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

The term "sociocentric" is best thought of as the opposite of the term:

The development of symbolic representation marks the emergence of the preoperational period.

The formation of sheathing cells to insulate neurons is called :

Critics of Piaget's theory note that children depend more on social perspectives than Piaget thought and that children are less competent and more immature than Piaget believed.

The best example of a recognition task would be:

Laura and Ted like to play "house," a game they invented in which Laura pretends to be the "mother" and Ted the "father." In this game, Laura cooks the food on a pretend stove and Ted takes out the pretend garbage. The ability to play this game relies most directly on which cognitive ability?

Which of Piaget's developmental periods is divided into the preconceptual stage and the intuitive stage?

Roberto is "motivated" to practice the piano because his parents pay him $5 for every half-hour he plays. This type of motivation would best be considered as:

The ability to perform motor behaviors without consciously thinking about them is called

The text suggests that children benefit from playing with other children who are older and younger than they are. Why?

During the period of early childhood, the typical child would grow an average of per year.

Which of the types of play is most directly linked to advancing the child's skills with symbolic representation?

Research presented in the text suggests that one reason that girls may develop language abilities earlier than boys is that their play is more language-rich.

Sara and James are 2 years old and are playing near each other. Sara is pretending to be a princess, while James is pretending to be a fireman. According to the text, what type of play are they engaging in?

Preoperational children are concerned with the here and now and with physical things they can represent easily. This means that their thinking is:

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

When Madeline is in school, she knows that she should raise her hand and be called on by the teacher before speaking. Madeline has learned about the rules of:

According to the text, at what age do children's overall activity levels peak?

Which of the following children would you expect to have the highest activity level and consequently the hardest time sitting still?

Molly is watching TV. She doesn't understand that a child standing behind the TV set cannot see what is on the screen, because she assumes that the other child sees the same thing she does. Molly's thinking is best considered an example of: