Exam 6: Early Childhood: Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development

Kayla hugged her doll because she said that her doll was "crying." Her belief that her doll is alive illustrates the concept of:

Elizabeth spends a lot of time sitting at the piano

Research presented in the text suggests that playing with which of the following types of toys appears to encourage the language development the most?

Young children typically gain an average of 4 ½ pounds and almost 3 inches per year during early childhood.

Jacobs is describing a process by which neurons become insulated so that they can conduct neural impulses more efficiently. The process he is describing would be called:

Which of the following individuals would be most likely to experience the most severe and permanent disruptions in language abilities following a brain injury?

Generalizing from research presented in the text, which of the following memory strategies would most likely lead a young child to the best recall of a group of common household items:

Four-year-old Angela knows the alphabet and the sounds that correspond to many of the letters. She has begun to sit with a book and "pretends" to read by telling the story that goes with each page. The term that describes Angela's current state is "readiness."

During the brain growth spurt of early childhood, new neural connections are established and unneeded neural connections are pruned away.

Suppose that Jalla is 3 years old. She understands the concept of "empty," but not of "full." Based on information presented in the text, your best conclusion about Jalla is that:

The lower limit of Vygotsky's zone of proximal development is determined by a child's competence when solving the problem alone.

According to the information-processing theory of memory, when a person is actively thinking about a problem, what part of the memory system is at work?

When 4-year-old Kayla is asked if she has a brother, she says, "Yes." When she is asked if her brother has a sister, she says, "No." Kayla's response is best considered an example of:

Lateefah can vary the rhythm of her running, skip awkwardly, and jump. However, she cannot tie her shoes or completely dress herself. If her motor development is typical for children her age, how old would she be?

A child who believes that objects and people in their thoughts and dreams are real is displaying what?

For people who are right-handed, language functions are generally found in _____ hemisphere(s) of the brain; for people who are left-handed, language functions are generally found in _____ hemisphere(s) of the brain.

The use of actions, images, words, or other signs to represent past and present events, experiences, and concepts is the definition of:

Handedness is of special significance to developmentalists because it is directly tied to how rapidly a child's vocabulary develops.

Piaget's preoperational period involves development first through the intuitive period and then the preconceptual period.

Suppose a child is shown a set of glass marbles that includes 5 red marbles and 8 green marbles. The child is asked to count the red marbles, then the green marbles, and then all the marbles, which she can do. Although she can answer the question, "Are there more red or green marbles?" she cannot correctly answer the question, "Are there more red marbles than glass marbles?" This situation most clearly demonstrates which of the following concepts?