PSY 230 LearningCurve Ch. 5 & 6

Janie is 2 years old. She MOST likely knows about _____ words.

500

Frannie has begun to "slim down." She has lost the chubby toddler look and is now lean. She weighs 42 pounds and is 43 inches tall. Frannie is MOST likely around the age of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. 2. 4. 6. 8.

6

_____ programs stress imagination and discovery. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. Intervention Head Start Teacher-directed Child-centered

Child-centered

_____ is the process by which children learn a word after a single exposure by placing it within an interconnected set of categories.

Fast-mapping

1. A major accomplishment of the preoperational stage is _____ thought. sensory symbolic logical abstract

Symbolic

Which theorist emphasized the social aspects of young children's cognition and learning? Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. Erikson Piaget Vygotsky Freud

Vygotsky

In terms of early childhood learning, research has found that if the educational quality at home is poor, then: a child-centered program will be more beneficial than any other approach. a quality preschool is especially beneficial. attendance at preschool is detrimental. a nursery school will be more beneficial than a preschool.

a quality preschool is especially beneficial.

Four-year-old Amelia asked her Nana, "Does my teddy bear need medicine?" This is an example of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. scaffolding. animism. static reasoning. focus on appearance.

animism.

In a popular animated movie, automobiles and tow trucks have emotions and can speak. This exemplifies: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. centration. conservation. animism. irreversibility.

animism.

According to research, children who are exposed to more than one language in early childhood: become confused and are unable to separate the two languages. are able to learn and separate the two languages. can become fluent in one of the languages, but not the other. usually end up with impaired language development.

are able to learn and separate the two languages.

According to Piaget, one of the reasons that logic is beyond young children is that they: are significantly limited by their own perspective. assume that the world is always changing. tend to engage in cognitive reversal processes. are not capable of fast-mapping.

are significantly limited by their own perspective.

Keira is 6. She is 3 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 44 pounds. Keira is: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. underweight. average in weight. overweight. obese.

average in weight.

Which would BEST explain why a preoperational child would not be able to understand that cats can be both pets and wild animals? Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. irreversibility centration egocentrism conservation

centration

Five-year-old twins Keith and Kevin each have 4 ounces of juice in their glasses. Keith's glass is tall and narrow, whereas Kevin's is shorter and wider. Kevin complains that Keith has more juice, revealing his lack of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. formal operations. reversibility. conservation. object permanence.

conservation

Jay complains to his father that he wants more juice. His father pours the juice in Jay's glass into a taller, narrower glass. Jay is now content that he has more juice. Jay has apparently failed to develop: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. reversibility. conservation. object permanence. formal operations.

conservation.

Mrs. Weston asks Colin if he wants his sandwich in one piece or cut into two pieces. Colin asks her to keep it in one piece because he isn't hungry enough to eat two pieces. Colin's answer suggests that he: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. has not achieved object permanence. has mastered the concept of conservation. has moved beyond egocentric thought. does not yet understand conservation.

does not yet understand conservation.

A major evaluation of Head Start found that children with disabilities, children with the lowest family income, and children in rural areas: had the most apparent benefit from Head Start intervention. benefited from Head Start to the same degree as other students in the program. were negatively affected by Head Start intervention. would have benefited from the program if they had been allowed to participate.

had the most apparent benefit from Head Start intervention.

Six-year-old Freddie has a difficult time staying with one task until completion. There are times when he will start painting a picture, then a few minutes later want to watch a video which he rarely finishes. Freddie is demonstrating a lack of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. impulse control. perseveration. compensation. myelination.

impulse control.

An example of scaffolding is: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. joint reading with a child; explaining, pointing, listening. reading to a child while the child remains quiet and listens. providing a child with educational books. enrolling a child in a phonics course.

joint reading with a child; explaining, pointing, listening.

After Vivian's father showed her a tiger lily, she called a fern she saw that was orange a "tiger fern." Vivian is demonstrating: static reasoning. overregularization. logical extension. telegraphic speech.

logical extension.

Steven has begun to mimic his teacher by tapping his fingers together, even though his teacher does not do this intentionally or with any real purpose. Steven is demonstrating: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. irreversibility. guided participation. overimitation. scaffolding.

overimitation.

Family income is _____ correlated with servings of fruits and vegetables each week and _____ correlated with visits to fast-food restaurants each week. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. negatively; negatively positively; positively negatively; positively positively; negatively

positively; negatively

Children in the _____ stage typically engage in activities such as playing "house," a game in which one child might be the "mommy" and another child the "daddy." Such pretend play illustrates that children in this stage have the ability to engage in _____. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. sensorimotor; symbolic thought preoperational; symbolic thought sensorimotor; logical reasoning preoperational; logical reasoning

preoperational; symbolic thought

Destiny can perform a color-matching task if she has some help from a more skilled individual. The activity is within Destiny's zone of _____ development. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. symbolic distal proximal operational

proximal

Tag is an example of _____ play. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. sociodramatic solitary parallel rough-and-tumble

rough-and-tumble

Another term for lateralization is: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. sidedness. sidedness. amygdala. callosum connection. ambidextrous.

sidedness

Vygotsky's term for the skills that a person can experience only with assistance (not yet independently) is: zone of proximal development. Scaffolding. guided participation. theory of mind.

zone of proximal development.