ashworth E02 Child Development course exam 5

Question 1 of 40
2.5 Points
Differences of rates
in cognitive development are attributed to:
A. environmental influences only.
B. genetics only.
C. individual motivation to learn.
D. genetic timetables and environmental
influences.

Question 3 of 40
2.5 Points
Which of the
following statements could imply a criticism of Piaget’s theory?
A. Infants must do something to or with
objects or people in their environment in order for learning to occur.
B. Infants as young as 5 months will
anticipate the reappearance of an object that they see move behind a screen.
C. Infants begin to understand that objects
and people continue to exist even though may not be visible.
D. Imitative behaviors signal the infant’s
growing ability to learn through observing the behavior of others.

Question 5 of 40
2.5 Points
Which of the
following does cognitive development LEAST influence?
A. The child’s emotional responses
B. The child’s social interactions
C. The child’s motor development
D. The child’s language development

Question 7 of 40
2.5 Points
Jeremy seemed very
interested in the toy that was on the floor. Phyllis, his babysitter, said,
“That’s a doll, Jeremy.” What is Phyllis doing that is beneficial to Jeremy’s
development?
A. Promoting assimilation
B. Synchronizing her behavior with Jeremy’s
behavior
C. Creating a problem-solving situation
D. Orienting

Question 9 of 40
2.5 Points
Why is holding a
young infant (birth to 6 months old) on your lap and looking at a board book
important for the child’s literacy development?
A. The infant hears the rich intonation of
language.
B. The infant learns that stories have a
beginning, middle, and end.
C. The infant begins to learn the “ABC’s”.
D. The infant learns the names of objects.

Question 13 of 40
2.5 Points
What is the most
important thing that adults can do to help infants and toddlers love to look at
books and later love to read them?
A. Expose children to places outside the
home.
B. Make looking at books enjoyable.
C. Put books on shelves with easy reach of
the children.
D. Provide “touch and smell” books.

Question 15 of 40
2.5 Points
Which of the following
theories emphasizes that children’s thinking processes are quite different than
adults’ thinking and problem-solving processes?
A. Information processing
B. Bioecological
C. Constructivist
D. Social learning/Cognitive

Question 16 of 40
2.5 Points
Researchers who have
challenged or expanded Piaget’s theory are called:
A. behaviorists.
B. maturationists.
C. neo-Piagetians.
D. pre-Piagetians.

Question 17 of 40
2.5 Points
Which of the
following does NOT cause conductive hearing loss?
A. Injury to the inner ear
B. Wax in the ear
C. Fluid in the ear
D. Some barrier in the outer or middle ear

Question 19 of 40
2.5 Points
That infants imitate
others is an argument used by which theorists in explaining cognitive
development?
A. Social learning
B. Information processing
C. Maturationist
D. Neo-Piagetian

Question 21 of 40
2.5 Points
One of the primary
criticisms of Piaget’s theory is that children as young as 1 year of age are
capable of which of the following?
A. Empathizing with each other
B. Using aggression against each other
C. Responding to adults’ discipline
strategies
D. Linguistic intelligence

Question 23 of 40
2.5 Points
When children begin
to internalize the general rules for making plurals and past tense verbs, they
tend to:
A. speak in shorter sentences.
B. monopolize the conversation.
C. overgeneralize the rules.
D. ignore the rules.

Question 26 of 40
2.5 Points
According to
Gardner’s theory, the sensitivity to meaning, order, sounds, rhythms, and
inflections of words is referred to as which of the following?
A. Interpersonal intelligence
B. Intrapersonal intelligence
C. Spatial intelligence
D.
Linguistic intelligence

Question 27 of 40
2.5 Points
As a rule,
comprehension of language precedes:
A. production of language.
B. vocabulary development.
C. fast mapping.
D. cognitive development.

Which theorist
defined intelligence as being able to solve problems or create something that
is valued by one’s community or culture?
A. Freud
B. Piaget
C. Gardner
D. Chomsky

Question 32 of 40
2.5 Points
Lisa looks at her
daughter, Leeann, a toddler, who is rocking her baby doll. “You sure are going
to be a good mother someday!” Lisa says, smiling. This is an example of:
A. display rules.
B. prosocial rules.
C. egocentric rules.
D. proximal rules.

Question 35 of 40
2.5 Points
When children learn
the structure of a language system, they are said to be learning the:
A. phonemes.
B. semantics.
C. phonology.
D. syntax.

Question 38 of 40
2.5 Points
When Jeremy’s teacher
says, “Your mother smiled when you opened the door for her. You saw that her
hands were too full of sacks to open it herself,” she is:
A. encouraging Jeremy to use good manners.
B. helping Jeremy to appreciate his mother.
C. supporting Jeremy’s emerging prosocial
learning.
D. making points with Jeremy’s mother.