Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

According to Piaget, children's self-talk is a form of _____ speech.

Recalling information is more difficult for children than recognizing a stimulus that they have encountered before.

When presented with conservation tasks, young children center on the ______ of an object without realizing that the process can be reversed.

According to the cognitive-developmental perspective, which of the following experiences help young children develop conceptions about justice and fairness?

Between the ages of 2 and 6, children's appetite tends to:

Children fast map words for actions more easily than for objects.

Follow-up research indicates that private speech:

When asked to draw a picture of daddy, 3-year-old Benny will likely draw a:

A(n) _____ preschool allows children to choose among a variety of activities and play as vehicles for learning.

Physical changes combine with gains in ______ to support advances in preschoolers' gross motor skills.

The average North American 5 year old can:

By 2000, _________ resulted in welfare caseloads falling more than 50% nationwide.

At what age does a child's brain reach 90 percent of its adult weight?

_____ tasks are those that require children to understand that someone does not share their knowledge.

Growth hormone is secreted from birth to middle childhood.

Chunking is a memory strategy in which similar items are grouped together so they can be recalled together.

_______ is secreted from birth and influences growth of nearly all parts of the body.

Ty and Staci are the parents of 3-year-old Kandace. They want to know how to facilitate Kandace's memory for various activities and events. What advice would you give to Ty and Staci?

In 2013, about ____ percent of American households were categorized as food insecure.

_____ refers to children's awareness of their own and other people's mental processes.