Early Childhood Education Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Early Childhood Education explores the foundational theories, principles, and practices involved in supporting the growth and development of children from birth through age eight. The course examines developmental milestones across physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains, while also highlighting the importance of play, family engagement, and inclusive learning environments. Students will study curriculum design, assessment strategies, and effective teaching methods that foster curiosity, resilience, and a love of learning in young children. Ethical issues, cultural diversity, and current trends in early childhood education are also discussed, preparing future educators to create supportive and stimulating early learning experiences.
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The Process of Parenting 9th Edition by Jane B. Brooks
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Chapter 1: Parenting Is a Process
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Q1) It is the __________ of risk factors,rather than any particular one,that leads to poor outcomes for children.
Answer: accumulation/number
Q2) Besides tax credits to parents for children and free public education from ages five to eighteen,society provides children with __________________.
Answer: no assistance unless the child is poor or disabled
Q3) A Congressman is considering voting for a paid Family Medical Leave Act.A constituent writes that he must vote "Yes" for such a bill because (select the most accurate reason)
A) The U.S. must maintain its leadership role among industrialized nations in providing benefits to families.
B) The U.S. provides a rich array of services for children and families and requires this bill to have complete services for families.
C) The U.S. is one of five or six countries in the industrialized world needing such a bill.
D) U.S. parents are unaware of the importance of such leave.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Cultural Influences on Parenting
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Q1) Understanding the general characteristics of each ethnic group gives parent educators the information they need to help parents of that group.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to Cynthia Garcia Coll and Laura Szalacha,outsider status (minority group and immigrant status families)trigger a series of processes in which outsider status triggers
A) discrimination that leads to inadequate resources and inhibits children's development.
B) families' discouragement and inability to take advantage of community resources.
C) children's unwillingness to achieve at school.
D) families' rebellion against dominant cultural values
Answer: A
Q3) Give three ways in which families in Annette Lareau's study were alike regardless of their socioeconomic status.
Answer: Any three of the 9 similarities listed on page 5990
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Chapter 3: Learning to Parent
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Q1) With the exception of physical punishment,the effects of parenting strategies depend on the child's temperamental qualities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Parenting experts Stanley Greenspan and T.Berry Brazelton have lobbied society to A) control the mass media influence on teens' sexual behaviors. B) give parents more resources to help parents to rear children. C) give parents freedom to rear children as they wish.
D) A and C
Answer: B
Q3) Children will imitate a hostile,rejecting figure if no warm model is available for imitation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) At birth the hormone _________ encourages mother-infant bonding. Answer: oxytocin
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Chapter 4: Becoming Parents
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Q1) Carolyn Cowan and Philip Cowan have carried out parenting groups with all kinds of parents making the transition to parenting.Briefly state their three recommendations to parents to ease the transition to parenthood and their three recommendations to parent educators for successful programs.
Q2) Women of __________ ethnic background are more likely to be voluntarily childless and women of _________________ ethnic background are less likely to be voluntarily childless.
Q3) Married women who planned their pregnancy,in contrast to married women who did not plan their pregnancy,report
A) more positive moods during pregnancy.
B) fewer fears at birth.
C) fewer dissatisfactions with their husbands.
D) A and C
Q4) Full term infants who received KC for one hour with mothers after birth were found to do all of the following for the next few hours EXCEPT
A) have fewer organized motor movements.
B) sleep better.
C) cry less.
D) show greater regulation.
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Chapter 5: Nurturing Close Family Relationships in a Technological Society
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Q1) Give four protective factors for children of depressed parents __________.
Q2) Loving grandmothers are a source of support for grandchildren whose mothers rely on harsh parenting so grandchildren do not develop negative behaviors usually associated with harsh parenting.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When children do not follow through on mutual problem-solving agreements,parents
A) accept children are too young or immature to use this method.
B) build in negative consequences to encourage follow through.
C) send an I-message and call for another session.
D) build in more positive consequences for follow through.
Q4) Parents should give children feedback about their _________________,so children learn about themselves.
A) actions
B) feelings
C) thoughts
D) mistakes
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Q5) Families are most likely to stop the transmission of negative feelings when (give two occasions)_____________________________.
Chapter 6: Supporting Childrens Growth and Development
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Q1) Adequate amounts of __________ reduce racial and socioeconomic differences on cognitive measures of children's functioning.
Q2) Reviewers found that the essential element of successful parenting programs is a focus on the quality of the parent-child relationship.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Effective socializing agents do all of the following EXCEPT
A) relieve children's distress so they feel protected.
B) establish reciprocal interactions so children will learn reciprocity.
C) talk to children as though they are adults so they feel respected.
D) help children learn to control their behavior.
Q4) Using the outcome of the act to teach the child is using __________.
Q5) Verbal punishments have all of the following features EXCEPT
A) they are found in countries around the world as well as the United States.
B) approval by the culture reduces the negative effects of verbal punishments.
C) are used as substitutes for physical punishment.
D) when used with children eight and older are associated with children's increased aggressiveness and anxiety.
Q6) When we do two things at once,we devote __________ resources to each.
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Chapter 7: Parenting Children From Birth to Two Years
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Q1) When parents of three-month-old babies were in the process of forming a coparenting alliance,they
A) were not in conflict but out of synch.
B) argued until they arrived at a compromise.
C) ignored problems as they arose.
D) each took responsibilities for certain areas of care-giving.
Q2) Parents' imaginary play with toddlers is fun and enjoyable for them both,but has little effect on children's later development.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An Enhanced Visitation Program that reduced the rate of child abuse for mothers at risk for abuse involved:
A) anger management training.
B) training in parenting skills.
C) training to empower mothers.
D) training to support children's health.
Q4) Fathers are most likely to engage in play and caregiving with the baby when the marriage is __________.
Q5) Attachment is defined as _________.
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Chapter 8: Parenting Children in Early Childhood
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Q1) Including teachers in a program to decrease children's aggressive behaviors was more effective than training mother and child alone.
A)True
B)False
Q2) James McHale found in his sample of middle-class parents of toddlers that
A) parents want to spend more time with each other and the family as a unit.
B) a positive atmosphere was the hallmark of family life.
C) about two-thirds of parents were concerned at the level of anger one or both parents expressed.
D) A and C
Q3) North American culture has a positive view of children's inhibited and cautious behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Unique patterns of brain activity and physical reactivity seen in infancy predispose some children to anxiety and fearful withdrawal in the preschool years.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When children are distressed and cry,parents' usual response is to __________.
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Chapter 9: Parenting Early Elementary School Children
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Q1) Describe and illustrate the five steps in Richard Lavoie's social skills autopsy designed to increase children's social competence.
Q2) Children's night time sleep increases when parents and children __________.
Q3) Physically aggressive children are
A) more likely to be girls.
B) more likely to have many other problems like few friends.
C) less likely to have academic problems.
D) sure to grow out of such behavior.
Q4) Parents' beliefs in their children's abilities
A) encourage children's feelings of competence through the entire school period.
B) contribute to children's feelings of pressure to achieve.
C) encourage boys and girls to participate in activities associated with the opposite gender.
D) A and C
Q5) Children gave all of the following reasons for hiding their feelings EXCEPT
A) to assert their personal choice
B) to protect their self-esteem.
C) to observe social conventions.
D) to avoid offending others.
Q6) Boys often describe stress as coming from __________.
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Chapter 10: Parenting Early Adolescents
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Q1) Because early teens lack __________,parents have to step in and supply them.
Q2) When neighborhoods are poor and subject to chaotic events,youth are more likely to affirm their ethnic identity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) While early adolescents disagree openly with parents,the disagreements result in angry relationships with parents in about ________ percent of families.
A) under 5
B) 5-20
C) 25-40
D) 45-60
Q4) In early adolescence teens' attitudes about gender roles grow more __________.
Q5) Sensation-seeking behavior may serve an adaptive function as it leads young adults to explore new areas in creative ways that benefit society.
A)True
B)False
Q6) __________ is the ability Reed Larson believes early teens need to develop,so they are motivated from within to work and achieve challenging goals.
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Chapter 11: Parenting Late Adolescents and Young Adults
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Q1) Describe and illustrate three characteristics of any three of the six pathways to adulthood in a sample of Midwestern teens.
Q2) Describe and illustrate five actions parents can take to help teens develop a sense of purpose.
Q3) For African American and Latino teens,a positive identification with the broader American culture is essential for personal adjustment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Teens who come from indulgent homes are
A) more independent.
B) more self-centered.
C) more responsive to peer pressure different styles.
D) A and C
Q5) In a longitudinal study of depressive feelings in four ethnic groups found that mothers' support
A) reduced depressive feelings in all groups for both boys and girls,
B) reduced depressive feelings only in European American boys and girls.
C) reduced depressive feelings in girls but not in boys.
D) reduced depressive feelings in boys but not in girls.
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Chapter 12: Working and Parenting
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Q1) Two stressful demands/strains parents experience at home are ____________ and ______________.
Q2) In understanding children's development,the NICHD study on the effects of day care found that responsive parenting matters much more than day care.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Children whose families are experiencing economic downturns can function well even though parents are tense and harsh in their parenting if
A) they have warm relationships with siblings.
B) they become involved in school activities.
C) they have warm relationships with an adult in the community.
D) A and C
Q4) Employment provides parents such psychological benefits as A) feelings of competence and self-esteem.
B) friendships.
C) increased interpersonal skills.
D) all of these
Q5) When mothers of preschool children have stressful workdays,they are __________ with their children.
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Chapter 13: Parents by Adoption and Parents by Reproductive Technology
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Q1) Among the many reasons given for not telling children about the use of donor assistance:
A) fear child will be angry at parents.
B) fear use of ART will stigmatize child.
C) fear that donor parent will become involved with family.
D) all of these.
Q2) Both Adam Pertman and Debra Spar have expressed concerns about the role of __________ in the process of adoption and ART and the need for ____________________ in the processes.
Q3) When children were seven years old,mothers using egg donor assistance and surrogacy were similar to naturally conceiving mothers in their levels of (name three)__________.
Q4) The children of parents who relied on Assisted Reproductive Technology were as _____________________ competent as children of parents who conceived their children without using such assistance.
Q5) Because parents using ART have had difficulties conceiving,they are more anxious as new parents.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Parenting When Unmarried
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Q1) A sample of African American single mothers reported the two main sources of support for them were:
A) maternal aunts and sisters.
B) babies' fathers and employers.
C) grandmothers and babies' fathers.
D) grandmothers and maternal aunts.
Q2) Teen fathers' working is unrelated to their involvement with their children.
A)True
B)False
Q3) There is great heterogeneity among single mothers but a single path to adulthood for their children.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Age,ethnicity,and education did not distinguish single mothers who could or could not form trusting relationships with men,but _________________ did.
Q5) When they were matched with mothers in two-parent families on education,income,area of residence and age of child,single mothers reported more stresses and fewer __________ than married mothers.
Q6) Name three protective factors for children of unmarried parents: ____________.
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Chapter 15: Parenting in Divorced Families and Remarried Families
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Q1) One of the suggestions from stepchildren to parents is
A) wait until children and stepparents live together and spend a lot of time together before trying to form relationships.
B) let children and stepparents get to know each other as individuals with particular interests.
C) do not make any effort to form relationships, let them grow naturally without any pressure.
D) A and C
Q2) When parents in remarried families have close marital ties,children become more resistant and negative.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Children whose parents divorce have many common emotional reactions such as __________.
Q4) Give four characteristics of remarried couples who work through problems and establish happy remarriages and two characteristics of couples whose remarriages are mediocre or end in divorce.
Q5) __________________ that occurs in divorces is a major predictor of children's later problems.
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Chapter 16: Parenting in Lesbian and Gay Families
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Q1) Children with known sperm donors and children with unknown sperm donors
A)were found to show no differences in psychological adjustment in two studies.
B)showed differences only in studies of girls.
C)showed differences in two studies of boys.
D)A and C.
Q2) In a sample of ten-year-olds,children of gay/lesbian parents showed varying degrees of openness about parents' sexual orientation with A) the majority being completely open with friends.
B) the large majority disclosing selectively to certain friends only.
C) about twenty-five percent hiding the information
D) A and C
Q3) In a sample of lesbian couples who were using ART to have a baby,__________ percent of nonbiological parents were having a child primarily to support their partners' wishes.
A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
Q4) In lesbian couples co-mother is a term that refers to __________.
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Chapter 17: Parenting in Challenging Times
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Q1) Which of the following is often true of parents who maltreat their children?
A) they set unrealistically high standards for children
B) they find activities with their children very enjoyable
C) they use fewer disciplinary techniques than non-maltreating parents
D) they are consistent in their discipline
Q2) The Adoption and Safe Family Act is the major law governing children in ________ care in this country.
Q3) From 1990 to 2004 there have been significant decreases in _______________ abuse and increases in ______________.
A) physical/sexual; neglect
B) emotional/physical; sexual
C) neglect; physical abuse.
D) physical; sexual.
Q4) Maltreated infants are most often described as having __________ attachments to their mothers.
Q5) About 29 percent of military families find the middle of the __________ stage the most stressful.
Q6) Elevated levels of the hormone __________ is a measure of the fear children experience when maltreated.
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