Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years QUIZ 7

Developmentalists define the preschool period as ages ___ years.

2 to 6

Children younger than age 6 average around ___ minor respiratory illnesses each year.

6 to 8

The high level of accidents in the preschool-age groups is most likely due to ___.

A preschooler's high level of physical activity, curiosity, and lack of judgement.

Compared to the others, which factor most likely accounts for the rise in the average age of toilet training over the past 5 decades?

Social emphasis on child readiness

Nina and Tiffany are watching their four-year-old son Jaco play. Nina thinks Jaco is "left-brained," and Tiffany thinks he is "right-brained." Although these terms are not scientifically valid, Nina and Tiffany are referring to the ___ of the brain.

Lateralization

Myelin protects the ___ of the brain.

Neurons

Jumping, hopping on one foot, skipping, and running are examples of ___.

Gross motor skills

Which attribute is a hallmark of Jean Piaget's preoperational stage of cognitive development?

The application of concepts

Miss Schmidel gave Boris and Mitzi equal sized lumps of clay. Mitzi immediately rolled hers into a long shape. Boris cried and complained that Mitzi had received more clay. Boris's behavior represents ___.

An inability to conserve

A preschooler's broad representations of events and timelines in memory are called ___.

Scripts

Which event completes the scaffolding process for a particular learning task?

Removing the scaffolds

After children can combine words and phrases to form sentences, they are beginning to use ___.

Syntax

___ is the process through which children learn the meaning of new words after brief exposure.

Fast mapping

Children between the ages of 2 and 4 in the United States spend an average of slightly more than ___ a day using screen media.

2 1/2 hours

Four-year-old Luis is attending an educational program created by the U.S government during the 1960s. This program is called ___.

Head Start