According to Piaget the mechanism of intellectual growth called adaptation involves…

1. assimilation.
2. accommodation.
3. motor perceptual.
4. perceptual motor.
5. “a” and “b” above.

Question 2 .

According to Piaget accommodation is driven by …

1. assimilation.
2. a need for change.
3. a state of equilibrium.
4. object permanence.
5. syncretistic thought.

Question 3 .

The syncretistic thought processes generate…

1. social speech.
2. egocentric speech.
3. articulation disorders.
4. stuttering.
5. synchronized speech production.

Question 4 .

According to Piaget egocentric speech includes…

1. echolalia.
2. monologues.
3. dual monologues.
4. all of the above.
5. “b” and “c” above.

Question 5 .

According to Piaget, Social  Speech is a reflection of…

1. syncretistic thought processes.
2. intellectual thought processes.
3. associative complex thought processes.
4. chain complex thought processes.
5. pseudo concept thought processes.

Question 6 .

Vygotsky viewed egocentric speech and its disappearance, as …

1. a consequence of syncretistic thought turning into intellectual thought.
2. a consequence of intellectual thought turning into egocentric thought.
3. the process of speech becoming internalized to become verbal thought.
4. a result in improvement in speech articulation.
5. the consequence of otitis media.

Question 7 .

According to Piaget …

1. Concepts must be developed before language is applied to them.
2. Language can be used to develop concepts .
3. syncretistic thought processes develop social speech
4. there must be a word for an object before a child can see it.
5. words must receive reinforcement before they are learned.

Question 8 .

According to Vygotsky …

1. Concepts must be developed before language is applied to them.
2. Speech can be used to develop concepts.
3. syncretistic thought processes develop social speech.
4. Speech develops as a consequence of a Language Acquisition Device (LAD) which refers to special neurological structures in the human brain.
5. it is necessary to have a name for an object before it can be seen.

Question 9 .

One of the following does NOT occur during the SENSORY MOTOR STAGE …

1. the development of SELF CONCEPT .
2. an awareness of CAUSE AND EFFECT relations.
3. the development of a concept of OBJECT PERMANENCE.
4. SYMBOLIC BEHAVIOR.
5. the development of the concept of CONSERVATION.

Question 10 .

Little Edward when he goes into the kitchen to get some cookies finds that they have been removed to a high shelf in the cupboard.  After pondering the matter, he gets a ladder and reaches the cookies.  Piaget would classify this behavior as…

1. Assimilation.
2. Accommodation.
3. blatantly naughty.
4. a felony.
5. an eating disorder.

Question 11 .

According to Piaget, Adaptation a process of…

1. Assimilation.
2. Accommodation.
3. mental growth.
4. having experiences in coping with needs.
5. all of the above.

Question 12 .

Adaption is driven by…

1. discipline.
2. routine.
3. a state of equilibrium.
4. experiences.
5. all of the above.

Question 13 .

The critical concepts of phonology, morphology, semantics and pragmatics (i.e. language) are first developed in the…

1. Sensory Motor Stage.
2. Preoperational Stage.
3. Concrete Operational Stage.
4. Formal Operations.
5. womb.

Question 14 .

According to Vygotsky, egocentric speech…

1. Is an outward manifestation of a child using speech to control or reflect behavior.
2. is a motor behavior which diminishes because it has become internalized into the thought processes.
3. is internalized and is used to control one’s behavior.
4. all of the above.
5. none of the above.

Question 15 .

Thought processes that depend NOT upon physical manipulation or stimulation but are free of it, occur in the stage of Development called the…

1. Sensory Motor Stage.
2. Preoperational Stage.
3. Concrete Operational Stage.
4. Formal Operational Stage.
5. Prenatal Stage.

Question 16 .

What is human capital?  (from Born to Talk)

1. Parents’ investment in their children, which is influenced by their culture and is affected by parental and societal beliefs about age, gender, and birth order.
2. An important consideration based on family income, parental education, and the occupation of the parents.
3. The cost of being a member of a society.
4. The cost of putting children through school.
5. Receiving Tax breaks for the number of children in each family.

Question 17 .

What is vernacular dialect?  (from Born to Talk)

1. nonstandard dialect.
2. Standard dialect.
3. Social dialect.
4. Cultural dialect.
5. good old English.

Question 18 .

 Related to the other forms of capital is the reality of being a member of a society which is called…(from Born to Talk)

A   Intergenerational poverty.

1. human capital.
2. social-cultural.
3. social-political.
4. gender discrimination

Question 19 .

 A Hispanic child in the U. S., who lives with his parents and members of his extended family who speak only Spanish, is nevertheless immersed in an environment of an English-speaking culture. This child can speak few words of English. Which case of language development is this…(from Born to Talk)

1. Successive bilingualism.
2. Simultaneous bilingualism.
3. Monolingual bilingual.
4. Bilingualism
5. Simultaneous language acquisition.

Question 20 .

When teachers include information on selected heroes and holidays from a range of cultures, and they focus on a few specific characteristics of these cultures, this is a strategy that requires the least effort and fewest changes to existing curriculum.  This is called…(from Born to Talk)

1. an additive approach.
2. a contributions approach.
3. a curricular approache.
4. a multicultural education.
5. a Teacher preparation process.