Question 1

Identify the researcher who showed that when the child's attention to relevant aspects of the conservation task is improved,the child is more likely to conserve.

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Question 2

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

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A)  help the boys develop their 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 C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

It is only by age seven that children begin to recognize all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)  there can be more than one correct opinions on an issue.
B)  people's behaviors do not necessarily reflect their thoughts and feelings.
C)  people have different interpretations of the same event.
D)  people can have ambivalent feelings.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Competent early childhood programs should focus:

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A)  on cognitive development and socioemotional development.
B)  exclusively on cognitive development.
C)  on preoperational skills.
D)  on academics alone.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The theory of _____ refers to awareness of one's own mental processes and the mental processes of others.

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A)  self-awareness
B)  recognition
C)  mind
D)  consciousnessE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Which of the following educational strategies would Vygotsky say should be incorporated in classrooms?

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A)  Making each child responsible for his or her work without relying on peers or teachers for support
B)  Formal,standardized tests to assess children's learning
C)  Discouraging distractions like self-talk or private talk
D)  Offering just enough assistance to a child to accomplish a taskE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 7

Four-year-old Michelle talks to herself frequently and especially when she is trying to solve a difficult problem.Lev Vygotsky would say that Michelle is:

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A)  engaging in egocentric and immature thinking.
B)  likely to be socially competent.
C)  functioning at the upper limit of her zone of proximal development (ZP
D)  .
D)  engaging in scaffolding.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

When adults are working with young children,they often provide a lot of hints,assistance,instructions,and other support to help the children succeed.As the children indicate that they can do more for themselves,the adults begin to withdraw the support.This shows the adults' involvement in the children's:

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A)  zone of proximal development.
B)  development of conservational abilities.
C)  enhancement of intuitive reasoning.
D)  process of centration.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

By the time they enter first grade,it is estimated that children know about _____ words.

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A)  1,200
B)  8,000
C)  14,000
D)  5,000E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Researchers have found that children who have sleep problems:

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A)  exhibit no related outcomes in adolescence.
B)  are less likely to consume alcohol in adolescence.
C)  are unlikely to show any variations in brain development.
D)  are more likely to be overweight.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

After the age of _____,children attend more efficiently to the dimensions of the task that are relevant.

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A)  three or four
B)  four or five
C)  six or seven
D)  five or sixE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Five-year-old Donna speaks in shorter,simpler sentences to her baby brother.She speaks in a very informal way with her friends and uses a more formal language with her father's friends.Donna is demonstrating her grasp of:

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A)  pragmatics.
B)  morphology.
C)  syntax.
D)  phonology.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

_____ involves an increase in the speed and efficiency of information traveling through the nervous system during brain development in children between the ages of 3 and 15.

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A)  Centration
B)  Myelination
C)  Tropism
D)  NeurogenesisE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Many of the deaths of young children around the world could be prevented by a reduction in:

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A)  nutrition.
B)  sanitation.
C)  poverty.
D)  education.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Briefly describe what is meant by a child's theory of mind? How are false-beliefs tasks useful in assessing the theory of mind?

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Question 16

The poor are the majority in nearly one of every _____ nations of the world.

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A)  five
B)  ten
C)  two
D)  eightE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Identify an Italian physician-turned-educator who at the beginning of the twentieth-century crafted a revolutionary approach to young children's education.In this approach,children are given considerable freedom and spontaneity in choosing activities.

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Question 18

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

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A)  half an hour
B)  three hours
C)  one hour
D)  four hoursE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Tools of the Mind is a program that is grounded in _____ theory of cognitive development.

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A)  Vygotsky's
B)  Erikson's
C)  Sternberg's
D)  Piaget'sE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Critics of universal preschool education say that:

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A)  quality preschools prepare children for school readiness and academic success.
B)  it is more important to improve preschool education for young children who are disadvantaged rather than funding preschool education for all four-year-old children.
C)  preschool programs decrease the likelihood that once children go to elementary and secondary school they will be retained in a grade or drop out of school.
D)  there is too much pressure on young children to achieve and that universal preschool education does not provide any opportunities to actively construct knowledge.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Researchers have found that children who have sleep problems:

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

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The theory of _____ refers to awareness of one's own mental processes and the mental processes of others.

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