Question 1

Plasticity means the brain's ability to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   change its organization and function in response to experience
B)   specialize its hemispheres to carry out different functions
C)   degrade unused synapses
D)   increase neuronal myelination

Question 2

Which approach is especially likely to facilitate young children's language development?

Accepted Answer

A)   watching television
B)   parent-child conversations
C)   independent learning
D)   peer and sibling conflicts

Question 3

Which child is likely to use more mature forms of private speech?

Accepted Answer

A)   3-year-old Malachi
B)   4-year-old Ally
C)   4-year-old Chad
D)   2-year-old Bai

Question 4

Ty and Staci are the parents of 3-year-old Kandace. They want to know how to facilitate Kandace's memory for various activities and events. What advice would you give to Ty and Staci?

Accepted Answer

The way adults talk with the child about...

Question 5

The most effective Japanese preschools emphasize ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   academics and individual achievement
B)   social and classroom routines
C)   freedom of choice
D)   competition and moral development

Question 6

Nutritional studies indicate that most children in developed nations ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   fail to eat enough calories for healthy development
B)   eat enough calories but often fail to get enough vitamins or minerals
C)   get enough vitamins and minerals but often fail to eat enough calories
D)   suffer from mild to moderate malnutrition and deficient calories

Question 7

According to the cognitive-developmental perspective, preschoolers believe that they have control over ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   moral issues
B)   right and wrong
C)   parental discipline
D)   matters of personal choice

Question 8

Mrs. Lopez is a brain-based educator. When directing her lessons to the left hemisphere, she will have her students ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   give oral presentations to the class
B)   create visual representations of concepts
C)   engage in reading and writing
D)   engage in hands-on science activities

Question 9

When speaking, young children tend to leave out words like ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   a and the
B)   I and you
C)   mommy and daddy
D)   red and black

Question 10

Upon hearing a loud burst of thunder, 5-year-old DeShaun exclaims, "The sky is mad and is yelling!" DeShaun's statement is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   egocentrism
B)   animism
C)   centration
D)   metacognition

Question 11

By 5 years of age, many children can quickly understand and apply most words that they hear.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Children's behavior is shaped to conform with the rules of their family, NOT society in general.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In academically-oriented preschools that have teacher-directed rigid academic programs , children often demonstrate signs of stress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Longitudinal research on children who attended the Carolina Abecedarian Project or the Perry Preschool Project revealed that at ages 30 and 40 ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   most participants were unemployed
B)   participants showed higher education and income
C)   few participants had completed high school
D)   most participants had been married and divorced

Question 15

While observing her grandfather resting quietly in the recliner, 4-year-old Jordan assumes that he cannot be thinking because ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   people must stand up to think
B)   he is older than she is
C)   people must talk to think
D)   his indicators of thought are invisible

Question 16

Frankie was in a car accident and suffered a brain injury. According to research on plasticity, what factors will determine how well Frankie's brain compensates for the injury?

Accepted Answer

The degree to which individuals recover ...

Question 17

Following winter break, Ms. Young asks her preschool class what they did over the holidays. Ms. Young is assessing her students' ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   episodic memory
B)   recognition memory
C)   memory strategies
D)   forgetfulness

Question 18

The first areas of the brain to myelinate govern ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   abstract thinking
B)   sensory and motor functions
C)   language functions
D)   complex problem solving

Question 19

Which type of memory is the ability to generate a memory of a stimulus encountered before without seeing it again?

Accepted Answer

A)   episodic
B)   recognition
C)   recall
D)   autobiographical

Question 20

According to the cognitive-developmental perspective, behavior is 3-year-old Nyah likely to view most harshly?

Accepted Answer

A)   going barefoot when playing outside
B)   eating yogurt with fingers
C)   taking a toy from the store without paying
D)   Saying "no" to her father

Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

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Longitudinal research on children who attended the Carolina Abecedarian Project or the Perry Preschool Project revealed that at ages 30 and 40 ______.

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According to the cognitive-developmental perspective, preschoolers believe that they have control over ______.

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Ty and Staci are the parents of 3-year-old Kandace. They want to know how to facilitate Kandace's memory for various activities and events. What advice would you give to Ty and Staci?

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Frankie was in a car accident and suffered a brain injury. According to research on plasticity, what factors will determine how well Frankie's brain compensates for the injury?

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Nutritional studies indicate that most children in developed nations ______.

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Which type of memory is the ability to generate a memory of a stimulus encountered before without seeing it again?

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Mrs. Lopez is a brain-based educator. When directing her lessons to the left hemisphere, she will have her students ______.

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While observing her grandfather resting quietly in the recliner, 4-year-old Jordan assumes that he cannot be thinking because ______.

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