Child Development and Learning Review Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental principles and theories of child development and their implications for learning from birth through adolescence. Students will examine physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development, considering both typical and atypical patterns. The course emphasizes the influence of family, culture, and environment on learning, developmentally appropriate practices, and the role of educators and caregivers in supporting childrens growth. Through observation, analysis, and practical applications, students will gain insights into fostering positive learning experiences and environments that optimize childrens developmental potential.
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Teaching Young Children An Introduction 6th Edition by Michael L. Henniger
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Chapter 1: Overview of the Profession
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Q1) The Association for Childhood Education International is the largest and most influential professional organization for early childhood educators.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The "multiage classroom" refers to:
A)classrooms that serve preschool and kindergarten only
B)classrooms that are found in multiple school sites
C)classrooms in which two or three grades are grouped together for instruction
D)classrooms in which four groups of young children are combined
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is a common element of a center-based toddler schedule?
A)water play
B)music,stories,finger plays
C)outdoor play
D)sensory activities
E)all of the above
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Historical Contexts
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Q1) The Open-Air Nursery can be characterized by all of the following except A)emphasized indoor play and no outdoor play.
B)gardening,sandbox play,building with scraps of materials.
C)bathing,clean clothes,healthy meals,medical and dental care.
D)facilitated emotional development.
Answer: A
Q2) All of the following are stages of Freud's psychosexual development except
A)the oral stage,0 to 1 year olds,exploring through sucking on things.
B)the anal stage,1 to 3 year olds,pleasure through independent elimination.
C)the symbolic stage,5 to 11 year olds,control of sexual urges by socializing with same-sex peers.
D)the latency stage,5 to 11 year olds,control of sexual urges by socializing with same-sex peers.
E)the genital stage,11+ years of age,interest in opposite sex.
Answer: C
Q3) What childhood experiences did Dr.Joe L.Frost use to become a leading proponent of play during his career?
Answer: Joe Frost is a proponent of the importance of outdoor play for young children.
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Chapter 3: Early Childhood Program Models
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Q1) High/Scope cannot be successfully used with infants and toddlers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The environment of a Reggio Emilia classroom is all of the following except:
A)designed to foster communication and relationships.
B)full of children's own work.
C)discovery-oriented.
D)attractive to all adults.
Answer: D
Q3) Centers in Montessori classrooms include the following materials:
A)play materials
B)daily living materials
C)realistic materials
D)pretend materials
Answer: B
Q4) Three main theoretical foundations form the basis for the Bank Street program.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Understanding How a Child Develops and Learns
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Q1) ___ is one of the stages a child goes through based on Erikson's psychosocial theory.
A)Attachment versus Separation,ages 0-2
B)Shame versus Happiness,ages 2 and 3
C)Industry versus Inferiority,ages 6-12
D)Habituation versus Boredom,ages 3-5
Q2) Children who are egocentric have a difficult time seeing things from any perspective other than their own.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of human development.
Q4) The stage referred to as trust versus mistrust pertains to
A)preschool children's ability to separate from their families at the child care center.
B)a preschooler's ability to take the initiative in planning for his own play experiences.
C)toddlers' acquisition of communication skills.
D)infants' acquisition of a reliable relationship with consistent caring parents or care providers.
Q5) Describe the positive aspects of the attachment relationship.
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Chapter 5: Play in Childhood
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Q1) Adults can guide children's play in all of the following ways except A)parallel play.
B)co-playing.
C)play inference.
D)play tutoring.
Q2) The primary cognitive play type of infants and toddlers is:
A)construction play.
B)functional play.
C)solitary play.
D)parallel play.
Q3) It is often difficult to convince others of the value of play.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Dramatic play is an important foundation for later academic learning.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the surplus energy theory of play?
Q6) Choose one area of child development (cognitive,social,emotional,language,physical)and describe how play facilitates that component of the child's life.Use examples to highlight the points you make.
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Chapter 6: Guiding Young Children
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Q1) Early childhood professionals can define the limits of acceptable behavior by
A)ignoring attention-getting behavior.
B)dissuading children from understanding the difference between social behaviors that are acceptable and those which are not.
C)setting and consistently applying program rules.
D)making daily decisions about what is acceptable and not acceptable based on personal judgment.
Q2) Early learning professionals can help children become more prosocial by:
A)emphasizing cooperation rather than competition.
B)teaching cooperative and conflict-resolution games and sports.
C)lead discussions that promote prosocial behaviors.
D)all of the above.
Q3) Adults can help children deal with teasing and bullying by doing all of the following except:
A)promote competitive games.
B)talk about teasing and bullying.
C)involve families in the process.
D)intervene early and regularly.
Q4) What is active listening?
Q5) Define the term I-message and give an effective example.
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Chapter 7: Diversity and Young Children
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Q1) One very useful adult interaction to help a child to engage in a specific skill and include verbal,gestural,modeling or physical assistance is called _____________.
A)promoting
B)modeling
C)prompting
D)proximity
Q2) IFSP stands for Individualized Family Standard Practices.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Inappropriate responses to diversity include all of the following except A)ignoring diversity.
B)talking only about similarities.
C)exposing children to diversity.
D)using only a tourist-multicultural-curriculum approach.
Q4) What is the tourist approach to diversity issues?
Q5) What three components of spirituality are important to include in religiously diverse early learning settings?
Q6) Describe strategies you could use to create a positive learning environment for English language learners.
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Chapter 8: Planning the Physical Environment: Indoors
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Q1) In addition to books,the literacy center can include all of the following except:
A)watercolors for illustrating stories.
B)a listening center.
C)notebooks with paper and pens.
D)magnetic board letters.
Q2) Accidents can be prevented when teachers do all of the following except
A)keep the physical environment organized.
B)carefully prepare the early childhood setting with attention to electrical outlets,stoves,air-circulating fans and climbing equipment.
C)store hazardous materials,such as cleaning agents and insecticides,and medicines in low,floor-level cabinets.
D)demonstrate safe use of equipment.
Q3) What are the similarities between infant/toddler,preschool,and primary environments? What are the differences?
Q4) Early care and education professionals should avoid creating personal spaces for themselves in the learning environment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Planning the Physical Environment: Outdoors
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Q1) What would be an example of an outdoor prop box?
Q2) Prop boxes can have important benefits when used on the playground.One benefit would be
A)additional props discourage dramatic play outdoors.
B)prop boxes maintain consistency,without confusing children with change in the outdoor setting.
C)prop boxes add to the many play options outdoors.
D)they can only be used outdoors.
Q3) One of the problems associated with playground safety,according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Frost & Henniger,1979),is
A)a lack of signage in and around the playground equipment.
B)that equipment on many playgrounds was not appropriate to the developmental abilities of children.
C)the lack of color on the playground equipment.
D)available square footage for each child was below the standard.
Q4) Inadequate surfacing under and around playground equipment causes the greatest number of injuries.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum
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Q1) What is the difference between informal and formal observations of children?
Q2) What is the purpose of a curriculum web?
Q3) What is an anecdotal record?
Q4) Short-term plans are
A)directions for several weeks,months,or even the entire school year.
B)general plans.
C)weekly and daily plans that identify the activities in which children will be engaged.
D)a flexible framework for building a more specific curriculum as the year progresses.
Q5) James plays with toys that encourage the development of his senses.He enjoys using rattles,textured balls,and teddy bears that make sounds when he squeezes them.James relies on the strong relationship with his caregiver to meet his every need.He is in a program for ____-age children.
A)primary
B)infant/toddler
C)preschool
D)secondary
Q6) What is a portfolio?
Q7) Describe two curriculum goals appropriate in an early childhood setting.
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Chapter 11: Health and Wellness
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Q1) The best way to encourage smaller portion sizes for children and adults is to A)eat at fast food restaurants.
B)drink water with meals.
C)use paper plates and bowls.
D)use smaller plates and bowls.
Q2) Safety education includes all of the following issues,except A)environmental risks.
B)accidents.
C)nutrition.
D)child abuse and neglect.
Q3) Michael Pollan,author of several popular food books,encourages us to A)eat foods with limited additives.
B)eat more processed foods.
C)increase our daily intake of salt.
D)increase our daily intake of sugar.
Q4) According to the text,good medical and dental care is commonplace in many households.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How can healthy adults impact young children?
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Chapter 12: Supporting Emotional and Social Development
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Q1) Is it really necessary to teach social skills? Why or why not? Give specific examples to back up the position you take.
Q2) Smiling,a pat on the shoulder,and a hug are forms of encouragement.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the three dimensions of self-concept?
A)Competence
B)Worth
C)Intellect
D)Control
Q4) Conflict resolution is an effective approach to guiding young children's social interactions.The High/Scope program has created a six-step method for adults who work with children
A)birth to age 3.
B)18 months to 6 years.
C)3 years to 6 years.
D)5 years to 8 years.
Q5) How can early care and education professionals help children build "emotional literacy" skills? Give specific examples.
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Chapter 13: Mathematics,science,and Social Studies
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Q1) Problem solving refers to a child's ability to
A)examine data critically and determine what is useful in making specific decisions and what is not.
B)recognize and then solve problems that come the child's way.
C)organize and categorize information.
D)love learning.
Q2) The constructivist approach does not suggest that children
A)build or construct their own understanding of the world through activities based on personal interest.
B)manipulate real-world objects.
C)develop physical skills to better understand the world.
D)interact with people around them.
Q3) Young children have difficulty learning and using terms such as rhombus,ellipse,cube,and numeral.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What should social studies learning in the early care and education classroom consist of? Give specific examples in your answer.
Q5) What is a home learning task?
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Chapter 14: The Creative Arts
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Q1) The Task Force on Children's Learning and the Arts (Bruce,1998)suggests creative experiences do all of the following except
A)motivate and engage children in passive learning.
B)stimulate memory.
C)facilitate understanding.
D)enhance symbolic communication.
Q2) Affective development refers to
A)social skills.
B)emotional development.
C)cognitive growth.
D)cultural understandings.
Q3) Art activities for infants and toddlers
A)are inappropriate because of safety issues.
B)might include paper,glue,scissors,crayons,and paint.
C)might include pudding and play dough.
D)Might include straw painting and crayon shavings.
Q4) What four central elements should be included in the early childhood art curriculum?
Q5) Give one example of a valuable musical activity for infants/toddlers.
Q6) How can music be used to teach cognitive concepts in an early childhood program?
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Chapter 15: Technology and Young Children
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Q1) When selecting computer software,you should make sure it
A)has extensive written instructions.
B)requires minimal adult instruction.
C)is complex in design.
D)has limited verbal/pictorial instructions.
Q2) Give an example of preschool children's developmental readiness for computer use.
Q3) Families and educators have concerns over video game use because children
A)spend a lot of time watching and playing video games.
B)get ideas for creative writing.
C)learn prosocial skills from video game characters.
D)develop skills needed to cooperate and positively interact with others.
Q4) A website for your early childhood program can be useful for
A)sharing individual children's assessment scores.
B)giving specific feedback to families about homework assignments.
C)sharing the calendar of events for the week or month.
D)sharing your views on politics and religion.
Q5) What are the three roles for caregivers and teachers as they interact with children using computers?
Q6) Describe one benefit of educational television programs.
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