Child Development 3
- 1.Tripp pretends to drink from a toy cup. Trippi's sister, Anna takes the same cup and tells Tripp "This is a hat" Tripp refuses to place the cup on his hand to pretend that it is a hat. Tripp is probably
- A.
Younger than 2 years of age
- B.
At least 4 years old
- C.
Less than 1 year of age
- D.
At least 6 years old
- 2.Four year old Marly is playing with her toy cars. She favors the blue car, but pays with the green car for at least a few minutes. She says "i dont want the green one to get lonely." this is an example of
- A.
Dual representation
- B.
Egocentrism
- C.
Animistic thinking
- D.
Centration
- 3.During a ________ task, a four year old marissa is asked whether there are more oranges or fruits in a group of two apples, one banana, and three oranges. She will most likely say ________.
- A.
Class inclusion; there are more fruits
- B.
Class inclusion; there are more oranges
- C.
Conservation-of-number; there are more fruit
- D.
Conservation-of-number; there are more oranges
- 4.Which of the following children is most likely to express disbelief in the Tooth Fairy
- A.
Jacob, a 6 year old Jewish boy
- B.
Frank a six year old Catholic boy
- C.
Luke a six year old Methodist boy
- D.
Glenn a six year old Baptist boy
- 5.In Dino's preschool classroom, teachers evaluate each child's educational progress in relation to his or her previous development, rather than on the basis of normative standards, or average performance of same-age peers. This preschool emphasizes the Piagtetian principle of
- A.
Sensitivity to children's readiness to learn
- B.
Assisted discovery
- C.
Discovery learning
- D.
Acceptance of individual differences
- 6.As Sunni plays, she says: "Where's the cup? I want the cup. Oh, there it is. Now, I need the spoon.." Sunni is engaging in what researchers now call _________ speech
- A.
Egocentric
- B.
Private
- C.
Inner
- D.
Social
- 7.In Mr. Naffie's Vygotskian classroom, he guides children's learning with explanations, demostrations, and verbal prompts, tailoring his interventions to each child's zone of proximal development. This is an example of the Vygotskian principle of
- A.
Peer collaboration
- B.
Discovery learning
- C.
Independent exploration
- D.
Assisted discovery
- 8.Compared to Yucatec Mayan preschoolers. Western preschoolers are
- A.
Less sophisticated with make-believe play
- B.
More able to sit quietly for long periods
- C.
More autonomous
- D.
Less competent at self-care
- 9.After a field trip to the mueseum, Leslie asks her son, "What was the first thing we did? why weren't the trains moving? I thought that the pink airplane was really big. What did you think?" Leslie is using an _________ style to elicit her son's autobiographical memory.
- A.
Deliberative
- B.
Repetitive
- C.
Reconstructive
- D.
Elaborative
- 10.Greta has just been shown two boxes-- a plain, unmarked box full of raisins and a familiar marked raisin box that is empty. Next, Greta is askd to predict where another child will look for raisins. This tasks assesses Greta's understanding of
- A.
Class inclusion
- B.
Conservation
- C.
Irreversibility
- D.
False belief
- 11.Three year old Evan recognizes and reads the words "pizza" on a familiar sign, but think that his name is spelled "E" This demonstrates Evan's
- A.
Theory of mind
- B.
Metacognition
- C.
Emergent literacy
- D.
Phonological awareness
- 12.Jay introduced a new ball to his two year old daughter, Kandi. He said, "I'm throwing the wiffle ball to you!" He then threw the new ball to Kandi. Kandi said, "Catch, wiffle, catch!" Kandi's connection of the term, "wiffle" to the bal is an example of
- A.
Overregularization
- B.
Syntactic bootstrapping
- C.
Fast mapping
- D.
Semantic bootstrapping
- 13.When moses says "My Ball is a circle" his father replies "Yes, your basketball is round, just like a circle" Moses' father's response is an example of
- A.
Fast mapping
- B.
A recast
- C.
An overregularization
- D.
An expansion
- 14.When Sadie says "I goed to the store" her mother replies, "yes, you went to the store." Sadie's mother's responds is an example of
- A.
Fast mapping
- B.
A recast
- C.
An overregularization
- D.
An expansion
- 15.According to Erikson, play
- A.
Allows young children to escape from the demands of their lives into a fantasy world
- B.
Symbolically represents preschools' unconscious wishes and desires
- C.
Is secondary to academic learning for preschoolers
- D.
Permits preschoolers to try out new skills with little risk of criticism or failure
- 16.Three year old Sara says "i have three dolls. I have brown hair. I made a tall tower.." This demonstrates taht Sara is beginning to develop
- A.
Self-esteem
- B.
A self-concept
- C.
A gender identity
- D.
Gender typing
- 17.Five year old Anthony and his four year old sister Angela are engaged in a typical sibling dispute over a favorite child. In order to help them gain sensitivity to their sibling's feelings, their parents should
- A.
Intervene with reasoning and negotiating
- B.
Let them work through the dispute on their own, intervening only if there are tears involved
- C.
Settle the dispute by making the children each take a turn in the chair for a set amount of time
- D.
Totally ignore the dispute
- 18.At a parade, 3 year old Kyle puts his fingers in his ears when he hears the fire trucks coming down the street. Kyle is displaying
- A.
Scaffolding
- B.
Situational empathy
- C.
Social problem-solving
- D.
Emotional self regulation
- 19.When three year old Kaylee spills her water after filling her glass too full, her mother says "You filled the glass very full. Next time try putting less water in the glass" Assuming that Kaylee's mother repeatedly gives this sort of feedback which of the following is most likely to be true?
- A.
Kaylee is likely to show little sympathy to others in distress
- B.
Kaylee is likely to experience self-conscious emotions intensely
- C.
Kaylee is likely to experience moderate, adaptive levels of shame and pride
- D.
Kaylee is likely to experience a low level of pride after a success
- 20.Twins Jillian and Wesley 11 months old play near each other with similar materials. However they do not try to direct each other's activities. They are engaged in _______ play
- A.
Parallel
- B.
Cooperative
- C.
Associative
- D.
Nonsocial
- 21.Shelby and Sharon are four years old and are best friensd. They probably
- A.
Count on each other's emotional support
- B.
Have similar values and attitudes
- C.
Feel lasting trust and caring for each other
- D.
Have fun playing together
- 22.Most theories agree that
- A.
A child's morality is regulated by inner standards from birth
- B.
Truly moral individuals do the right thing to conform to other's expectations
- C.
At first, a child's morality is externally controlled by adults
- D.
Conscience does not begin to take shape until age 7
- 23.Three year old Connor is asked to choose the child who is the "most wrong" which child is Connor the most likely to choose?
- A.
A child eating ice cream with her fingers
- B.
A child who does not say "please" when she asks her friends to pass the water
- C.
A child who hits his sister for no reason
- D.
A boy who wears his long hair in a ponytail
- 24.To sit next to her mother at a restaurant, Diana pushes her little brother Mark out of the way. This is an example of __________ aggression
- A.
Hostile
- B.
Instrumental
- C.
Passive
- D.
Relational
- 25.Research on biological influences on gender typing reveals that
- A.
Sex differences in play and personality traits only appear in Western Cultures
- B.
Aggression preference for same-sex playmates is widespread among mammalism species
- C.
Preschool girls prefer to play in larger-group play with other girls, while boys prefer to play in pairs
- D.
Prenatally administered androgens decrease active play
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