WorksheetsHDFS 129 - Exam 3 Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Children in middle childhood possess ________ which allows them to make the conclusion that throwing rocks at windows will break them because they once threw a rock at a window and it broke.
pre-operational reasoning
inductive reasoning
deductive reasoning
egocentric reasoning
The developmental precursors of reading skills in young children are called
language skills
emergent literacy
centration
pre-reading
_______ is the leading cause of death in childhood.
cancer
influenza
physical abuse
gun violence
______ attention is best defined as deliberate concentration on one thing while ignoring something else.
divided
reflective
selective
cross-modal
Colin does not understand that when Brendan pours his milk into a tall, skinny cup, it has the same amount of milk as when it was in a short, fat cup, even though it looks like more. Colin doesn't yet understand _________.
seriation
Newton's Law
conservation
pasteurization
Which is NOT a common health concerns in early and middle childhood?
myopia (nearsightedness)
asthma
otitis media (middle ear infection)
Type 2 diabetes
Imaginary companions are beneficial to children's early social development.
True
False
The key to memory script is that it
is almost always stored as a "fuzzy trace."
cannot be mentally rehearsed
is found in sensory register but not long-term storage
represents a typical sequence of events
Children with a lot of challenges in their lives may show progressively lower IQ scores over time, a phenomenon called
the factor analysis
cumulative-deficit hypothesis
savant syndrome
terminal drop
Self-perception research with children in middle childhood indicates that self-esteem
is multidimensional, consisting of several distinct domains
is unidimensional, consisting of a global sense of self
emerges as a single entity and remains unchanged after this
becomes less realistic as children enter adolescence
Children who are high in self-esteem have parents who
have few rules and usually let children decide for themselves what is best
make decisions for their children not allowing them making choices
do not discipline their children
have a "warm and democratic" parenting style.
Who would the typical five-year-old in the U.S. believe to be most competent at their job?
A female construction worker
A female teacher
A male nurse
A male stay-at-home dad
Which statement is the best example of a moral rule?
You should not steal from others
You should take turns talking when at a dinner party
There is no crying at a baseball game
You cannot bring candy into the movie theater
______ play is characterized by playing next to, but not with, other children.
unoccupied
solitary
associative
parallel
Which of the following is true about ADHD in children?
Girls are more likely diagnosed.
Boys and girls are equally diagnosed.
Symptoms appear before age 12 and are persistent.
It can cause death in young children.
Lateralization refers to the
specialization of the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex.
plasticity of the spinal cord.
number of neurons produced during prenatal development.
organizational structure of the peripheral nervous system.
Which question would be the best method of assessing divergent thinking?
Who is the president of Mexico?
What are some effective ways of studying for a psychology exam?
How much is (212*34)/.948?
Where does the equator pass through the continent of Africa?
Seriation involves
mentally arranging elements along a quantifiable scale.
understanding the difference between big and small.
understanding that subclasses are included in the whole class.
the realization that properties of objects do not change even though appear
Piaget’s concept of "decentration" refers to the inability to
focus on more than one dimension of a problem at one time
mentally reverse simple operations.
amount of something remains the same regardless of a change in shape
take another person’s point of view.
What is NOT a reason to explain the improved memory and learning abilities in the developing child?
Increased knowledge about how memory works
An increase in general knowledge about the world
A doubling in the size of the brain's working memory
Better “software” for effective information retrieval
What strategy is being used when a long number is memorized by breaking it into subunits each containing 3 digits?
mediation
chunking
implicit memory
rehearsal
The neglectful parenting approach is characterized by _____ acceptance-responsiveness and _____ demandingness-control.
high; high
high; low
low; low
low; high
The diathesis stress model indicates that both ____ and ____ play a part psychological disorder.
genetics and hormones
parenting styles and stress
biological vulnerability and stress
depression and childhood illness
Javier decides that he has no talent for football and will never be any good at it. Javier has a ___ mindset.
growth
fixed
internal
external
Caregivers who talk with their child about how they and others feel can foster children's greater theory of mind skills.
True
False
Jenny loves to play with her dolls and assumes that her brother loves to play with her dolls just as much. Jenny is displaying which concept?
conservation
egocentrism
selfishness
theory of mind
A typical preschool age child would describe himself as "the greatest" at doings all things.
True
False
The question, "is the lack of eye contact appropriate or not for a child given their cultural background" underlies the issue of
age norms
social norms
developmental norms
distress norms
During most of early and middle childhood _____ tend to be larger (taller, heavier) than ______.
females; males
males; females
Friends in middle childhood are
all the people in your class
all the people who invite you to their birthday party
people who agree you are their friend too
its is hard to tell, as friendship change quickly
