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PSYCH 350 Midterm Exam 2 – Questions & Correct Answers
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PSYCH 350 Midterm Exam 2 – Questions & CorrectAnswers
The frontal lobes develop: ✔️Ans - slowly; they let people consider
options and inhibit immediate responses
Synaptogenesis refers to the process of ✔️Ans - making billions of
connections between neurons
The name for a system of grammatical rules in language is ✔️Ans - syntax
Jeremy's mother asks her son where he put his new tractor. Jeremy replies,
"My tractor is sleeping." Jeremy is showing signs of _____, and he is probably
_____. ✔️Ans - animism; in preschool
The top-ranking children's health issue in the developing world is _____; in
the developed world it's _____. ✔️Ans - undernutrition; obesity
The hallmark of ADHD is deficits in ✔️Ans - executive functions.
_____ is the essential ability that lets humans relate to other people in a
give-and-take way. ✔️Ans - Theory of mind
Mrs. Taylor gives help to her class when needed and then backs off when a
student masters a given skill. Mrs Taylor is using a teaching technique
called: ✔️Ans - scaffolding
The talents involved in drawing or writing letters are _____skills. ✔️Ans -
fine motor
Overregularization shows an incorrect knowledge of _____, while
overextensions show that the child doesn't understand _____. ✔️Ans -
plurals and past tenses; word meanings
Adolescents use ______ memories to construct an identity. ✔️Ans -
autobiographical
, As a new elementary school teacher, Chloe is trying to figure out how to be
a more effective scaffolder. Which recommendation would NOT help her?
✔️Ans - Stick to the recommended curriculum for every child
Which term refers to young children's belief that everything in nature was
created by humans? ✔️Ans - artificialism
Piaget's concept of egocentrism means that young children are ✔️Ans -
unable to consider another's point of view.
Simon and Rhonda are both 8 years old. Statistically speaking, Simon is:
✔️Ans - roughly the same size as Rhonda.
Nine-year-old Nanette realizes that she is not a scholar, but she is a star
athlete, which is the life domain she really cares about. Nancy most likely
has: ✔️Ans - high self-esteem.
Tawanda uses induction when disciplining her child. After witnessing her
daughter teasing a playmate, she says: ✔️Ans - "Think of how terrible
that child feels being teased."
Children in the West base their self-esteem on all of these factors EXCEPT:
✔️Ans - organizational abilities
When a person feels guilty, that person is motivated to: ✔️Ans -
reconnect with others
Boys' play is defined by ✔️Ans - high-energy competition and the effort
to establish dominance in large groups.
Children who bully others, get bullied, and then bully others again are
✔️Ans - bully-victims.
Which child is MOST likely to be rejected by his or her peers? ✔️Ans - a
low-income child in a middle-class school
The capacity to manage one's feelings is called ✔️Ans - emotion
regulation
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