Developmental Psych Test with Verified
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Mrs. Dougherty's first-grade class of twelve boys and twelve girls decides to have a big race.
The likely results are that - Ans -the boys, as a group, will be slightly better than the
girls.
Four-year-old Malia is below average for height; Malia's adult height will probably be -
Ans -below average.
There are nine children in Oleana's preschool class. When you ask her how many children
there are in the class, she counts: "One, two, three, six, five, seven, nine." Then she says,
"there are nine children." Oleana is demonstrating - Ans -cardinality.
A child's ability to form the plural of nonsense words such as "wug" suggests that young
children - Ans -infer grammatical rules from many experiences taken together.
While looking through the photo album, Bart sees a picture of his dog when it was a puppy
and realizes that it's still the same dog. This behavior best illustrates Bart's concept of -
Ans -identities.
Because preschool girls tend to be involved in more quiet activities such as drawing, they -
Ans -are perceived as being better at fine motor skills than the boys
As children get older, parents tend to shift their behavior toward their children by -
Ans -watching out for them less
The basic sounds of a language are referred to as its - Ans -phonology
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,Between the ages of two and four, the typical child's symbolic play - Ans -increasingly
involves objects
A two-year-old's scribbling is best characterized as - Ans -prerepresentational
Compared to when he was two, five-year-old Jason's parents are more likely to guide him
by - Ans -negotiating and discussing issues
Physical growth during the preschool years is characterized by - Ans -rather smooth
and predictable growth
Three-year-old Stuart scribbles a few lines with a crayon and says, "Look at the kitty
chasing the mouse." Stuart's drawing illustrates - Ans -knowledge of the world, but an
inability of fine motor skills to convey that knowledge.
Which of the following factors increases the likelihood of using paid child care? -
Ans -Dual-career parents
Recasting refers to the tendency for - Ans -parents to repeat back to a child in a
slightly different form
One of the main differences between preschool children and school-age children in their
ability to classify is that preschoolers - Ans -typically sort based on one dimension
Which of the following requires the least fine motor coordination? - Ans -Throwing a
big ball
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, At breakfast, Mom poured four-year-old Adam's orange juice into a tall, thin glass and
seven- year-old Marsha's orange juice into a short, wide glass. Given that there is actually
the same number of ounces in each glass, what is likely to occur? - Ans -Adam will
think he has more juice.
In order to help their children do as well as middle-class children when they enter school,
lower SES parents would be likely to do which of the following? - Ans -Use more "test"
questions in having conversation with their young children.
Which of the following would NOT be a developmentally appropriate practice for
preschools? - Ans -Having an area for time out in which children are separated from
their peers
With respect to the rate of development of motor skills during the preschool years, -
Ans -most girls and boys are equal in their fine and gross motor skills.
Robbie's mother cuts his sandwich in half and his little sister's into four quarters. Because
Robbie has not yet mastered reversibility, he might say - Ans -"She got more than me."
Two-year-olds' drawings are - Ans -concerned with process and product.
Syntax shows - Ans -dramatic changes during the preschool years.
According to Piaget a 3 1/2-year-old probably exhibits - Ans -preoperational thought
Professor Hammerstone accepts much of Piaget's view about development during the
preschool period but believes Piaget's approach should be adjusted to consider many
components rather than a single component of development. Professor Hammerstone
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would be best classified as a - Ans -neostructuralist.
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Mrs. Dougherty's first-grade class of twelve boys and twelve girls decides to have a big race.
The likely results are that - Ans -the boys, as a group, will be slightly better than the
girls.
Four-year-old Malia is below average for height; Malia's adult height will probably be -
Ans -below average.
There are nine children in Oleana's preschool class. When you ask her how many children
there are in the class, she counts: "One, two, three, six, five, seven, nine." Then she says,
"there are nine children." Oleana is demonstrating - Ans -cardinality.
A child's ability to form the plural of nonsense words such as "wug" suggests that young
children - Ans -infer grammatical rules from many experiences taken together.
While looking through the photo album, Bart sees a picture of his dog when it was a puppy
and realizes that it's still the same dog. This behavior best illustrates Bart's concept of -
Ans -identities.
Because preschool girls tend to be involved in more quiet activities such as drawing, they -
Ans -are perceived as being better at fine motor skills than the boys
As children get older, parents tend to shift their behavior toward their children by -
Ans -watching out for them less
The basic sounds of a language are referred to as its - Ans -phonology
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,Between the ages of two and four, the typical child's symbolic play - Ans -increasingly
involves objects
A two-year-old's scribbling is best characterized as - Ans -prerepresentational
Compared to when he was two, five-year-old Jason's parents are more likely to guide him
by - Ans -negotiating and discussing issues
Physical growth during the preschool years is characterized by - Ans -rather smooth
and predictable growth
Three-year-old Stuart scribbles a few lines with a crayon and says, "Look at the kitty
chasing the mouse." Stuart's drawing illustrates - Ans -knowledge of the world, but an
inability of fine motor skills to convey that knowledge.
Which of the following factors increases the likelihood of using paid child care? -
Ans -Dual-career parents
Recasting refers to the tendency for - Ans -parents to repeat back to a child in a
slightly different form
One of the main differences between preschool children and school-age children in their
ability to classify is that preschoolers - Ans -typically sort based on one dimension
Which of the following requires the least fine motor coordination? - Ans -Throwing a
big ball
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, At breakfast, Mom poured four-year-old Adam's orange juice into a tall, thin glass and
seven- year-old Marsha's orange juice into a short, wide glass. Given that there is actually
the same number of ounces in each glass, what is likely to occur? - Ans -Adam will
think he has more juice.
In order to help their children do as well as middle-class children when they enter school,
lower SES parents would be likely to do which of the following? - Ans -Use more "test"
questions in having conversation with their young children.
Which of the following would NOT be a developmentally appropriate practice for
preschools? - Ans -Having an area for time out in which children are separated from
their peers
With respect to the rate of development of motor skills during the preschool years, -
Ans -most girls and boys are equal in their fine and gross motor skills.
Robbie's mother cuts his sandwich in half and his little sister's into four quarters. Because
Robbie has not yet mastered reversibility, he might say - Ans -"She got more than me."
Two-year-olds' drawings are - Ans -concerned with process and product.
Syntax shows - Ans -dramatic changes during the preschool years.
According to Piaget a 3 1/2-year-old probably exhibits - Ans -preoperational thought
Professor Hammerstone accepts much of Piaget's view about development during the
preschool period but believes Piaget's approach should be adjusted to consider many
components rather than a single component of development. Professor Hammerstone
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would be best classified as a - Ans -neostructuralist.
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