Question 1

The prenatal period during which tremendous growth occurs and the organs continue to develop and become functional is called the __________ period.

Accepted Answer

A)  germinal 
B)  embryonic 
C)  fetal 
D)  gestational

Question 2

A permissive neglectful parent is often overly involved with their children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Harlow's study involving rhesus monkeys demonstrated that contact comfort is important in attachment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Ovum is a term used to describe __________

Accepted Answer

A)  the female sex cell or egg. 
B)  male sex cell. 
C)  the developing organism from conception to the end of the second week after fertilization. 
D)  the developing organism from 2 to 8 weeks after fertilization.

Question 5

Three-year-old Tory has just learned that cars fit into the same category as trucks and buses. Tory has __________ these items into his schema of wheeled vehicles.

Accepted Answer

A)  accommodated 
B)  transferred 
C)  accessed 
D)  assimilated

Question 6

According to Vygotsky, which of these is a key factor in a child's cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

A)  balanced diet 
B)  social interactions 
C)  genetic endowment 
D)  successful resolution of psychosocial crises

Question 7

Vision is not very well developed at birth. As a result, which statement is NOT true about vision at birth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Color and vision acuity takes approximately 6 months to develop more clearly from birth. 
B)  Newborns have a clear vision field of 12-14 inches at birth. 
C)  Newborns prefer to look at 3 dimensional objects versus 2 dimensional. 
D)  Newborns prefer to look at complex patterns and also the human face than other stimuli.

Question 8

The zone of proximal development is a concept developed by __________ that describes the range of cognitive tasks a child cannot yet perform, but will be able to learn with the help of an adult or more experienced peer.

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean Piaget 
B)  Laura Berk 
C)  Mary Ainsworth 
D)  Lev Vygotsky

Question 9

Research on the stability of temperament indicates that it is __________

Accepted Answer

A)  unstable and subject to wide variations over the course of a lifetime. 
B)  unstable during childhood but stabilizes during adolescence and remains stable throughout a person's adult life. 
C)  relatively stable through the first three to four years of life but begins to vary dramatically once a child reaches school age. 
D)  relatively stable well into adolescence.

Question 10

Which of the following is not noted in the text as being linked with excessive television watching?

Accepted Answer

A)  obesity 
B)  aggressive behavior 
C)  sleep disturbances 
D)  greater athleticism

Question 11

Chester is irritable, loud, and negative most of the time. He doesn't like it when new people pick him up, and he has irregular sleeping, eating, and waking schedules. What temperament does he exhibit?

Accepted Answer

A)  active 
B)  slow-to-warm-up 
C)  difficult 
D)  easy

Question 12

__________ develop when two eggs each get fertilized by two different sperm, resulting in two zygotes in the uterus at the same time.

Accepted Answer

A)  Monozygotic twins 
B)  Fraternal twins 
C)  Dizygotic twins 
D)  Wombmates

Question 13

In Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development between 6 and 11 years of age, in which an individual becomes capable of logical thought processes but is not yet capable of abstract thinking, is the __________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  concrete operations 
B)  sensorimotor 
C)  preoperational 
D)  formal operations

Question 14

The tendency of teenagers to feel that they are always "on stage" and that they are the center of everyone else's world, just as they are the center of their own, is a phenomenon known as __________

Accepted Answer

A)  formal operations. 
B)  the imaginary audience. 
C)  the personal fable. 
D)  puberty.

Question 15

Seven-month-old Shelby refers to the neighbor's poodle as "doggie." She later calls her cousin's cat "doggie." This is an example of __________

Accepted Answer

A)  overextension. 
B)  underextension. 
C)  holophrases. 
D)  babbling.

Question 16

Your little brother has a big ball of clay. While he watches, you roll the ball of clay into a long snake-like shape. He begins to cry because he thinks he has less clay now. Which of Piaget's stages is your brother likely to be in?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensorimotor 
B)  preoperational 
C)  formal operational 
D)  concrete operational

Question 17

Most characteristics are determined by 25 pairs of chromosomes called autosomes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In Piaget's theory, the stage of development between birth and 2 years of age, in which the individual uses senses and motor abilities to interact with objects in the environment, is called the __________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  concrete operations 
B)  sensorimotor 
C)  preoperational 
D)  formal operations

Question 19

Among English-speaking children, phonological awareness is facilitated by __________

Accepted Answer

A)  learning nursery rhymes. 
B)  playing a game in which one person says a word and another person says a word that begins with the first word's ending sound. 
C)  memorizing long lists of prefixes and suffixes. 
D)  paying attention to the way words are spelled.

Question 20

Baxter has many house rules and will be quick to spank his son Levon every time he disobeys any one of them. This demonstrates a(n) _________ parenting style.

Accepted Answer

A)  authoritarian 
B)  permissive 
C)  indulgent 
D)  authoritative

Exam 8: Child Development

The prenatal period during which tremendous growth occurs and the organs continue to develop and become functional is called the __________ period.

A permissive neglectful parent is often overly involved with their children.

Harlow's study involving rhesus monkeys demonstrated that contact comfort is important in attachment.

Ovum is a term used to describe __________

Three-year-old Tory has just learned that cars fit into the same category as trucks and buses. Tory has __________ these items into his schema of wheeled vehicles.

According to Vygotsky, which of these is a key factor in a child's cognitive development?

Vision is not very well developed at birth. As a result, which statement is NOT true about vision at birth?

The zone of proximal development is a concept developed by __________ that describes the range of cognitive tasks a child cannot yet perform, but will be able to learn with the help of an adult or more experienced peer.

Research on the stability of temperament indicates that it is __________

Which of the following is not noted in the text as being linked with excessive television watching?

Chester is irritable, loud, and negative most of the time. He doesn't like it when new people pick him up, and he has irregular sleeping, eating, and waking schedules. What temperament does he exhibit?

__________ develop when two eggs each get fertilized by two different sperm, resulting in two zygotes in the uterus at the same time.

In Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development between 6 and 11 years of age, in which an individual becomes capable of logical thought processes but is not yet capable of abstract thinking, is the __________ stage.

The tendency of teenagers to feel that they are always "on stage" and that they are the center of everyone else's world, just as they are the center of their own, is a phenomenon known as __________

Seven-month-old Shelby refers to the neighbor's poodle as "doggie." She later calls her cousin's cat "doggie." This is an example of __________

Your little brother has a big ball of clay. While he watches, you roll the ball of clay into a long snake-like shape. He begins to cry because he thinks he has less clay now. Which of Piaget's stages is your brother likely to be in?

Most characteristics are determined by 25 pairs of chromosomes called autosomes.

In Piaget's theory, the stage of development between birth and 2 years of age, in which the individual uses senses and motor abilities to interact with objects in the environment, is called the __________ stage.

Among English-speaking children, phonological awareness is facilitated by __________

Baxter has many house rules and will be quick to spank his son Levon every time he disobeys any one of them. This demonstrates a(n) _________ parenting style.