan lid in one hand and a stick in the other,yelling about killing dragons.Piaget would say that he's engaged in

Young children demonstrate _____ when they believe that inanimate objects have the same kinds of thoughts,wishes,and feelings as people do.

As children acquire concepts,they become more adept at

The Study of Child Development

Nature With Nurture

Conception,prenatal Development,and 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 Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

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