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131. Which of the following is not a good example of dramatic play? a. imitation of a parent’s behavior b. reading a book c. pretending to be a clown d. role playing the role of “teacher” 132. Sara and James are 2 years old and are playing near each other. Sara is pretending to be a princess, while James is pretending to be a fireman. According to the text, what type of play are they engaging in? a. dramatic play b. selfish play c. cooperative play d. egocentric play 133. The text suggests that children benefit from playing with other children who are older and younger than they are. Why? a. Older children can model for younger children, providing scaffolding. b. Older children teach rules of discipline better than same-age children. c. Younger children allow children to escape reality, thereby fostering dramatic play. d. Younger children help older children practice their language skills better than same-age children. 134. The text describes an experiment where 3- and 5-year-old children were shown two objects that were identical except one was red and the other was blue. The children were then given one of the objects that was inside a tube so the child could feel, but not see, it. This experiment is one that was devised to test the concept of: a. animism b. the mountain problem c. the theory of mind d. automaticity 135. Suppose that young children are asked what is most likely to be inside a small dog cage. They say “a dog.” When they look inside, they see a chicken. To test the children’s theory of mind, what would they likely be asked next? a. What color is a chicken? b. What do chickens and dogs have in common? c. If your friend came in the room and was asked what was in the dog cage, what would he guess? d. Which would make a better pet, a dog or a chicken? 136 According to the text, which of the following groups of 3- to 5-year-old children would be most likely to have difficulty solving theory of mind problems? a. children who were raised in collectivist cultures, such as Japan b. children who were raised in individualist cultures, such as the United States c. children with schizophrenia d. children who had not attended preschool 137. Juan and Maria move to the United States from Mexico, where they begin school. From their first day, they are placed in an English-speaking classroom in which no Spanish is spoken. This method of teaching a second language would best exemplify which of the following models? a. immersion b. English as a Second Language c. two-way bilingual education d. trial-by-fire language learning 138. Jack’s family moves to Japan, where he attends a school in which most of the instruction is done in both English and Japanese, which he learns to use as he plays with other children. This type of instruction is best thought of as an example of: a. immersion language learning b. two-way bilingual education c. the “English as a Second Language” approach d. the symbolic-social pyramid approach