Question 1

Guidelines recommend that preschool children engage in _____ of physical activity per day.

Accepted Answer

A)  half an hour
B)  two hours
C)  one hour
D)  four hoursE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 2

In studying children's impulsivity and ability to delay gratification,"cool thoughts" refer to:

Accepted Answer

A)  thoughts about ice cream.
B)  thoughts that focus on the object of desire.
C)  thought about penguins.
D)  thoughts about anything other than the object of desire.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

What are the current areas of controversy in early childhood education?

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Question 4

In the _____ stage,children begin to represent the world with words,images,and drawings.

Accepted Answer

A)  concrete operational
B)  sensorimotor
C)  preoperational
D)  formal operationalE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Patricia,6,loves to decorate books by drawing pictures and putting in words to describe them.Her ideas are more balanced now.She has started to analyze and understand things.However,she is egocentric and holds what her parents describe as "magical beliefs." Patricia is in Piaget's _____ stage of development.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensorimotor
B)  concrete operational
C)  formal operational
D)  preoperationalE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Aubrey is in a school that takes into account the typical development of children within an age span,as well as the uniqueness of the child.It also emphasizes the importance of creating settings that encourage active learning and reflect the child's interests and capabilities.This view represents a _____.

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Question 7

Three-year-old Betty's favorite pastime is scribbling designs.She says the drawings represent her parents,cat,bicycle,and home.This indicates that Betty is in the _____ substage of Piaget's preoperational stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  symbolic function
B)  intuitive thought
C)  operational
D)  sensorimotorE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is a criticism of Vygotsky's theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vygotsky was specific about age-related changes and generalized all individuals.
B)  Vygotsky overemphasized the role of language in thinking.
C)  Vygotsky particularly described how changes in socioemotional capabilities contribute to cognitive development,which is highly subjective.
D)  Vygotsky laid no emphasis on guidance which plays an important role in learning.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Which of the following is TRUE of Lev Vygotsky's educational applications?

Accepted Answer

A)  IQ should be assessed to test a child's learning capabilities.
B)  A child should learn on his/her own to realize his capabilities.
C)  A child's use of private speech reflects immaturity and egocentrism.
D)  Teaching should begin toward the upper limit of a child's zone of proximal development.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

By the end of early childhood,girls have more _____ tissue than boys.

Accepted Answer

A)  fatty
B)  muscle
C)  epithelial
D)  nervousE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Researchers have found that in children from 3 to 6 years of age,the most rapid growth takes place in the _____ lobe areas of the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal
B)  parietal
C)  frontal
D)  occipitalE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Gross motor skills are to fine motor skills as _____ is to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  jumping; writing
B)  running; swimming
C)  laughing; shouting
D)  hopping; walkingE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following statements about brain development and early childhood is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The development that occurs inside the brain ends at the onset of adolescence.
B)  By the time a child is 3 years of age,the brain is 25 percent of its adult size.
C)  The overall size of the brain does not increase dramatically from ages 3 to 15.
D)  The brain of a 5-year-old is 60 percent the size of an adult brain.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Her pediatrician has just told Sandra that her 4-year-old son,Manuel,has gained 6 pounds in the last year.Sandra should:

Accepted Answer

A)  be alarmed,because this is too much weight gain.
B)  be concerned,because this is too little weight gain.
C)  be positive and change Manuel's diet.
D)  be content that this is normal for Manuel's age.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 15

When experimenters ask children to judge whether two complex pictures are the same,preschool children tend to use a haphazard comparison strategy,not examining all of the details before making a judgment,exhibiting a lack of:

Accepted Answer

A)  conservation.
B)  attention to the salient.
C)  centration.
D)  planfulness.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Describe two reasons for developmental changes in memory span.

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One of the reasons that memory span impr...

Question 17

An umbrella-like concept that encompasses a number of higher-level cognitive processes linked to the development of the brain's prefrontal cortex.

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Question 18

Research with the memory-span task suggests that:

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory increases during early childhood.
B)  long-term memory reaches maturation by early childhood.
C)  memory span depends on one's ethnic origin.
D)  heredity is a major factor affecting memory.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following statements about childhood obesity is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children who are overweight at age 3 are also at risk of being overweight at age 12.
B)  There is no indication that overweight young children will become overweight adults.
C)  Obesity is not linked to type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes in children.
D)  In 2005,the United States had the highest rate of child obesity in the world.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Fred and Wayne are 4-year-olds and friends.When they are together,they often wrestle,run,race,push,and shove each other.Although their level of activity often aggravates their parents,we know that these activities will:

Accepted Answer

A)  help the boys develop gross motor skills.
B)  stop when their brains become better myelinated.
C)  be temporary as they will not be friends for long.
D)  help the boys overcome narcolepsy.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Research with the memory-span task suggests that:

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