Chapter 7 and 8 Practice

Question 1

What is a possible explanation for why lowSES kids test scores fall over the summer but highSES kids scores tend to rise

Accepted Answer

LowSES kids have less intellectually stimulating environ. than highSES kids

Question 2

Perceptual categorization refers to the grouping of objects based on:

Accepted Answer

similar appearances.

Question 3

Preschoolers realize that growth, like inheritance, is a product of:

Accepted Answer

internal processes.

Question 4

Which ability BEST defines fluid intelligence?

Accepted Answer

the ability to think on the spot to solve novel problems

Question 5

A child's taking apart a toy to see how it works is best seen as an investigation of:

Accepted Answer

causality

Question 6

A 2-year-old child offering a toy to a playmate who is unhappy is an example of the functioning of:

Accepted Answer

naïve psychology.

Question 7

Which general category is NOT one that children first begin to understand as a category?

Accepted Answer

things that make noise

Question 8

A responsive parent(w/low income)who provides her kid with safe play area & learning materials her kid is likely to have

Accepted Answer

higher IQ than do other low-income children with less responsive parents.

Question 9

The fact that children have been shown to perform well on dissimilar intellectual tasks is supportive of:

Accepted Answer

intelligence as a single trait.

Question 10

What level of concepts do children typically learn FIRST?

Accepted Answer

basic

Question 11

How many types does Gardner include in his multiple intelligence theory?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 12

Which statement BEST describes Carroll's three-stratum theory of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

GI influences intermediate abilities which influence specific processes.

Question 13

Piaget believed that infants could only form _____, which is the coding of spatial locations relative to one's own body.

Accepted Answer

egocentric spatial representations

Question 14

Kids have a large variety of strengths on which parents and teachers can build is based on what theory of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences

Question 15

The coding of spatial locations relative to one's own body, without regard to surroundings, is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

egocentric spatial representations.

Questions 15