Student development and theory

Question 1

The development of connections between nerve cells in the brain is a key component to cognitve development at all stages

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True

Question 2

By providing positive feedback, adults can help young teens develop a postive self-concept.

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True

Question 3

The gradual increase in skills and abilities that occurs over a lifetime.

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development

Question 4

Future teachers should study developmental theories because

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theories help teachers understand what students are doing and why

Question 5

In the debate of nature versus nurture, nurture refers to environment and nature refers to

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genetics

Question 6

Then physical transformation from a child to an adult capable of reproduction.

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puberty

Question 7

The development of abstract thinking allows the adolescent to

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all of above

Question 8

The ability to move the hands and fingers precisely to coordinate with what the eyes see

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hand-eye coordination

Question 9

Which of the following is a basic principle of human development?

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Normal growth patterns can be predicted

Question 10

Most kindergarteners do not have difficulty with maintaining self-control

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False

Question 11

Being able to bounce back after a defeat or setback.

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resilience

Question 12

Phsycial skills involving smaller muscles in teh boday, such as hands and wrists.

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fine motor skills

Question 13

Feeling incapable of being defeated or having anything bad happen to you.

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invincibility

Question 14

Teens who develop early can have difficulty with their peers as well as with adult expectations.

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True

Question 15

Physcial development is very rapid during the first years of life

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True

Question 16

Middle childhood is the period of time from the start of school to adolesence.

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True

Question 17

All of the actions or processes involving thought and knowledge.

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cognition

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of social emotional development

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dealing with increasing independence

Question 19

The skillful use of the hands and fingers.

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dexterity

Question 20

Physcial skills involving larger musccles of the body, such as the legs, hips, back and arms.

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Gross motor skills

Question 21

Refers to physcial changes in size, such as gains in height and weight.

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growth

Question 22

During adolsecence, physical growth is faster than any time other than infancy

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True

Question 23

The cells of the brain that actually make a person think.

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gray matter

Question 24

The teen who is more likely to become involved in high-risk behaviors may _____

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all of the above

Question 25

Young teens are more comfortable in mixed gender groups than teens are in later adolescence.

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False

Question 26

Most children know how to read before entering kindergarten

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False

Question 27

A noticeable lag in a specific aspect of development that is beyond average variations.

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developmental delay

Question 28

Focused primarily on ones&#x27; own concerns

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egocentrism

Question 29

The ability to think about thinking.

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metacognition

Question 30

As children practice fine-motor skill activities, their hand-eye coordination and dexterity improve

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True

Question 31

Critical brain development is complete before a child starts kindergarten

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False

Question 32

Younger teens use abstract thinking most of the time.

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False

Question 33

During high school, teens still need rules and limits that are applied

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consistently

Question 34

The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life.

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cognitive development

Question 35

During adolescence, the realtionships teens have with others change significantly

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True

Question 36

Trying to do many things at the same time.

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multitasking

Question 37

In which of Piaget&#x27;s stages of cognitive develpoment do young children learn to recognize symbols and learn concepts?

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preoperational

Question 38

Development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings.

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social emotional development

Question 39

Which of the following statements is false regarding the physcial growth and development of children ages 5-7?

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baby teeth fall out all at once

Question 40

Kindergarten readiness skills include all of the following except ______

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knows how to spell own name

Question 41

The ability to understand that a simple change in the shape of an object doesn not change its amount.

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conservation

Question 42

Which of the following about full-day kindergarten is true?

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both b and c

Question 43

Which of these statements about physical growth and development in adolescence is true?

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all of the above

Question 44

During the teen years, _____

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teens stop pushing for indepenence from parents

Question 45

Piaget believed that children learn through continuous exposure to _____

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all of the above

Question 46

The links between brain cells that develop when actions are repeated.

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neural connections

Question 47

Explanations based on research about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time.

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developmental theories

Question 48

The brain of an adolescent is both physically and functionally different from the brain of a child or an adult

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True

Question 49

Lack of proper nutrition affects cognitive development, limiting learning and productivity.

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True

Question 50

Rapid increase in height and weight, such as those associated with puberty.

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growth spurt

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