HDFS 210 — HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY STUDIES
Exam 2 • Complete Study Guide
EXAM 2
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Preschool Dev. Brain & Physical Cognitive Dev.
Social & Emotional Adolescence Identity & Morality
Comprehensive Q&A Guide • Preschool through Adolescence • 2026
,Preschool Physical & Brain Development
Q1. The greatest physical risk that preschoolers face comes from __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Accidents
Q2. As children grow, the two halves of the brain become increasingly differentiated and
specialized in a process called __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Lateralization
Q3. Which of the following statements about brain development is true?
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Electrical activity increases during times of rapid development.
Q4. Preschool-age boys typically excel sooner at ________, while girls typically excel sooner at
__________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Throwing a ball; Balancing on one foot
Q5. By the end of the preschool years, most children show __________, which is a clear
preference for using one hand over the other.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Handedness
Q6. Myelin protects parts of the __________ in the brain.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Neurons
Q7. Jumping, hopping on one foot, skipping, and running are examples of __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Gross motor skills
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, Preschool Cognitive Development
Q8. During the __________ stage, children's use of symbolic thinking grows, mental reasoning
emerges, and the use of concepts increases.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Preoperational
Q9. Piaget's assumptions about the ability of young children to understand numbers has been
challenged by research conducted by __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Gelman
Q10. Memory of specific events from one's own life, which is called __________, grows
increasingly accurate as children age.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Autobiographical Memory
Q11. The __________ is the level at which a child can almost perform a task independently, but
needs the assistance of someone more competent.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Zone of Proximal Development
Q12. The process in which new words are associated with their meaning after only a brief
encounter is called __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Fast Mapping
Q13. Piaget considered language to be an application of __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Symbolic function
Q14. A preschooler's broad representations of events and timelines in memory are called
__________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Scripts
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Exam 2 • Complete Study Guide
EXAM 2
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Preschool Dev. Brain & Physical Cognitive Dev.
Social & Emotional Adolescence Identity & Morality
Comprehensive Q&A Guide • Preschool through Adolescence • 2026
,Preschool Physical & Brain Development
Q1. The greatest physical risk that preschoolers face comes from __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Accidents
Q2. As children grow, the two halves of the brain become increasingly differentiated and
specialized in a process called __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Lateralization
Q3. Which of the following statements about brain development is true?
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Electrical activity increases during times of rapid development.
Q4. Preschool-age boys typically excel sooner at ________, while girls typically excel sooner at
__________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Throwing a ball; Balancing on one foot
Q5. By the end of the preschool years, most children show __________, which is a clear
preference for using one hand over the other.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Handedness
Q6. Myelin protects parts of the __________ in the brain.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Neurons
Q7. Jumping, hopping on one foot, skipping, and running are examples of __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Gross motor skills
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, Preschool Cognitive Development
Q8. During the __________ stage, children's use of symbolic thinking grows, mental reasoning
emerges, and the use of concepts increases.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Preoperational
Q9. Piaget's assumptions about the ability of young children to understand numbers has been
challenged by research conducted by __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Gelman
Q10. Memory of specific events from one's own life, which is called __________, grows
increasingly accurate as children age.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Autobiographical Memory
Q11. The __________ is the level at which a child can almost perform a task independently, but
needs the assistance of someone more competent.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Zone of Proximal Development
Q12. The process in which new words are associated with their meaning after only a brief
encounter is called __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Fast Mapping
Q13. Piaget considered language to be an application of __________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Symbolic function
Q14. A preschooler's broad representations of events and timelines in memory are called
__________.
Answer below
✔ ANSWER: Scripts
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