Child Development Exam 2 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
When toddlers apply a word to a wider collection of objects and events than is appropriate. -
Correct answers✔✔Overextension
Around 6 months, infants repeat consonant-vowel combinations in long strings, such as
"bababababa" or "nanananana." - Correct answers✔✔Babbling
A style of language in which vocabularies consist mainly of words that refer to objects.
Referential style around 2 months, babies begin to make vowel-like noises. - Correct
answers✔✔Cooing
When toddlers first learn new words, they sometimes apply them too narrowly. - Correct
answers✔✔Underextension
A form of communication made up of short sentences with high-pitched, exaggerated expression,
clear pronunciation, distinct pauses between speech segments, clear gestures to support verbal
meaning, and repetition of new words in a variety of contexts. - Correct answers✔✔Child-
directed speech
During periods of rapid cognitive change,
A) organization predominates over adaptation.
B) accommodation predominates over assimilation.
C) assimilation and accommodation are balanced.
D) adaptation and organization are balanced. - Correct answers✔✔B
Awareness of the symbolic function of pictures emerges
,A) at birth.
B) between 4 and 6 months.
C) between 8 and 12 months.
D) in the second year. - Correct answers✔✔D
Toddlers seem to discount information on video as relevant to their everyday experiences
because
A) people do not look at and converse with them directly.
B) they have little experience with digital media.
C) they are easily overstimulated by the fast-paced content.
D) the characters are usually unfamiliar to them. - Correct answers✔✔A
Which of the following statements is true about categorization?
A) Even young infants can categorize on the basis of shape, size, and other physical properties.
B) As infants approach their second birthday, more categories appear to be based on subtle sets
of features.
C) Older infants cannot make categorical distinctions when the perceptual contract between two
categories is minimal.
D) Not until the early preschool years can children sort people and their voices by gender and
age. - Correct answers✔✔A
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasizes that
A) children are born with prewired understandings that permit a ready grasp of new information.
B) children think with their eyes, ears, hands, and other sensorimotor equipment.
C) complex mental activities have their origins in social interaction.
D) children discover virtually all knowledge about the world through their own activity. - Correct
answers✔✔C
, According to Vygotsky, children master activities and think in ways that have meaning in their
culture through
A) the physical world acting on the child.
B) independent interaction with the physical environment.
C) the biological unfolding of genetic structures.
D) joint activities with more mature members of their society. - Correct answers✔✔D
Mental tests focus on
A) the process of development.
B) cognitive delays.
C) how children's thinking changes.
D) cognitive products. - Correct answers✔✔D
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. - Correct
answers✔✔B
Most infant tests
A) are helpful in assessing the newborn's adjustment to life outside the womb.
B) emphasize higher-order cognitive skills like memory and problem solving.
C) do not tap the same dimensions of intelligence measured at older ages.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
When toddlers apply a word to a wider collection of objects and events than is appropriate. -
Correct answers✔✔Overextension
Around 6 months, infants repeat consonant-vowel combinations in long strings, such as
"bababababa" or "nanananana." - Correct answers✔✔Babbling
A style of language in which vocabularies consist mainly of words that refer to objects.
Referential style around 2 months, babies begin to make vowel-like noises. - Correct
answers✔✔Cooing
When toddlers first learn new words, they sometimes apply them too narrowly. - Correct
answers✔✔Underextension
A form of communication made up of short sentences with high-pitched, exaggerated expression,
clear pronunciation, distinct pauses between speech segments, clear gestures to support verbal
meaning, and repetition of new words in a variety of contexts. - Correct answers✔✔Child-
directed speech
During periods of rapid cognitive change,
A) organization predominates over adaptation.
B) accommodation predominates over assimilation.
C) assimilation and accommodation are balanced.
D) adaptation and organization are balanced. - Correct answers✔✔B
Awareness of the symbolic function of pictures emerges
,A) at birth.
B) between 4 and 6 months.
C) between 8 and 12 months.
D) in the second year. - Correct answers✔✔D
Toddlers seem to discount information on video as relevant to their everyday experiences
because
A) people do not look at and converse with them directly.
B) they have little experience with digital media.
C) they are easily overstimulated by the fast-paced content.
D) the characters are usually unfamiliar to them. - Correct answers✔✔A
Which of the following statements is true about categorization?
A) Even young infants can categorize on the basis of shape, size, and other physical properties.
B) As infants approach their second birthday, more categories appear to be based on subtle sets
of features.
C) Older infants cannot make categorical distinctions when the perceptual contract between two
categories is minimal.
D) Not until the early preschool years can children sort people and their voices by gender and
age. - Correct answers✔✔A
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasizes that
A) children are born with prewired understandings that permit a ready grasp of new information.
B) children think with their eyes, ears, hands, and other sensorimotor equipment.
C) complex mental activities have their origins in social interaction.
D) children discover virtually all knowledge about the world through their own activity. - Correct
answers✔✔C
, According to Vygotsky, children master activities and think in ways that have meaning in their
culture through
A) the physical world acting on the child.
B) independent interaction with the physical environment.
C) the biological unfolding of genetic structures.
D) joint activities with more mature members of their society. - Correct answers✔✔D
Mental tests focus on
A) the process of development.
B) cognitive delays.
C) how children's thinking changes.
D) cognitive products. - Correct answers✔✔D
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. - Correct
answers✔✔B
Most infant tests
A) are helpful in assessing the newborn's adjustment to life outside the womb.
B) emphasize higher-order cognitive skills like memory and problem solving.
C) do not tap the same dimensions of intelligence measured at older ages.
