Early Childhood Education
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Early Childhood Education explores the foundational principles, theories, and practices that support the learning and development of young children from birth to eight years old. The course examines the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional milestones of early childhood, emphasizing the role of family, culture, and community in a child's growth. Students will investigate age-appropriate curriculum design, effective teaching strategies, and assessment methods tailored to young learners. Additionally, the course addresses current trends and challenges in early childhood education, advocating for inclusive, safe, and nurturing learning environments that foster curiosity, creativity, and lifelong learning.
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The Development of Children and Adolescents 1st Edition by Penny Hauser Cram
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Chapter 1: Hauser-Cram
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Q1) Developmental psychologists typically divide their analysis into three general domains:
A) physical, cognitive, and psychosocial.
B) physical, spiritual, and emotional.
C) physical, emotional, and neurological.
D) physical, moodiness, and cognitive.
Answer: A
Q2) Elizabeth believes that her child's ability to use language is due to the way she talks to the child.Her view is typical of
A) nature
B) nurture
C) cognition
D) plasticity
Answer: B
Q3) The superego struggles to find compromise between the id and the ego.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations of Child Development
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Q1) The Smiths' doctor told them that their child will be born with the most common chromosomal disorder,which is
A) Turner's
B) Down
C) Fragile X
D) Klinefelter's
Answer: B
Q2) How many elements make up 99% of our bodies?
A) 6
B) 7
C) 8
D) 22
Answer: A
Q3) Intelligence is due to A) genetics.
B) environment.
C) Both genetics and environment.
D) neither.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development
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Q1) How long is human gestation?
A) 40 weeks
B) 9 months
C) 300 days
D) All of the above
Answer: A
Q2) Who is more likely to do better physically and emotionally during pregnancy?
A) Katie, an unmarried teen
B) Leah, married and from a supportive family
C) Ashley, age 35 and divorced
D) Marge, who has a stressful job and tense marriage
Answer: B
Q3) Explain why a teen pregnancy is thought to be high risk.
Answer: The pregnant adolescent is considered to be at high risk because her pelvic bones are not fully mature,she tends to have poor eating habits,her hormone cycles are irregular,and alcohol and drug use is always a possibility.Most pregnant teens also delay receiving prenatal care.
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Chapter 4: Birth and the Newborn
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Q1) Identify the order of the stages of labor from beginning to end.
A) delivery of the placenta, dilation, descent, and birth
B) dilation, delivery of the placenta, descent, and birth
C) descent and birth, dilation, delivery of the placenta
D) dilation, descent and birth, delivery of the placenta
Q2) Traditionally,what is the longest stage of labor?
A) dilation
B) descent and birth
C) delivery of the placenta
D) birth
Q3) A baby who weighs less than it should for its age is referred to as A) premature.
B) preterm.
C) small for gestational age.
D) below set weight.
Q4) Small-for-gestational infants are at the same risk for negative outcomes as those infants who are born prematurely.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are three common causes of premature birth? )
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Chapter 5: Physical Development and Health in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) Fifty years of research on early intervention programs show that they help children make developmental gains,improve family functioning,and even benefit society itself.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Janelle is 2 months old and not gaining weight.She is rarely held,talked to,or changed.She is most likely suffering from _______________.
A) organic failure to thrive
B) non-organic failure to thrive
C) malnutrition
D) abuse
Q3) Jeremy began crawling at 5 months,but Sam still isn't crawling at 10 months.Is Sam normal?
A) No, he must be delayed.
B) Yes, his parents must not let him out of the crib much.
C) Yes, variations like this between children are perfectly normal.
D) No, he should have a physical examination.
Q4) Discuss the benefits of feeding a baby breastmilk versus formula.t
Q5) Discuss the features of a good day-care center.
Q6) Discuss early intervention programs.Include eligibility and range of services.
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Chapter 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) The disparities between low- and high-income children aren't really seen until school starts.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The neuroimaging technique that measures brain activity associated with responses to specific stimuli is called the
A) EEG.
B) ERP.
C) fMRI.
D) PET scan.
Q3) The __________ theory states that children actively use a skill to reach a goal within the limits set by their body and environment.
A) Core Knowledge
B) Dynamic System
C) Vygotskian
D) Piagetian
Q4) Discuss the questions that should be asked when deciding if a media-reported research study is accurate.
Q5) Discuss the three theories of language development.
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Chapter 7: Psychosocial Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) Children with __________ attachment show confused and contradictory behavior when reunited with their mothers.
A) secure
B) insecure-avoidant
C) insecure-resistant
D) disorganized
Q2) Both pride and distress appear regularly around
A) 5-6 months.
B) 7-8 months.
C) 10-13 months.
D) 15-18 months.
Q3) Discuss the similarities and difference in the upper and lower limbic systems and include primary emotions and self-conscious emotions.
Q4) According to attachment theory,if a child has a warm and responsive relationship with the mother in the first year of life,the rest of relationships throughout the life span should be positive.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) List and discuss six "red flags" that may signal autism in a child.
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Chapter 8: Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
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Q1) The best way to introduce a new food to a preschooler is
A) not giving them any other foods until they try it.
B) staying at the table until they taste it.
C) repeatedly presenting it at a family meal.
D) using force.
Q2) The children most likely to have behavior and learning problems are those exposed to __________ in childhood.
A) tolerable stress
B) positive stress
C) toxic stress
D) pleasurable stress
Q3) Undernutrition adversely impacts a child reaching his or her full developmental potential.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Anaphylaxis is
A) a nonpreventative herbal medicine.
B) a life-threatening allergic response.
C) a prescription medicine.
D) outgrown.
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Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Piaget's famous ______________ problem demonstrates the
A) three mountain; classification.
B) class inclusion; classification.
C) three mountain; dual representation.
D) class inclusion; dual representation.
Q2) By the end of __________,children can shift and focus attention smoothly.
A) preschool
B) elementary school
C) middle school
D) high school
Q3) Children who utilize inner speech are more attentive and perform better than children who do not.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When children apply general language rules when they should not,it is an example of
A) why children are so amusing.
B) underregularization.
C) overregularization.
D) overgeneralization.
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Chapter 10: Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Abbot and Costello are 2-month-old twins playing near each other with similar toys.They do not direct the other's activities.This is known as _______play.
A) parallel
B) cooperative
C) associative
D) nonsocial
Q2) Experts see play as
A) something children do.
B) vital for healthy development.
C) unnecessary when compared to academic training.
D) an activity that makes children harder to discipline.
Q3) Peer acceptance can be put in these three categories:
A) popular, bullies, cheerleaders
B) popular, accepted, ignored
C) popular, rejected, neglected
D) popular, accepted, rejected
Q4) Self-representation is dependent on brain maturation:
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
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Q1) The treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia involves chemicals and radiation directly to the brain.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss at least three reasons childhood obesity is increasing in America.
Q3) A comprehensive program designed to promote health in children's physical and social environment is known as a ___________.
A) coordinated school health program
B) school health center
C) school nurse
D) district school health
Q4) One side effect of having sickle-cell anemia is______________.
A) low blood sugar
B) sleepiness
C) stroke
D) uncontrolled bleeding
Q5) Explain the neurology behind having same sex classrooms.
Q6) Explain the purpose of well-child visits.
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Q7) Explain the physiological and health concerns of obesity.
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Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Explain why critics believe there are limitations to Piaget's findings in regards to cognitive development.
Q2) Explain the role of parent conferences,parents' night meetings,and extracurricular activities in the education of children.
Q3) The goal of bilingual education is to A) teach English.
B) improve the academic achievement of English-language learners.
C) permit English speakers to learn a second language.
D) All of these.
Q4) Explain the limitations of Vygotsky's theory,according to critics.
Q5) Memories that are personal or one's own are called A) autobiographical memories.
B) nonautobiographical memories.
C) episodic memories.
D) nonautobiographical episodic memories.
Q6) Identify three memory strategies and how children use them when processing information.
Q7) In today's society,there is still only one form of literacy-reading and writing. A)True B)False
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Chapter 13: Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) The category of childhood social status that is most likely to change is ___________.
A) popular
B) rejected
C) neglected
D) ignored
Q2) Authoritative parents tend to have children who ______________.
A) are rebellious
B) have negative self esteem
C) are passive
D) have positive self esteem
Q3) Crick and Dodge propose one way to help children who are having A) group counseling
B) peer modeling
C) role play
D) the Social Information Processing Model
Q4) Explain how the Social Information Processing Model could help children who are having
Q5) Discuss the ramifications of divorce for the children and the factors that can make the adjustment easier or more
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Chapter 14: Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
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Q1) Sexually transmitted disease can be caused by both virus and bacteria and may or may not be curable.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Males produce about __________times more testosterone than females.
A) 20
B) 40
C) 60
D) Women don't produce testosterone, so I'll say 100.
Q3) ___________ is behavior intended to elevate or maintain social status.
A) Aggression
B) Social dominance
C) Assertiveness
D) Violence
Q4) Sally wonders when she can expect her first period.Her best guess would be based on __________.
A) when her mother started
B) when her friends start
C) her activity level
D) her nutrition
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Chapter 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Doug works hard in school so that his friends won't think he is stupid.His goal is
A)mastery
B)performance approach
C)performance avoidance
D)self-centered
Q2) If you think that intelligence can change,then you believe that intelligence is
A)fixed
B)incremental
C)stable
D)an entity
Q3) Research has shown that one of the best ways to succeed in college is to believe you can.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Girls have more equal distribution of gray matter over both brain hemispheres.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
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Q1) An eating disorder in which one eats an unusually large amount of food in a short period of time without purging is ______.
A) binge eating
B) anorexia nervosa
C) bulimia nervosa
D) All of these.
Q2) Clique and crowd are interchangeable terms.
A)True
B)False
Q3) It is important for parents to avoid showing __________ when addressing conflict with their adolescents).
A) aggression
B) hostility
C) bias
D) prejudgment
Q4) Race is defined by
A) the genetic makeup of an individual.
B) society.
C) the culture into which one is born.
D) the culture in which one is raised.
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