Question 1

Safety greatly increases for preschoolers as their motor ability and athletic activity develop at the same rate as their cognitive capacities for planning and judging risk.

Accepted Answer

While preschoolers' motor abilities and athletic activities develop rapidly, their cognitive capacities for planning and judging risk do not keep pace, making them more prone to accidents and injuries.

Question 2

According to research in 2007, approximately 6 percent of Australian preschoolers are clinically obese and a further 15 percent are significantly overweight.

Accepted Answer

This statement is true according to research conducted in 2007 in Australia which found that approximately 6 percent of preschoolers were clinically obese and 15 percent were significantly overweight.

Question 3

Many studies conducted in Australia, Europe and North America over several decades have shown that many individuals with autism never develop a fully functional theory of mind.

Accepted Answer

Many studies have shown that a significant proportion of individuals with autism have difficulty developing a fully functional theory of mind.

Question 4

Typically developing and natively signing children show pronounced _____________  hemisphere dominance of activation and heightened activity in the specific areas of the _____________  hemisphere responsible for language comprehension and production.

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Question 5

Piaget argued for treating very early memories with some _____________

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Question 6

According to Zaporozhets and Elkonin (1971), children displayed the highest level of memory when involved in peer play.

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Question 7

Closure is when the logical and mathematical operations are mentally grouped such that all parts of individual operations are also part of the group.

Accepted Answer

Closure refers to the property of a set or operation that allows for the result to be within that set or operation itself. It is a concept in abstract algebra and mathematics.

Question 8

Preoperational children judge things primarily on how they look.

Accepted Answer

Preoperational children primarily rely on visual information when making judgments about objects and people. This is because they are still developing the ability to understand abstract concepts and think logically. They may, for example, believe that a tall, thin glass holds more water than a short, wide glass even if they contain the same amount of liquid, simply because the tall glass looks bigger.

Question 9

Between the ages of nine and 12 years, the lateralisation of language processing and production becomes more pronounced in the average child.

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Question 10

According to Peterson (2000), early research showed that children who had siblings developed concepts of false belief ahead of only children, however, after the effects of language ability were statistically controlled these differences disappeared.

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Question 11

Recently, researchers have consistently agreed that improvements do occur when the memories of children who initially lack a concrete- operational understanding of tilted liquids are reassessed later on, once concrete operations have developed.

Accepted Answer

The statement accurately reflects the consensus among researchers that improvements occur when children's understanding of tilted liquids is reassessed after the development of concrete operations.

Question 12

Vygotsky's sociocultural theory places less emphasis than Piaget's on variations in cognitive skills in different cultural environments, the value of social interaction for promoting cognitive growth and cross- cultural variation in developmental patterns.

Accepted Answer

Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasizes the impact of cultural and social context on cognitive development, as well as the importance of social interaction and the role of culture in shaping developmental patterns. Therefore, the statement is false.

Question 13

On average, healthy children in Australia and New Zealand today gain _____________  to _____________  centimetres in height each year between their second and the sixth birthdays.

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Question 14

A typical five- year- old is able to thread a needle.

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Question 15

Piaget proposed that children's thought processes could be thrown into disequilibrium by having arguments with peers.

Accepted Answer

Piaget believed that children's thought processes could be thrown into disequilibrium by encountering information or experiences that do not fit with their existing schemas (mental frameworks) and that such disequilibrium can be particularly effective when it occurs in a social context, such as during arguments with peers. This can lead to the child rethinking their beliefs and adjusting their schemas to accommodate new information.

Question 16

Emotional understanding develops along with _____________ emotional during the preschool period.

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Question 17

By the age of _____________  most children know their own name, can recognise themselves in photographs and mirrors and can accurately answer the basic gender identity question.

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Question 18

Adolescents who remember having imaginary companions during early childhood are found to score significantly higher than their peers on measures of creative achievement in scholastic, artistic and literary fields.

Accepted Answer

This statement is true. Research has found a positive correlation between having imaginary companions in early childhood and later creative achievement.

Question 19

Most preschoolers have no difficulty completing a task such as placing sticks in order from smallest to largest.

Accepted Answer

Most preschoolers are still developing their cognitive and motor skills, which includes understanding and applying concepts of size and order. This task might be challenging for many preschoolers without practice or guidance.

Quiz 7: Preschoolers: Physical, Neurocognitive, Emotional, Intellectual and Social Development in a Nutshell