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

According to the text, what type of play is a child engaged in who splashes water in a birdbath?

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

By age 6, most children have a working vocabulary of _____ words, and can understand more than ______ words.

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

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?

Generalizing from information in the text about the age at which children's activity levels peak, which of the following children would you expect to be most active?

Running, jumping, and skipping are best considered to be examples of:

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:

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

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

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

Ossification refers to the process by which:

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

The use of actions, images, words, or other signs to represent past and present events, experiences, and concepts is the definition of:

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

The best example of a recognition task would be:

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

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

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

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