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

The process by which soft tissue or cartilage is transformed into bone is called:

Suppose that Bob is a typical 3-year-old child. By age 6, you should expect that his height will have increased by about how many inches?

Fine motor skills include such tasks as writing and handling eating utensils.

Functional subordination refers to the idea that gross motor skills are acquired before fine motor skills are learned.

Larsen states that he likes to give his students just enough "hints" so that they can figure out how to solve a difficult problem with a minimum of guidance. Dr. Larsen's approach best demonstrates the concept of:

According to the text, about what percent of the population is left-handed?

Between the ages of 2 and 6 years, a child is in which period of childhood?

The social and cultural aspects of language use are referred to by the term:

Suppose you observe two children, sitting together and occasionally looking at each other, but not really interacting. Each is playing with her own toy. If these children are typical for their age, about how old are they?

According to Piaget, what is the child's "work":

According to the text, one reason that young children often fail to correctly solve conservation problems is that they do not see them as logical problems; rather they see them as:

Suppose you observe two children, sitting together and occasionally looking at each other, but not really interacting. Each is playing with her own toy. This type of play is called:

Research suggests that a person's preference for right- versus left-handedness develops at about what age?

Which of the following would define the lowest point in a child's zone of proximal development, according to Vygotsky?

At which of the following ages are children typically the best at tasks involving symbolic representation?

According to information presented in the text, what is the best indication of when a child has reached the point of optimal readiness?

Suppose that Bob is a typical 3-year-old child. By age 6, you should expect that his height will have increased by about how many inches?

If you are presented with a series of photos and asked to select the photos of only those people who were in your high school graduating class, this task would primarily involve:

According to the text, at about what age, on average, do most children learn to tie their own shoe laces?

At first, Mike has to concentrate very hard when typing, thinking where each letter on the keyboard is. However, after practicing a great deal, he now types without even thinking about how his fingers are moving. The concept that best describes Mike's development is: