Kamara is emotional and loves to express her individual personality by pursuing creative
projects. Kamara displays personality characteristics of a(n) __________ person.
A)artistic
B)investigative
C)social
D)realistic
In the United States, affordable child care is
A)usually high in quality.
B)fairly easy to find.
C)in short supply.
D)the norm.
Which of the following sounds is the best example of babbling?
A) “aaaaa”
B) “ooooo”
C) “rrrrr”
D) “nanana”
__________ controls attention, suppresses impulses, coordinates information in working
memory, and flexibly directs and monitors thought and behavior.
A)Automatic processes
B)Sensory processes
C)Executive function
D)Mirror neurons
The prefrontal cortex
A)reaches an adult level of synaptic connections during the first two months of life.
B)undergoes especially rapid pruning of synapses during the preschool and school
years.
C)is responsible for body movement over the first year of life.
D)fully develops before any of the other cortical regions.
Newly walking babies
A)fall infrequently because they figured out depth cues during the crawling phase.
B)will careen over uneven surfaces without making necessary postural adjustments.
C)know how to turn their bodies to accommodate a narrow passageway.
D)are less likely to find hidden objects than experienced sitters who do not crawl.
Which of the following is related to asthma?
A)obesity
B)enuresis
C)otitis media
D)myopia
The __________ produces blood cells until the developing liver, spleen, and bone marrow
are mature enough to take over this function.
A)amnion
B)chorion
C)placenta
D)yolk sac
Girls __________ often than boys __________.
A)more; attribute poor performance to lack of ability
B)more; view failures as stemming from external factors
C)less; let negative stereotypes undermine their performance
D)more; tend to receive mastery-oriented support from teachers
Ms. Harper’s classroom environment is based on Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.
Ms. Harper’s program probably emphasizes
A)joint problem solving with older children or adults.
B)reinforcing children with tokens that they may exchange for treats.
C)formal mathematics and language drills.
D)discovery learning and direct contact with the environment.
A child’s IQ score offers a way of finding out
A)individual strengths and weaknesses, as well as the mental and chronological age of
the child.
B)whether the child is ahead, behind, or average in mental development compared to
agemates.
C)the percentage of younger and older children who fall above or below the child’s
score.
D)how the child compares in mental development to younger and older children.
Compared to homogeneous groups of above-average students, heterogeneous groups
A)often engage in poorer-quality interaction.
B)progress at a slower pace.
C)get more drill on basic facts and skills.
D)engage in less discussion.
The best estimate of a child’s physical maturity is
A)height.
B)weight.
C)skeletal age.
D)chronological age.
Three-year-olds
A)use an adult grip pattern to hold a pencil.
B)vary their pencil grip, depending on the location of marks they want to make.
C)use a constant pencil angle across a range of drawing and writing.
D)grip pencils indiscriminately in either their left or right hand.