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

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

Sam and Marty are having a conversation. Sam says that he just saw a big truck. Marty replies that his father is a doctor. Sam and Marty are engaging in a:

Which of the following is the best example of overregularization?

Leon is in his preschool years. If he is typical how much weight would you expect him to gain each year he is in preschool?

Little Jason describes his morning routine: first he gets up, then he gets dressed, then he eats breakfast, and then he brushes his teeth. Jason's memory of his morning activities is best considered to be an example of:

The "mountain problem" described in the text is most often used to demonstrate the concept of:

A child is presented with two identical balls of clay. As the child watches, one ball is rolled into a sausage, while the other remains untouched. The child is asked which has more clay, the sausage shape or the untouched ball of clay. This experiment most likely is testing which of the following concepts?

The evaluation of Piaget's theory presented in the text suggests that which of the following appears to be the most significant error in Piaget's perspective?

According to the text, memory processes reach nearly adult capabilities by about what age?

The progressive structuring of tasks so that their difficulty is appropriate for a child is called scaffolding.

Cutting with scissors would best be considered an example of which type of motor skill?

Piaget's preoperational period extends from:

If you gave children a recall test and a recognition test, which group of children would probably perform the worst?

According to the text

If two children are playing together and one says, "I think this doll is hungry" and the other responds, "I want to wear a hat," this is a good demonstration of what is meant by the term collective monologue.

Which of the following is the best example of overregularization?

The text reports a study that found that bilingual children in the U.S. and the U.K. scored lower on standardized tests than did monolingual English-speaking children. However, this result was suspect because:

According to Lev Vygotsky, the process by which more experienced people transmit cultural information to children is called:

If Mary Ann is right-handed, your best guess would be that her language abilities are localized in which part of her brain?

According to the text, dramatic play begins to be displayed in earnest at which of the following ages?