Literacy development occurs in a sequential, stage-like process.
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Ques. 2Researchers believe children use overextensions because they don't know or don't remember the conventional adult word for an object or action.
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Ques. 3Parents who use a lot of infant-directed speech when talking with their 6-month-olds are more likely to see their infants pointing at objects by 12 months, compared with parents who use less.
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Ques. 4Children need to develop symbolic thinking skills to remember yesterday and anticipate tomorrow.
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Ques. 5A toddler with an early understanding of emotional display rules will most likely:
a. be able to label his feelings with simple words like sad and scared.
b. engage in self-soothing behaviors when stressed.
c. offer a toy to another child who appears to be upset.
d. stop playing with a toy if his mother looks angry.
Ques. 6Assimilation is the cognitive process that occurs when a person encounters new information that doesn't fit into an existing schema.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Ques. 7Which of the following best describes the toddler's awareness of race?
a. The toddler assigns individuals to racial groups.
b. The toddler attends to outward appearances.
c. The toddler is beginning to understand ethnicity.
d. The toddler's primary source of understanding occurs in preschool groups.
Ques. 8Research suggests that children may become aggressive and defiant kindergartners when their parents use harsh and negative discipline styles when they are toddlers. One effective way to help reduce this tendency toward aggression is for parents to:
a. ignore the aggressive behaviors until they are extinguished.
b. learn effective ways to play spontaneously with their children.
c. provide consistent swift punishment, such as spanking.
d. teach children problem-solving strategies that help them mediate conflict.
Ques. 9A toddler who wants a toy that another child is playing with is most likely to engage in:
a. altruistic empathy.
b. instrumental aggression.
c. proximal empathy.
d. reactive aggression.
Ques. 10If a toddler is using a transitional object at age 2 or 3, the caregiver should:
a. encourage the child to give up the transition object before attending preschool.
b. refrain from interfering with a child's attachment to a transition object.
c. remove the transition object when the child is sleeping.
d. select an appropriate transition object for the child.
Ques. 11Two toddlers engaged in parallel play will most commonly be:
a. close together but not interacting with each other.
b. imitating each other's behaviors.
c. pretending to be part of the same story or scenario.
d. sitting opposite one another and using the same materials.
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