Psychology 041 - Lifespan Psychology » Spring 2016 » Chapter 7 Quiz

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Question #1
The years from 2-6 are often called "the _______ years"
A.   Difficult 
B.   Growth
C.   Play
D.   Thinking
Question #2
Young children in homes with ______ are at increased risk for decayed teeth 
A.   Pets
B.   Regular smokers
C.   Multiple caregivers
D.   Lead Paint 
Question #3
During early childhood _____ skills increase at an astonishing pace 
A.   Language
B.   Map reading
C.   Shape recognition 
D.   Drawing
Question #4
Which of the following statements about handedness is true?
A.   The brains of right-handers then to be less strongly lateralized than those of right-handers
B.   Left handed people have a strong tendency to have left handed children
C.   Prenatal events have little to no effect on handedness
D.   For right-handed people language is housed in the left hemisphere
Question #5
Connections between the cerebellum and cereal cortex
A.   Support social and emotional development
B.   Support motor coordination and thinking
C.   Contribute to artistic ability 
D.   Contribute to spatial skills
Question #6
The reticular formation 
A.   Is a large bundle of fibers connecting the two cerebral hemisphere
B.   Plays a vital role in memory and in image of space that helps us find our way 
C.   Maintains alertness and consciousness 
D.   Aids in balance and control of body movement 
Question #7
The hippocampus 
A.   Plays a vital role in memory and in image of space that helps us find our way
B.   Aids in balance and control of body movement
C.    Contributes to dramatic gains in motor coordination
D.   Supports smooth coordination in movements on both sides of the body
Question #8
Children who lack ______ reach an average mature height of only 4 to 4 1/2 feet
A.   Growth hormone (GH)
B.   Estrogen
C.   Thyroxine
D.    Thyroid-stimulating hormone
Question #9
Priya was born with a deficiency of thyroxine. She did not receive prompt treatment. Priya is most likely 
A.   Inattentive and unruly 
B.   Extremely tall for her age
C.   Strong in spatial relationship skills
D.   Mentally retarded 
Question #10
Because of their activity level _____ are more likely to be injured than ____
A.   Girls, boys
B.   Shy children, outgoing children 
C.   Underactive children, overactive children
D.   Boys, girls
Question #11
Which of the following statements is supported by research on sex differences in motor skills?
A.   Parents tend to foster gender stereotyped physical activities in their children 
B.   Sex difference in motor skills are largely due to genetically based differences
C.   In early childhood, girls have a slight edge over boy in skills that emphasize force and power 
D.   Preschoolers exposed to formal lessons tend to be advanced in gross-motor development 
Question #12
Piaget believed that ______ leads to internal images of experience, which children than label with words
A.   Sensorimotor activity 
B.   Role playing
C.   Intentional behavior 
D.   Imagination 
Question #13
A researcher hands 20-month old Andrea a cup. Based on her age, Andrea will most likely 
A.   Pretend that the cup is a rocket
B.   Use the cup as a chair for her doll
C.   Pretend to drink from the cup
D.   Use the cup as a hat
Question #14
Which of the following preschoolers is the most likely to be seen as more socially competent by teachers
A.   Sasha, who spends more of her time in the reading corner
B.   Tim, who spends more of his time in the art corner
C.   Rajesh, who spends more of his time with building blocks 
D.   Kendra, who spends more of her time with sociodramatic play
Question #15
Janelle pretends that a cup is a hat. Janelle grasps the concept of 
A.   Irreversibility
B.   Dual Representation
C.   Animistic thinking 
D.   Egocentrism
Question #16
Three-year old Abah refuses to leave his stuffed elephant at home. He explains, "She feels scared because she is alone" Abah is using
A.   Animistic thinking
B.   Egocentrism
C.   Dual representation
D.   Conservation 
Question #17
Conservation refers to the 
A.   Failure to distinguish others symbolic viewpoints from one's own 
B.   Believe that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions 
C.   Idea that certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes
D.   Inability to mentally go through a series of steps and then reverse direction, returning to the starting point
Question #18
In the classic Piagetian conservation tasks using liquid, Jabar focuses on the heights of the water, failing to realize that changes in width compensate for changes in height. Jabar's thinking is characterized by
A.   Magical thinking
B.   Centration 
C.   Irreversibility
D.   Dynamic transformation
Question #19
Follow up research indicates that preschooler's notions of magic are
A.   Exaggerated by their love of storytelling
B.   Almost nonexistent by age 4
C.   Rare
D.   Flexible and appropriate
Question #20
When children ask questions, parents 
A.   Should respond with "prior cause" explanations
B.   Should respond with "mechanism" explanations
C.   Rarely respond informatively, unless the children are extremely persistent 
D.   Adjust the complexity of their answers to fit their children's maturity 
Question #21
Follow-up research indicates that
A.   When given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences, preschoolers rely on trial and error to solve problems 
B.   When given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences, preschoolers rely on trial and error to solve problems 
C.   Piaget was partly right and partly wrong about young children's cognitive 
D.   Preschoolers rely on faulty logic to solve problems even when given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences
Question #22
Vgotsky saw _____ as the foundation for all higher cognitive processes
A.   Language
B.   Self-reflection
C.   Egocentrism 
D.   Sensorimotor activity 
Question #23
According to Vygotsky, children speak to themselves 
A.   Because they are lonely
B.   For self-guidance 
C.   Because they are egocentric
D.   For the pleasure of hearing language 
Question #24
Children directed speech is now called _____ speech
A.   Private
B.   Telegraphic 
C.   Inner
D.   egocentric
Question #25
A color-matching activity is within Zelda's zone of proximal development. In order to complete the task, Zelda will need
A.   To have a firm understanding of conservation
B.   Realistic props
C.   Realistic props
D.   Step-by-step instructions from an adult or older child
Question #26
Mary is helping her son, Dean, put together a difficult, but manageable, puzzle. When Dean tries to insert a piece in the wrong place a few times, Mary points to the bottom of the puzzle and says, "Does it go down here?" Mary is engaging in
A.   Proximal teaching
B.   Dual representation 
C.   Transitive inference
D.   Scaffolding
Question #27
Vgotsky saw ______ play as the ideal social contact for fostering cognitive development in early childhood 
A.   Make-believe
B.   Parallel
C.   Cooperative
D.   Outdoor
Question #28
Ignacio lives in a remote Mayan village in Yucatan, Mexico. Ignacio does not rely on conservation and play to teach his children. Which of the following is the most likely reason for this?
A.    Ignacio is too busy working and maintaining his household to interact with his children
B.   Ignacio's children spend their day in contact with adult work and start to assume mature responsibilities in early childhood
C.   Ignacio's young children spend most of their time playing with and talking to age mates
D.   Ignacio instead focuses on preparing his children for academic success and civic Engagement 
Question #29
Five-year-old Sebastian is becoming better at thinking out a sequence of act ahead of time and allocating his attention accordingly to reach a goal. Sebastian is developing _____ skills
A.   Recall
B.   Reversibility
C.   Planning
D.   Centration
Question #30
Dr. Frolicker shows a group of 4 year olds a set of 10 items on a tray. She then mixes them up with some unfamiliar items and asks the children to point to the ones in the original set Dr. Frolicker is testing 
A.   Episodic memory
B.   Recall memory 
C.   Sustained attention
D.   Recognition memory
Question #31
Asking a child to remember 10 items that she was shown in an activity, without providing any perceptual support requires her to use which type of memory?
A.   Recognition
B.   Planning
C.   Episodic
D.   Recall
Question #32
Improvement in recall in early childhood is strongly associated with 
A.   Use of scaffolding 
B.   Language development
C.   Use of scripts
D.   Gross motor development
Question #33
After a field trip to the farm, Ms. Parks wants to elicit the children's autobiographical narratives. She asks each child she calls on, "Do you remember the farm? What did we do at the farm?" Ms. Parks is using a/n style of questioning 
A.   Episodic
B.   Repetitive 
C.   Metacognitive 
D.   Elaborative 
Question #34
Theory of mind involves 
A.   Using deliberate mental activités that improve recall
B.   Thinking about thought
C.   Using scripts to tell stories 
D.   Using a repetitive communication style 
Question #35
Zachary, age 3, has autism. Zachary probably _______ often ______ than typically developing age mates 
A.   More; engages in social referencing 
B.   Less; uses words to echo what others say
C.   Less; establishes joint attention
D.   More; imitates an adults novel behaviors
Question #36
_______ is the ability to reflect on an manipulate the sound structure of spoken language 
A.   Phonological awareness
B.   Private speech
C.   Ordinality 
D.   Cardinality
Question #37
Alan and Marla are considering whether to send their son to a child-centered preschool or an academic preschool. You should advise them that compared to children in academic preschools, children in child- centered preschools 
A.   Have difficulty adjusting to academic tasks once they enter kindergarten 
B.   Demonstrate better social skills
C.   Participate in more teacher-structured activities
D.   Are often delayed in social skills 
Question #38
A central component of Montessori education is 
A.   Teacher- planned
B.   Repetition and drill
C.   Child- chosen activities 
D.   Formal training in reading and writing 
Question #39
_______ is central to the Head Start philosophy 
A.   Parent involvement
B.   Child- chosen activity 
C.   Guided participation
D.   Decentration
Question #40
Three year old Reagan says, "i losted my dolly" Reagan is demonstrating 
A.   Overregularization
B.   Overextension
C.   Underextension
D.   Underregularization

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