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OSAT Early Childhood Education- PRACTICE
TEST Questions with Correct Answers for a
Specific Exam Mail
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin
representing things with symbols?
Ans: Between 18 and 24 months
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to
happen, which is the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this
phenomenon?
Ans: Magical Thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin
to develop a visual schema?
Ans: Preschematic
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a
two-year-old?
Ans: Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater
depth of preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings?
Ans: Giving multiple definitions and examples of new words
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites
like big/little, hot/cold, etc.?
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Ans: Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is
classified under "Operations of Reference"
Ans: a negation
In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development,
which of these age ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I?
Ans: 15-30 months
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of
Roger Brown's stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development?
Ans: Stage III
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?
Ans: Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term
"private speech" that he coined?
Ans: Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
Among the following auditory disabilities, which one does not involve any
part of the hearing mechanism?
Pretest - Stuvia US
OSAT Early Childhood Education- PRACTICE
TEST Questions with Correct Answers for a
Specific Exam Mail
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin
representing things with symbols?
Ans: Between 18 and 24 months
When a young child believes his/her thoughts caused something external to
happen, which is the MOST SPECIFIC Piagetian term to describe this
phenomenon?
Ans: Magical Thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin
to develop a visual schema?
Ans: Preschematic
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a
two-year-old?
Ans: Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the following teacher actions in most effective for fostering greater
depth of preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings?
Ans: Giving multiple definitions and examples of new words
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites
like big/little, hot/cold, etc.?
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 2
Ans: Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) Stage I sentence types, which of these is
classified under "Operations of Reference"
Ans: a negation
In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development,
which of these age ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I?
Ans: 15-30 months
A child who correctly use irregular past tenses of verbs would be in which of
Roger Brown's stages of Syntactic and Morphological Development?
Ans: Stage III
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?
Ans: Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term
"private speech" that he coined?
Ans: Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
Among the following auditory disabilities, which one does not involve any
part of the hearing mechanism?
Pretest - Stuvia US
