Question 1

A police officer visits Timothy and Evelyn's class to discuss safety rules. To attract the children's attention, the officer brings colorful balloons and jars of bubbles for the children to blow. Later, Timothy tells his parents about all the safety rules discussed by the officer. Timothy obviously paid attention to what was

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A)   salient.
B)   relevant.
C)   habituated.
D)   superfluous.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following is a criticism of Vygotsky's theory?

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A)   Vygotsky was specific about age-related changes and generalized all individuals.
B)   Vygotsky overemphasized the role of language in thinking.
C)   Vygotsky particularly described how changes in socioemotional capabilities contribute to cognitive development, which is highly subjective.
D)   Vygotsky laid no emphasis on guidance, which plays an important role in learning.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

18-month-old Alan hates spinach but says, "Yum!" when he sees his mother eating her favorite spinach casserole. This indicates that

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A)   he will also like spinach when he grows up.
B)   he recognizes that someone else may have different desires from his own.
C)   he has started to recognize false beliefs.
D)   he has started to understand that people can have ambivalent feelings.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Name the cognitive theorist who emphasized the social contexts of learning and the construction of knowledge through social interaction.

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Question 5

In Piaget's theory, failing the conservation-of-liquid task demonstrates

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A)   that a child is at the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
B)   that a child is unable to think fluidly.
C)   centration.
D)   rational thought.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Nurturing is a key aspect of ________, which emphasizes the education of the whole child and concern for his or her physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development.

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A)   the child-centered kindergarten
B)   the Montessori approach
C)   developmentally appropriate practice
D)   the Reggio Emilia approachE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Three-year-old Amy looks at her grandmother's collection of glass animals and says, "Those are a 'no-no'. Do not touch." It appears that Amy is using ________ to regulate her own behavior.

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A)   mindstream
B)   intuitive reasoning
C)   private speech
D)   symbolic functionE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018) has established categories for obesity, overweight, and at risk of being overweight. Describe how these categories are determined and classified.

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Question 9

Four-year-old Michelle talks to herself frequently. She does this 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) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018)  has established categories for weight that are determined by body mass index. Children and adolescents at or above the 97th percentile are classified as ________.

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A)   obese
B)   overweight
C)   at risk of being overweight
D)   severely malnourishedE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective is known as

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A)   animism.
B)   empathy.
C)   egocentrism.
D)   symbolism.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

________ refers to an umbrella-like concept that consists of a number of higher-level cognitive processes linked to the development of the brain's prefrontal cortex, which play a role in managing thoughts to engage in goal-directed behavior and self-control.

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A)   Executive attention
B)   Executive function
C)   Prefrontal control
D)   Prefrontal inhibitionE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

What are the three principles that the child-centered kindergarten honors?

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Question 14

Many of the deaths of young children around the world could be prevented by reductions in

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A)   nutrition.
B)   sanitation.
C)   poverty.
D)   education.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

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) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Identify the term for the range of tasks that are too difficult for children to master alone but can be learned with guidance and assistance from adults or more-skilled children.

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Zone of pr...

Question 17

According to Benson and Sabbagh (2017) , ________ describes several operations, such as inhibition and planning, that are important for flexible, future-oriented behavior and are also connected to theory of mind development.

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A)   operational thought
B)   sustained attention
C)   executive function
D)   intuitive reasoningE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 18

Scientists have discovered that there ________ the brains of children in the 3- to 15-year age range.

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A)   are dramatic changes in local patterns within
B)   are phenomenal increases in the overall size of
C)   are insignificant anatomical changes in
D)   are hardly any internal metamorphisms withinE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Jean Berko's experiment involving "wugs" demonstrated that young children who took part in the experiment knew

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A)   the phonological rules.
B)   the rules of syntax.
C)   the pragmatic rules.
D)   the morphological rules.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Identify a characteristic of autobiographical memory.

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A)   It pertains to information acquired during adolescence rather than childhood.
B)   It allows people to do routine work without requiring conscious thought.
C)   It involves memory of significant events and experiences in one's life.
D)   It refers to information that is retained for up to 30 seconds if it is not rehearsed.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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