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

Piaget's preoperational period involves development first through the intuitive period and then the preconceptual period.

The lower limit of Vygotsky's zone of proximal development is determined by a child's competence when solving the problem alone.

Jeff loves to practice the piano. His parents never need to tell him to practice or offer rewards for him to play. Jeff's behavior is best considered an example of:

One way of describing Piaget's and Vygotsky's views of childhood would be to note that Piaget saw children as ___________ whereas Vygotsky saw them as ____________.

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

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:

The ability to perform motor behaviors without consciously thinking about them is called

The evaluation of Piaget's theory presented in the text suggests that which of the following appears to be the most significant error in Piaget's perspective?

Piaget's preoperational period extends from:

When a child finds it difficult to understand another person's feelings or perceptions, this is a good example of Piaget's concept called concrete operations.

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

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?

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?

Working memory is also sometimes called long-term memory.

When 4-year-old Kayla is asked if she has a brother, she says, "Yes." When she is asked if her brother has a sister, she says, "No." Kayla's response is best considered an example of:

The progressive structuring of tasks so that their difficulty is appropriate for a child is called scaffolding.

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

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

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

The best example of a recognition task would be: