Child Development Mock Exam
Course Introduction
Child Development is an interdisciplinary course that examines the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social growth of children from conception through adolescence. Students explore major theories of development, the impact of family, culture, and environment on developmental trajectories, and typical versus atypical development. Through analysis of scientific research and practical case studies, the course enables students to understand the complex processes that shape children's behaviors, abilities, and identities, providing a foundation for careers in education, psychology, healthcare, and related fields.
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Children Play and Development 4th Edition by Fergus P. Hughes
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Chapter 1: Historical and Theoretical Viewpoints
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Q1) According to the cognitive-developmental theorist_____________, play is the dominance of assimilation over accommodation.
Answer: Jean Piaget
Q2) American Behaviorists such as John Watson viewed play as a(n)
A) useless waste of time.
B) means of bringing about social reform.
C) example of operant conditioning.
D) form of behavior disorder.
E) necessary evil.
Answer: B
Q3) The French attitude toward children's play has always been to A) condemn it as sinful.
B) ignore it.
C) encourage it in children as well as adults.
D) punish it severely.
E) accept it casually.
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Ethological and Cultural Perspectives
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Q1) In Farver and Shin's (1997) study of the play of Korean-American children in preschool settings, it was found that, compared to Anglo-Americans, these children
A) begin to play at an earlier age.
B) engage in a greater amount of rough-and-tumble play.
C) are particularly interested in creative play materials, such as clay and paints.
D) spend most of their day in quiet solitary play.
E) involve themselves less often in social pretend play.
Answer: E
Q2) Like human play, the play of animals is characterized by aggression and by an element of __________.
Answer: pretense
Q3) One of the intriguing features of animal play, particularly that of mammals, is the frequency with which it contains elements of ________.
Answer: aggression
Q4) Play in animals is related not only to their phylogenetic position, but also to the extent to which they must adapt to their _____ _______.
Answer: peer groups
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Chapter 3: The First 2 Years of Life
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Q1) By the age of _______ months, children are beginning to play games without any adult structuring at all.
Answer: eighteen
Q2) Nearly all of the symbolic play episodes that mothers initiate are intended to educate the child in some way or to control the child's behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) When a baby accidentally discovers an interesting sensory or motor experi?ence related to its own body, enjoys it, and later repeats it, we call this a tertiary circular reaction.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) By the age of five months, a child will look at the individual pictures in a book. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The Preschool Years: From 2 to 5
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Q1) If a play space for children is small, there is _______________ than occurs in a large open play space.
A) more rough-and-tumble play
B) less physical contact
C) more running around
D) more quiet, focused activity
E) less creative play
Q2) According to Mildren Parten, the lowest level of play is _______ play.
Q3) If a preschool child were stable, predictable, reliable, and cooperative, the chances are that this child is not younger than _____ year(s) old.
A) three
B) two
C) four
D) five
E) one
Q4) Children who are malnourished are less playful than those who have adequate diets.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Play in Later Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) The fitness benefits of children's sports vary considerably depending on the sport in question.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements about the use of video games by children and teenagers is not true?
A) Boys are more likely than girls to neglect their responsibilities in order to play video games.
B) Nearly half of all teenagers play so often that they could be described as addicted to video games.
C) Most children who go to video arcades go there primarily to "hang out" and meet their friends.
D) Boys play more often than girls, and for longer periods of time. True-False
Q3) Describe the general characteristics of the school-age child in terms of (a) a need for order, (b) a need to belong, and (c) a need for industry.
Q4) Most people in the United States who play computer games are between the ages of _______ and _______.
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Chapter 6: Gender Differences in Play
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Q1) Girls tend to play in large groups, while boys are more likely to play with just one or two friends.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the research evidence in support of the belief that cultural factors are responsible for gender differences in toy preference.
Q3) Boys with the strongest preference for masculine-stereotyped toys demonstrate superior performance on tasks requiring spa?tial skills and score higher on _________ and _________ achievement tests.
Q4) Children only gradually develop an awareness of gender, and they engage in gender-appropriate activities because these are consistent with their emerging gender concept. This is a basic premise of _________ theory.
A) learning
B) reinforcement
C) cognitive-developmental
D) psychoanalytic
E) social learning
Q5) In fantasy play, girls are more willing than boys to play ___________ roles.
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Chapter 7: Play in Special Populations
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Q1) The period of the greatest expansion of hospital play programs in the United States occurred during the
A) late 1800's and early 1900's.
B) 1980's.
C) 1960's and 1970's.
D) 1930's.
E) 1850's and 1860's.
Q2) Children with cognitive deficits seem to be interested in the ________ rather than the ___________ characteristics of objects.
Q3) Describe some of the emotional reactions of hospitalized children that indicate that a hospital stay can be a highly stressful experience. What is there about hospitalization that is so stressful for many children?
Q4) A "theory of mind" refers to the ability to recognize the faulty logic in one's own thinking.
A)True
B)False
Q5) You have been asked to suggest a list of play materials for use in a hospital play program. What materials would you recommend, and why?
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Chapter 8: Play and Intellectual Development
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Q1) The ability to branch out from a starting point and consider a variety of possible solutions to a problem is known as
A) hypothetical reasoning.
B) decontextualization.
C) convergent thinking.
D) intelligence.
E) divergent thinking.
Q2) The relationship between play and divergent thinking is both complex and ____________.
Q3) Toys that have different functions have been found to contribute in different ways to children's intellectual growth. Describe four categories of toys and indicate which aspects of intellectual functioning each is most likely to facilitate.
Q4) Babbling can be thought of as a form of infant play.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Divergent problem solving has been related to performance on conventional intelligence and classroom tests.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: The Social Benefits of Play
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Q1) Even by the age of _____, some children are already well liked by their peers, while others are not.
Q2) When her pupils are at play, what clues might tell a kindergarten teacher that a particular child is having social interaction difficulties? What cautions should she or he observe in interpreting the child's play behavior?
Q3) Which is not a predictor of the sophistication of a child's ability to assume the roles and viewpoints of other people?
A) level of development
B) intelligence
C) child-rearing practices
D) parental styles of discipline
E) gender
Q4) The most typical form of musical experience for preschool children is
A) listening to music.
B) group singing.
C) rhythms.
D) playing musical instruments.
Q5) Parent-child physical play may help the child learn to ________ the emotional states of another person.
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Chapter 10: The Uses of Play in Therapy
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Q1) Transference refers to the ability of patients in psychoanalytic therapy to speak openly about anything on their minds at a given moment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the technique of "play analysis" that was practiced by Melanie Klein in terms of (a) the physical environment in which the therapy took place, (b) the specific procedures that were followed, and (c) the therapist's assumptions about the meaning of play for children.
Q3) Melanie Klein was more likely to use interpretation in her therapy with children than was Anna Freud.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Anna Freud believed that she could work effectively with a child even if that child had no motivation to bring about change.
A)True B)False
Q5) What are the limits that are usually established in non-directive therapy with children, and why are these limits seen as necessary?
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