Chapter 7 Quiz

A  Underregularization

B  Overextension

C  Underextension

D  Overregularization

A  Decentration

B  Child- chosen activity 

C  Guided participation

D  Parent involvement

A  Formal training in reading and writing 

B  Teacher- planned

C  Repetition and drill

D  Child- chosen activities 

A  Demonstrate better social skills

B  Participate in more teacher-structured activities

C  Are often delayed in social skills 

D  Have difficulty adjusting to academic tasks once they enter kindergarten 

A  Phonological awareness

B  Cardinality

C  Ordinality 

D  Private speech

A  More; imitates an adults novel behaviors

B  Less; establishes joint attention

C  More; engages in social referencing 

D  Less; uses words to echo what others say

A  Thinking about thought

B  Using deliberate mental activités that improve recall

C  Using scripts to tell stories 

D  Using a repetitive communication style 

A  Repetitive 

B  Episodic

C  Metacognitive 

D  Elaborative 

A  Use of scripts

B  Gross motor development

C  Language development

D  Use of scaffolding 

A  Recognition

B  Recall

C  Planning

D  Episodic

A  Recognition memory

B  Sustained attention

C  Episodic memory

D  Recall memory 

A  Planning

B  Reversibility

C  Recall

D  Centration

A  Ignacio instead focuses on preparing his children for academic success and civic Engagement 

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 is too busy working and maintaining his household to interact with his children

A  Outdoor

B  Cooperative

C  Make-believe

D  Parallel

A  Transitive inference

B  Dual representation 

C  Scaffolding

D  Proximal teaching

A  Step-by-step instructions from an adult or older child

B  Realistic props

C  Realistic props

D  To have a firm understanding of conservation

A  Telegraphic 

B  egocentric

C  Inner

D  Private

A  For self-guidance 

B  For the pleasure of hearing language 

C  Because they are lonely

D  Because they are egocentric

A  Language

B  Self-reflection

C  Sensorimotor activity 

D  Egocentrism 

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

A  Rarely respond informatively, unless the children are extremely persistent 

B  Should respond with “mechanism” explanations

C  Should respond with “prior cause” explanations

D  Adjust the complexity of their answers to fit their children’s maturity 

A  Rare

B  Exaggerated by their love of storytelling

C  Almost nonexistent by age 4

D  Flexible and appropriate

A  Magical thinking

B  Dynamic transformation

C  Irreversibility

D  Centration 

A  Inability to mentally go through a series of steps and then reverse direction, returning to the starting point

B  Failure to distinguish others symbolic viewpoints from one’s own 

C  Idea that certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes

D  Believe that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions 

A  Animistic thinking

B  Egocentrism

C  Conservation 

D  Dual representation

A  Animistic thinking 

B  Egocentrism

C  Dual Representation

D  Irreversibility

A  Tim, who spends more of his time in the art corner

B  Kendra, who spends more of her time with sociodramatic play

C  Sasha, who spends more of her time in the reading corner

D  Rajesh, who spends more of his time with building blocks 

A  Use the cup as a chair for her doll

B  Pretend to drink from the cup

C  Use the cup as a hat

D  Pretend that the cup is a rocket

A  Sensorimotor activity 

B  Imagination 

C  Role playing

D  Intentional behavior 

A  Sex difference in motor skills are largely due to genetically based differences

B  Preschoolers exposed to formal lessons tend to be advanced in gross-motor development 

C  Parents tend to foster gender stereotyped physical activities in their children 

D  In early childhood, girls have a slight edge over boy in skills that emphasize force and power 

A  Underactive children, overactive children

B  Boys, girls

C  Shy children, outgoing children 

D  Girls, boys

A  Strong in spatial relationship skills

B  Inattentive and unruly 

C  Extremely tall for her age

D  Mentally retarded 

A   Thyroid-stimulating hormone

B  Thyroxine

C  Estrogen

D  Growth hormone (GH)

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

A  Is a large bundle of fibers connecting the two cerebral hemisphere

B  Maintains alertness and consciousness 

C  Aids in balance and control of body movement 

D  Plays a vital role in memory and in image of space that helps us find our way 

A  Contribute to artistic ability 

B  Support motor coordination and thinking

C  Contribute to spatial skills

D  Support social and emotional development

A  Prenatal events have little to no effect on handedness

B  For right-handed people language is housed in the left hemisphere

C  The brains of right-handers then to be less strongly lateralized than those of right-handers

D  Left handed people have a strong tendency to have left handed children

A  Map reading

B  Shape recognition 

C  Language

D  Drawing

A  Regular smokers

B  Pets

C  Multiple caregivers

D  Lead Paint 

A  Difficult 

B  Play

C  Thinking

D  Growth