Eight-year-old Johnny and his mother are making cookies. Johnny's mother gives him two pieces of dough
that are rolled into balls. She asks him to take the rolling pin and roll one flat. Johnny recognizes that both
pieces of dough are still of equal size. He has mastered conservation of
a. number.
b. length.
c. mass.
d. area.
The quantitative aspects of objects that dont change unless something has been added to or subtracted
from the object, although other changes may lead to perceptual differences. To which of the following terms
does this definition apply?
a. Deduction
b. Conservation
c. Inhibition
d. Object permanence
Researchers found that elementary school students
a. can enhance their gross and fine motor skills by playing video games.
b. spend less than 12 minutes of P.E. time in vigorous activities.
c. are slightly more active than the standard set by the National Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion.
d. recognize the health benefits of physical activity
Growth in middle childhood is characterized by
a. a growth spurt with very rapid physical growth.
b. slow but consistent growth.
c. a period of dormancy in which physical growth does not occur.
d. a period of dormancy interspersed with periods of rapid growth.
Middle childhood, ages 6-12, is referred to by Erikson as what stage of development?
a. Industry vs. inferiority
b. Initiative vs. inferiority
c. Autonomy vs. self-doubt
d. Identify vs. role confusion
In middle childhood, rules, fairness, and reciprocity
a. bother most children.
b. are focused on in play.
c. should be ignored in favor of teaching independence and identity development.
d. are taught mostly through media
Friendship networks in early childhood are needed for the following reasons EXCEPT
a. because peers tend to be of equal status.
b. children can compare skills and their own abilities.
c. children can try out ways of interacting in a safe environment.
d. they can compensate for poor parenting.
Which of the following statements is TRUE about childrens peer groups in early childhood?
a. Friendship networks are fairly small and tend to include children of the same sex.
b. Friendship networks are fairly large and tend to include children of the same sex.
c. Friendship networks are fairly small and tend to include boys and girls.
d. Friendship networks are fairly large and tend to include boys and girls.
Emotion coaching should occur in the following steps:
a. set limits while solving the problem, listen empathically, and recognize the emotion as an opportunity for
intimacy and teaching.
b. become aware of the child's emotion, tell the child to stop crying, listen empathically, help the child label the
emotion, and set limits while solving the problem.
c. become aware of the child's emotion, recognize the emotion as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching, listen
empathically, help the child label the emotion, and set limits while solving the problem.
d. recognize the emotion as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching, become aware of the child's emotion, listen
empathically, help the child label the emotion, and set limits while solving the problem.
Most children have little or no memory for specific events before the age of 3. This phenomenon is known
as
a. a developmental delay.
b. a developmental disability.
c. infantile amnesia.
d. brain damage as a result of oxygen deprivation at birth.
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