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

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

If Cathy is a typical 18-month-old child, her parents should expect that for the next several months she will learn about how many new words a day?

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

Which of the following is the best example of overregularization?

Which of the following is the best example of overregularization?

If Mary Ann is right-handed, your best guess would be that her language abilities are localized in which part of her brain?

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

According to the text, the most dramatic cognitive difference between infants and 2-year-olds is in their use of:

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

Young children typically gain an average of 4 ½ pounds and almost 3 inches per year during early childhood.

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

Little Jason describes his morning routine: first he gets up, then he gets dressed, then he eats breakfast, and then he brushes his teeth. Jason's memory of his morning activities is best considered to be an example of:

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

By 5 years of age, a typical child can throw a ball "overhanded."

Lateefah can vary the rhythm of her running, skip awkwardly, and jump. However, she cannot tie her shoes or completely dress herself. If her motor development is typical for children her age, how old would she be?

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

According to the text, play with physical objects, such as bouncing a ball, appears to:

Jackie believes that her Teddy bears are really alive and that they can talk to her. This characteristic of her thought is best considered to be an example of Piaget's concept of:

Jose has just begun to understand that numbers, such as "1, 2, 3," are connected conceptually to the number of objects on a table. Now when he is asked how many objects on the table, he holds up three fingers. Jose's thinking in this instance is best considered an example of:

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