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A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence, 9/e
Diane E. Papalia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman
Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
True/False
1
Symbolic thought depends on sensory cues.
A)
True
B)
False
2
It is common for a 6-year-old to believe that growth since infancy has made him or her a different person.
A)
True
B)
False
3
Not until age 7 or 8 can children classify items using two criteria.
A)
True
B)
False
4
According to Piaget, children at the preoperational stage do not understand that water poured from a pitcher into a glass can be restored to its original state by pouring it back into the pitcher.
A)
True
B)
False
5
Egocentrism, for Piaget, means selfishness.
A)
True
B)
False
6
Preschool children realize that thought is continuous.
A)
True
B)
False
7
Research suggests that 3-year-olds tend to confuse appearance with reality.
A)
True
B)
False
8
When a child is on the verge of grasping a new concept, training may accelerate that process.
A)
True
B)
False
9
Children ages 4 to 5 can use prepositions.
A)
True
B)
False
10
Research has confirmed Piaget's view that most preschool speech is egocentric.
A)
True
B)
False
11
The most sociable children tend to use private speech the most.
A)
True
B)
False
12
A preschooler with delayed language development is likely to be unpopular.
A)
True
B)
False
13
A young child recalls paired items better when they belong to the same category (for example, a car and an airplane) than when one is a part of the other (for example, a wheel and a car).
A)
True
B)
False
14
Autobiographical memory typically begins before 3 years of age.
A)
True
B)
False
15
In court cases concerning charges of child abuse, preschoolers tend to be less reliable witnesses than older children.
A)
True
B)
False
16
The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence--Revised (WPPSI-R) are group tests often administered in early childhood.
A)
True
B)
False
17
The more assistance and approval mothers give 2½-year-olds in solving problems, the better the children do on intelligence tests at age 5.
A)
True
B)
False
18
Children whose parents help them with a task they haven't quite mastered tend to become overly dependent on parental support.
A)
True
B)
False
19
Project Head Start is a compensatory preschool program for poor minority children.
A)
True
B)
False
20
The neediest children in Project Head Start make the greatest short-term cognitive gains.
A)
True
B)
False
21
Children who attend academically oriented preschools tend to excel throughout their school careers.
A)
True
B)
False
22
The most important behavioral predictor of future school achievement is attentiveness
A)
True
B)
False
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