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Research with the memory-span task suggests that


A) short-term memory increases during early childhood.
B) long-term memory reaches maturation by early childhood.
C) memory span depends on one's ethnic origin.
D) heredity is one of the major factors affecting memory.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Identify the term that refers to the awareness that altering an object's or a substance's appearance does not change its basic properties.

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The ability of preschool children to control and sustain their attention is related to


A) school readiness and focus.
B) the decreased likelihood of obesity.
C) increased short-term memory capacity.
D) an increase in implicit memory.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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According to Gauvain and Perez, which of the following factors can enhance the effectiveness of the zone of proximal development?


A) ambivalent attachment
B) absolute emotion control
C) child compliance
D) maternal strictness

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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Juan and his little sister, Anne, are each given a large cookie. Their mother breaks Anne's cookie into four pieces to enable her to eat it easily. Juan immediately begins to cry and says that it is not fair that his sister got more cookies than him. Juan is showing a lack of


A) constancy.
B) conservation.
C) intuition.
D) symbolic function.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Two current controversies in early childhood education involve


A) the curriculum and universal preschool education in the United States.
B) the quality of inner-city schools and free education to all.
C) the use of corporal punishment in schools and the use of uniforms.
D) Christian holidays for all and boarding schools.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017) , which of the following was the most common cause of accidental death in young children in 2015 in the United States?


A) drowning
B) deformations
C) homicide
D) suffocation

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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When 4- and 5-year-olds scramble over jungle gyms and race their friends, they demonstrate their


A) cognitive skills.
B) fine harboring skills.
C) gross motor skills.
D) reflective skills.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following statements about childhood obesity is true?


A) Children who are overweight at age 3 are also at risk of being overweight at age 12.
B) There is no indication that overweight children will become overweight adults.
C) Obesity is not linked to type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes in children.
D) Obesity actually leads to a decrease in hypertension levels in children when they are 5 years of age.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Over the past week, Walter has been learning to tie his shoelaces. Initially, his mother held his hands and worked his fingers through the process. Now that Walter is better at it, she only guides him verbally. This is an example of ________.


A) how heredity shapes cognitive development
B) intuitive reasoning
C) scaffolding
D) conservation

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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When adults are working with young children, they often provide a lot of hints, assistance, instructions, and other support to help the children succeed. As the children indicate that they can do more for themselves, the adults begin to withdraw their support. This shows the adults' involvement in the children's


A) zone of proximal development.
B) development of conservational abilities.
C) enhancement of intuitive reasoning.
D) process of centration.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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According to Vygotsky, which of the following educational strategies should be incorporated in classrooms?


A) making each child responsible for his or her work without relying on peers or teachers for support
B) formal, standardized tests to assess children's learning
C) discouraging distractions like self-talk or private talk
D) offering just enough assistance to a child to accomplish a task

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Ted is in a Tools of the Mind classroom. His teacher guides him in planning his own message by drawing a line to stand for each word he says. Ted then repeats the message, pointing to each line as he says the word. Finally, he writes on the lines, trying to represent each word with some letters or symbols. This process is called


A) model drawing.
B) scaffolding writing.
C) word visualizing.
D) positive role-play.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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According to Rochel Gelman, ________ is especially important in explaining conservation.


A) the age of a child
B) heredity
C) attention
D) intuition

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Studies by Powers and Dodd in 2017 and Powers and Howley in 2018 show that a child's life should center around ________.


A) meals
B) activities
C) discipline
D) education

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Three-year-old Sharon can solve 4-piece jigsaw puzzles on her own but needs her parents' help to solve 6-piece jigsaw puzzles. Which of the following represents the upper limit of Sharon's zone of proximal development (ZPD) for solving such puzzles?


A) Sharon moving on to 10-piece puzzles
B) Sharon solving 6-piece puzzles with her parents' help
C) Sharon helping her two-year-old brother solve 4-piece puzzles
D) Sharon mastering 4-piece puzzles

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following statements about parental smoking is true?


A) Children are at risk for health problems when they live in homes in which a parent smokes.
B) Most children and adolescents in the United States are exposed to tobacco smoke in their homes.
C) Children exposed to tobacco smoke in their homes are not more likely to develop asthma than children in nonsmoking families.
D) Parental smoking is the leading cause of death in young children in the United States.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Piaget's preoperational stage is so named because he believed that children in this stage of development


A) cannot yet perform reversible mental actions.
B) cannot yet form stable concepts.
C) are unable to reason.
D) cannot operate electronic devices like televisions.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Russell conducts an experiment to study children's theory of mind. He selects participants and divides them into two groups. The first group consists of 3-year-olds, whereas the second group consists of 5-year-olds. Russell takes a box of crayons and places candies in them. He opens the box and shows it to both groups. Next, he asks the first group what a child who has never seen the box will think is actually inside the box. The group replies, "Candies!" To the same question, the second group replies, "Crayons!" This scenario illustrates that


A) children refer to cognitive states earlier than they refer to desires.
B) 3-year-old children have a deepening appreciation of the mind.
C) 5-year-old children believe that people's behaviors necessarily reflect their thoughts and feelings.
D) children younger than 4 years old do not understand that it is possible to have a false belief.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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During early childhood, girls are ________ than boys.


A) much lighter
B) more muscular
C) slightly smaller
D) considerably taller

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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