1) the school to which you have been assigned is primarily hispanic in composition. you
can expect that the majority of hispanic students will be of ______ origin.
a. puerto rican
b. mexican
c. south american
d. cuban
2) at day care, 4-year-old steven bites matthew when matthew tries to take away the
blocks he is building with. stevens aggression is best described as:
a. hostile.
b. instrumental.
c. verbal.
d. both hostile and instrumental.
3) which of the following statements regarding the sensory memory is false?
a. there is a single sensory register for all the senses.
b. information from this system is lost unless it is recognized or interpreted.
c. information is stored in the sensory memory for only a few seconds.
d. the sensory memory is the first component in information processing.
4) according to several recent reports, schools shortchange female students by:
a. giving boys considerably more attention in the classroom, thereby reinforcing a
perception of male dominance and importance.
b. overrepresenting masculine interests in curriculum materials, especially in math and
science.
c. emphasizing competitive over collaborative efforts in the classroom.
d. all of these
5) melanie has the ability to connect the distinctive sounds of her native language into
words. this ability is called:
a. metalinguistic awareness.
b. communicative competence.
c. emergent literacy.
d. phonemic awareness.
6) screening for language and communication disorders is most common in:
a. prekindergarten.
b. kindergarten.
c. second grade.
d. fifth grade.
7) according to the text, a literate environment is defined as one in which:
a. children encounter various types of print with different purposes.
b. adults place value on reading and writing.
c. adults engage in reading and writing activities.
d. all of these
8) fifteen-year-old jeremiahs friends describe him as cooperative, sensitive, rational,
and independent. based on these traits, jeremiahs personality would best be described
as:
a. feminine.
b. masculine.
c. gender-typed.
d. androgynous.
9) the process by which children learn societys norms for acceptable and unacceptable
behavior for boy and girls is called:
a. gender identity development.
b. gender-role socialization.
c. gender schema development.
d. gender constancy process.
10) a ______ is a statement derived from theory that an investigator attempts to validate
during a research study.
a. case study
b. research design
c. longitudinal question
d. hypothesis
11) at which level of ethnic perspective taking would you expect your students to use
physical characteristics to classify and describe people racially?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
12) when mark speaks to his 18-month-old daughter, he uses a high-pitched intonation,
repeats himself, and emphasizes important words. mark is using:
a. child-directed speech.
b. baby signing.
c. collaborative construction.
d. all of the these.
13) in the strange situation, beverly fusses when she is separated from her mother. when
her mother returns, beverly is easily calmed. beverly also uses her mother as a base
from which to go out and explore the room. beverlys attachment would be labeled:
a. insecure-disorganized.
b. insecure-resistant.
c. secure.
d. insecure-avoidant.