Question 1

According to neuroscientists, what is the primary determinant of which functions will or will not be lateralized?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social experiences 
B)  Physical experiences 
C)  Genes 
D)  The hippocampus

Question 2

List and explain five bedtime practices that parents can use to condition a child to sleep in their own bed.

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Question 3

Which of the following is true regarding invented spelling?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children who use it before beginning formal schooling are more likely to become good spellers and readers later in childhood. 
B)  Children should be discouraged from using it before they begin formal schooling. 
C)  Children who use it are likely to develop learning disabilities. 
D)  Children who use it too early are likely to be poor spellers throughout their lives.

Question 4

Approximately what percentage of people world-wide are left-handed?

Accepted Answer

A)  14% 
B)  26% 
C)  45% 
D)  50%

Question 5

Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of IQ testing.

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Question 6

How is the intelligence quotient calculated?

Accepted Answer

A)  CA/MA X 1 
B)  MA/CA x 100% 
C)  CA/MA x 100 
D)  MA/CA x 100

Question 7

What is the drive that leads to the grammar explosion in children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neural development 
B)  Parent coaching 
C)  Word learning 
D)  Spelling bees

Question 8

Which of the following best represents the earliest inflection used among children learning English, according to Roger Brown?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Come in." 
B)  "I ran." 
C)  "Doggie running." 
D)  "A cat."

Question 9

According to Case, working memory is also known as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Metamemory 
B)  Short-term storage space 
C)  Mid-range memory 
D)  operational memory

Question 10

Susie and Sally and their cousins Samuel and Stanley are playing "wedding." They are using lace curtains for the bride's dress, and each person has a role to play. This is an example of ________ play.

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Question 11

Research shows which of the following to be true regarding children who are enrolled in Head Start or a similar enriched preschool program?

Accepted Answer

A)  They show no gains or positive effects beyond first grade as a result of their experiences. 
B)  They are more likely to form secure attachment with teachers and other school officials. 
C)  They are more likely to achieve in school and to graduate from high school. 
D)  They lose any gains made by the time they reach third grade.

Question 12

Identify and describe Vygotsky's stages of cognitive development from birth to age 7.

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Question 13

Researchers who have analyzed IQ scores of adopted twins have found that identical twins are more like one another in IQ than fraternal twins are. They also have found that IQs of adopted children are more strongly correlated with the IQs of their biological parents than with the IQs of their adoptive parents. These research results suggest

Accepted Answer

A)  that environment has no impact upon IQ. 
B)  that intelligence has a genetic component. 
C)  that a child's intellectual capacity is fixed at birth. 
D)  that a child's biological heritage predicts her lifetime patterns of achievement and accomplishment.

Question 14

Which of the following is true according to Piaget's concept of conservation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability rarely occurs before age nine. 
B)  The ability requires the ability to see the perspective of others. 
C)  It means that a child will not be fooled by an apparent change in volume if water is poured from a short, wide glass into a taller, thinner glass. 
D)  It requires the ability to mentally manipulate symbolic external characteristics in the absence of visual cues.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a behavior seen in the parents of children with high IQs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Talking to their children often 
B)  Appropriately smiling and responding warmly to the child's behavior 
C)  Providing a stimulating environment 
D)  Using computer games as part of their teaching repertoire

Question 16

Which of the following terms describes when the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex undergo functional specialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lateralization 
B)  Myelinization 
C)  Functionalization 
D)  Domination

Question 17

Which of the following children tend to be more prone to illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Those who are less physically active 
B)  Those who have difficult temperaments 
C)  Those who live in stressful conditions 
D)  Those who have insecure attachment

Question 18

Inflections appearing in the form of adding "ing" to words are common among

Accepted Answer

A)  2 1/2 to 3 year olds. 
B)  3 to 4 year olds. 
C)  3 1/2 to 5 year olds. 
D)  2 year olds.

Question 19

Which of the following is a factual statement about racial differences in IQ test scores in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  African American children consistently score approximately 25 points lower than white children on IQ tests. 
B)  Chinese and Japanese children consistently have higher scores on achievement tests, particularly the math and science sections of the tests. 
C)  Differences between African American and other children are apparent in infant measures of intelligence or on measures of habituation, but become apparent by the time children are two to three years old. 
D)  The size of the difference in IQ scores between African American and white children is steadily increasing.

Question 20

According to Vygotsky, in which stage do infants learn through conditioning, until language begins to develop during the second year?

Accepted Answer

A)  Private speech stage 
B)  Primitive stage 
C)  Sociocultural stage 
D)  Naive psychology stage

Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood