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

Automaticity in motor development is achieved when the child can perform an action without consciously thinking about it.

Beginning at age 18 months, children learn an average of 25 new words a day.

Which of the following is the best example of a script?

Generalizing from research conclusions presented in the text, if given the choice, would you recommend that children be raised in bilingual environment?

The difference between the child's actual developmental level and that child's potential level of development if guided by adults or older peers is called the:

Suppose you examine an ultrasound image of a fetus, who is sucking her left thumb. Generalizing from research presented in the text, what is the probability that this fetus will be left-handed at age 15?

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

Parker says, "I goed to the playground" instead of "I went to the playground." This speech error is best considered an example of:

A child who climbs to the top of a staircase for the challenge and fun of the activity has what type of motivation?

Generalizing from research conclusions presented in the text, if given the choice, would you recommend that children be raised in bilingual environment?

Suppose you examine an ultrasound image of a fetus, who is sucking her left thumb. Generalizing from research presented in the text, what is the probability that this fetus will be left-handed at age 15?

Generalizing from research presented in the text, if a 4-year-old was observed speaking to a 2-year-old, what kind of speech would the 4-year-old be most likely to use?

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

Which of the following children would most likely exhibit the logic that characterizes Piaget's preoperational period?

According to Piaget, when children encounter something familiar, they ________ it; when they encounter something new, they ___________ it.

When a young child learns to help fold laundry and put clothes away, cultural information is being transmitted. According to Vygotsky's view, this is best considered to be an example of:

When a child attempts to accomplish a task in order to receive praise from her teacher or parent, this is an example of intrinsic motivation.

If a young child is seen to be talking to himself, this is an example of private speech.

The best example of a recognition task would be:

Handedness is especially interesting to developmentalists because it is intimately linked to: