Just 10 multiple-choice questions!!!

1 Vygotsky proposed that development occurs as a series of stages that differ in how the world is understood

true

false

2 Which theorist advanced the notion of assimilation and accommodation as a way of understanding children’s development

J. Piaget

S. Freud

L. Vygotsky

E. Erikson

3 Which theorist emphasizes the importance of language in children’s thinking and social interactions

L. Vygotsky

All of the above

E. Erikson

S. Freud

4 Which of the following are associated with preoperational development, according to Piaget?

Emergence of symbolic thought

Lack of conservation

all of the above

Egocentrism

5 ________ represents the understanding that objects exist independent of one’s actions

Conservation

Synaptic pruning

Object permanence

Schemes

6 Schematic development is what a child can do by interacting with another person, but can’t do alone

false

true

7 _______ is when nerve cells are covered and insulated to increase information traveling through the nervous system

none of the above

lateralization

synapses

mylineation

8 During the representaitonal forms stage, children first begin to discover basic forms in their process of scribbling

false

true

9 Which of the following statements are true about early childhood physical development

all of the above

Girls continue to be slightly shorter and lighter than boys

Growth is much faster than the preceding years

Children’s balance begins to shorten from previous years

10 Assimilation is a process developed by Vygotsy and used to explain what happens when children process information

True

False