Capella PSYC2700 Week 5 Quiz Latest 2019 December

Week 5 Quiz

Question 1          Critics argue that youth sports:

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Overemphasize cooperation.

Substitute children’s natural experimentation for needed adult control.

Actually lead to a decrease in physical fitness activities in adulthood.

Overemphasize competition.

Question 2An obese child is more than ____ percent over healthy weight, based on body mass index.

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15.

20.

25.

30.

Question 3According to Erikson, the psychological conflict of middle childhood is:

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Autonomy versus shame and doubt.

Initiative versus guilt.

Industry versus inferiority.

Identity versus role confusion.

Question 4In early and middle childhood, children add about _____ inches in height and _____ pounds in weight each year.

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1 to 2; 3.

2 to 3; 5.

3 to 4; 7.

4 to 5; 10.

Question 5Preschoolers’ impressive skill at categorization is supported by:

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Animistic thinking.

Their rapidly expanding vocabularies.

Egocentric tendencies.

The use of magical thinking for events they cannot explain.

Question 6African-American parents’ communication style with their children emphasizes ________ over _________.

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Facts; emotional and social concerns.

Quick-witted jokes; serious conversation.

Emotional and social concerns; facts about the world.

Facts; problem solving.

Question 7In Piaget’s concrete operational stage:

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Thought is more logical, flexible, and organized than it was during early childhood.

The focus is on coordination of sensation and action through reflexive behaviors.

The child learns to use and to represent objects by images, words, and drawings.

Individuals move beyond concrete experiences and begin to think abstractly.

Question 8          Which of the following is a limitation of using stimulant medication to treat ADHD?

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These drugs cause a number of dangerous medical conditions.

Prolonged use results in extreme hyperactivity.

Drugs cannot teach children to compensate for inattention and impulsivity.

Children rapidly build a tolerance to these drugs.

Question 9The most frequent cause of school absence is:

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Oversleeping.

Asthma.

The flu.

The common cold.

Question 10        Secular trends in physical growth involve changes in body size from

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One region to another.

Evolutionary adaptation.

One generation to the next.

Growth spurts.

Question 11Physical immaturity is exaggerated in humans, who devote about _____ percent of their total years to growing.

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5.

10.

15.

20.

Question 12Theory of mind research indicates that by age three, children realize that:

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Doing well on a task depends on focusing attention.

A person reading a book or looking at pictures is thinking.

Thinking takes place inside their heads.

If you “know” something you are more certain than if you “guessed.”

Question 13        According to Piaget, 4-year-olds cannot solve a conservation-of-liquid problem because they:

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Focus on the height of the water, failing to realize that changes in width compensate for the changes in height.

Do not notice the difference in appearance between the water levels in the two glasses.

Have limited experience with the task materials.

Do not understand the point of the question, “Which glass holds more water?”

Question 14        Maurice and Samson occasionally wrestle, roll, hit, and run after one another, alternating roles while smiling and laughing. Maurice and Samson are engaged in _____ play.

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Rough-and-tumble.

Parallel.

Nonsocial.

Constructive.

Question 15        Which of the following is true about reducing prejudices?

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Long-term contact and collaboration in neighborhoods, schools, and communities may be the best way to reduce prejudices.

Children assigned to cooperative learning groups with peers of diverse backgrounds have fewer prejudices even with regard to out-group members who are not part of the learning teams.

Classrooms that expose children to broad ethnic diversity often cause children to form negative biases about out-group members.

The more children believe that personalities are fixed, the more they report liking and perceiving themselves as similar to members of disadvantaged groups.

Question 16Six-year-old Augustus watches about three hours of television per day. Research reveals that Augustus is likely to accumulate _____ percent __________ body fat than children devoting 1.75 hours per day to television.

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20; less.

20; more.

40; less.

40; more.

Question 17The _________ classroom has become increasingly pronounced as a result of the U.S. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

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Collectivist.

Authoritative.

Traditional.

Constructivist.

Question 18The experience of going to school seems to:

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Delay mastery of conservation.

Promote mastery of Piagetian tasks.

Delay mastery of transitive inference.

Speed up the continuum of acquisition.

Question 19Which of the following approaches is likely to be seen in a Vygotskian classroom?

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Opportunities for active participation.

An emphasis on teacher-directed instruction.

Activities developed to foster peer collaboration.

Learning experiences designed to promote independent exploration.

Question 20Preschoolers’ understanding that sugar continues to exist when it is dissolved in water is evidence that they:

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Can overcome appearances and think logically in familiar contexts.

Can think logically even about unfamiliar topics.

Are incapable of logical thought, as Piaget asserted.

Do not understand cause-and-effect relationships.