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

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:

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?

Skipping would best be considered an example of which type of motor skill:

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:

Williams argues that there is no use trying to teach a 3-year-old to read because children of this age have not yet developed neural structures adequate for this task. Instead, he says that children will learn to read much faster and with less effort when they are 5 years old. His argument is based on the concept of:

Bemus is describing how bones develop and harden during the period of early childhood. The process he is describing is called:

Generalizing from the text, being bilingual is probably viewed most negatively by people in which of the following countries?

Rickie can't figure out how to solve a math problem. His teacher gives Rickie a "hint" that helps him think a little differently about the problem, and now he solves it. Rickie's teacher has used a technique best described as:

The text describes an experiment where 3- and 5-year-old children were shown two objects that were identical except one was red and the other was blue. The children were then given one of the objects that was inside a tube so the child could feel, but not see, it. This experiment is one that was devised to test the concept of:

Maria can tie her own shoes. What type of skill is this?

The ability of the brain to adapt during childhood is referred to as:

When a child learns to speak in a hushed, quiet voice in church or at the library, what aspect of language is he learning?

What is the term used to refer to the language we use when we talk to ourselves?

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

Which of the following statements about the progress of development is correct?

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

The development of dramatic play is directly linked to the child's ability to understand problems involving conservation.

Ossification refers to the process by which:

If you were to use a brain imaging device to observe the brain activity of children as they were drawing and putting puzzles together, you would expect to see the most neural activity in which region of the brain?

Which of the following is a correct statement of how children in the preconceptual stage are different from those in the intuitive stage?