Exam 9: Early Childhood: Cognitive Development

The characteristic of preoperational thought in which a young child thinks that nothing changes is called _____.

Britney understands that her father is crying because his best friend died. This shows that Britney has developed _____.

Since the early days of its operation, Head Start has emphasized _____.

Which factor is one of the long-term benefits found in the intensive, early-intervention programs described in the text?

How has Vygotsky's theory concerning language and cognition been associated with the development of math skills?

Five-year-old Biyu participated in a study in which an upside-down cup covered dozens of candies. When Biyu couldn't resist moving the cup to see what was underneath, she told the researchers that she had accidentally knocked the cup over. Her lie reveals her rapidly developing _____.

When children hear a new word in a familiar context, they can simply add the word to the general category without fully understanding the word. This is called _____.

If a child's home environment is poor, early education programs won't be as beneficial as they are for children from more advantaged homes.

The Piagetian term for a particular type of centration in which a child thinks about the world only from his or her personal perspective is _____.

According to Vygotsky, a teacher who carefully plans each child's participation in the learning process within the zone of proximal development uses _____.

By age 2, a child will typically have a vocabulary of 500 words; by age 6, a child will typically have a vocabulary of _____ words.

Which early-childhood method has been found to boost reading several years later in elementary school?

Juan is Mexican American, and Hui is Chinese American. The parents of both of these preschool boys have been reading books to them and making comments about the characters that are consistent with their own culture. Which values have the parents been teaching their sons?

Maria Montessori believed that children needed _____.

A person's understanding of the thoughts of other people is called _____.

Elsa is becoming more fluent in English than her native Spanish. She is exhibiting a(n) _____.

When 2- to 6-year-old children imitate an adult's action that is irrelevant, perhaps even inefficient, it is called _____.

When is the best time to learn a language?

Teacher-directed preschool programs are similar in nature to the Reggio Emilia approach.

Preoperational intelligence _____.