DEP 3053 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS
dominant cerebral hemisphere - Answers - greater capacity of one side of the brain
(determines handedness)
What percentage of U.S. preschoolers lack immunization? - Answers - 30%
leading cause of childhood mortality in industrialized nations - Answers - childhood
injuries
factors related to childhood injury - Answers - gender, temperament, parent factors
(poverty, education, stress)
improvement in gross-motor skills - Answers - gait becomes smooth and rhythmic
(running, jumping, skipping)
fine-motor skills improvements - Answers - self-help in dressing and eating, drawing,
printing
drawing progress sequence - Answers - scribbles, first representational forms (tadpole
people), more complex (5-6), early printing (4-6)
preoperational stage (2-7) - Answers - gains in mental representation
limitations of preoperational stage - Answers - egocentric, lack of conservation, lack of
hierarchal classification
with age, make believe gradually: - Answers - detaches from real-life conditions,
becomes less self-centered, becomes more complex
sociodramatic play (end of 2nd year) - Answers - make-believe play as a
representational activity
benefits of make-believe play - Answers - sustained attention, memory,
language/literacy, creativity, regulation of emotion, perspective taking
dual representation - Answers - view a symbolic object as both an object and a symbol
(strengthens around age 3)
animistic thinking - Answers - belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities
centration - Answers - focus on one aspect while neglecting others
, irreversibility - Answers - inability to mentally reverse a series of steps
flexible stage notion - Answers - related set of competencies develops over extended
period
assisted discovery - Answers - teacher's job to guide learning and tailors assistance to
each child's zone of proximal development
episodic memory - Answers - memory for everyday experiences
scripts - Answers - general descriptions of what occurs and when it occurs in a
particular situation
autobiographical memory - Answers - memory for one-time important events
elaborative style - Answers - fosters on organized and detailed personal stories
repetitive style - Answers - weak at promoting autobiographical recall
theory of mind - Answers - early awareness of mental life at age 3, mastery of false
belief tasks at age 4
factors contributing to mastery of false belief - Answers - language, executive
functioning, social experiences, bilingualism
emergent literacy - Answers - actively gaining language knowledge through informal
experiences (games, interactive reading, writing)
phonological awareness - Answers - ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound
structure of spoken language
self-concept (3-5) - Answers - set of attributes, attitudes, abilities and values that an
individual believes defines who he or she is (don't yet use personality traits)
self-esteem influences: - Answers - emotional experiences, future behavior, long-term
psychological adjustment
gains in emotional competence (2-6) - Answers - emotional understanding, self-
regulation, self-conscious emotions, empathy
preschoolers correctly judge: - Answers - causes of emotions, consequences of
emotions, behavioral signs of emotions but challenged by situations offering conflicting
emotional cues
ANSWERS
dominant cerebral hemisphere - Answers - greater capacity of one side of the brain
(determines handedness)
What percentage of U.S. preschoolers lack immunization? - Answers - 30%
leading cause of childhood mortality in industrialized nations - Answers - childhood
injuries
factors related to childhood injury - Answers - gender, temperament, parent factors
(poverty, education, stress)
improvement in gross-motor skills - Answers - gait becomes smooth and rhythmic
(running, jumping, skipping)
fine-motor skills improvements - Answers - self-help in dressing and eating, drawing,
printing
drawing progress sequence - Answers - scribbles, first representational forms (tadpole
people), more complex (5-6), early printing (4-6)
preoperational stage (2-7) - Answers - gains in mental representation
limitations of preoperational stage - Answers - egocentric, lack of conservation, lack of
hierarchal classification
with age, make believe gradually: - Answers - detaches from real-life conditions,
becomes less self-centered, becomes more complex
sociodramatic play (end of 2nd year) - Answers - make-believe play as a
representational activity
benefits of make-believe play - Answers - sustained attention, memory,
language/literacy, creativity, regulation of emotion, perspective taking
dual representation - Answers - view a symbolic object as both an object and a symbol
(strengthens around age 3)
animistic thinking - Answers - belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities
centration - Answers - focus on one aspect while neglecting others
, irreversibility - Answers - inability to mentally reverse a series of steps
flexible stage notion - Answers - related set of competencies develops over extended
period
assisted discovery - Answers - teacher's job to guide learning and tailors assistance to
each child's zone of proximal development
episodic memory - Answers - memory for everyday experiences
scripts - Answers - general descriptions of what occurs and when it occurs in a
particular situation
autobiographical memory - Answers - memory for one-time important events
elaborative style - Answers - fosters on organized and detailed personal stories
repetitive style - Answers - weak at promoting autobiographical recall
theory of mind - Answers - early awareness of mental life at age 3, mastery of false
belief tasks at age 4
factors contributing to mastery of false belief - Answers - language, executive
functioning, social experiences, bilingualism
emergent literacy - Answers - actively gaining language knowledge through informal
experiences (games, interactive reading, writing)
phonological awareness - Answers - ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound
structure of spoken language
self-concept (3-5) - Answers - set of attributes, attitudes, abilities and values that an
individual believes defines who he or she is (don't yet use personality traits)
self-esteem influences: - Answers - emotional experiences, future behavior, long-term
psychological adjustment
gains in emotional competence (2-6) - Answers - emotional understanding, self-
regulation, self-conscious emotions, empathy
preschoolers correctly judge: - Answers - causes of emotions, consequences of
emotions, behavioral signs of emotions but challenged by situations offering conflicting
emotional cues
