1) piaget initially studied childrens reasoning processes by using the ______ method.
a. clinical interview
b. experimental
c. survey
d. naturalistic observation
2) jesse is able to classify objects and solve conservation tasks. based on piagets
description of child development, which age is jesse most likely to be?
a. 1 year
b. 5 years
c. 10 years
d. 14 years
3) object permanence is the:
a. intentional, goal-directed action of infants.
b. understanding that things continue to exist even when they cannot be seen or acted
upon.
c. cognitive achievement of the preoperational period.
d. inability to distinguish between animate and inanimate objects.
4) as a secondary school teacher, what percentage of your female students would you
expect to have been the target of unwanted sexual comments, gestures, or looks?
a. 2
b. 22
c. 56
d. 83
5) the community of learners approach to education is characterized by which of the
following?
a. grouping large numbers of children by age
b. focus on big ideas that connect across the curriculum
c. attempts to motivate children by grading their performance
d. the exclusive use of instructional discourse in the classroom
6) the zone of proximal development is the:
a. second stage of language use, where speech is used to regulate behavior.
b. gap between cognitive activities that children can do on their own and what they do
with the assistance of others.
c. process of constructing an internal representation of external physical actions or
mental operations.
d. place where technical and psychological tools are used.
7) comparing different cultural groups, which of the following is least likely to
emphasize conformity and duty?
a. asian american
b. native american
c. hispanic american
d. african american
8) researchers found that, when asked to identify the qualities of a good teacher,
elementary and middle school students:
a. cited lax disciplinary standards.
b. cited effective pedagogy.
c. cited positive interpersonal qualities (e.g., caring, warm).
d. cited both effective pedagogy and positive interpersonal qualities.
9) six-year-old quashana understands ethnicity in terms of ancestry and features like
food and language. she has difficulty understanding prejudice and its social
consequences. at which level of ethnic perspective taking is quashana?
a. level 3, group consciousness
b. level 2, social and nonliteral understanding
c. level 1, literal understanding
d. level 0, integration of affective and perceptual understanding
10) research suggests that those parents who notice their childrens signals, interpret
them appropriately, and respond in a sensitive manner tend to have children who have:
a. greater social competence.
b. higher cognitive functioning.
c. more rapid language development.
d. all of these
11) which of the following statements regarding the effect of environment on
intelligence is false?
a. parents can positively affect their childrens cognitive development by being warm,
supportive, and responsive.
b. early interventions, like project head start, can help offset the negative effects of a
poor home environment.
c. there have been many studies on the role of fathers in facilitating the cognitive
development of children.
d. on average, children who start school earlier and remain in school longer have higher
iq scores than those who do not.
12) regarding high-risk infants, which of the following statements is false?
a. while prematurity and low birth weight are risk factors in a childs development, only
the causes of low birth weight are well understood.
b. in elementary school, children with low birth weights are more likely to have mild
learning disabilities, attention problems, and language delays.
c. more money is spent in the united states on preventing low birth weight than on
keeping low-birth-weight infants alive.
d. the u.s. infant mortality rate ranks highest among industrialized countries.
13) most child development theorists today view family relationships as:
a. part of a highly complex system.
b. mutual and reciprocal.
c. both of these
d. neither of these