Which of these factors is known to be a good predictor of the child's later social competency with peers?
a. Lack of aggressive bullying
b. Cognitive complexity of play
c. Having a richly uninhibited fantasy life with daydreams
d. Parents' consistent application of authoritarian discipline
Question 2The information-processing perspective's comparison of the mind and a computer should be regarded as
a. a conceptual metaphor.
b. realistic for adults but not for children.
c. realistic for children but not for adults.
d. an outdated idea that lacks experimental support.
Question 3At a video arcade, children without money quietly observe those who do while they play video games. The observers engage in
a. cooperative play.
b. associative play.
c. onlooker play
d. parallel play.
Question 4The information-processing perspective is applied particularly to the child's ____ development.
a. sociocultural and sociohistorical
b. altruistic and moral
c. emotional
d. cognitive
Question 5Nine-month-old Censari is playing with her 10-month-old friend Ellie. Each of the girls is playing with brightly colored blocks in the same room but don't even notice what the other is doing. These two girls are displaying
a. cooperative play.
b. parallel play.
c. complementary play.
d. simple pretend play.
Question 6The brain's information-processing software does all of these operations EXCEPT ____ the data.
a. registering
b. digitizing
c. retrieving
d. analyzing
Quick Reply
