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• PSY120
• Topic 4: Early Childhood
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When a mother plays peek-a-boo with her baby, she moves from covering the baby and saying "peek-a-boo" to covering her own eyes and saying it. This illustr ates
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a. sociability.
b. scaffolding.
c. emotionality.
d. disorganized attachment.
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain how social contexts influence early development.
Page: 187
Topic: Reciprocal Socialization
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Amber, a 4-month-old baby, knows that the form of a dinner plate remains the same whether it is flat on the table or standing in the dish drainer. In the context of perceptual constancy, Amber has most likely developed
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a. shape retention.
b. depth constancy.
c. shape constancy.
d. color constancy.
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Amber, a 4-month-old baby, knows that...
APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: Summarize the course of sensory and perceptual development in infancy.
Page: 130
Topic: Perceptual Constancy
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Eight-month-old Andrew suffered brain damage at birth. His identical twin, Alex, had no brain damage. Research on habituation will likely predict that
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a. Alex will not habituate as well as Andrew.
b. both twins will habituate at about the same level.
c. Andrew will not habituate as well as Alex.
d. Alex will not exhibit any sort of habituation.
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APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
Bloom's: Analyze
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: Describe how infants learn, rem ember, and conceptualize.
Page: 150
Topic: Habituation and Dishabituation
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Attention in the first year of life is dominated by a(n) _____ process, which involves directing attention to potentially important locations in the environment, t hat is, "where," and recognizing objects and their features, that is, "what."
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a. orienting/tracking
b. sustained/focused attention
c. habituation/dishabituation
d. orienting/investigative
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe infant assessment measures.
Learning Objective: Summarize the ways that young children learn and remember.
Page: 147
Topic: Attention
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In the context of grasping, which of the following statements is true of infants?
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a. At different stages of development, infants use different per¬ceptual systems to coordinate grasping.
b. Newborn infants rely greatly on vision to deter¬mine how they will grasp an object.
c. Experience plays a minor role in reaching and grasping in infants.
d. Infants grasp small objects with all of the fingers of one hand or both hands.
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: Summarize motor development in infancy.
Page: 124
Topic: Fine Motor Skills
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Which of the following substages of sensorimotor development is characterized by coordination of sensation and action through reflexive behaviors?
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a. conditioned reflexes
b. first habits and primary circular reactions
c. simple reflexes
d. coordination of secondary circular reactions
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Summarize Piaget's sensorimotor stage.
Page: 142
Topic: Sensorimotor Stage
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Which of the following technologies, a measure of the brain's electrical activity, have researchers been able to use successfully to learn about the brain's development in infancy?
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a. positron-emission tomography (PET) scans
b. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
c. brain electron sampling (BES)
d. electroencephalogram (EEG)
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Summarize physical development in infancy.
Page: 107
Topic: Brain Development
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Which concept helps the infant understand that other people have intentions?
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a. habituation
b. joint attention
c. the core knowledge approach
d. the A-not-B error
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APA LO: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Summarize attachment in young children.
Page: 179
Topic: Intention and Goal-Directed Behavior
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Which of the following is the best description of scaffolding?
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a. Parents time interactions in such a way that the infant experiences turn taking with the parents.
b. The caregiver and the infant focus on the same object or event.
c. Mothers and their infants interact in a dance-like pattern of closely coordinated actions.
d. The child is presented with a series of introductions, separations, and reunions with the caregiver.
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain how social contexts influence early development.
Page: 187
Topic: Reciprocal Socialization
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The social role theory suggests that
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a. social hierarchy and division of labor are important causes of gender differences in power, assertiveness, and nurturing.
b. the mother role and the father role are social constructions that have emerged from our evolutionary past.
c. social roles are chosen, not determined.
d. nature is the primary determinant of differences between the social labels that we call "gender."
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The social role theory suggests that
APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty L evel: Medium
Learning Objective: Summarize gender development in early childhood.
Page: 240
Topic: Gender Development
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The zone of proximal development (ZPD) is Vygotsky's term for
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a. a young adult's cognitive development achieved through interaction with children.
b. the variety of work that a child can do with ease at a particular stage of cognitive development.
c. how a child's environment and his or her genetically programmed learning ability interact during a critical period.
d. the range of tasks that are too difficult for a child to master alone but can be learned with guidance and assistance from adults or more-skilled children.
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APA LO: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe the major theories of cognitive development in early childhood.
Page: 210
Topic: Zone of Pr oximal Development
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One day when baby Mark was crawling around, he fell down the stairs. After the doctor examined him, Mark's parents learned that he had damaged the parietal lobe of the brain. Mark's parents were told to expect that he would have difficulty with
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a. registering spatial locations.
b. processing auditory information.
c. vision.
d. initiating movement.
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APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: Describe the structures and functions of the brain.
Learning Objective: Summarize physical development in infancy.
Page: 108
Topic: Brain Development
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Researchers have found that infant fear is linked to _____ at 6 to 7 years of age.
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a. high effortful control
b. empathy
c. high aggression
d. self-confidence
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APA LO: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Page: 171
Topic: Emotional Expression
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Baby Elise has developed a sucking scheme. She knows that to get food, she must suck on her mother's breast. Now, her mother has begun to introduce solid foods with a spoon. Elise immediately sucks on the spoon. This is an example of
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a. accommodation.
b. assimilation.
c. amalgamation.
d. application.
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APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: Explain the cognitive processes young children use to construct their world, per Piaget.
Page: 141
Topic: Assimilation and Accom modation
Topic: Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory
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Which of the following is a characteristic of reciprocal socialization?
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a. It is bidirectional.
b. It is asynchronous.
c. It is nontransactional.
d. It is harmful to infants.
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Understand
Diff iculty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain how social contexts influence early development.
Page: 187
Topic: Reciprocal Socialization
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Research with the memory-span task suggests that
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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.
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Describe the major theories of cognitive development in early childhood.
Page: 215
Topic: Memory
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In which parenting style do parents show pleasure and support in response to children's constructive behavior?
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a. authoritarian parenting
b. authoritative parenting
c. indulgent parenting
d. neglectful parenting
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain how parenting practices influence development.
Page: 243
Topic: Baumrind's Parenting Styles
Topic: Parent ing
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Eleven-month-old Jenny looks at her toy golf club, grasps it tightly, and visually inspects it. She then uses the toy golf club to bring another toy within reach. In the context of Piaget's theory of infant development, Jenny is in the _____ substage of the sensorimotor stage.
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a. simple reflexes
b. secondary circular reactions
c. coordination of secondary circular reactions
d. first habits and primary circular reactions
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Eleven-month-old Jenny looks at her...
APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: Summarize Piaget's sensorimotor stage.
Page: 143
Topic: Sensorimotor Stage
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According to Baumrind, a parent who is uninvolved in a child's life, showing neither responsiveness nor control, is displaying a(n) _____ parenting style.
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a. authoritarian
b. authoritative
c. indulgent
d. neglectful
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain how parenting practices influence development.
Page: 243
Topic: Baumrind's Parenting Styles
Topic: Parenting
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Two current controversies in early childhood education involve
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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.
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Two current controversies in early childhood...
APA LO: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Evaluate different approaches to early childhood education.
Page: 226
Topic: Curriculum
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Four-year-old Michelle talks to herself frequently. She do es this especially when she is trying to solve a difficult problem. Lev Vygotsky would say that Michelle is
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a. engaging in egocentric and immature thinking.
b. likely to be socially competent.
c. functioning at the upper limit of her zone of proximal development (ZPD).
d. engaging in scaffolding.
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APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: Describe the major theories of cognitive development in early childhood.
Page: 210
Topic: Language
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The overwhelming majority of children from gay or lesbian families
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a. are also homosexual.
b. have a heterosexual orientation.
c. are likely to be bisexual.
d. grow up confused about their sexual orientation.
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain how parenting practices influence development.
Page: 253
Topic: Gay and Lesbian Parents
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Which of the following hormones is an estrogen?
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a. testosterone
b. androstenedione
c. insulin
d. estradiol
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: Summarize gend er development in early childhood.
Page: 239
Topic: Biological Influences
Topic: Gender Development
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Leah, a 6-year-old girl, is a fussy eater. She avoids eating dark green vegetables and meat. She only prefers junk food. She feels weak, becomes tired easily, and show s signs of chronic fatigue. It can be said that Leah is showing symptoms of
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a. lactose intolerance.
b. binge eating disorder
c. iron deficiency anemia
d. alopecia areata.
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Leah, a 6-year-old girl, is a fussy eater
APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: Summarize physical changes in early childhood.
Page: 204
Topic: Malnutrition
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Which of the following statements is true about perception in infants?
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a. Infants are not able to perceive the localization of a sound.
b. Newborns cannot hear soft sounds quite as well as adults can.
c. Infants are very sensitive to the pitch of a sound.
d. Infants are not able to perceive pain.
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: Summarize the course of sensory and perceptual development in infancy.
Page: 131
Topic: Hearing [Show Less]