Question 1

Three-year-old Ruth draws a picture with lavender, purple, and blue colors intermixed with green, yellow, and brown. "It is a boat in the ocean at sunset, with whales jumping all around it!" she explains to her teacher. Which of the following does this explain?

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A)   animism
B)   conservation
C)   the intuitive thought substage
D)   the symbolic function substageE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Critics of universal preschool education say that

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A)   quality preschools prepare children for school readiness and academic success.
B)   it is more important to improve preschool education for young children who are disadvantaged than to fund preschool education for all 4-year-old children.
C)   preschool programs decrease the likelihood that once children go to elementary and secondary school they will be retained in a grade or drop out of school.
D)   there is a lot of pressure on young children to achieve, and universal preschool education does not provide any opportunities to actively construct knowledge.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following statements about brain development and early childhood is true?

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A)   The development that occurs inside the brain ends at the onset of adolescence.
B)   By the time a child is 3 years of age, the brain is 25 percent of its adult size.
C)   By age 6, the brain has reached about 95 percent of its adult size.
D)   The brain of a five-year-old is 60 percent the size of an adult brain.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 4

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) A) and C)

Question 5

According to Tomlinson and others (2016) , the deaths of young children due to HIV/AIDS especially occur in countries

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A)   in the northern hemisphere.
B)   with high rates of poverty and low levels of education.
C)   where common children's health problems like malnutrition do not exist.
D)   where the society is affluent.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Using rehearsal, we can keep information in short-term memory for a much longer period. In this context, rehearsal means

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A)   preparing for a memory-span test.
B)   doing mental exercises daily to keep one's mind sharp.
C)   repeating information after it has been presented.
D)   taking regular memory-span tests.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

What are the signs of vision problems in children?

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Children with vision problems rub their ...

Question 8

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 C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Identify a common nutritional problem in early childhood that results from the failure to eat adequate amounts of quality meats and dark green vegetables and causes chronic fatigue.

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Iron defic...

Question 10

According to Feeney, Moravcik, and Nolte (2019) , Follari (2019) , and Gestwicki (2017) , competent early childhood programs should focus

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A)   on cognitive development and socioemotional development.
B)   exclusively on cognitive development.
C)   on preoperational skills.
D)   on academics alone.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Which of the following statements about parental smoking is true?

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A)   Children are at risk for health problems when they live in homes in which a parent smokes.
B)   Most children and adolescents in the United States are exposed to tobacco smoke in their homes.
C)   Children exposed to tobacco smoke in their homes are not more likely to develop asthma than children in nonsmoking families.
D)   Parental smoking is the leading cause of death in young children in the United States.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Which of the following determines the categories for obesity, overweight, and at risk of being overweight?

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A)   weight
B)   average calories consumed daily
C)   waist-to-hip ratio
D)   body mass indexE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Tools of the Mind is a program that is grounded in ________ theory of cognitive development.

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A)   Vygotsky's
B)   Erikson's
C)   Sternberg's
D)   Piaget'sE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

From 18 months to 3 years of age, children begin to understand different mental states. According to Lempers, Flavell, and Flavell, by 2 years of age, a child recognizes that another person will see what's in front of his or her own eyes instead of what's in front of the child's eyes. This mental state is referred to as ________.

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A)   perception
B)   emotion
C)   desire
D)   intellectE) C) and D)
F) B) and D) A

Question 15

What are the criticisms of the Montessori approach to early education?

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Critics of the Montessori approach belie...

Question 16

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

Question 17

Executive function involves ________.

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A)   managing one's thoughts to engage in goal-directed behavior and self-control
B)   learning difficult tasks with guidance and assistance from adults or more-skilled children
C)   focusing attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others
D)   building memories of significant events and experiences in one's lifeE) B) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 18

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

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Question 19

Describe four strategies suggested by Ellen Galinsky for using books effectively with preschool children.

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Four strategies suggested by Ellen Galin...

Question 20

According to Gauvain and Perez, which of the following factors can enhance the effectiveness of the zone of proximal development?

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A)   ambivalent attachment
B)   absolute emotion control
C)   child compliance
D)   maternal strictnessE) C) and D)
F) B) and D) C

Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Three-year-old Ruth draws a picture with lavender, purple, and blue colors intermixed with green, yellow, and brown. "It is a boat in the ocean at sunset, with whales jumping all around it!" she explains to her teacher. Which of the following does this explain?

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Critics of universal preschool education say that

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Which of the following statements about brain development and early childhood is true?

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

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According to Tomlinson and others (2016) , the deaths of young children due to HIV/AIDS especially occur in countries

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Using rehearsal, we can keep information in short-term memory for a much longer period. In this context, rehearsal means

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What are the signs of vision problems in children?

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

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Identify a common nutritional problem in early childhood that results from the failure to eat adequate amounts of quality meats and dark green vegetables and causes chronic fatigue.

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Iron defic...
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According to Feeney, Moravcik, and Nolte (2019) , Follari (2019) , and Gestwicki (2017) , competent early childhood programs should focus

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Which of the following statements about parental smoking is true?

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Which of the following determines the categories for obesity, overweight, and at risk of being overweight?

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Tools of the Mind is a program that is grounded in ________ theory of cognitive development.

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

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Three-year-old Ruth draws a picture with lavender, purple, and blue colors intermixed with green, yellow, and brown. "It is a boat in the ocean at sunset, with whales jumping all around it!" she explains to her teacher. Which of the following does this explain?

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Critics of universal preschool education say that

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Which of the following statements about brain development and early childhood is true?

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

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According to Tomlinson and others (2016) , the deaths of young children due to HIV/AIDS especially occur in countries

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Using rehearsal, we can keep information in short-term memory for a much longer period. In this context, rehearsal means

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Identify a common nutritional problem in early childhood that results from the failure to eat adequate amounts of quality meats and dark green vegetables and causes chronic fatigue.

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According to Feeney, Moravcik, and Nolte (2019) , Follari (2019) , and Gestwicki (2017) , competent early childhood programs should focus

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