Early Childhood Education Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Early Childhood Education explores the foundational principles, theories, and practices that shape the learning and development of children from birth to age eight. The course examines the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth of young children, highlighting the role of family, culture, and community. Students will learn about curriculum design, effective teaching strategies, assessment techniques, and the importance of creating supportive, inclusive learning environments. The course also addresses current trends and challenges in early childhood education, preparing students to foster positive, developmentally appropriate experiences for young learners.
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Child Development 14th Edition by John W Santrock
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Which term does not belong with the rest?
A) conditioning
B) modeling
C) imitation
D) observational learning
Answer: A
Q2) The story of Ted Kaczynski and Alice Walker is told to draw attention to the fact that A) some children grow up unable to pick up the pieces of a life shattered by tragedy and become unhinged by life and stress.
B) children with difficult childhoods are always destined to have difficult adulthoods.
C) children with easygoing childhoods are always destined to have easygoing adulthoods.
D) None of these.
Answer: A
Q3) List the five stages of childhood development.
Answer: prenatal,infancy,early childhood,middle and late childhood,adolescence
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Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings
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Q1) ____________ are the units of hereditary information.They are a blueprint for cells to reproduce themselves and manufacture the proteins that maintain life.
A) Chromosomes
B) Autosomes
C) Ovaries
D) Genes
Answer: D
Q2) In 1859,Charles Darwin published his observations and thoughts in a book entitled
A) Nature's Selective Process.
B) On the Origin of Species.
C) The Adaptation Process.
D) Superiority of the Species.
Answer: B
Q3) Down syndrome appears approximately once in every
A) 100 live births.
B) 200 live births.
C) 700 live births.
D) 1,000 live births.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
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Q1) Because experts look at the postpartum period as a family-centered event,which of the following would you not expect from the father?
A) The father needs to learn how to take care of the recovering wife.
B) The father needs to learn how to take care of the baby.
C) The father needs to pull away from the baby so the mother has an opportunity to bond with the baby.
D) The father needs to learn how to feel good about himself as a father.
Answer: C
Q2) All of the following are embryonic layers,except A) ectoderm.
B) cryoderm.
C) mesoderm.
D) endoderm.
Answer: B
Q3) The unborn child can be influenced by stress in the following way(s):
A) cognitive problems.
B) language delay.
C) ADHD.
D) All of these.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Physical Development and Health
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Q1) Basima is a caring but uneducated mother living in rural Iraq.While watching television she sees images of healthy bottle-fed infants.In an attempt to provide the best nutrition for her 3-month-old son,she quits breast feeding and switches to formula.Unfortunately for Basima,the well water she uses to mix the formula is unsanitary.Given this information,her son will most likely
A) die of SIDS.
B) have delayed sensory development.
C) gain unwanted weight.
D) develop marasmus.
Q2) Cancer is the _____________ leading cause of death in children 5 to 14 years old.Currently 1 in every 330 children in the United States develops cancer before 19 years of age.
A) third
B) leading
C) second
D) fourth
Q3) Describe the difference between left-brain and right-brain thinking.
Q4) In the brain structure,each hemisphere of the cortex has four major areas called lobes.Name these lobes and explain the primary function of each.
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Chapter 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development
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Q1) Describe the difference between habituation and dishabituation.
Q2) ________________________ is the recovery of a habituated response after a change in stimulation.
A) Habituation
B) Dishabituation
C) Discrimination
D) Situation paradigm
Q3) Child development experts believe that motor activity during the second year is vital to the child's competent development and they should have A) as many restrictions as possible.
B) only restrictions for safety.
C) only restriction for social development
D) no restrictions.
Q4) When 3-year-old Mario plows his tricycle into the side of his 1-month-old brother Michael's crib,what response will Michael show?
A) Moro reflex
B) Babinski reflex
C) grasping reflex
D) rooting reflex
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Chapter 6: Cognitive Developmental Approaches
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Q1) Compare and contrast Jean Piaget's theory with that of Lev Vygotsky.
Q2) According to Vygotsky,to maximize your understanding of child and adolescent development in this class,your instructor should
A) emphasize the importance of speech skills.
B) present all the information at the abstract level.
C) allow you freedom of thought without intervention.
D) present you with collaborative tasks and skills that are just beyond your current level of understanding and ability.
Q3) When being fed peas,3-month-old Teddy experiences unexpected pleasure when he accidentally spits them out of his mouth.Which subsequent reaction would demonstrate a primary circular reaction?
A) refusing to eat any more peas
B) spitting out the next mouthful of peas
C) laughing at his father who is feeding him
D) suppressing the spitting response and keeping the rest of his meal in his mouth
Q4) Describe the zone of proximal development and one example of this form of learning.
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Chapter 7: Information Processing
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Q1) Memory involves three major processes.They are
A) encoding,storage,and retrieval.
B) encoding,dismissal,and storage.
C) storage,attention,and reversal.
D) storage,retrieval,and selection.
Q2) It appears that the reliability of young Mallory's reports as an eyewitness has as much to do with the _________________________________ as with
A) skills and motivation of the child; the child's memory
B) skills and motivation of the interviewer; the natural limitations of the child's memory
C) memory of the interviewer; and motivation of the child
D) skills and motivation of the child; the child's honesty
Q3) Identify and give one example of the following learning strategies: (1)Organization (2)Elaboration (3)Imagery
Q4) Renewed interest in a stimulus defines A) habituation. B) dishabituation.
C) information processing. D) automaticity.
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Chapter 8: Intelligence
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Q1) Deliberate practice in terms of giftedness is a practice that A) occurs at a level of difficulty for the individual.
B) provides corrective
C) allows opportunity for repetition.
D) All of these.
Q2) Which of the following does not belong with the others?
A) Howard Gardner
B) multiple intelligence
C) insightful skills for analyzing others
D) two-factor theory
Q3) Despite the links between IQ and academic achievement and occupational success,it is important to keep in mind that many other factors contribute to success in school and work.Which one of the following is not mentioned in your text as a factor that contributes to success in school and work?
A) motivation to succeed
B) physical and mental health
C) number of people in one's family
D) social skills
Q4) List the four categories of behavior tested in the theory of Arnold Gesell.
Q5) Describe three areas of increased intelligence found in brain imagery.
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Chapter 9: Language Development
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Q1) Identify the primary things learned from the Wild Boy of Aveyron and the Wild Child,Genie.
Q2) Which of the following illustrates telegraphic speech?
A) "Down"!
B) "Baa-baa-baa-baa."
C) "Daddy work."
D) "I want to go the store now!"
Q3) Which is an example of telegraphic speech?
A) pointing toward a toy
B) saying "toy"
C) saying "Mommy give toy"
D) saying "Mommy please give me a toy"
Q4) ___________________________ is an approach to reading that stresses that reading instruction should parallel children's natural language learning.
A) Phonetics
B) Keyword
C) Whole language
D) Back to basics
Q5) List six symptoms or characteristics involved with Williams syndrome.
Q6) Compare and contrast the actions of recasting,expanding,and labeling.
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Chapter 10: Emotional Development
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Q1) The Strange Situation was designed to measure A) temperament.
B) attachment.
C) anxiety.
D) sociability.
Q2) Which psychosocial crisis is associated with attachment formation?
A) trust versus mistrust
B) initiative versus guilt
C) identity versus role confusion
D) generativity versus stagnation
Q3) According to research,a goal of parenting might be accomplished in one way with one child and in another way with another child,depending on the child's A) intelligence.
B) gender.
C) temperament.
D) All of these.
Q4) Compare and contrast the emotion-coaching and emotion-dismissing approaches.
Q5) Compare and contrast primary and self-conscious emotions in infants.Give four examples of each.
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Chapter 11: The Self and Identity
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Q1) In which of Marcia's identity statuses has a commitment been made?
A) foreclosure and diffusion
B) foreclosure and achievement
C) moratorium and diffusion
D) moratorium and achievement
Q2) When 17-year-old Joey is asked what he wants to do after graduating from high school,what reply would indicate that he has adopted identity diffusion?
A) "I haven't really thought about a career that much."
B) "An engineer,since I'm good at math."
C) "A doctor,just like my mother."
D) "I have several options that I am currently exploring."
Q3) When describing the basic characteristics of a typical 14-year-old's self,which term would a psychologist be least likely to use?
A) fluctuating
B) concrete
C) differentiated
D) contradictory
Q4) Identity is a self-portrait composed of several areas.Name five of these ten identified areas.
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Chapter 12: Gender
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Q1) In a number of Middle Eastern countries, A) the division of labor between males and females is dramatic.
B) the males are socialized to work in the public sphere and the females in the home.
C) Both answers are correct.
D) None of these answers are correct.
Q2) As a typical father in the United States,John would be more likely than his wife to A) engage in rough play with his daughter.
B) provide physical care to his daughter.
C) be unconcerned about gender-role development in his daughter.
D) treat his son one way and his daughter another way.
Q3) If you believe that gender and sexual behavior are unlearned and instinctual,your belief most closely resembles the views of A) Freud.
B) Piaget.
C) Kohlberg.
D) Gilligan.
Q4) What is gender stereotyping?
Q5) Describe the ages and examples of the first signs of gender-typed play.
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Chapter 13: Moral Development
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Q1) Roger is transferred to a new job in a foreign country.After his arrival,he learns that his religious beliefs are considered immoral and have been outlawed by the government.His decision to continue to practice his religion,even though it may cost him his life,represents thinking at Kohlberg's level of
A) interpersonal norms.
B) universal-ethical principles.
C) social-system morality.
D) individualism and purpose.
Q2) Which of the following has been a major criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
A) It relies on out-of-date dilemmas.
B) It fails to clearly distinguish between the ability to reason morally versus the ability to behave morally.
C) It overemphasizes cross-cultural studies.
D) It lacks detail about each specific stage.
Q3) The social cognitive theory emphasizes a distinction between moral competence and moral performance.Elaborate on these two dimensions of the social cognitive theory and give an example of each.
Q4) List and describe the three levels of Lawrence Kohlberg's moral development.
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Chapter 14: Families
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Q1) What parenting style is associated with child aggression?
A) authoritative
B) authoritarian
C) indulgent
D) neglectful
Q2) Custodial mothers experience the loss of about __________ of their pre-divorce income in comparison with the loss of one-tenth for custodial fathers.
A) one-fourth to one-half
B) one-eighteenth to one-twentieth
C) one-third to one-half
D) There is no difference.
Q3) A child's development of moral and principled behavior is an example of which domain-specific view of parenting?
A) guided learning
B) group participation
C) reciprocity
D) control
Q4) Identify the pros and cons of co-parenting.
Q5) Define reciprocal socialization and provide two examples.
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Chapter 15: Peers
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Q1) _________________________ is defined narrowly as self-disclosure or sharing of private thoughts and private or personal knowledge with a friend.
A) Similarity
B) Intimacy in friendship
C) Social comparison
D) Physical support
Q2) According to Freud and Erikson,play
A) helps children master anxieties and develop ways to cope with problems.
B) is overrated as a form of human adjustment.
C) hinders children's ability to focus on solving everyday problems.
D) does little to help children relieve tension,making it hard for them to cope with their frustrations.
Q3) Which statement is a suggestion on how to reduce bullying? Teachers can
A) get older peers to serve as monitors.
B) tell older peers not to intervene in any bullying.
C) form friendship groups for adolescents who are regularly bullied by peers.
D) have older peers serve as monitors and form friendship groups for adolescents who are bullied by their peers.
Q4) Describe the difference between an early and a late bloomer.
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Chapter 16: Schools and Achievement
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Q1) In the United States,what is the most common of the listed disorders?
A) speech problem
B) learning disability
C) emotional disturbance
D) hearing impairments
Q2) ______________________ is the cognitive view people develop of themselves.
A) Atonement
B) Mindset
C) Excuse
D) Plan
Q3) Compare and contrast the pros and cons of the "No Child Left Behind" law.
Q4) John is observing a classroom that is developmentally inappropriate.John observes that
A) the teacher uses highly structured,teacher-directed lessons almost exclusively.
B) children are able to select many of their own activities from a variety the teacher prepared.
C) children are provided many opportunities to develop negotiating skills.
D) the teacher enhances children's self-control by using positive guidance techniques.
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Chapter 17: Culture and Diversity
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Q1) Most of the friends that André hangs around with have a college degree,wait tables for a living,and make around $25,000 a year.This suggests that André's friends are of similar
A) socioeconomic status.
B) moral values.
C) ethnicity.
D) cultural backgrounds.
Q2) Prosocial behavior has been identified in children watching some television shows such as
A) Two and a Half Men.
B) Sesame Street.
C) Happy Days.
D) None of these.
Q3) What might be expected in current conditions about many single-parent mothers in poverty?
A) Far more men than women live in poverty.
B) Far more women than men live in poverty.
C) Men tend to handle poverty better than women.
D) Women tend to handle poverty better than men.
Q4) What behaviors would you expect from a boy who watches violent television shows?
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