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.   Thinking
B.   Growth
C.   Difficult 
D.   Play
Question #2
Young children in homes with ______ are at increased risk for decayed teeth 
A.   Pets
B.   Regular smokers
C.   Lead Paint 
D.   Multiple caregivers
Question #3
During early childhood _____ skills increase at an astonishing pace 
A.   Drawing
B.   Language
C.   Map reading
D.   Shape recognition 
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.   Prenatal events have little to no effect on handedness
C.   For right-handed people language is housed in the left hemisphere
D.   Left handed people have a strong tendency to have left handed children
Question #5
Connections between the cerebellum and cereal cortex
A.   Contribute to spatial skills
B.   Contribute to artistic ability 
C.   Support motor coordination and thinking
D.   Support social and emotional development
Question #6
The reticular formation 
A.   Plays a vital role in memory and in image of space that helps us find our way 
B.   Maintains alertness and consciousness 
C.   Aids in balance and control of body movement 
D.   Is a large bundle of fibers connecting the two cerebral hemisphere
Question #7
The hippocampus 
A.   Supports smooth coordination in movements on both sides of the body
B.   Aids in balance and control of body movement
C.    Contributes to dramatic gains in motor coordination
D.   Plays a vital role in memory and in image of space that helps us find our way
Question #8
Children who lack ______ reach an average mature height of only 4 to 4 1/2 feet
A.    Thyroid-stimulating hormone
B.   Thyroxine
C.   Estrogen
D.   Growth hormone (GH)
Question #9
Priya was born with a deficiency of thyroxine. She did not receive prompt treatment. Priya is most likely 
A.   Mentally retarded 
B.   Extremely tall for her age
C.   Strong in spatial relationship skills
D.   Inattentive and unruly 
Question #10
Because of their activity level _____ are more likely to be injured than ____
A.   Underactive children, overactive children
B.   Boys, girls
C.   Girls, boys
D.   Shy children, outgoing children 
Question #11
Which of the following statements is supported by research on sex differences in motor skills?
A.   Preschoolers exposed to formal lessons tend to be advanced in gross-motor development 
B.   In early childhood, girls have a slight edge over boy in skills that emphasize force and power 
C.   Parents tend to foster gender stereotyped physical activities in their children 
D.   Sex difference in motor skills are largely due to genetically based differences
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 to drink from the cup
B.   Use the cup as a hat
C.   Use the cup as a chair for her doll
D.   Pretend that the cup is a rocket
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.   Kendra, who spends more of her time with sociodramatic play
C.   Rajesh, who spends more of his time with building blocks 
D.   Tim, who spends more of his time in the art corner
Question #15
Janelle pretends that a cup is a hat. Janelle grasps the concept of 
A.   Dual Representation
B.   Animistic thinking 
C.   Egocentrism
D.   Irreversibility
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.   Dual representation
B.   Egocentrism
C.   Conservation 
D.   Animistic thinking
Question #17
Conservation refers to the 
A.   Idea that certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes
B.   Failure to distinguish others symbolic viewpoints from one's own 
C.   Believe that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions 
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.   Irreversibility
B.   Magical thinking
C.   Dynamic transformation
D.   Centration 
Question #19
Follow up research indicates that preschooler's notions of magic are
A.   Rare
B.   Flexible and appropriate
C.   Exaggerated by their love of storytelling
D.   Almost nonexistent by age 4
Question #20
When children ask questions, parents 
A.   Should respond with "mechanism" explanations
B.   Rarely respond informatively, unless the children are extremely persistent 
C.   Adjust the complexity of their answers to fit their children's maturity 
D.   Should respond with "prior cause" explanations
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.   Piaget was partly right and partly wrong about young children's cognitive 
C.   When given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences, preschoolers rely on trial and error to solve problems 
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.   Self-reflection
B.   Language
C.   Egocentrism 
D.   Sensorimotor activity 
Question #23
According to Vygotsky, children speak to themselves 
A.   For self-guidance 
B.   For the pleasure of hearing language 
C.   Because they are lonely
D.   Because they are egocentric
Question #24
Children directed speech is now called _____ speech
A.   Private
B.   Inner
C.   egocentric
D.   Telegraphic 
Question #25
A color-matching activity is within Zelda's zone of proximal development. In order to complete the task, Zelda will need
A.   Realistic props
B.   To have a firm understanding of conservation
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.   Transitive inference
B.   Dual representation 
C.   Proximal teaching
D.   Scaffolding
Question #27
Vgotsky saw ______ play as the ideal social contact for fostering cognitive development in early childhood 
A.   Cooperative
B.   Make-believe
C.   Outdoor
D.   Parallel
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's young children spend most of their time playing with and talking to age mates
B.   Ignacio's children spend their day in contact with adult work and start to assume mature responsibilities in early childhood
C.   Ignacio instead focuses on preparing his children for academic success and civic Engagement 
D.    Ignacio is too busy working and maintaining his household to interact with his children
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.   Centration
D.   Planning
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.   Recognition memory
B.   Episodic memory
C.   Sustained attention
D.   Recall 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.   Episodic
B.   Recognition
C.   Recall
D.   Planning
Question #32
Improvement in recall in early childhood is strongly associated with 
A.   Language development
B.   Use of scaffolding 
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.   Elaborative 
C.   Metacognitive 
D.   Repetitive 
Question #34
Theory of mind involves 
A.   Thinking about thought
B.   Using a repetitive communication style 
C.   Using scripts to tell stories 
D.   Using deliberate mental activités that improve recall
Question #35
Zachary, age 3, has autism. Zachary probably _______ often ______ than typically developing age mates 
A.   Less; uses words to echo what others say
B.   Less; establishes joint attention
C.   More; imitates an adults novel behaviors
D.   More; engages in social referencing 
Question #36
_______ is the ability to reflect on an manipulate the sound structure of spoken language 
A.   Ordinality 
B.   Private speech
C.   Cardinality
D.   Phonological awareness
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.   Are often delayed in social skills 
D.   Participate in more teacher-structured activities
Question #38
A central component of Montessori education is 
A.   Child- chosen activities 
B.   Formal training in reading and writing 
C.   Teacher- planned
D.   Repetition and drill
Question #39
_______ is central to the Head Start philosophy 
A.   Child- chosen activity 
B.   Parent involvement
C.   Decentration
D.   Guided participation
Question #40
Three year old Reagan says, "i losted my dolly" Reagan is demonstrating 
A.   Underextension
B.   Underregularization
C.   Overextension
D.   Overregularization

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