Question: The impact of digital technology has
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not been widespread among the general population.
had less impact than past technological innovations.
slowed in recent years.
had a strong effect on how we learn.
Answer: had a strong effect on how we learn.
Question: According to this theorist, social interaction is necessary for children to acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community’s culture. He died at the young age of 38.
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John Bowlby
Erik Erikson
G. Stanley Hall
Lev Vygotsky
Answer: Lev Vygotsky
Question: According to this theorist, the child is a noble savage. He had five children, whom he placed in an orphanage because he could not afford to feed them.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Bowlby
Arnold Gesell
B. F. Skinner
Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Question: According to Piaget, a 3-year-old who sees a four-legged animal and calls it a “dog” is in which stage of development?
Answer: A) Preoperational
Question: Children learn an important social skill when they must read social cues and delay gratification to wait for their chance with an activity. This is called ________.
Answer Choices:
A) sharing
B) turn taking
C) hits and kicks
Answer: B) turn taking
Question: This theorist was a student of Freud’s, but he differed with Freud in that he recognized the lifespan nature of development. He was born to an unmarried mother, scandalous at the time, and looked different from his peers. He was nicknamed the “goy” (non-Jew) by his Jewish peers. He proposed a theory fraught with crises.
Answer Choices:
Erik Erikson
Sigmund Freud
B. F. Skinner
Benjamin Spock
Answer: Erik Erikson
Question: Which statement about IQ tests is true?
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A) IQ tests are unbiased, but linguistic biases are not present.
B) IQ tests assume knowledge of upper class practices and values.
Answer: B) IQ tests assume knowledge of upper class practices and values.
Question: When children engage in play, there is no need for them to receive a sticker or small token to reward them because their play is motivated ________.
Answer Choices:
A) intrinsically
B) by rewards
C) extrinsically
D) externally
Answer: A) intrinsically
Question: The labeling that results from intelligence tests is problematic because ________.
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A) it can hinder social and economic mobility
B) it is based on false stereotypes
C) it leads to higher expectations
D) it is based on heredity, not performance
Answer: A) it can hinder social and economic mobility
Question: Roger Sperry’s right brain/left brain concept
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is limited in scope and was discovered during a study of epilepsy.
replaced the concept of brain function as the co-ordination of all brain sectors.
was specifically used to validate the views of “wholeness of the mind” proponents.
is the basis for neuro-linguistic programming.
Answer: is limited in scope and was discovered during a study of epilepsy.
Question: The cognitive awareness that objects and people continue to exist even when they are no longer seen or heard is called object permanence.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: If one individual has influenced the contemporary field of child development more than any other, it is ______.
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Sigmund Freud
Erik Erikson
B. F. Skinner
Jean Piaget
Answer: Jean Piaget
Question: Because meal times are low-stress social experiences, they are a good time to ________.
Answer Choices:
A) catch up on missed television programs
B) instruct the children
C) assist toddlers perform new skills
D) have conversations that introduce new words
Answer: D) have conversations that introduce new words
Question: Scaffolding is the process of providing assistance to learners within their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development).
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: Environmental rating scales __________.
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A) provide information about the quality of a program
B) serve as preconditions
C) measure the quality of the playground
Answer: A) provide information about the quality of a program
Question: Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is considered constructivist because learners are active participants in the construction of their own knowledge.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: The four learning patterns of the brain-mind interface
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are present only in certain males then lack the confluence pattern.
each allow the same amount of stimuli to pass through to the working memory.
vary substantially from person to person.
occur in this specific order: sequence, precision, technical reasoning, confluence.
Answer: vary substantially from person to person.
Question: When exposed to new information, individuals attempt to place the incoming information into existing schemas by adapting or reconstructing them, which is called accommodation.
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True
False
Answer: False
Question: In the digital age we have
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less time to absorb and make sense of new information.
fewer ways to learn than we did before the digital age.
mostly become smarter and deeper thinkers than were older and slower.
great difficulty accessing quality information.
Answer: less time to absorb and make sense of new information.
Question: This theorist constructed his theory of evolution after joining an expedition to distant parts of the world, where he observed infinite variation among plant and animal species. What he theorized interfered with the religious belief of the time, so he waited 17 years to publish his findings.
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Charles Darwin
Benjamin Spock
Arnold Gesell
Erik Erikson
Answer: Charles Darwin
Question: The most important key to success in college involves
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knowing how to learn.
knowing the right people.
developing an accurate memory.
understanding how professors create tests.
Answer: knowing how to learn.
Question: The number of phonemes in human languages is typically how many?
Answer Choices:
A) 10-20
B) 20-45
C) 30-60
D) 45-55
Answer: B) 20-45
Question: This theorist applied ethological theory to understanding the human caregiver-infant relationship. He fought for mothers and children to remain together when the child was hospitalized.
Answer Choices:
Jean Piaget
John Bowlby
G. Stanley Hall
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Answer: John Bowlby
Question: Which association is correct?
Answer Choices:
cognition, thoughts
reflection, actions
conation, feelings
confluence, organization
Answer: cognition, thoughts
Question: Because of the normal adaptive process, most children who have been abused are __________.
Answer: A) resilient