PECT PREk-4 Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Graded A 2024
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According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things with symbols?
a. between birth and 6 months
b. between 6 and 12 months
c. between 12 and 18 months
d. between 18 and 24 months -Answer- between 18 and 24 months
A toddler sees a large brown dog and says, ...
PECT PREk-4 Exam Study Guide
Questions and Answers Graded A 2024
According to Piaget's theory, in what age range do children begin representing things
with symbols?
a. between birth and 6 months
b. between 6 and 12 months
c. between 12 and 18 months
d. between 18 and 24 months -Answer- ✔between 18 and 24 months
A toddler sees a large brown dog and says, "Moo!" This is an example of:
a. Egocentrism
b. Equilibrium
c. Accommodation
d. Assimilation -Answer- ✔Assimilation
According to Piaget's theory, the term conservation means which of these? -Answer-
✔The idea that amounts/ numbers are the same regardless of shape or appearance.
When a young child believes his/ her thoughts caused something external to happen,
which is the most specific Piagetian term to describe this phenomenon?
a. Animism
b. Centration
c. Egocentrism
d. Magical thinking -Answer- ✔magical thinking
In which of the six stages of art growth and development do children begin to develop a
visual schema?
a. Scribble
b. Preschematic
c. Schematic
d. Dawning realism -Answer- ✔Preschematic
Which of the following is most effective for teaching pre-math and manipulative skills to
preschool children? -Answer- ✔Giving them solid objects to manipulate physically
At what age do children typically undergo the second of three periods of language/
communication development?
a. from 0- 6 months
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b. from 6-18 months
c. from 8-12 months
d. from 18-24 months -Answer- ✔from 6-18 months
Which of the following is most typical of the language development of a two- year old? -
Answer- ✔Using at least two pronouns correctly
Which of the these is more typical of the language development of a two to three year
old than a preschooler? -Answer- ✔Expressing opinions/ preferences
Which of these is correct about one-on-one vs. group conversations between adults and
young children? -Answer- ✔adults can better elicit children's abstract idea
comprehension one on one
Which of the following teacher actions is most effective for fostering greater depth of
preschoolers' comprehension of word meanings? -Answer- ✔giving multiple definitions
and examples of new words
What is correct about how teachers can support young children's language
development when the children tell stories? -Answer- ✔Storytelling permits young
children to exercise their powers of imagination
What is the most typical age for children to understand common opposites like big/little,
hot/cold, etc? -Answer- ✔Five years old
According to Roger Brown's (1973) stage I sentence types, which of these is classified
under "Operations of Reference"? -Answer- ✔A negation
In Brown's (1973) Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development , which of
these age ranges is associated with what he designated as Stage I? -Answer- ✔12-26
months
A child who correctly uses irregular past tenses of verbs, e.g. went, fell, froze, etc.,
would be in which of Roger Brown's Stages of Syntactic and Morphological
Development? -Answer- ✔Stage III
According to Roger Brown, a child who indicates the regular plural by saying "My toys"
is in which of his Stages of Syntactical and Morphological Development? -Answer-
✔Stage II
When characterizing young children, what did Vygotsky mean by the term "private
speech" that he coined? -Answer- ✔Speaking aloud to themselves during activities
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