In 19th-century America, childhood play was seen as
a. essential.
b. satanic.
c. frivolous.
d. mind-building.
Question 2On the balance beam problem, which child would be most likely to always guess that the side with the more weights will drop?
a. Warren, who is 5 years old
b. Walter, who is 15 years old
c. Waldo, who is 50 years old
d. Wayne, who is 85 years old
Question 3Piaget believed that in order for a child to engage in cooperative play with others in games that involved rules, he or she must have reached the _____ stage of thought.
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete-operational
d. formal operations
Question 4Robert Siegler investigated the type of information that a child takes in during a problem-solving task and also what strategies he or she formulates when attempting to solve the problem. Siegler called his model the _____ approach.
a. rule assessment
b. fuzzy-trace
c. autobiographical
d. method of loci
Question 5How would the social pretend play of a Korean preschooler and a U.S. preschooler most likely vary?
a. Due to cultural differences, a Korean preschooler would be unlikely to have begun to engage in social pretend play
b. Due to cultural differences, a U.S. preschooler would be unlikely to have begun to engage in social pretend play
c. Due to cultural differences, the Korean child's play will more likely focus on family roles while the U.S. child will focus on superhero play
d. Due to cultural differences, the U.S. child's play will more likely focus on family roles while the Korean child will focus on superhero play
Question 6According to Piaget, when a concrete-operational thinker is presented with the balance beam problem he or she
a. can appreciate the significant impact of both weight and distance from center, but cannot understand their inverse relationship.
b. can appreciate the significant impact of weight but not distance from center.
c. can appreciate the significant impact of distance from center but not weight.
d. can appreciate the significant impact of both weight and distance from center, and can understand their inverse relationship.
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