About This Chapter
This testing bank focuses on testing knowledge of subjects such as the sleep, the symbolic function substage and the syntax and semantics. Features delivers multiple choice questions with correct answers, detailed explanations, and glossary definitions enhanced with correct solutions and comprehensive answer explanations. Every assessment includes accurate solutions, comprehensive reasoning, key definitions, and challenge ratings for thorough review.
The learning objectives include:
✓ Summarize physical changes in early childhood.
✓ Describe the major theories of cognitive development in early childhood.
✓ Summarize how language develops in early childhood.
Question 1
Short sleep duration in children is linked with being
- dyslexic.
- myopic.
- overweight.
- paraplegic.
Correct Answer:
overweight.
Question 2
According to Mona El-Sheikh (2013), which of the following measures will improve children's sleep?
- ensuring that children do not listen to music before sleeping
- allowing children to try out different bedtimes and wake times
- ensuring that the bedroom is warm and bright
- building positive family relationships
Correct Answer:
building positive family relationships
Question 3
Which of the following results of research studies on children's sleep is true?
- Preschool children with a short sleep duration were more likely to have better social skills than others.
- Attention problems in early adolescence were independent of sleep problems in early childhood.
- In 2- to 5-year-old children, each additional hour of daily screen time was associated with a decrease in sleep time.
- In a Chinese study, preschool children who used electronic devices 3 or more hours per day had long sleep durations.
Correct Answer:
In 2- to 5-year-old children, each additional hour of daily screen time was associated with a decrease in sleep time.
Question 4
Edgar is a 7-year-old boy who feels extremely sleepy during the daytime. He is unable to concentrate during class and while playing. As a result, his grades are poor, and his teachers often scold him. Identify the sleep problem from which Edgar is most likely suffering.
- jet lag
- sleep apnea
- insomnia
- narcolepsy
Correct Answer:
narcolepsy
Question 5
Alex had sleep problems in early childhood. A study showed that sleep problems could lead to ________ that in some cases persisted into early adolescence.
- anxiety problems
- attention problems
- increased vocabulary
- difficulty napping
Correct Answer:
attention problems
Glossary:
Attention: The focusing of mental resources on select information.
Question 6
Children can experience a number of sleep problems including narcolepsy, which is characterized by
- extreme daytime sleepiness.
- difficulty in going to sleep.
- difficulty in staying asleep.
- nightmares.
Correct Answer:
extreme daytime sleepiness.
Question 7
Brian is 2.5 years old. He dwells in his own imaginary world and represents objects that are not present. He often scribbles patterns on walls that represent cloud, trees, birds, and so on. Brian's behavior indicates that he is in Piaget's ________ of cognitive development.
- symbolic function substage
- intuitive thought substage
- concrete operational stage
- formal operational stage
Correct Answer:
symbolic function substage
Glossary:
Symbolic Function Substage: Piaget’s first substage of preoperational thought, in which the child gains the ability to mentally represent an object that is not present (between about 2 and 4 years of age).
Question 8
The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective is known as
- animism.
- empathy.
- egocentrism.
- symbolism.
Correct Answer:
egocentrism.
Glossary:
Egocentrism: The inability to distinguish between one’s own perspective and someone else’s (salient feature of the first substage of preoperational thought).
Question 9
Wendy, a 4-year-old girl, decides to gift her father a teddy bear on his birthday because she likes teddy bears. She asks her elder brother to help her wrap the gift. She does not consider the fact that her father may not like the gift or have no use for it. In the context of cognitive development in early childhood, this scenario illustrates
- animism.
- egocentrism.
- decentration.
- conservation.
Correct Answer:
egocentrism.
Glossary:
Egocentrism: The inability to distinguish between one’s own perspective and someone else’s (salient feature of the first substage of preoperational thought).
Question 10
"My computer does not like me. It keeps eating my pictures," says three-year-old Kimberly. This is an example of
- animism.
- intuitive thinking.
- conservation.
- egocentrism.
Correct Answer:
animism.
Glossary:
Animism: The belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of action.
Question 11
Three-year-old Ruth draws a picture with lavender, purple, and blue colors intermixed with green, yellow, and brown. "It is a boat in the ocean at sunset, with whales jumping all around it!" she explains to her teacher. Which of the following does this explain?
- animism
- conservation
- the intuitive thought substage
- the symbolic function substage
Correct Answer:
the symbolic function substage
Glossary:
Symbolic Function Substage: Piaget’s first substage of preoperational thought, in which the child gains the ability to mentally represent an object that is not present (between about 2 and 4 years of age).
Question 12
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
- pragmatics.
- morphology.
- syntax.
- phonology.
Correct Answer:
syntax.
Glossary:
Syntax: The ways words are combined to form acceptable phrases and sentences.