Deck 5: Introduction to the Preschool Years

Question 1

Due to individual variation, _______________ studies are best to chart how brain development corresponds with acquired cognitive abilities.

A)experimental
B)longitudinal
C)cross-sectional
D)observational

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Children usually first draw people …

A)with a trunk
B)as a tadpole figure
C)with two arms and legs
D)with a square head

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Developmental psychologist used to think of children's drawings as …

A)copies from memory
B)a construction of what they observe
C)tadpole figures
D)direct translations of a scene

Answer 3

D

Question 4

One of the first ways that children distinguish between different figures when drawing is by using …

A)size
B)shading in
C)circles
D)detail

Question 5

Children draw people as tadpole figures because …

A)they believe people have two arms sticking out of their heads
B)they have a limited schema available to draw from
C)their fine motor ability isn't developed enough to draw anything else
D)young children cannot distinguish humans from tadpoles

Question 6

The preschool period normally lasts for ___ years.

A)three
B)six
C)two
D)four

Question 7

Advances in drawing ability in the preschool years do NOT indicate …

A)increasing cognitive ability
B)improved manual dexterity
C)accessing of more sophisticated schema
D)improved awareness of the world

Question 8

Children's drawings of people gradually have more features and grow more …

A)circular
B)angular
C)proportioned
D)large

Question 9

The preschool years is NOT a key time for the deveopment of ____________ abilities.

A)reasoning
B)motor
C)manual coordination
D)drawing

Question 10

According to Freeman, progression in the acquisition of drawing sub-skills can reveal ___________________ in preschool children.

A)state of emotions
B)cognitive potential
C)planning strategies
D)motor development

Question 11

Children can usually run and easily descend staircases by …

A)two
B)three
C)six
D)five

Question 12

A contributing factor to autism may be …

A)an underdeveloped left hemisphere in the brain
B)immature development of the corpus callosum
C)starting school before the child is developmentally ready
D)an underdeveloped frontal cortex

Question 13

Using PET to measure the rate of glucose metabolism has helped to explain the prolific growth of the _____________ between the ages of two and four years.

A)frontal cortex
B)motor development
C)corpus callosum
D)brain synchronisation

Question 14

As children get older their heads …

A)grow at the same rate as their bodies
B)get larger relative to their bodies
C)get smaller relative to their bodies
D)shrink

Question 15

Children usually obtain a walking pattern similar to adults by ...

A)three to four years
B)two to three years
C)one year
D)five to six years

Question 16

The development of the frontal cortex continues …

A)until the end of the preschool period
B)into adolescence
C)into adulthood
D)until shortly past infancy

Question 17

How many straight line, heel-off-the-floor steps can a three- to four-year-old typically make?

A)10
B)14
C)7
D)21

Question 18

When given the task of jumping from one floor mat to another without stopping, children can generally perform five repetitions while landing with both feet by age …

A)five
B)three
C)two
D)four

Question 19

Threading beads onto a lace is …

A)a task used to test manual dexterity in children
B)impossible for preschool children
C)only usually possible by five years of age or older
D)a fun task

Question 20

In most countries, school begins at age …

A)five
B)seven
C)six
D)eight