Midterm Practice Quizzes

By his or her first birthday, a newborn's weight typically:

At 12 months, Toni was malnourished. His body stopped growing, but his brain did not. This supports the concept of:

The brain development controls many functions. The development in discrete areas of the brain with control over different functions of perception and cognition can be seen in:

Young children quickly begin to recognize attitudes and emotions in the faces of others. Early on they can differentiate people of their same ethnic background, and read expressions of emotionality particular to that culture. The persistence of this ability, often to the detriment of reading unfamiliar expressions of emotion, is called:

Where and how much a child sleeps is shaped by:

perception requires processing, and therefore development of the _____________.

A process that stimulates the body's immune system to defend against attack by a particular contagious disease is:

Breast-feeding reduces the risk of?

Malnutrition is serious because:

What was Beal's hypothesis?

Tertiary circular reactions are characterized by:

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) indicates that infants:

Recent research on early affordances provides evidence that:

Most developmentalists agree that very young infants can remember if:

When do infants begin learning language?

The typical order of spoken language development is:

Most babies speak their first recognizable words by ________, called ________.

Cultural differences in communication appear to influence the:

3 theories of how children learn language? Which theorists proposed them?

Behaviorists believe that a mother who uses _________ will stimulate her child's communication skills.

The social-pragmatic theory of language development highlights the importance of:

The first emotional expressions to emerge at birth are:

Emotions that require an awareness of other people are ______, _______, and ________.

Developmentalists agree that infants' emotional development is most directly tied to:

Children's personality differences that originate with nature, or genes are called:

A mutually coordinated, rapid, smooth interaction between a caregiver and an infant is called:

A lasting bond between an infant and a caregiver is called:

One of the most influential factors that determine a child's type of attachment is the:

When an infant looks to another person for information about how to react, he or she is engaging in:

The theory that connects biosocial with psychosocial development is:

Which perspective suggests that parents mold an infant's emotions and personality as they reinforce or punish their child?

________ parenting involves close physical contact with a child, while _______ parenting involves engaging the child more intellectually.

In cognitive theory there are a set of assumptions that an individual uses to organize perceptions and experience. These assumptions are called:

A theory that suggests that both infant and care givers have emotions and impulses in the social development process is:

High-quality day care during infancy has the following essential characteristics:

A typical 6-year-old in a developed nation- 1) weight: 2) height: 3) lean or chubby?

The major nutritional deficit in early childhood in DEVELOPED countries is insufficient:

The "just right" phenomenon refers to:

The 2-year-old brain weighs ________ percent of what it will weigh in adulthood.

The process by which axons become coated with a fatty substance that speeds the transmission of nerve impulses from neuron to neuron is:

The specialization in certain functions by each side of the brain is:

What brain area is crucial for the overall expression and regulation of emotions?

What makes gross motor skills possible?

Fine motor skills require two ________ and thus ________ sides of the _________.

All forms of artistic expression blossom during which age range?

The most common cause of death in childhood is:

Why do experts prefer the term "injury control" to the term "accident prevention"?

Deliberate action that is harmful to a child's physical, emotional, or sexual well-being is the definition of:

Improving the economic climate and decreasing financial instability to reduce child abuse is an example of:

What is Piaget's term for cognitive development between the ages of about 2 and 6?

According to Piaget, one of the reasons that logic is beyond young children is that:

Vygotsky proposed that an important role of _________ is to assist with cognitive development

How has Vygotsky's theory concerning language and cognition been associated with the development of math skills?

The understanding that other people can have thoughts and ideas unlike one's own describes:

Though studies comparing preschool children from various countries found some variations, what did they identify as the primary factor in development of theory of mind?

The term for the time when language learning is most easily and readily accomplished is:

The process by which children develop an interconnected set of categories for words is called:

According to your text, it benefits their intellectual flexibility when children:

Preschools benefit early childhood learning by providing opportunities for children to get practice in:

What has been a strategy Head Start has emphasized since the early days of operation?

Child-centered programs stress children's development and growth through:

The goal of teacher-directed early-education programs is to:

What is NOT one of the long-term benefits found in the intensive, early intervention programs described in the text?

What was the curricular approach in the three early intervention programs described in the text?

Middle childhood is the healthiest period of the life span because:

According to the text, school-age children's growth is:

According to the text, one of the benefits of physical activity is:

Because of obesity, children will be less likely to: (3)

3 causes of childhood obesity?

A chronic disease of the respiratory system in which inflammation narrows the airway is:

3 contributions to a child's ability to increase his speed of thinking?

IQ tests predict __________

The developmental psychopathology perspective assumes that abnormality is ___________

A lesson of developmental psychopathology that applies to all children

A diagnosis of ADHD indicates that a child not only has problems concentrating but also is:

"Learning disability" refers to:

3 signs of an autistic spectrum disorder are:

A document that specifies educational goals and plans for a child with special needs is referred to as a(n):

"Gifted" generally refers to children with IQ scores above:

According to Piaget, the stage of thinking that is characteristic of middle childhood is:

When Piaget referred to concrete operations, he meant logic applied in situations that:

A significant contribution of Piaget's cognition theory is that he realized that school-age children become:(3)

Piaget stressed the ______________, whereas Vygotsky stressed the _________________.

Vygotsky believed that children learn from their:

The information-processing perspective compares human thinking processes to:

Which aspect of memory has a very large capacity by middle childhood?

The ability to evaluate a cognitive task to determine how best to accomplish it, and then to monitor and adjust one's performance on that task, is called:

A child's ability to speak formally or informally depending on the audience and the context is called:

Decades of research throughout the world have found a strong correlation between academic achievement and:

The unrecognized rules and priorities that influence a child's learning in school are called the:

The 2001 No Child Left Behind federal law was enacted because:

The strategy in which school subjects are taught in both the learner's original language and the second (majority) language is called:

A finding of international assessments is the issue of ____________________ continues to be controversial in almost every nation.

According to the text, the issue with comparing and evaluating home schooling, charter schools, and voucher situations is that:

During Erikson's crisis of industry versus inferiority, children:

During middle school, a child's self-concept:

Many cultures expect children to be ________, not ________.

4 Key aspects in a child's resilience is the stressed child's ability to:

Recent research on shared and nonshared environmental factors and their influence on children's developing temperaments has found that:

Family ____________ refers to the legal and genetic relationships of related people living together, and family ____________ refers to the way a family works to care for its members.

The two factors that interfere with family function in every structure, ethnic group, and nation are:

The difference in the psychosocial development of preoperational children as compared to that of middle-school children is that:

Older children tend to choose best friends whose:

Which of the following is a characteristic of both aggressive-rejected and withdrawn-rejected children?

Repeated, systematic efforts to inflict harm through physical, verbal, or social attack on a weaker person is the definition of:

A review of research on successful ways to halt bullying found that:

The theorist associated with the six stages of moral reasoning is:

___________ thinking, which gives children the ability to observe and use logic, propels them to think about morality.

Puberty begins with a hormonal signal from the __________ to the _________.

A major influence on the age of onset of menarche is ___________.

In what way does stress affect puberty?

What is important for many adolescents in every nation?

3 reasons adolescents are deficient in their intake of necessary vitamins and minerals:

3 symptoms of bulimia nervosa:

According to the text, what explains why many teenagers are thrill seekers?

3 beneficial results of changes in the adolescent brain can be seen in:

What has the greatest influence on a girl's choice for her first sexual partner?

According to the text, early adolescent sexual activity correlates with:

sexual abuse increases during