Chapter 5

Question 1

Trina wants her eggs sunny side up and her babysitter made over easy. Trina cried until her babysitter realized that Trina’s mother specifically said “sunny side up” in the instructions. This is an example of ___.

Answer 1

Just Right

Question 2

This place is responsible for planning, coordination or thinking, social awareness, language, focusing one’s attention and carving one’s impulses is called ___.

Answer 2

Pre-frontal Cortex

Question 3

This speeds up thinking process

Answer 3

Myelination

Question 4

This phenomenon explains why many 3 year olds cannot stay quietly on one task, even in “circle time” in preschool. where each child is told to sit in place, not talking or touching anyone else.

Answer 4

Preservation

Question 5

Sleep becomes more regular, emotions become more settle, decrease in tantrums. This is all due to development in the ____.

Answer 5

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 6

A long thick band of nerve fibers that connects the left and right sides of the brain is called the ___.

Answer 6

Corpus Callosum

Question 7

The right side of the brain controls what side of the body?

Answer 7

Left

Question 8

Perceptual tasks, emotions, creativity, and appreciation music, art, and poetry can be found on what side of the brain?

Answer 8

Right

Question 9

Language, logical reasoning, detailed analysis, and mathematical reason can be found what side of the brain?

Answer 9

Left

Question 10

The idea that you can balance your brain by tapping your scalp is called ___.

Answer 10

Pseudoscience

Question 11

The use of the proper side of the brain for a specific task is known as ___.

Answer 11

Lateralization

Question 12

The major part of the brain for emotions is called ____.

Answer 12

The Limbic System

Question 13

A child may refuse to enter an elevator or may hide when it thunders. This describes which structure?

Answer 13

Amygdala

Question 14

A child can remember whether previous elevator riding was scary or fun. This describes which structure?

Answer 14

Hippocampus

Question 15

Responds to from the amygdala and from the hippocampus by producing cortisol and other hormones that activate parts of the brain and body.

Answer 15

Hypothalamus

Question 16

The brain can adapt which means the brain is ___.

Answer 16

Plastic

Question 17

In this stage, Piaget says thought is intuitive rather than logical, children can use symbols which is important for language, and operational thinking is not yet possible.

Answer 17

Pre Operational Thought

Question 18

This represent actions symbolically, think beyond to future, and consider several possibilities at the same time.

Answer 18

Language

Question 19

The ability to use symbols words or object to represent something that is not physically present.

Answer 19

Symbolic Thought

Question 20

Many children’s stories include animals or objects that talk and listen explains ___.

Answer 20

Animism

Question 21

Young children may, insist that Daddy is a father, not a brother. This is an example of ___.

Answer 21

Centration

Question 22

A 3 year old who chose to buy a model car as a birthday present for his mother is an example of ___.

Answer 22

Egocentrism

Question 23

A girl given a short hair cut might worry that she has turned into a boy is an example of ____.

Answer 23

Focus on Appearance

Question 24

A child may not be able to imagine their parents were ever children is an example of ___.

Answer 24

Static Reasoning

Question 25

A child might cry because their mom put lettuce on their sandwich. Overwhelmed by her desire to have things done just right she might reject the food even after the lettuce is removed this is an example of ___.

Answer 25

Irreversibility

Question 26

Suppose two identical glasses contain the same amount of milk, and the milk from one of these glasses is poured into a taller, narrower glass. If young children are asked whether one glass contains more or both glasses contain the same amount, they will insist that the narrower glass has more. This is an example of ___.

Answer 26

Conservation

Question 27

Who conducted a conservation study and found that children know more than Piaget said and it depends on how the question is worded?

Answer 27

McGarrigle and Donaldson

Question 28

This egocentric study conducted by Piaget found that children cannot think in someone else’s perspective.

Answer 28

Mountain Task

Question 29

This explains why a child hide and you can see their feet but they think they are covered.

Answer 29

Egocentrism

Question 30

This person who conducted a egocentric study called the Policeman task found that when children were practicing or playing it like a game they got better

Answer 30

Hughes

Question 31

Who underestimated the competence of younger children

Answer 31

Piaget

Question 32

Who was the alternate to Piaget and focused at the social aspect

Answer 32

Vygotsky

Question 33

Stacey can almost ride her bike but not independently is an example of __.

Answer 33

Zone of Proximal Development

Question 34

Stacey gets on the bike and daddy pushes her until she is able to ride on her own is an example of ___.

Answer 34

Scaffolding

Question 35

A child struggles to leave out the door to the leave the building. This child saw a teenager tapping the door then pushed the door to step out. The child then taps the door and then pushes the door to step out. This is an example of ___.

Answer 35

Overimitation

Question 36

Hammers, forks, knives, and computers are examples of ___.

Answer 36

Real Tools

Question 37

Numbers, language, that help us communicate, think, solve problems, organize our world and create knowledge is called ___.

Answer 37

Symbol systems

Question 38

The most powerful tool is ____.

Answer 38

Language

Question 39

This helps us plan actions, remember information, solve problems, and organize behavior.

Answer 39

Language

Question 40

Louis is always talking to himself and thinking out loud this is an example of ___.

Answer 40

Private Speech

Question 41

What would Piaget call private speech?

Answer 41

Egocentrism

Question 42

A child tells her mother that breast are for feeding babies this is an example of ___.

Answer 42

Theory-theory

Question 43

A child can predict that another child who wants a cookie will go to the cookie jar is an example of ___.

Answer 43

Theory of mind

Question 44

This school encourages each child’s creativity in a carefully designed setting.

Answer 44

Reggio Emilia

Question 45

This school emphasizes careful work and tasks that each young can do.

Answer 45

Montessori Schools