Preschoolers' developing abilities to engage in pretend play most clearly show the onset of:

Preschoolers' developing abilities to engage in pretend play most clearly show the onset of:
 
  a. cognitive flexibility.
  b. symbolic thinking.
  c. theory of mind.
  d. working memory.

Ques. 2

Gardner argued that education must include both individuation and pluralization. Pluralization, in this approach, means that:
 
  a. all students' personal characteristics must be considered when planning lessons.
  b. important ideas are presented in multiple ways that tap different intelligences.
  c. in a diverse classroom, concepts and examples represent a variety of cultures.
  d. people use different parts of their brains to process various kinds of information.

Ques. 3

Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences includes the ability to convey knowledge to others as:
 
  a. a skill rather than an intelligence.
  b. interpersonal intelligence.
  c. pedagogical intelligence.
  d. verbal-linguistic intelligence.

Ques. 4

Preschoolers who lack affectionate relationships with their parents AND children who are overly affectionate with strangers are likely to have experienced:
 
  a. a disturbance in their relationships with an attachment figure during infancy.
  b. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder emerging during the toddler years.
  c. development of shame and doubt instead of autonomy during the toddler years.
  d. repression of abusive behaviors that occurred during infancy.

Ques. 5

The position of the National Association for the Education of Young Children is that some digital material can be informative and promote learning for preschool children.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Ques. 6

By 2013, every state in the U.S. had some form of public preschool program.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Ques. 7

Kindergarten children who regularly reverse letters, words, or phrases should be evaluated for dyslexia.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Ques. 8

In a typical kindergarten, children's literacy behaviors can range from those typical of a 3-year-old to those typical of an 8-year-old.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Ques. 9

When they get to preschool, children who had avoidant relationships with their primary caregivers as infants tend to:
 
  a. bully the peers who had had an ambivalent relationship with their primary caregivers.
  b. depend on and favor their teachers more than their parents or peers.
  c. explore their environments independently and cheerfully.
  d. move away and play alone when they encounter bullying behaviors.

Ques. 10

Most 4-year-olds understand that words can have multiple meanings.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Ques. 11

A child's executive function skills and vocabulary growth are both related to the family's socioeconomic status.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Ques. 12

Gardner defines an intelligence as a way in which people process information and create products.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Ques. 13

To help preschool children develop an understanding of anger, parents are advised to:
 
  a. limit their own expressions of anger and model positive emotions more often.
  b. respond immediately when children show frustration, before it turns into anger.
  c. talk with their children about past situations in which the child became angry.
  d. teach their children appropriate display rules for anger and other emotions.