Straightline LIFESPAN Development PSY120 CH 3 QUIZES AND SOLUTIONS

Psy120 3 Darrius can button his shirt, pour juice into a glass, and draw pictures with crayons. These abilities are called ______. ANSWER fine motor skills Which type of skills most directly allows young children to take greater responsibility for their own care? ANSWER fine motor While vacuuming the playroom, Jackson's mother set his train track on a table. Seeing that the track had been moved, Jackson became upset and complained that his track was ruined. After Jackson's mother returned the track to the floor, Jackson continued to fuss, arguing that his trains would no longer work on the track. Jackson's inability to understand that moving the track from the table to the floor restored it to the original state is an example of ______. ANSWER irreversibility Research has discovered that Piaget's tests of preoperational thinking showed young children's cognitive abilities to be ______. ANSWER underestimated Follow-up research on Piaget's preoperational stage indicates that most 4-year-olds understand ______. ANSWER that inanimate objects are unliving Research on children's suggestibility indicates that ______. ANSWER older children are more vulnerable than younger children to the effects of repeated questioning Words that are more difficult for a child to understand are ones that ______. ANSWER express place and time When discussing a family vacation to Florida, Levi exclaims, "We goed to Disney World!" Levi's statement is an example of ______. ANSWER an overregularization error According to Piaget, in which stage are children aware of rules and see them as sacred and unalterable? ANSWER morality of constraint According to the cognitive-developmental perspective, which experience helps young children develop conceptions about justice and fairness? ANSWER having disputes with siblings over toys