Question 1

What types of studies are of the greatest value in testing whether or not a behavior is genetically influenced?

Accepted Answer

twin studies,especia

Question 2

Sarrett is giving five-year-old Teesa a pre-kindergarten physical examination.When Dr.Sarrett asks Teesa to jump up and down and hop on one leg,what is she testing?

Accepted Answer

A) Fine motor skills 
B) Gross motor skills 
C) Habituation response 
D) Intersensory integration 
A) Fine motor skills 
B) Gross motor skills 
C) Habituation response 
D) Intersensory integration

Question 3

Which of the following is a suggestion made by pediatricians to help children develop effective bedtime practices?

Accepted Answer

A) Allow the child to sleep with the parents on occasion. 
B) Eliminate transitional objects that have been reserved for bedtime. 
C) All children under age 13 should be in bed by 6 p.m. 
D) Provide the child with a structured,predictable daytime schedule. 
A) Allow the child to sleep with the parents on occasion. 
B) Eliminate transitional objects that have been reserved for bedtime. 
C) All children under age 13 should be in bed by 6 p.m. 
D) Provide the child with a structured,predictable daytime schedule.

Question 4

If a child follows a certain procedure each morning when they get out of bed,what are they using?

Accepted Answer

The answer of If a child follows a certain procedure...

Question 5

Which of the following terms describes a child's sensitivity to the sound patterns that are specific to his language?

Accepted Answer

A) Dialogic sensitivity 
B) Operational efficiency 
C) Phonological awareness 
D) Semantic acuity 
A) Dialogic sensitivity 
B) Operational efficiency 
C) Phonological awareness 
D) Semantic acuity

Question 6

Olive is four years old.She would be able to participate in which of the following activities?

Accepted Answer

A) Throwing and catching a ball 
B) Playing hopscotch 
C) Skipping using alternating feet 
D) Playing complex piano sonatas using alternating hands 
A) Throwing and catching a ball 
B) Playing hopscotch 
C) Skipping using alternating feet 
D) Playing complex piano sonatas using alternating hands

Question 7

Which of the following is true according to Piaget's concept of conservation?

Accepted Answer

A) The ability rarely occurs before age nine. 
B) The ability requires the ability to see the perspective of others. 
C) It means that a child will not be fooled by an apparent change in volume if water is poured from a short,wide glass into a taller,thinner glass. 
D) It requires the ability to mentally manipulate symbolic external characteristics in the absence of visual cues. 
A) The ability rarely occurs before age nine. 
B) The ability requires the ability to see the perspective of others. 
C) It means that a child will not be fooled by an apparent change in volume if water is poured from a short,wide glass into a taller,thinner glass. 
D) It requires the ability to mentally manipulate symbolic external characteristics in the absence of visual cues.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a sociocultural influence that could make physical abuse of children more likely?

Accepted Answer

A) The belief that children have rights 
B) Social norms for humane treatment of children 
C) The belief that children are property 
D) Stressful employment conditions 
A) The belief that children have rights 
B) Social norms for humane treatment of children 
C) The belief that children are property 
D) Stressful employment conditions

Question 9

Approximately what percentage of children will score within the average range of IQ testing?

Accepted Answer

A) 20% 
B) 37% 
C) 67% 
D) 85% 
A) 20% 
B) 37% 
C) 67% 
D) 85%

Question 10

When Mickey was five,he gave his mother a dead frog for her birthday.Mickey didn't understand why his mother didn't like her gift,because he thought the frog was cool.This represents what type of thinking?

Accepted Answer

A) Egocentric 
B) Polygenic 
C) Arbitrary 
D) Abstract 
A) Egocentric 
B) Polygenic 
C) Arbitrary 
D) Abstract

Question 11

Which of the following best describes centration?

Accepted Answer

A) When a child focuses only on one aspect of a problem or situation at a time 
B) When the child believes that everyone else thinks and feels as they do 
C) When the child understands that an object's quantity remains the same even if its shape changes 
D) When the child believes that they are the center of the family 
A) When a child focuses only on one aspect of a problem or situation at a time 
B) When the child believes that everyone else thinks and feels as they do 
C) When the child understands that an object's quantity remains the same even if its shape changes 
D) When the child believes that they are the center of the family

Question 12

The ability to control and reflect on your own memory functions is called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ability to control and reflect on...

Question 13

Which of the following is correct with regard to child abuse in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) There are clearly defined criteria for what constitutes parental neglect or abuse. 
B) There are laws requiring that child abuse be reported to the authorities. 
C) There is a general consensus across cultures on what constitutes maltreatment of children. 
D) There is often a tendency to assume parents are the abusers. 
A) There are clearly defined criteria for what constitutes parental neglect or abuse. 
B) There are laws requiring that child abuse be reported to the authorities. 
C) There is a general consensus across cultures on what constitutes maltreatment of children. 
D) There is often a tendency to assume parents are the abusers.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) Being taller and heavier than age peers 
B) Having higher intelligence 
C) Having a high activity level 
D) Having a difficult temperament 
A) Being taller and heavier than age peers 
B) Having higher intelligence 
C) Having a high activity level 
D) Having a difficult temperament

Question 15

When the Stanford-Binet was first developed,how was the intelligence quotient calculated?

Accepted Answer

A) CA/MA x 1 
B) MA/CA x 100% 
C) CA/MA x 100 
D) MA/CA x 100 
A) CA/MA x 1 
B) MA/CA x 100% 
C) CA/MA x 100 
D) MA/CA x 100

Question 16

Which of the following is true regarding nutrition during the early childhood years?

Accepted Answer

A) Food aversions often develop during the preschool years. 
B) If a child seems to have no appetite,it is important to tempt the child to eat by providing sweets or other preferred food. 
C) Young children eat more nutritiously than babies do. 
D) Most children consume the majority of their daily calories by eating regular meals. 
A) Food aversions often develop during the preschool years. 
B) If a child seems to have no appetite,it is important to tempt the child to eat by providing sweets or other preferred food. 
C) Young children eat more nutritiously than babies do. 
D) Most children consume the majority of their daily calories by eating regular meals.

Question 17

Preschoolers gain an average of how many pounds per year?

Accepted Answer

A) 2 
B) 3 
C) 4 
D) 6 
A) 2 
B) 3 
C) 4 
D) 6

Question 18

According to Case's neo-Piagetian explanation of children's cognitive development,the key limitation in the cognitive ability of a younger child,compared to an older child,is the younger child's

Accepted Answer

A) less operationally efficient short-term storage space for handling cognitive schemes. 
B) fewer and less diverse educational and social experiences. 
C) greater egocentrism. 
D) undeveloped theory of mind. 
A) less operationally efficient short-term storage space for handling cognitive schemes. 
B) fewer and less diverse educational and social experiences. 
C) greater egocentrism. 
D) undeveloped theory of mind.

Question 19

When the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex undergo functional specialization,it is called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When the left and right hemispheres of...

Question 20

Identify and describe Vygotsky's stages of cognitive development from birth to age 7.

Accepted Answer

Primitive stage = mental processes simil

What types of studies are of the greatest value in testing whether or not a behavior is genetically influenced?

Sarrett is giving five-year-old Teesa a pre-kindergarten physical examination.When Dr.Sarrett asks Teesa to jump up and down and hop on one leg,what is she testing?

Which of the following is a suggestion made by pediatricians to help children develop effective bedtime practices?

If a child follows a certain procedure each morning when they get out of bed,what are they using?

Which of the following terms describes a child's sensitivity to the sound patterns that are specific to his language?

Olive is four years old.She would be able to participate in which of the following activities?

Which of the following is true according to Piaget's concept of conservation?

Which of the following is an example of a sociocultural influence that could make physical abuse of children more likely?

Approximately what percentage of children will score within the average range of IQ testing?

When Mickey was five,he gave his mother a dead frog for her birthday.Mickey didn't understand why his mother didn't like her gift,because he thought the frog was cool.This represents what type of thinking?

Which of the following best describes centration?

The ability to control and reflect on your own memory functions is called ________.

Which of the following is correct with regard to child abuse in the United States?

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

When the Stanford-Binet was first developed,how was the intelligence quotient calculated?

Which of the following is true regarding nutrition during the early childhood years?

Preschoolers gain an average of how many pounds per year?

According to Case's neo-Piagetian explanation of children's cognitive development,the key limitation in the cognitive ability of a younger child,compared to an older child,is the younger child's

When the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex undergo functional specialization,it is called ________.

Identify and describe Vygotsky's stages of cognitive development from birth to age 7.

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Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood

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Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Death,Dying,and Bereavement

Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Developmentin Early Adulthood

Social and Personality Developmentin Early Adulthood

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Social and Personality Developmentin Middle Adulthood

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Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

What types of studies are of the greatest value in testing whether or not a behavior is genetically influenced?

Sarrett is giving five-year-old Teesa a pre-kindergarten physical examination.When Dr.Sarrett asks Teesa to jump up and down and hop on one leg,what is she testing?

Which of the following is a suggestion made by pediatricians to help children develop effective bedtime practices?

If a child follows a certain procedure each morning when they get out of bed,what are they using?

Which of the following terms describes a child's sensitivity to the sound patterns that are specific to his language?

Olive is four years old.She would be able to participate in which of the following activities?

Which of the following is true according to Piaget's concept of conservation?

Which of the following is an example of a sociocultural influence that could make physical abuse of children more likely?

Approximately what percentage of children will score within the average range of IQ testing?

When Mickey was five,he gave his mother a dead frog for her birthday.Mickey didn't understand why his mother didn't like her gift,because he thought the frog was cool.This represents what type of thinking?

Which of the following best describes centration?

The ability to control and reflect on your own memory functions is called ________.

Which of the following is correct with regard to child abuse in the United States?

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

When the Stanford-Binet was first developed,how was the intelligence quotient calculated?

Which of the following is true regarding nutrition during the early childhood years?

Preschoolers gain an average of how many pounds per year?

According to Case's neo-Piagetian explanation of children's cognitive development,the key limitation in the cognitive ability of a younger child,compared to an older child,is the younger child's

When the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex undergo functional specialization,it is called ________.

Identify and describe Vygotsky's stages of cognitive development from birth to age 7.

Basic Concepts and Methods

Theories of Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical,Sensory,and Perceptual Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Death,Dying,and Bereavement

Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Developmentin Early Adulthood

Social and Personality Developmentin Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Developmentin Middle Adulthood

Social and Personality Developmentin Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Developmentin Late Adulthood

Social and Personality Developmentin Late Adulthood

Death,dying,and Bereavement

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