Deck 4: Socioemotional Development in Infancy, Hysical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Question 1

Sadness in infants has been observed at how many months of age?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Answer 1

2

Question 2

Babies can discriminate between different facial expressions by the time they are how many months old?

A) 1?-2
B) 2?-3
C) 3?-4
D) 4?-5

Answer 2

1?-2

Question 3

The correct order of John Bowlby's phases of infant-parent attachment is

A) goal-corrected partnerships, discriminating sociability, indiscriminate social responsiveness, attachments.
B) indiscriminate social responsiveness, goal-directed partnerships, discriminating sociability, attachments.
C) attachments, indiscriminate social responsiveness, discriminating sociability, goal-directed partnerships.
D) indiscriminate social responsiveness, discriminating social responsibility, attachments, goal-corrected partnerships.

Answer 3

indiscriminate social responsiveness, discriminating social responsibility, attachments, goal-corrected partnerships.

Question 4

Little Morris really seems to love his father, Loukas. Whenever Loukas leaves the room, Morris becomes very upset. Morris also likes to go to Loukas whenever they're in the same place. Morris always looks at Loukas to make sure everything is okay before trying anything new and will go to Loukas right away if something becomes scary. John Bowlby would say that Morris is in which phase of infant-parent attachment?

A) Indiscriminate social responsiveness
B) Discriminating sociability
C) Attachments
D) Goal-corrected partnerships

Question 5

The Strange Situation technique is generally used on children at how many months of age?

A) 10-24
B) 8-12
C) 24-48
D) 5-10

Question 6

Approximately what percentage of the infants studied in the U.S. display an insecure-resistant attachment style?

A) 5-10
B) 10-15
C) 15-20
D) 20-25

Question 7

On average, children in the preschool years grow________inches and gain________ pounds each year.

A) 1?; 3
B) 2?; 6
C) 3; 3
D) 4; 6

Question 8

The cells that carry information within the brain are called

A) neurons.
B) chromatids.
C) axilla.
D) systoles.

Question 9

John is holding his 1-day-old baby in the hospital and wondering when he will be able to kick a soccer ball. When he asks the pediatrician, he finds out that it will be at age

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 10

In the United States, roughly what percentage of preschoolers is not fully immunized?

A) 6
B) 12
C) 24
D) 48

Question 11

Compared to children reared at home, preschoolers in daycare centers tend to be

A) much healthier.
B) much more likely to suffer from diarrhea and ear infections.
C) much more likely to be killed in an accident.
D) about as healthy in all measures.

Question 12

Experiments have demonstrated that children as young as what age show evidence of a theory of mind?

A) 1 years old
B) 2 years old
C) 3 years old
D) 4 years old

Question 13

Memory that consists of individual episodes that are personally meaningful and eventually become part of the child's self-concept is ____memory. Recall of such personally relevant episodes begins at age ____.

A) autobiographical; 3
B) autobiographical; 4
C) generic; 2
D) generic; 3

Question 14

At what age, does the average child have a vocabulary of approximately 8,000-14,000 words?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6

Question 15

Little Amanda used telegraphic speech when she said,

A) "Amanda go stroller."
B) "Bottle!"
C) "Da da goo goo."
D) "Give dolly."

Question 16

Children begin to create sentences using three words or more when they are approximately how many years old?

A) 1?-2
B) 2?-3
C) 3?-4
D) 4?-5

Question 17

Children begin to construct words based on internalized rules of how language works when they are approximately how many years old?

A) 2-3
B) 3-4
C) 4-5
D) 5-6

Question 18

Young children's concepts are

A) both abstract and concrete.
B) not as advanced as Piaget believed.
C) limited to what they can see or touch.
D) driven by appearance.

Question 19

The argument that mathematical reasoning is biologically based is given credence by the fact that

A) wealthy children have higher math scores than poorer children.
B) mathematically-based games seem to promote the understanding of mathematical concepts.
C) good preschool programs can boost children's mathematical abilities.
D) all children seem to develop basic mathematical thinking at an early age.

Question 20

How did scores on standardized tests of memory and preacademic skills compare for children in in-home care, daycare homes, and daycare centers?

A) Those of children in in-home care were the highest.
B) Those of children in daycare homes were the highest.
C) Those of children in daycare centers were the highest.
D) All were comparable.

Question 21

Which of the following is a finding of the Head Start Impact Study that charted the progress of 3-year-olds, in pre-reading skills and behavior, after one year in a Head Start program?

A) Their scores matched the national average, as did the incidence of their behavior problems.
B) Their scores were substantially higher than those of the control group, and they had fewer behavior problems.
C) There was no improvement in their scores over those of the control group, but they had many fewer behavior problems.
D) Their scores were better than those of the control group, but they had a greater incidence of behavior problems.