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LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT MIDTERM EXAM LATEST
2026 ACTUAL VERIFIED EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!||
In the United States, what is (are) the main cause(s) of
death in children 1 through 4 years of age? - Answer-
Motor vehicle accidents
________ is the focusing of attention on one characteristic
of an object or situation to the exclusion of all others. -
Answer-Centration
________ is the awareness that altering an object's
appearance does not change its basic properties. -
Answer-Conservation
________ is Vygotsky's term suggesting that, over the
course of a teaching session, the teacher should change
the level of support given to fit the student's performance
level. - Answer-Scaffolding
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Both Vygotsky and Piaget suggested that - Answer-
Teachers should be facilitators and guides rather than
directors
Regarding information processing in early childhood,
which of the following statements is TRUE? - Answer-
Significant improvements occur in short-term memory.
In what way is the theory of mind different with autistic
children? - Answer-All of these
Jean Berko - Answer-conducted a classic experiment
demonstrating that children understand morphological
rules.
Which of the following is NOT a component of a child-
centered kindergarten? - Answer-Emphasis on what is
learned
Children in developmentally appropriate classrooms are
likely to - Answer-be more motivated
During early childhood, the average child grows ______
inches per year. - Answer-2 1/2 inches
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Which of the following statements regarding brain
development in early childhood is TRUE? - Answer-
Increases in brain development are due to increases in
myelination and in the number and size of nerve endings
Myelination in the areas of the brain related to hand eye
coordination is not complete until - Answer-4 years of age
In the area of fine motor skills, sometimes _______ - year-
old children have trouble building high towers with blocks
because, in their desire to stack perfectly, they may upset
those already stacked. - Answer-4
What is one of the most common nutritional problems in
early childhood, associated with failure to eat adequate
amounts of quality meats and dark green vegetables? -
Answer-Iron deficiency anemia
Which stage of cognitive development occurs between
ages 2 and 4 years and involves the child's ability to
mentally represent an object that is not present? - Answer-
Symbolic function substage
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_______ is a compensatory education program designed
to provide children from low-income families with the
opportunity to acquire important school success skills. -
Answer-Project Head Start
Jean Piaget - Answer-Preoperational thought moves from
primitive to sophisticated use of symbols
Barbel Inhelder - Answer-Worked with Piaget to study
young children's egocentrism by devising the three
mountains task
Rochel Gelman - Answer-When a child's attention to
relevant aspects of the conversation task is improved, the
child is more likely to conserve
Lev Vygotsky - Answer-Language and thought develop
independently of each other, but eventually merge
Mary Rothbart and Maria Gartstein - Answer-Described
why advances in executive and sustained attention are so
important in early childhood
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT MIDTERM EXAM LATEST
2026 ACTUAL VERIFIED EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!||
In the United States, what is (are) the main cause(s) of
death in children 1 through 4 years of age? - Answer-
Motor vehicle accidents
________ is the focusing of attention on one characteristic
of an object or situation to the exclusion of all others. -
Answer-Centration
________ is the awareness that altering an object's
appearance does not change its basic properties. -
Answer-Conservation
________ is Vygotsky's term suggesting that, over the
course of a teaching session, the teacher should change
the level of support given to fit the student's performance
level. - Answer-Scaffolding
,2|Page
Both Vygotsky and Piaget suggested that - Answer-
Teachers should be facilitators and guides rather than
directors
Regarding information processing in early childhood,
which of the following statements is TRUE? - Answer-
Significant improvements occur in short-term memory.
In what way is the theory of mind different with autistic
children? - Answer-All of these
Jean Berko - Answer-conducted a classic experiment
demonstrating that children understand morphological
rules.
Which of the following is NOT a component of a child-
centered kindergarten? - Answer-Emphasis on what is
learned
Children in developmentally appropriate classrooms are
likely to - Answer-be more motivated
During early childhood, the average child grows ______
inches per year. - Answer-2 1/2 inches
,3|Page
Which of the following statements regarding brain
development in early childhood is TRUE? - Answer-
Increases in brain development are due to increases in
myelination and in the number and size of nerve endings
Myelination in the areas of the brain related to hand eye
coordination is not complete until - Answer-4 years of age
In the area of fine motor skills, sometimes _______ - year-
old children have trouble building high towers with blocks
because, in their desire to stack perfectly, they may upset
those already stacked. - Answer-4
What is one of the most common nutritional problems in
early childhood, associated with failure to eat adequate
amounts of quality meats and dark green vegetables? -
Answer-Iron deficiency anemia
Which stage of cognitive development occurs between
ages 2 and 4 years and involves the child's ability to
mentally represent an object that is not present? - Answer-
Symbolic function substage
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_______ is a compensatory education program designed
to provide children from low-income families with the
opportunity to acquire important school success skills. -
Answer-Project Head Start
Jean Piaget - Answer-Preoperational thought moves from
primitive to sophisticated use of symbols
Barbel Inhelder - Answer-Worked with Piaget to study
young children's egocentrism by devising the three
mountains task
Rochel Gelman - Answer-When a child's attention to
relevant aspects of the conversation task is improved, the
child is more likely to conserve
Lev Vygotsky - Answer-Language and thought develop
independently of each other, but eventually merge
Mary Rothbart and Maria Gartstein - Answer-Described
why advances in executive and sustained attention are so
important in early childhood
