Chapter 7 Quiz

A  Underregularization

B  Overregularization

C  Overextension

D  Underextension

A  Child- chosen activity 

B  Parent involvement

C  Guided participation

D  Decentration

A  Teacher- planned

B  Child- chosen activities 

C  Repetition and drill

D  Formal training in reading and writing 

A  Participate in more teacher-structured activities

B  Demonstrate better social skills

C  Have difficulty adjusting to academic tasks once they enter kindergarten 

D  Are often delayed in social skills 

A  Ordinality 

B  Phonological awareness

C  Cardinality

D  Private speech

A  More; imitates an adults novel behaviors

B  More; engages in social referencing 

C  Less; uses words to echo what others say

D  Less; establishes joint attention

A  Using scripts to tell stories 

B  Using a repetitive communication style 

C  Using deliberate mental activités that improve recall

D  Thinking about thought

A  Elaborative 

B  Repetitive 

C  Episodic

D  Metacognitive 

A  Use of scaffolding 

B  Use of scripts

C  Language development

D  Gross motor development

A  Recall

B  Recognition

C  Episodic

D  Planning

A  Episodic memory

B  Sustained attention

C  Recall memory 

D  Recognition memory

A  Reversibility

B  Planning

C  Centration

D  Recall

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

D  Ignacio’s young children spend most of their time playing with and talking to age mates

A  Parallel

B  Cooperative

C  Outdoor

D  Make-believe

A  Transitive inference

B  Scaffolding

C  Dual representation 

D  Proximal teaching

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

B  Realistic props

C  To have a firm understanding of conservation

D  Realistic props

A  Telegraphic 

B  Private

C  egocentric

D  Inner

A  For the pleasure of hearing language 

B  Because they are egocentric

C  For self-guidance 

D  Because they are lonely

A  Egocentrism 

B  Language

C  Self-reflection

D  Sensorimotor activity 

A  Preschoolers rely on faulty logic to solve problems even when given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences

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  When given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences, preschoolers rely on trial and error to solve problems 

A  Should respond with “prior cause” explanations

B  Should respond with “mechanism” explanations

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

D  Rarely respond informatively, unless the children are extremely persistent 

A  Rare

B  Flexible and appropriate

C  Exaggerated by their love of storytelling

D  Almost nonexistent by age 4

A  Centration 

B  Irreversibility

C  Dynamic transformation

D  Magical thinking

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

A  Animistic thinking

B  Conservation 

C  Dual representation

D  Egocentrism

A  Irreversibility

B  Dual Representation

C  Egocentrism

D  Animistic thinking 

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

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

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

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

A  Use the cup as a hat

B  Use the cup as a chair for her doll

C  Pretend that the cup is a rocket

D  Pretend to drink from the cup

A  Role playing

B  Imagination 

C  Sensorimotor activity 

D  Intentional behavior 

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

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

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

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

A  Underactive children, overactive children

B  Shy children, outgoing children 

C  Boys, girls

D  Girls, boys

A  Mentally retarded 

B  Strong in spatial relationship skills

C  Inattentive and unruly 

D  Extremely tall for her age

A  Growth hormone (GH)

B  Estrogen

C  Thyroxine

D   Thyroid-stimulating hormone

A   Contributes to dramatic gains in motor coordination

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

C  Supports smooth coordination in movements on both sides of the body

D  Aids in balance and control of body movement

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 

A  Contribute to artistic ability 

B  Support social and emotional development

C  Support motor coordination and thinking

D  Contribute to spatial skills

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

A  Language

B  Drawing

C  Shape recognition 

D  Map reading

A  Multiple caregivers

B  Pets

C  Lead Paint 

D  Regular smokers

A  Play

B  Difficult 

C  Thinking

D  Growth