Deck 5: Development in Middle Childhood: Cognitive

Question 1

The word "concrete" as used by Piaget means that children can imagine how to add two apples and three apples.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

To help children develop Logical-Mathematical intelligence,caregivers should

A)provide strategy games.
B)teach children logic.
C)encourage children to memorize multiplication tables.
D)let children devise their own learning experiences.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Children often come to the wrong conclusions during Piaget's preoperational period.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The communication patterns of some cultures do not encourage children to participate verbally in activities.

Question 5

At times school-age children may function on a preschool level because

A)they are too young.
C)they have learning difficulties.
B)there is no finite division of stages.
D)they do not speak English well.

Question 6

One language will be predominant as children learn a second language.

Question 7

B.F.Skinner is associated with the theory of behaviorism.

Question 8

School-age children's thinking processes are the same as those of preschoolers.

Question 9

Cross-cultural variation means that cultures differ in the competencies they expect children to develop.

Question 10

Scaffolding refers to a series of activities appropriate for school-age children.

Question 11

When a child says "Mi hermana is older than me," it is an example of

A)elaborated code.
C)incorrect grammar.
B)language confusion.
D)code-switching.

Question 12

Ebonics is

A)a synonym for Black English.
C)speaking with a Southern accent.
B)the primary language in the Midwest.
D)used in South Africa.

Question 13

Piaget started to develop the first intelligence test but became interested in children's wrong answers.

Question 14

When children are involved in a cooperative learning activity,they may be developing

A)spatial memory.
C)kinesthetic skills.
B)interpersonal skills.
D)intrapersonal skills.

Question 15

The three strategies children learn to use for increasing memory are called

A)blocks.
C)memory enhancers.
B)storage strategies.
D)memory builders.

Question 16

Multiple intelligences theories are important because they tell us

A)how we should push children to learn.
B)why some children do better in some areas.
C)how different cultures think.
D)that we should focus on one area of the curriculum.

Question 17

The best examples of children's pragmatic use of language is seen in

A)code switching.
C)jokes they tell.
B)their stories.
D)their voice inflection.

Question 18

Vygotsky is associated with the theory of

A)cognitive testing.
C)emotional development.
B)sociocultural theory.
D)physical development.

Question 19

The eighth intelligence delineated by Gardner is

A)Interpersonal.
C)Kinesthetic.
B)Cognitive.
D)Naturalist.

Question 20

The average child may have acquired a 60,000-word vocabulary by middle childhood.

Question 21

The theorist associated with classical conditioning is ________________.

Question 22

Scaffolding is

A)a support system that supports children as they move from one level to the next.
B)when adults exhibit the behaviors that are expected of children.
C)the hypothetical environment in which learning and development take place.
D)the pragmatic use of language.

Question 23

Children in China develop the competencies expected of them by __________________________________________________.

Question 24

According to Vygotsky,the hypothetical environment in which learning and development take place is called the _____________________________________________.

Question 25

Gardner recently added an eighth intelligence.What is it?

Question 26

One activity that will help children learn to use language is ______________________________.

Question 27

State the limitations of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory.

Question 28

When children observe how others behave and then copy that behavior,it is called ____________________.

Question 29

How did Bandura add to behaviorist theory?

Question 30

Between the ages of five and seven,most children are in the ____________________ stage of cognitive development.

Question 31

State the concerns expressed by critics of Piagetian theory.

Question 32

Howard Gardner is known for his theory of ___________________________________.

Question 33

What is meant by code-switching in children's language?

Question 34

Elaborated code refers to ______________________________ language.

Question 35

State the basic beliefs of behaviorist theory about achieving desired behavior in children.

Question 36

Children in middle childhood acquire as many as _____words a day and by 5^th grade have a __________ word vocabulary.

Question 37

How individual children function cognitively depends on ______________________________ and ______________________________.

Question 38

Middle childhood is a time when the ability to use language ______________________________.

Question 39

How has sociocultural theory added a new dimension to the study of children's development?

Question 40

State three things child care staff members can do to help children function in a multicultural society.

Question 41

How can school age child care providers help foster a child's development of more than one intelligence?

Question 42

What is the zone of proximal development?

Question 43

Give an example of how a teacher could use scaffolding to help a child add to their knowledge base.

Question 44

How can child care staff members help children develop good language skills?

Question 45

In 1996 Steinberg delineated three types of intelligence.What are they?