Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

If a child has not acquired phonological awareness before entering elementary school,she will be unable to learn to read proficiently.

According to Case's neo-Piagetian explanation of children's cognitive development,the key limitation in the cognitive ability of a younger child,compared to an older child,is the younger child's

In cases of child maltreatment,mothers are reported to be responsible for the abuse 61% of the time.

The term ________ is used to describe the functional specialization of the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex.

Children with physical or mental disabilities are more likely to be abused.

Food aversions often develop during the preschool years.

Dr.Chin is giving 5-year-old Lucia a pre-kindergarten physical examination.When Dr.Chin asks Lucia to jump up and down and hop on one leg,Lucia's ________ is/are being examined.

How could you test a 2-year-old child's understanding of appearance and reality? How might you test a 5-year-old child's understanding?

The term ________ is used to describe a child's sensitivity to the sound patterns that are specific to her language.

If a child is using verb forms or verb tenses (such as "eating" or "ate" from the verb "to eat"),then the child is using

Jayshree loves to play with her toy telephone.When she holds the receiver to her face and calls "Hi!" she is engaging in

Lucas slashes the air with a stick he calls his "power sword." This is an example of

IQ scores measure children's inherent competencies and abilities to achieve.

Even though intelligence is highly heritable,the person's score within the ________ is determined by the environment.

Describe the suggested relationship between language and numeracy.What evidence exists to support these claims?

In one of Piaget's classic experiments,a child was shown a three-dimensional scene featuring different sizes and colours of mountains.The child was able choose a drawing that best represented the mountain scene as she saw it,but was unable to choose a drawing that reflected how someone else might see the mountain from a different perspective.The child's inability to take another's perspective indicates

Describe the milestones of motor development from infancy to early childhood.

All the following characteristics are associated with an increased risk that a parent will be abusive EXCEPT

Psychologists use the term "fast-mapping" to refer to the ability of 3- to 6-year-olds to categorically link new words to real-world referents.

Grasping the false belief principle enables a child to