Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

A child's ability to think about or evaluate the quality of her thinking is

Overconsumption and _______ are the main cornerstones of obesity.

Food aversions often develop during the preschool years.

Families that ask questions, rather than give commands, foster higher IQ scores in their children.

What food messages do Barney and similar types of children's programming send to children about food?

Jayshree loves to play with her toy telephone. When she holds the receiver to her face and calls "Hi!" she is engaging in

A ________ is a set of ideas that a child constructs to explain other people's ideas, beliefs, desires, and behaviours.

In Canada, child maltreatment is most often perpetrated by

What predictions can be made about TV watching and children's health based on the Quebec Longitudinal Study of preschoolers?

A child's development of a theory of mind is influenced by the child's ability to pretend.

Using language as a guide to problem solving is called metacognition.

When Gregoriev says, "My doggie runned away," he is using

Children who experience frequent, profound, or multiple types of abuse may be more vulnerable to developing

A child who is beginning to use symbols is entering the preoperational stage.

According to Piaget, at about age 2, children begin to use ________ in their thinking.

Lara is able to hop, skip, and grasp a pencil maturely. According to the text, Lara is most likely to be

Which of the following characteristics increases the risk that a child will be abused?

Parents of higher IQ children tend to talk to their children often and use language that is descriptively rich and accurate, helping their children master new skills.

The typical pattern of children's growth from age two to adolescence is

A group of 5- to 6-year-olds are playing the game Red Rover because they prefer formal games. This is a form of