Clear cut attachment is when

Infants show a full fledged attachment to one person or a small number

When talking about Spearman's framework of intelligence, g refers to

the ability to think/reason a wide variety of tasks

First Q. Chapter 2; What is self reports?

Data-collection technique reflecting on yourself

Motivation provoked by the external consequences of certain behaviors

What are some developmental designs

Developmental Studies, Naturalistic Studies, Correlational Studies, Experimental Studies

Knowledge and beliefs about ones own cognitive process

A consequence that decreases the frequency of the response it follows

Potentially harmful substances that can harm your baby

Which of the statements best describes the role that the central executive plays in children's cognitive development?

Kids understand the meaning of maps and other symbolic representations

What is an assessment?

Task that children complete and adults use to make judgment on child

Which of the following statements about physical development is NOT accurate?

Height and weight growth is greater during middle childhood than any other

Children direct their actions, learning, etc accordance with personal goals

An organized and integrated system of logical thought processes

responding to a new event in a way that is consistent with exist. scheme

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1
Advanced age in mothers and fathers (35+) is associated with risk for genetic problems
True
False
2
Dramatic increase in vocabulary is the most obvious aspect of semantic development
True
False
3
A Childs first bond is called attachment
False
True
4
Clear cut attachment is when
Infants love all people
Infants show a full fledged attachment to one person or a small number
Infants will go with strangers
5
When talking about Spearman's framework of intelligence, g refers to
the efficiency of processing information.
the ability to think/reason a wide variety of tasks
giftedness
6
The process through which social activities evolve into internal mental activities is called internalization.
False
True
7
First Q. Chapter 2; What is self reports?
Data collection technique that obtains self report data face-face
Data-collection technique reflecting on yourself
8
What are incremental progressions in behavior, physical states, and learning?
Quantitative Changes
Qualitative Changes
9
In early infancy children are largely concerned with primary reinforcers
True
False
10
Extrinsic means:
Children direct their actions, learning, etc accordance with personal goals
Motivation provoked by the external consequences of certain behaviors
Motivation resulting from personal characteristics/from factors in the task
11
What are dramatic changes in the underlying structure of a characteristic?
Cognitive Changes
Qualitative Changes
12
In terms of proximodistal trend, children will learn to control wrists first?
True
False
13
Long term memory is the component of info processing that allows human beings to save the things they've learned
False
True
14
What are some developmental designs
Developmental Studies
Naturalistic Studies
Correlational Studies
Experimental Studies
15
Metacognition is:
Knowledge and beliefs about ones own cognitive process
Someone else knowledge and beliefs about one owns cognitive processes
16
Special cognitive processes are involved in moving info. from working memory to__________
short term memory
Long-term memory
17
Reinforcer is the consequence of a response that leads to an increase in the frequency of that response
False
True
18
His book thought and language explained his approach to studying children cognitive development is radically different
False
True
19
Attachment in the making occurs
3 years old
Birth-6-12 weeks
6-12 weeks through 6-8 months
20
Experimental Studies focus on identifying casual effects in interventions
True
False
21
Cognitive science significantly advances our understanding of child's cognitive development
False
True
22
Assessment of intelligence emphasizes skills valued in western culture
True
False
23
Both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation can spur children to acquire new knowledge and engage in productive behavior
False
True
24
Infants mentally categorize characteristics, objects, and creatures by:
2 years
1 year
6 months
4 months
25
Punishment is:
A consequence that decreases the frequency of the response it follows
Abuse
26
What part of the brain controls physiological processes such as breathing, sleep, balance, and movement?
Cortex
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain
27
Teratogens are
Good for you
Potentially harmful substances that can harm your baby
Fun
28
The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale assesses alertness and attention, vision, hearing, and a variety of reflexes
False
True
29
The cognitive assessment system is a multidimensional measure of cognitive processes
True
False
30
Emotions are an affective response to an event that is personally relevant to ones needs and goals
True
False
31
Assessments and Tests are the same thing
False
True
32
Receptive language is the ability to understand what one hears and reads
False
True
33
As infants and toddlers, girls on average mature before boys in basic language milestones
True
False
34
Which of the statements best describes the role that the central executive plays in children's cognitive development?
Kids understand the meaning of maps and other symbolic representations
Children are able to think about more information at any given moment
Children increasingly control their thinking processes.
Children have more knowledge to which they can relate new experiences.
35
What is an assessment?
Task that children complete and adults use to make judgment on child
Instrument designed to assess knowledge in a consistent fashion
36
Which of the following statements about physical development is NOT accurate?
Genes guide the growth of body parts during distinct time periods
Physical development includes both qualitative and quantitative changes.
Separate internal systems of the body grow at different rates.
Height and weight growth is greater during middle childhood than any other
37
Self Regulation is:
Motivation resulting from personal characteristics/from factors in the task
Motivation provoked by the external consequences of certain behaviors
Children direct their actions, learning, etc accordance with personal goals
38
What are developmental changes that occur in just about everyone?
Diversity
Universality
39
Who's theory said; In their interactions with children, adults convey how to interpret events and circumstances.
Piaget
Vygotsky
40
Extrinsic and Intrinsic mean the same thing
False
True
41
Definition of Physical Development
Changes in time
Change in parental supervision
Changes in the body
42
Young kids cannot have emotion
True
False
43
Operation
responding to a new event by either modifying an existing scheme/form new
An organized and integrated system of logical thought processes
44
Lev Vygotsky is influenced by:
Hitler
Mussolini
Jesus
Karl Marx
45
Pre attachment occurs
teenage years
Birth till 6-12 weeks
5 years
1 year
46
Temperament and personalities are the same
True
False
47
What is the tendency of children to give answers that will be perceived favorably by others?
Qualitative Development
Cognitive Development
Quantitative Development
Social Desirability
48
What is the term referring to individuals progressing through a series of stages that are qualitatively different?
Level Theory
Stage Theory
49
Physiological members are a direct assessment of physical dev. or specific aspect o physiological functioning
True
False
50
Assimilation means:
An organized and integrated system of logical thought process
responding to a new event in a way that is consistent with exist. scheme
51
Woman younger than 17 sometimes have poor nutrition and give birth to infants with low birth weight
False
True
52
Intrinsic means:
Motivation provoked by the external consequences of certain behaviors
Children direct their actions, learning, etc accordance with personal goals
Motivation resulting from personal characteristics/from factors in the task
53
to prevent SIDS it is recommended for babies to sleep on their stomachs
True
False
54
Monique just got a tricycle for her third birthday. What principle of physical development explains her skill to ride?
Different parts of the body mature at different rates.
Functioning becomes increasingly differentiated
Each child follows a unique growth curve.
Functioning becomes increasingly integrated
55
Temperament affects;
age
brain structure
personalities
56
The fetus is from fertilization--birth
False
True
57
What are some things you can do to make your chances of having a healthy baby greater?
Drink alcohol
take approved vitamin supplements.
Eat 10 Big Macs a day
Watch your diet
58
Expressive language is the ability to communicate effectively either orally or in writing
False
True
59
In Vygotsky’s view, mastering tools that are partly or entirely symbolic—cognitive tools—greatly enhances learning.
False
True
60
Basic structures of the brain appear at birth
True
False
61
Which of the following is NOT typically a contributor to adolescent sleep problems?
Opportunities to sleep during the day
Athletic events, plays, and other events scheduled late into the evening
Lengthy homework, night television, Internet, gaming, and cell-phone use
Early high school starting times
62
When educators respect the entirety of psych. functions they take a holistic perspective on child development
False
True
63
Children's environments also cause changes in children's temperaments
True
False
64
Dynamic assessment focuses on assessing the ability to learn in new situations usually with an adults assistance
True
False
65
Of the following statements, an information processing theorist would be most likely to endorse which belief?
The environment is the source of all information in long-term memory.
Information in working memory typically lasts for 1 to 3 days.
Human memory; a sensory register, working memory, and long-term memory.
Attention is an unnecessary part of the learning process.
66
How log does pregnancy last?
90 weeks
2 months
20 weeks
40 weeks
67
Observations are NOT data-collection techniques whereby a researcher watches & documents the behavior of participants
True
False
68
Fast mapping is not inferring a words general meaning after a single exposure
True
False
69
What does nature refer to?
Environmental conditions that affect the progression of changes
Inherited Characteristics that influence growth
70
When does a test have cultural bias
all of the above
one or more offend socioeconomic status
One or more offend or unfairly penalize ethnic background
One or more offend or unfairly penalize gender
71
The process of embellishing on new information with existing knowledge is known as:
Metacognition
Elaboration
72
What is Integration?
separate body parts increasingly coordinate their movements
the genetically guided changes that occur over the course of development.
the process by which the genetic code of the ova and sperm come together
73
Mindfulness is a state in which a person focuses on the present moment and his/her cognitive emotional and physiological
True
False
74
Piaget proposed that children use newly acquired schemes over and over
False
True
75
What does nurture refer to?
refers to the inherited characteristics that influence growth
The environmental conditions that affect the progression of changes
76
Repitition of information in order to remember it is known as rehearsal
True
False
77
Which statement is NOT consistent with the textbook's explanation of children's growth curves?
A childhood illness permanently alters a child's growth curve.
Each child follows a unique growth curve.
78
Punishment is often a tool of last resort
True
False
79
Women who do not drink alcohol excessively are prone to have infants with fetal alcohol syndrome
True
False
80
Embryo and Zygote are the same
True
False
81
Cognitive science is a field that examines how info is represented and processed in the human mind
False
True
82
Jean Piaget proposed a stage theory in children's logical thinking
False
True
83
Children encounter circumstances that challenge their present abilities creating disequilibrium
False
True
84
Piaget and Vgotsky have the same ideas
True
False
85
Dramatic changes occur in language in the first few years of life
False
True
86
Children use a collection of strategies for learning the meanings of words
True
False
87
On average, how much earlier do girls begin to speak?
3 weeks
One month,
Two days,
One year
88
What are genetically guided changes that occur over the course of development?
Maturation
Nurturing
Cognitive Development
Nature
89
The Wechsler Intelligente Scare for Children is a widely used test designed for children under two
True
False
90
IQ scores are the score on an intelligence test
False
True
91
zygotes have not yet begun to form separate body parts and can't sustain structural defects when exposed to teratogens
True
False
92
How youngsters express, understand, and cope with emotion changes with age and experience
False
True
93
questionnaires are data collection techniques that obtain self report data through a face to face inventory
True
False
94
Interviews are self-report data through a paper and pencil inventory
False
True
95
Infants born in modern hospitals are typically assessed at two
True
False
96
Standford Binet Intelligence Scales can't. be used with. children teens or young adults
False
True
97
First question Ch. 4 Prenatal Development is the systematic growth of human offspring between fertilization and birth
False
True
98
what statement about human learning would Piaget most likely make?
children learn most effectively when provided carefully sequenced info
children learn best when rewarded for good behavior
children learn most effective when adults tell them what they need to know
children are inartistically motivated
99
What is the process of helping children make sense of experiences in culturally appropriate ways
Mediation
Cognitive Development
Development
100
Tests are age sensitive
True
False

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