Early Childhood Education Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Early Childhood Education explores the foundational principles, theories, and best practices in teaching and caring for young children from birth to age eight. This course examines the developmental stages of early childhood, focusing on cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth. Students will assess various educational approaches, curriculum design, and the importance of family and community involvement in fostering supportive learning environments. Through the study of current research and hands-on activities, learners will gain essential skills to create inclusive, equitable, and nurturing early childhood educational experiences.
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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) Learning theory focuses on _________ behaviors in development.
A) subconscious
B) innate
C) learned
D) automatic
Answer: C
Q3) Information-processing theory focuses on how children
A) pay attention to information.
B) remember information.
C) develop strategies about information.
D) all of these
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations of Child Development
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Q1) Which of the following is true about sex differences?
A) Miscarriage of girls is more common, and birth defects are more common in boys.
B) Rates of miscarriage and birth defects are higher for boy fetuses.
C) Rates of miscarriage and birth defects are higher for girl fetuses.
D) A total of 106 girls are born worldwide for every 100 boys.
Answer: B
Q2) Examples of X-linked recessive conditions include all of the following except A) Duchene muscular dystrophy.
B) Down syndrome.
C) hemophilia.
D) red-green color blindness.
Answer: B
Q3) Fragile X syndrome
A) is a major inherited cause of mental retardation.
B) is a type of polygenic inheritance.
C) occurs with a RNA mutation.
D) occurs more frequently with females.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development
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Q1) Biologically,ova and sperm are known as A) ovatum.
B) gametes.
C) meiotic.
D) mitotic.
Answer: B
Q2) Between 1980 and 2007,the percentage of births by unmarried women A) stayed the same. B) doubled.
C) tripled.
D) declined.
Answer: B
Q3) The __________period is the first 2 weeks after fertilization.
A) fetal
B) embryonic
C) germinal
D) zygotic
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Birth and the Newborn
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Q1) 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.
Q2) _______ use of Cesarean delivery has contributed to __________ infant mortality.
A) Increased; lowering
B) Decreased; increasing
C) Decreased; lowering
D) Increased; increasing
Q3) Between 20% and 30% of the births in the United States are a result of A) induced labor.
B) assisted vaginal delivery.
C) Cesarean delivery.
D) natural delivery.
Q4) Identify the risks involved in assisted vaginal delivery.
Q5) A newborn who receives a massage can experience diminished stress levels and increased weight gain.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Physical Development and Health in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) The baby's brain grows dramatically after birth mainly due to the formation of A) more neurons.
B) more gray matter.
C) more white matter.
D) more neural connections.
Q2) How many states require that infants and younger children must be restrained in a crash-tested child restraint seat while riding in a motor vehicle?
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
Q3) Although many connections are made in infancy,many synaptic connections are also eliminated.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Early intervention has been so successful in remediating developmental delays that one day cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy will be eradicated.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy and
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Q1) Mom said a bad word when she got cut off in traffic and her child heard it.Later that night at dinner,the child said the word to Dad.This is an example of A) reaping what you sow.
B) deferred imitation.
C) the potty mouth family cycle.
D) the verbal exploration approach.
Q2) Many current researchers think Piaget ________________ an infant's abilities.
A) overestimated B) underestimated C) was right on the mark D) had no clue about
Q3) Define and describe the object exploration approach and classic experiment by Carolyn Rovee-Collier.
Q4) The beginning of intelligence and planning occurs in which substage of the Sensorimotor period?
A) Primary
B) Coordination of Secondary Circular Reactions
C) Tertiary Reactions
D) Symbolic Representation
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Chapter 7: Psychosocial Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
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Q1) Laurie hears her first loud thunderstorm.She looks anxiously to her Mom who calmly tells her not to worry,God is just rearranging the furniture.Laurie goes back to playing.What just happened?
A) mimicry
B) facial decoding
C) social competence
D) social referencing
Q2) Freud proposed an) ______ theory,while Erikson proposed a ____________ theory.
A) psychosocial; psychosexual
B) psychosexual; psychosocial
C) eight-stage; five-stage
D) proven; hypothetical
Q3) If a child is not stimulated appropriately during Freud's stages,the child becomes
A) hostile.
B) rebellious.
C) fixated.
D) regressed.
Q4) 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) An example of secondary prevention is A) immunizations.
B) hearing screening.
C) wearing a helmet.
D) asthma management.
Q2) Obesity is a form of malnutrition:
A)True
B)False
Q3) Between ages 4 and 8,children need between ____ and ______ calories per day.
A) 1000; 1400
B) 1400; 1600
C) 1600; 1800
D) 1800; 2000
Q4) The most common disease of childhood is A) asthma.
B) dental caries.
C) ear infections.
D) measles.
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Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Print awareness is
A) being aware of books.
B) another factor in reading success.
C) related to age.
D) unnecessary.
Q2) Emergent writing includes A) scribbles.
B) letters.
C) sentences.
D) all of these.
Q3) Discuss how conservation of number impacts more complex math skills.
Q4) Words are
A) objects. B) ideas.
C) actions.
D) symbols.
Q5) Research studies on the Head Start program have shown the program to be effective.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Social Learning Theory stresses the importance of A) brain readiness.
B) parenting skills.
C) observation and modeling.
D) schooling.
Q2) The type of parenting that has the best outcome for children is
A) authoritarian.
B) authoritative.
C) permissive.
D) uninvolved.
Q3) Successful resolution of this stage according to the psychoanalytic theory occurs when
A) the child identifies with the same-sex parent.
B) a divorce occurs.
C) the child begins sleeping in his or her own bed
D) puberty arrives.
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) School lunches provide ____________% of a child's daily calories.
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
Q2) Explain the neurology behind having same sex classrooms.
Q3) In middle childhood,cognitive processing,memory,and retrieval ________.
A) plateau
B) improve
C) decrease briefly
D) decrease until adolescence
Q4) An increase in the rate of growth between ages 5 and 8 is called____________.
A) Mid-growth spurt
B) middle-childhood spurt
C) unusual
D) bilateral growth
Q5) Explain the physiological and health concerns of obesity.
Q6) Alcohol is the cause of most child fatalities in motor vehicle accidents.
A)True
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Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Inner speech is abbreviated,when compared to speech used in daily conversation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain why critics believe there are limitations to Piaget's findings in regards to cognitive development.
Q3) When studying Aplysia,Eric Kandel discovered that short-term memories are a result of causing changes in the strengths of the connections between synapses in the neurons in the brain,changes known as
A) neuron enhancement.
B) synaptic marking.
C) cognitive development.
D) neurosynaptic marking.
Q4) Explain the limitations of Vygotsky's theory,according to critics.
Q5) Bilingual education and secondary language learning are one and the same.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Age is a factor in the functioning ability of children diagnosed with ADHD. A)True
B)False
Q7) How does working memory improve during middle childhood?
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Chapter 13: Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) In middle childhood,a child sees fairness as ___________.
A) everyone getting the same things
B) everyone being alike
C) based on the one who wants it the most
D) based on merit or need
Q2) What are a parent's three roles according to the tripartite model?
A) interactive partner, indirect instructor, opportunity provider
B) interactive partner, direct instructor, opportunity provider
C) healer, teacher, friend
D) nurturer, teacher, mentor
Q3) The ability to recognize the perspectives of others is influenced by the ___________mode.
A) affective
B) cognitive
C) detection
D) cognitive-regulatory
Q4) Discuss the two kinds of popularity in middle childhood.
Q5) Friendships become more egotistical during middle childhood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
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Q1) Explain who has the highest rates of STDs and why that is true.
Q2) __________________% of children and adolescents have a chronic health condition that requires continued professional care.
A) 5 to 10
B) 15 to 25
C) 20 to 35
D) 25 to 40
Q3) A baby girl is born with all her ova for a lifetime,but boys don't produce sperm until puberty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss alcohol and drug prevention programs and indicate which are the most effective.
Q5) Overweight and obese girls tend to reach puberty before their average weight counterparts.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the role of parents in managing a teen's diabetes.
Q7) Explain the types and effectiveness of sex education programs.
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Chapter 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) All cats that you have observed purr.Therefore,every cat must purr.This is an example of __________.
A)inductive reasoning
B)deductive reasoning
C)all feline behavior
D)hypothetical thinking
Q2) In Biology class in high school,Amy has been drawing her own models of how photosynthesis works.She is in the _________stage of learning this academic language.
A)receptive understanding
B)conceptual understanding
C)interpretive understanding
D)expressive understanding
Q3) Teens use more of their brains but less efficiently than do adults.The way a teen's brain activates is called ___________.
A)haphazard
B)myelination
C)functional connectivity
D)cortical connectivity
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Chapter 16: Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
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Q1) From Positive Psychology emerged the concept of positive youth development.Identify the five characteristics of positive youth development and define each one.
Competence is the positive view of one's actions in social,academic,cognitive,health,and vocational areas.Confidence is an overall sense of positive self-worth and self-efficacy.Connection is having positive relationships with others and with institutions and organizations.Character is having a respect for societal and cultural norms,a sense of right and wrong and moral integrity.Caring/compassion is sympathy and empathy for others.
Q2) The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
A) differentiated between status offenders and other offenders.
B) separates adult from juvenile offenders.
C) Both A and B.
D) None of these.
Q3) ______ adolescents are affected by depression.
A) One in two
B) One in three
C) One in four
D) One in five
Q4) Identify the gender differences in friendships.
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