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1. On Halloween, Rick watched as his brother was getting into a Hulk costume. As soon as his brother put on the mask, Rick started to cry & ran to his mother, believing that his brother had become the Hulk. Rick has yet to master Piaget's concept of

•  identities.
 •  symbolic thought.
  •  object permanence.
   •  functional relationships.

2. The long band of nerve fibers that connects the brain's hemispheres is

•  myelination.
 •  the corpus callosum.
  •  the prefrontal cortex.
   •  the axon cord.

3.  Which of the following children is demonstrating knowledge of a true functional relationship?

•  Kim, who says: "It's raining 'cause I got new galoshes."
 •  Rose, who makes believe that the living room sofa is a theater stage.
  •  Kyle, who knows that the more clothing he puts on, the warmer he'll feel.
   •  Bobby Joe, who after hiding his new glasses under the bed, tells his mother that he lost them in
        the playground, knowing that she won't think to look in the actual location.

5. While playing in the sandbox, Linda makes wet sand into flat disc shapes and says: "Blueberry pancakes are ready. Come and get them while they're hot." Linda is demonstrating

egocentrism.
symbolic thought.
a theory of mind.
object permanence.

6. According to Vygotsky, guided participation requires that a child

be told instructions for a task just once.
be allowed to discover solutions without help.
interact with an adult to accomplish a task.
be assisted by an adult until the child can do a task well alone.

7. When a person talks to herself, its

theory of mind.
river of consciousness.
private speech.
mentally disturbed behavior.

8. When Bob's mother came to pick him up at the daycare center, she found him sitting in the corner and crying. "What happened?" asked his mother. "She hit me," Bob sobbed. Bob's failure to identify who "she" is demonstrates

identity.
egocentrism.
metacognition.
symbolic thought.

9. Preschoolers use scripts to

engage in pretend play.
aid memory.
recount familiar routines.
all of these

10. Three-year-old Emma and her three older brothers are sorting toys for a garage sale. Which group of toys did Emma sort all by herself?

3 piles of science fiction action figures: 1 of male figures, 1 of female figures, & 1 of robots.
4 piles of marbles: 1 of blue marbles, 1 of yellow marbles, 1 of green marbles, & 1 of red marbles.
4 piles of dolls: 1 of dolls that talk, 1 of dolls that walk, & 1 of dolls that do both.
4 piles of baby toys: 1 of rubber toys, 1 of wooden toys, 1 of plastic toys, & 1 of broken toys.

11. By age 5, most children

recognize that people have different preferences.
do not understand why people do things.
have difficulties understanding other's emotions.
believe that other's can "see" what they are imagining.

12. Three-year-old Johnny says: "Soon, everybody will goes in the car. Drive zoo. See tigers and lions, and monkeys, and deers. When daddy is coming?" Which part of Johnny's utterance would be considered "telegraphic speech?"

"deers"
"Drive zoo"
"everybody will goes"
"When daddy is coming?"

13. Which is NOT a factor that strengthens theory of mind at age 4?

culture
language ability
whether a child is adopted
having a sibling

14. A problem with fast mapping is that

the child may misuse a word.
the child forgets most words learned this way.
it interferes with other learning.
grammar suffers.

15. Which is overregularization

"Yesterday I want to go to the park"
"The moon looks happy tonight"
"Its snowing so I can build a snowman"
"He hitted me with a stick"

16. A good early childhood program would NOT have

a low teacher - child ratio.
space that facilitates creative play.
trained staff.
curriculum geared to behavior control.

17. Because of your understanding of fast mapping, as a parent you would