DEP2004 exam 2
Which is true of children in preschool years? - answer Boys have more muscle tissue
and girls have more fatty tissue.
Which of the following play a key role in planning and organizing new actions and
maintaining attention to tasks - answer Prefrontal cortex
At 6 yrs old, Gina's BMI is in the 95th percentile. According to the centers for disease
control and prevention, she would be classified as: - answer Overweight
2nd stage in Piagetian stage of development is the ___ stAge, which lasts from approx
____ yrs of age - answer Preoperational; 2-7
Piaget called the second substage in preoperational thought "intuitive" because of the
absence of the use of _____ in children in that stage. - answerRational thinking
ZPD - answer Range of tasks that are too difficult for the child alone but that can be
learned with guidance
Self talk becomes second nature to children, and they can act w/out verbalizing; thus
creating a form of _____ becomes in their thoughts. - answerInner speech
Regarding ____, preschool age children increasing rememberer specific, rich details
about personal events. - answerAutobiographical memories
The theory of _____ refers to awareness of one's own mental processes and the mental
processes of others. - answerMind
I'm 1965, the federal govt began and effort to break the cycle of poverty and poor
education for young kids in the US - answerProject head start
According to Erik Erikson, the psychosocial stage that characterizes early childhood is: -
answerinitiative versus guilt
Barbara saw her son get embarrassed and feel guilty because he dropped a plate of
food. She took him into another room and talked to him about paying attention and
asking for help when needed. Barbara is an: - answerEmotion coaching parent
Which of the following approaches holds that the processes of reinforcement,
punishment and imitation explain the development of moral behavior? - answerThe
behavioral and social cognitive approach
, Parents who encourage their children to be independent but still place limits and
controls on their actions have what type of parenting style? - answerauthoritative
The term _____ includes psychological abuse, verbal abuse and mental injury -
answeremotional abuse
First-born and only children are alike in that both are: - answerachievement-oriented
Some scholars have proposed that in the "emotional security theory" children appraise
martial conflict in terms of : - answerTheir sense of security and safety in the family
overwhelming majority of children from gay or lesbian families: - answerhave a
heterosexual orientation
Lower SES parents - answerMore directive less conversational w their kids
Most 2 to 4 yr old children are watching tv approx _______ hr per day - answer2-4
Improvements in attention, memory, effortful and goal-directed thinking, and behavior
have been linked to: - answeraerobic exercise
Which type of cancer is most prevalent in children? - answerleukemia
Damon's teachers frequently complain that he disrupts kindergarten class by fidgeting
and moving all the time. Damon's teacher strongly suspects he may be diagnosed w : -
answerADHD
Piaget's third stage of cognitive development emphasizes a child's ability to reason
logically and to mentally reverse actions by using the term _______, while also
emphasizing that the child can only apply this reasoning to specific, often physical
examples by using the term _______ - answerFormal; metacognitive
The ability to think in new and unusual ways to come up with unique solutions, different
from intelligence, is: - answerCreative thinking
Megan, age eight, has a test tomorrow. "It's an easy test," she tells her mother. "I just
have to recognize a bunch of stuff on a chart. I finished studying for it yesterday."
Megan is exhibiting her: - answermetamemory
In terms of a mathematical relationship, a person's mental age divided by chronological
age (CA), multiplied by 100, would indicate that person's: - answerintelligence quotient
Robert J. Sternberg's triarchic theory and Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence are
examples of the idea that: - answerintelligence consists of a number of specific abilities.
Which is true of children in preschool years? - answer Boys have more muscle tissue
and girls have more fatty tissue.
Which of the following play a key role in planning and organizing new actions and
maintaining attention to tasks - answer Prefrontal cortex
At 6 yrs old, Gina's BMI is in the 95th percentile. According to the centers for disease
control and prevention, she would be classified as: - answer Overweight
2nd stage in Piagetian stage of development is the ___ stAge, which lasts from approx
____ yrs of age - answer Preoperational; 2-7
Piaget called the second substage in preoperational thought "intuitive" because of the
absence of the use of _____ in children in that stage. - answerRational thinking
ZPD - answer Range of tasks that are too difficult for the child alone but that can be
learned with guidance
Self talk becomes second nature to children, and they can act w/out verbalizing; thus
creating a form of _____ becomes in their thoughts. - answerInner speech
Regarding ____, preschool age children increasing rememberer specific, rich details
about personal events. - answerAutobiographical memories
The theory of _____ refers to awareness of one's own mental processes and the mental
processes of others. - answerMind
I'm 1965, the federal govt began and effort to break the cycle of poverty and poor
education for young kids in the US - answerProject head start
According to Erik Erikson, the psychosocial stage that characterizes early childhood is: -
answerinitiative versus guilt
Barbara saw her son get embarrassed and feel guilty because he dropped a plate of
food. She took him into another room and talked to him about paying attention and
asking for help when needed. Barbara is an: - answerEmotion coaching parent
Which of the following approaches holds that the processes of reinforcement,
punishment and imitation explain the development of moral behavior? - answerThe
behavioral and social cognitive approach
, Parents who encourage their children to be independent but still place limits and
controls on their actions have what type of parenting style? - answerauthoritative
The term _____ includes psychological abuse, verbal abuse and mental injury -
answeremotional abuse
First-born and only children are alike in that both are: - answerachievement-oriented
Some scholars have proposed that in the "emotional security theory" children appraise
martial conflict in terms of : - answerTheir sense of security and safety in the family
overwhelming majority of children from gay or lesbian families: - answerhave a
heterosexual orientation
Lower SES parents - answerMore directive less conversational w their kids
Most 2 to 4 yr old children are watching tv approx _______ hr per day - answer2-4
Improvements in attention, memory, effortful and goal-directed thinking, and behavior
have been linked to: - answeraerobic exercise
Which type of cancer is most prevalent in children? - answerleukemia
Damon's teachers frequently complain that he disrupts kindergarten class by fidgeting
and moving all the time. Damon's teacher strongly suspects he may be diagnosed w : -
answerADHD
Piaget's third stage of cognitive development emphasizes a child's ability to reason
logically and to mentally reverse actions by using the term _______, while also
emphasizing that the child can only apply this reasoning to specific, often physical
examples by using the term _______ - answerFormal; metacognitive
The ability to think in new and unusual ways to come up with unique solutions, different
from intelligence, is: - answerCreative thinking
Megan, age eight, has a test tomorrow. "It's an easy test," she tells her mother. "I just
have to recognize a bunch of stuff on a chart. I finished studying for it yesterday."
Megan is exhibiting her: - answermetamemory
In terms of a mathematical relationship, a person's mental age divided by chronological
age (CA), multiplied by 100, would indicate that person's: - answerintelligence quotient
Robert J. Sternberg's triarchic theory and Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence are
examples of the idea that: - answerintelligence consists of a number of specific abilities.
