Child Development Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Child Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social growth of children from infancy through adolescence. This course examines major theoretical perspectives, such as those proposed by Piaget, Vygotsky, and Erikson, and discusses milestones and variations in development. Students will analyze the impact of biological factors, family, culture, and broader social contexts on child development, while also considering issues such as attachment, language acquisition, learning, identity formation, and the role of play. The course integrates current research findings and practical applications, preparing students to better understand and support the developmental needs of children.
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Art and Creative Development for Young Children 8th Edition by J. Englebright Fox
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Chapter 1: Understanding Creativity
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Q1) Stereotypical sex roles may provide obstacles to children's creativity by:
A) encouraging children's optimal development as individuals.
B) encouraging the involvement of boys in quiet expressive activities.
C) encouraging the involvement of girls in reactive manipulative experiences.
D) expecting boys to be active and independent and girls to be passive and dependent.
Answer: D
Q2) All of the following can be potential obstacles to creativity except:
A) parents.
B) environmental experiences.
C) sex roles.
D) society, culture, and tradition.
Answer: B
Q3) List the six different ways to explain creativity.
Answer: attitude; process; product; skill; set of personality traits; set of environmental conditions
Q4) Parents of creative children encourage their independence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Creative Thinking
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Q1) A child's intelligence fluctuates throughout life depending on:
A) who the child is with.
B) the environment and chemical reactions in the body.
C) the nature of the activity in which the child is participating.
D) the curriculum used in early childhood.
Answer: B
Q2) To facilitate creativity, the daily schedule should be divided into short blocks of time.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Children who do not have opportunities to engage in convergent thinking will:
A) quickly develop the abilities needed for divergent thinking.
B) become conforming individuals.
C) lack access to a core body of knowledge needed for school success.
D) realize their creative potential.
Answer: C
Q4) Explain what the term "whole learning" means in an early childhood classroom.
Answer: The response should mention that curriculum should balance learning goals and activities between the two hemispheres of the brain.
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Chapter 3: Creative Experiences
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Q1) Which of the following is not a developmentally appropriate music experience for a two-year-old child?
A) bouncing up and down to music
B) experimenting with household items to make different sounds
C) listening to his or her favorite songs over and over
D) participating in call and response songs
Answer: D
Q2) The five different categories of play described in the textbook include all of the following except:
A) physical play.
B) cognitive play.
C) constructive play with blocks.
D) games.
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following describes the progression of children's singing?
A) tagging on, listening, joining in, independent singing
B) listening, tagging on, joining in, independent singing
C) listening, tagging on, improvising, independent singing
D) listening, echoing, tagging on, improvising
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Art and the Developing Child
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Q1) According to Vygotsky, language plays a critical role in the formation of a child's mind because:
A) it is the way that children externalize their thinking.
B) when children externalize their thinking through language, they receive feedback from adults.
C) it is a major vehicle for communication and is socially based.
D) it is interpersonal and dynamic.
Q2) List the five characteristics that make young children particularly vulnerable to hazardous art materials.
Q3) How does physical knowledge affect art?
A) Children must have fine and gross motor skills to participate in art activities.
B) Children engage in art activities in close physical proximity to each other.
C) Children construct physical knowledge as they explore art materials and media.
D) Children develop nonverbal communication skills, relying on their physical capabilities, during art activities.
Q4) List the differences in development and learning that result from heredity, environment, or their interaction.
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Chapter 5: Childrens Artistic Development
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Q1) Amanda folds, tears, and staples a sheet of scrap paper. She crumples it up and tosses it in the wastebasket on the way to lunch. Which of the following artistic terms matches this example?
A) product
B) content
C) motive
D) process
Q2) Tempera paints are:
A) transparent and allow for a layering of colors.
B) opaque and allow for muted, subdued colors.
C) transparent and allow for a smooth covering of intense color.
D) opaque and allow for a flat covering of intense color.
Q3) The stages of artistic development suggested by Lowenfeld and Brittain include:
A) scribbling, preschematic, schematic, dawning realism, pseudorealism, and artistic decision.
B) scribbling, placement, shape, design, and pictorial.
C) sensory motor, preoperational, preconceptual, intuitive, and conceptual.
D) manipulating the media; making shapes, outlines, designs, and symbols; pictorial art that is becoming recognizable; and realistic.
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Chapter 6: The Elements of Art
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Q1) tint
A)the purity of light reflected from a surface
B)the lightened value of any color made by adding white
C)the color name
D)the relative lightness or darkness of a hue
E)the darkened value of any color made by adding black
Q2) cube
A) circle
B) square
C) triangle
Q3) A pure unmixed color is a:
A) tint.
B) shade.
C) hue.
D) pigment.
Q4) Texture is a term appropriate to use in the critique of a(n):
A) one-dimensional object that has length or width.
B) two-dimensional object that has length and width.
C) three-dimensional object that has length, width, and depth.
D) object that encloses a space.
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Chapter 7: Aesthetics
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Q1) Describe the most effective way a teacher can demonstrate his/her inner beauty.
Q2) Which of the following would not typically be considered appropriate content in an artwork displayed for children?
A) families
B) conflict
C) expressions
D) pets and animals
Q3) Discussing the artwork in your classroom with children is an important part of supporting children's aesthetic development.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Each new learning experience results in the formation of new dendrites in a young child's brain.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Mirrors can be dangerous in an early childhood classroom and should not be included in the environment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Sensory Experiences
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Q1) Which of the following games/activities does not support visual learning?
A) soap bubbles
B) touching tour
C) I Spy
D) Memory
Q2) List the five senses Montessori (1967) added to the basic list of senses.
Q3) Which of the following senses best matches the descriptor of movement?
A) chromatic
B) thermic
C) sterognostic
D) kinesthetic
Q4) Which of the following senses best matches the descriptive term temperature?
A) baric
B) tactile
C) thermic
D) sterognostic
Q5) Most children and adults have one or more preferred sensory modes for learning.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List four reasons children may not have a highly developed gustatory sense.
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Chapter 9: The Complete Early Childhood Art Program
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Q1) Which of the following artists belong to the Impressionist style?
A) Rembrandt
B) Picasso
C) Paul Cezanne
D) Grandma Moses
Q2) Expressionism is based on:
A) the artist's experimentation with light and reflection.
B) the artist's expression of his/her culture through the elements of line, shape, and color.
C) the artist's attempt to express a magical, dreamlike world that is more intense than reality.
D) an expression of the artist's emotions and feelings.
Q3) naturalistic or realistic art
A)Children paint a person or animal on a smooth stone.
B)Encourage children to draw toys just as they are.
C)Children use straws to blow globs of paint around on paper.
D)Children make a mobile.
E)Children use markers to make a picture of different-colored dots.
F)Children make an outdoor painting by dabbing pain with an index finger
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Chapter 10: Child-Centered Art Versus Teacher-Directed Projects
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Q1) Weaving a placemat from paper strips.
A)art project (a)
B) craft project (c).
Q2) Children need to have novel art projects or varied art materials each day.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Arrange the three approaches to teaching art along a continuum of least to most teacher input.
Q4) Active participation in the learning process is needed for children to:
A) improve motor development.
B) form connections between what they already know and what they are learning.
C) understand abstract concepts.
D) develop advanced art skills.
Q5) In the art center, rules for behavior and the use of materials should be:
A) loosely structured with minimal consequences.
B) rigidly enforced because of safety issues.
C) posted and discussed so that children will understand and remember them.
D) dependent on the art activity being offered.
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Q6) List three circumstances which would warrant the implementation of a teacher-directed art project in the early childhood classroom.
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Chapter 11: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Art
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Q1) canned
A)missed opportunities for teachable moments
B)loosely planned curriculum based on the children's interests and activities
C)units and lessons taught by the teacher in previous years
D)teacher-proof
Q2) embalmed
A)missed opportunities for teachable moments
B)loosely planned curriculum based on the children's interests and activities
C)units and lessons taught by the teacher in previous years
D)teacher-proof
Q3) State-mandated curriculum standards:
A) outline the content that is to be taught in each content area at each grade level.
B) are accompanied by a scope and sequence that prescribes the order in which the standards are presented.
C) give direction or focus to what teachers do with children in public school classrooms.
D) all of the above
Q4) List the three components of early childhood curriculum development.
Q5) Identify the two major processes in implementing early childhood curriculum.
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Chapter 12: The Art Center 1
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Q1) Which of the following is not an example of assemblage?
A) taping paper cylinders to a box to make a castle
B) sculpting a bowl with clay
C) fastening two pieces of construction paper together by poking holes in each and threading and twisting pipe cleaners as fasteners
D) stacking and taping small boxes to make a robot
Q2) In social studies curriculum, making a mural is a good activity to:
A) introduce a topic or theme of study.
B) prepare children for a field trip or guest speaker.
C) wrap up or synthesize a topic's study or investigation.
D) further develop an idea for investigation.
Q3) Allowing others to explain a child's artwork is inappropriate because:
A) they may use vocabulary foreign to the child.
B) they may undermine the child's confidence in his/her ability to communicate through art.
C) the child is likely to resent an adult's involvement in his/her art.
D) adults usually don't understand children's artwork.
Q4) Activities with tempera paint can help children learn about science concepts related to . (2 words)
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Chapter 13: The Art Center 2
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Q1) Art activities designed to teach children about the elements of art should be assigned for children to complete in the art center.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Young children are most attracted to learning centers that facilitate independent learning through constructive play.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List the five criteria for an early childhood art center.
Q4) List the rules suggested for the early childhood art center.
Q5) Children should be allowed to choose whether they want to display their artwork or take it home.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List three suggestions for activities in the early childhood art center.
Q7) List the three R's that provide guidelines for providing materials in the early childhood art center.
Q8) Explain why it is important to periodically evaluate the art center in your classroom.
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Chapter 14: Art Experiences Through Technology
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Q1) Before allowing children to use computers, adults should assess their:
A) ego- and socio-centric thinking.
B) symbolic thinking.
C) fine motor dexterity.
D) understanding of real-world relationships.
Q2) Adult participation, support, and guidance are critical to children's successful computer experiences.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Computers provide opportunities for children to use their multiple intelligences.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List three suggestions for teachers and parents who want to provide appropriate computer experiences for young children.
Q5) Brain research tells us that technology experiences can help children learn about society and themselves.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Roles, Responses, and Strategies to Support
Childrens Art
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Q1) It is important for early childhood teachers to think in artistic ways.
A)True
B)False
Q2) During art group time, children can learn:
A) art-related vocabulary.
B) to discuss each other's creative work.
C) to share art materials.
D) to make artistic decisions.
Q3) Young children will stay involved in art activities for longer periods of time when:
A) adults do not interfere.
B) an adult is present and engaged.
C) the teacher provides new tools and media.
D) another child is engaged and enthusiastic about the activities.
Q4) Art dictation should always be written on the child's artwork.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List the six questions an observer should ponder when viewing a child's artwork.
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Q6) List four of the five reasons early childhood teachers should take art dictation.
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Chapter 16: Art Assessment
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Q1) If children approach you while you are observing them, you should:
A) stop your observation immediately.
B) ignore the children.
C) redirect them back to what they had been doing.
D) tell them what you are doing and ask for their cooperation.
Q2) The way a child uses color, shape, size, and placement to portray himself in his artwork provides a valuable clue about how he feels about himself.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A single observation of a child can confirm his/her current stage of cognitive development.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following are required for observation?
A) time, patience, focus, and objectivity
B) time, opportunity, attention, and perseverance
C) time, patience, opportunity, and goals
D) opportunity, objectivity, attention and patience
Q5) List the six guidelines for effective observation and recording.
Q6) Explain why it is important for children to learn to self-assess their artwork.
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