PRACTICE TEST review questions and
answers
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing
things with symbols? - n
ANS ✔
Between 18 and 24 months
Qs
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to
happen, which is the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon? -
n
ANS ✔
Magical Thinking
Qs
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to
develop a visual schema? - n
ANS ✔
Preschematic
Qs
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two-year-
old? - n
ANS ✔
Using at least two pronouns correctly
Qs
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater depth
of preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings? - n
, ANS ✔
Giving multiple definitions and examples of new words
Qs
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like
big/little, hot/cold, etc.? - n
ANS ✔
Five years old
Qs
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is
classified under "Operations of Reference" - n
ANS ✔
a negation
Qs
In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development, which of
these age ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I? - n
ANS ✔
15-30 months
Qs
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of Roger
Brown's stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development? - n
ANS ✔
Stage III
Qs
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My
toys" is in which of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? - n
ANS ✔