Which of these is the best example of a child's lack of conservation?
A. Ten-year-old Martha eats her lunch before she gets to school.
B. Seven-year-old Irene knows that five pennies is not more money than one nickel.
C. Four-year-old Dale is afraid of the trolls that live under his bed.
D. Three-year-old Jake thinks he has more cookies than his sister because his one cookie is broken into two pieces.
QUESTION 8
Which of these is the clearest example of a fine motor skill?
A. walking a straight line
B. jumping rope
C. cutting out a paper snowflake
D. sanding a board before painting it
QUESTION 9
It's been a long day and Mom is tidying up 3-year-old Ricky's room before putting him to bed. When Mom tosses all the action figures into the toy box, Ricky says, "No, Mommy! Don't do that! They'll get scared of the dark!" Ricky's behavior is an example of:
A. aritificialism
B. accommodation
C. identity confusion
D. animism
QUESTION 10
Self-esteem tends to decline during elementary school because children:
O can realistically compare their abilities to their peers.
O have reached the preoperational stage and are scared.
O are exposed to more discipline.
O have developed learned helplessness.
QUESTION 11
Which of these children has MOST LIKELY developed a theory of mind?
A. Miranda, who has recently begun to tell lies
B. Vinnie, who consistently falls for his big sister's trick of asking him which seat in the van he wants, and then takes it for herself
C. Zachary, who always believes what people tell him because he knows that lying is wrong
D. Heidi, who loves to tease her little cousin to the point of tears
QUESTION 12
Which of these teachers is using Vygotsky's concept of scaffolding?
A. Coach Hogan requires his gymnastics class to memorize all the elements of aerial back flips before allowing them to practice on the mat
B. Ms. Caisse, the ballet teacher, dances in the front row until the students master the steps in the new number, then, she stands off to the side
C. Mr. Young teaches Isabella to play both the right-hand and left-hand parts of "Fur Elise" at the same time, to insure that the piece will flow
D. Mr. Decarolis runs a contest for his students to design their ideal playground equipment