Question 1

Karla is a single mother of a 5-year-old son. She works in a bakery on a meager salary. Recently, she found out about a government-funded program that provides children from low-income families with the opportunity to acquire the skills important for success in school. The program aims to improve substandard education and alleviate poverty. Karla decides to apply for the program. The program being referred to in this scenario is

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A)   the child-centered kindergarten
B)   the Montessori program
C)   Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
D)   Project Head StartE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Which of the following was cited by Zigler and his colleagues supporting universal preschool in the United States?

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A)   It is more important to improve preschool education for young children who are disadvantaged rather than funding preschool education for all four-year-old children.
B)   The quality of inner-city schools has often been found to be questionable.
C)   Research has proven that the gains attributed to preschool and kindergarten education are often overstated.
D)   Universal preschool would bring cost savings on the order of billions of dollars because of a diminished need for remedial and justice services.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Briefly describe a child's theory of mind. How are false-belief tasks useful in assessing the theory of mind?

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Young children are curious about the nat...

Question 4

________ involves an increase in the speed and efficiency of information traveling through the nervous system during brain development in children between the ages of 3 and 5.

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A)   Centration
B)   Myelination
C)   Tropism
D)   NeurogenesisE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

What are the criticisms of the Montessori approach to early education?

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Critics of the Montessori approach belie...

Question 6

Discuss the 5-2-1-0 obesity prevention guidelines recently issued for young children.

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Recently, the following 5-2-1-0 obesity ...

Question 7

In the context of cognitive development in early childhood, identify a true statement about pragmatics.

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A)   It refers to relating a word to its referent quickly.
B)   It is the awareness that changing an object's appearance does not change its basic properties.
C)   It refers to focusing one's attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others.
D)   It is the appropriate use of language in different contexts.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 8

3-year-old Zelda always asks questions like "Where Daddy is going?" and "What Mommy is doing?" This indicates that she is yet to learn the auxiliary-inversion rule and to apply the rules of

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A)   pragmatics.
B)   morphology.
C)   syntax.
D)   phonology.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

According to Sleet and Mercy, which of the following steps can be taken to enhance children's safety and prevent injury in the context of their family and home?

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A)   actively surveilling environmental hazards
B)   promoting home/school partnerships
C)   developing social skills and the ability to regulate emotions
D)   displaying frequent parent protective behaviorsE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Four-year-old Nathan is good at stacking blocks to make tall structures. However, he knocks them down occasionally. Which of the following is the most likely reason for this?

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A)   His gross motor skills are underdeveloped.
B)   He tries to place each block perfectly on top of the other, upsetting those already stacked.
C)   His coordination skills are not developing normally for his age.
D)   He is showing signs of dyslexia.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Dorothy is enrolled in a preschool where she spends much of her time in unstructured activities. She plays with the toys she chooses, and her teacher acts as a facilitator rather than a director. Which of the following approaches is Dorothy's preschool using?

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A)   the kindergarten approach
B)   the Rogerian approach
C)   the Montessori approach
D)   the success-oriented approachE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018) , a person with a body mass index (BMI)  at the 90th percentile is

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A)   obese.
B)   overweight.
C)   at risk of being overweight.
D)   underweight.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

Jim, a 3-year-old boy, gets a box of colorful blocks as a birthday gift from his uncle. He is excited to see the gift and demands to play with the blocks immediately. In the context of physical and cognitive development in early childhood, when playing with the blocks, Jim is most likely to

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A)   place each block on top of the other with intense concentration.
B)   stack each block on top of the other in a completely straight line.
C)   find it impossible to pick up the blocks.
D)   juggle all the blocks perfectly.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Leah, a 6-year-old girl, is a fussy eater. She avoids eating dark green vegetables and meat. She only prefers junk food. She feels weak, becomes tired easily, and shows signs of chronic fatigue. It can be said that Leah is showing symptoms of

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A)   lactose intolerance.
B)   binge eating disorder.
C)   iron deficiency anemia.
D)   alopecia areata.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Which of the following determines the categories for obesity, overweight, and at risk of being overweight?

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A)   weight
B)   average calories consumed daily
C)   waist-to-hip ratio
D)   body mass indexE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Nicole, a 3-year-old girl, goes to a school that follows the Montessori approach to education. Which of the following are Nicole's teachers likely to follow?

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A)   They will make all the decisions for her.
B)   They will show her how to perform intellectual activities.
C)   They will act as a director rather than a facilitator.
D)   They will ensure that Nicole indulges in the activities that they desire.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

When experimenters ask children to judge whether two complex pictures are the same, preschool children tend to use a haphazard comparison strategy, not examining all of the details before making a judgment. The children exhibit a lack of

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A)   conservation.
B)   attention to the salient.
C)   centration.
D)   planfulness.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Kevin is just learning to walk. He can take a few steps by himself if he uses both hands to hold on to a piece of furniture for support. He can walk to the middle of a room only if one of his parents holds his hands. Which of the following represents the lower limit of Kevin's zone of proximal development (ZPD)  for walking?

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A)   Kevin learning to run after he has mastered walking by himself
B)   Kevin going back to crawling when he becomes frustrated trying to walk by himself
C)   Kevin walking alone by holding on to a piece of furniture with his hands
D)   Kevin learning to walk by holding his parents' handsE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

A(n) ________ is an approach that emphasizes the social contexts of learning and asserts that knowledge is mutually built and constructed.

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Question 20

By the end of early childhood, girls have more ________ tissue than boys.

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A)   fatty
B)   muscle
C)   epithelial
D)   nervousE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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