Early Childhood Education Review
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Course Introduction
Early Childhood Education is an interdisciplinary course that explores the principles, theories, and practices essential to the development and learning of young children from birth through age eight. The course examines the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive milestones of early childhood, as well as the roles of family, culture, and community. Students will learn about effective teaching strategies, classroom management, curriculum planning, and assessment tools tailored to young learners. Emphasis is placed on creating inclusive, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate learning environments that foster curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong love of learning.
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Child Development A Cultural Approach 2nd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Child Development
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Q1) Erikson believed that each stage had a distinctive developmental challenge,which he referred to as a _____.
A) fixation
B) sensitivity
C) critical period
D) crisis
Answer: D
Q2) Who developed a psychosocial theory in which the driving force behind development is not sexuality but the need to become integrated into the social and cultural environment?
A) Freud
B) Erikson
C) Bronfenbrenner
D) Piaget
Answer: B
Q3) Define two of the systems in Bronfenbrenner's theory and give a concrete example of each.
Answer: Microsystem: the immediate setting.A child's home is an example.Mesosystem: the connections between microsystems.An example would be a parent going to a school conference.
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) The concept of reaction range proposes that ____ establish(es)boundaries,whereas ____ determines where a person falls within that range.
A) genetics; environment
B) environment; genetics
C) phenotype; genotype
D) polygenetic inheritance; homogenetic inheritance
Answer: A
Q2) An infant born with facial deformities,heart problems,misshapen limbs,and a variety of cognitive problems,such as mental retardation,has characteristics of which of the following?
A) fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
B) autism
C) Prader-Willi syndrome
D) rubella
Answer: A
Q3) Which prenatal period is considered a critical period when teratogens are most likely to have severe and enduring effects? Why?
Answer: The embryonic period,because this is when all the major organs and systems are forming.
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) Name and describe two reflexes that you would see within the first eight months of a baby's life.
Answer: Rooting reflex: baby turns head and begins sucking in the direction of the cheek that was stimulated.Moro reflex: a response to fear (when experiencing the sensation of being dropped or when hearing a loud noise).Baby will arch her back and extend arms and legs,then bring her arms together as if trying to hold on to her caregiver.
Q2) Infants born to mothers with postpartum depression have been found to be more likely to have higher rates of ____.
A) malnutrition and calcium deficiency
B) conduct disorder with a greater tendency to become oppositionally defiant
C) irritability, problems eating and sleeping, and difficulty forming attachments
D) schizophrenia and eating disorders
Answer: C
Q3) Give one reason that a woman would deliver by c-section (not including convenience of scheduling).
Answer: Failure to progress or a breech birth are two reasons for a c-section.
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) What does the text refer to as the biologically based raw material of personality?
A) genetics
B) temperament
C) physiological set
D) bio-personality
Q2) In Harry Harlow's (1958)classic study on attachment,which of the following "mothers" did the baby monkeys prefer?
A) terry cloth
B) wire mesh
C) cotton balls
D) wood
Q3) According to Erikson,and infant develops a sense of _____ if the infant is provided with a source of nourishment,warmth,love,and protection.
A) trust
B) autonomy
C) initiative
D) industry
Q4) How have researchers tested memory in nonverbal infants?
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) ____ is specialized for language production,whereas ____ is specialized for language comprehension.
A) Piaget's area; Vygotsky's area
B) Vygotsky's area; Piaget's area
C) Broca's area; Wernicke's area
D) Wernicke's area; Broca's area
Q2) In Western countries it is widely accepted that toddlerhood tantrums are normal and even inevitable.What is the case for tantrums outside of Western countries?
A) Tantrums are much worse.
B) Tantrums are rare.
C) Children are severely punished if they have a tantrum.
D) Children are praised when then have tantrums, but they are still rare.
Q3) Today,most American pediatricians believe that it is best to be patient with toddlers and their progress toward toilet training.When do they recommend toilet training now?
A) when the toddler is 20 months old
B) when the toddler seems ready
C) anytime before kindergarten
D) when the cost of diapers gets too expensive
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) If you were an authoritative parent,how would you handle a child who only wanted to eat a banana split for dinner?
A) "It would be much better to eat a healthy dinner first and have a banana split for dessert if you are not full."
B) "Great, let's go for it!"
C) "Absolutely not, under no circumstance will I allow that!"
D) "Whatever, I don't care."
Q2) What are people with whom you develop a valued,mutual relationship?
A) peers
B) friends
C) relatives
D) siblings
Q3) What term did Piaget use to describe cognitive procedures that followed certain logical rules?
A) operations
B) constructions
C) scaffolds
D) stages
Q4) What are two explanations for the inability to remember anything before age 2?
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) There is widespread support among scholars for the proposition that the stage of formal operations constitutes a universal human potential,but ____.
A) only a very small and select group of elite humans have this potential
B) no one can figure out how to test this hypothesis
C) there is very little support for this position
D) the form it takes depends on the kinds of cognitive requirements people in that culture face
Q2) What is the most effective approach to treating adolescent depression?
A) medication alone
B) psychotherapy alone
C) medication and psychotherapy
D) electroshock therapy
Q3) What percentage of boys who play electronic games say they play nearly every day?
A) 99%
B) 66%
C) 33%
D) 11%
Q4) What are two causes of the secular trend?
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences includes ____ types of intelligence and Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence theory includes ____.
A) 4; 1
B) 6; 2
C) 8; 3
D) 10; 4
Q2) What is the term that is used to describe how persons view themselves in relation to others with regard to status,abilities,or achievements?
A) social skills
B) social relations
C) social template
D) social comparison
Q3) The Flynn effect,which is the raising of the median IQ score in Western countries in the course of the 20th century,is explained by ____.
A) evolution
B) neurological development
C) genetics
D) environment
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) You are a female college student in the late 1960s who participated in a study that asked you to evaluate the quality of several articles written by professionals in a variety of fields.Some of the articles were in stereotypically female fields and some were in stereotypically male fields.Even though the articles were exactly the same,some of them were stated to have been authored by men,while others were stated to have been authored by women.After the study was completed,you were able to view the results.What where they?
A) Female authors were rated higher in stereotypically female fields.
B) Male authors were rated higher in stereotypically male fields.
C) Females were rated higher in all fields.
D) Males were rated higher in all fields.
Q2) What happens to self-esteem for most people during emerging adulthood?
A) It declines abruptly.
B) It declines slowly.
C) It stays at the level it was during adolescence.
D) It rises.
Q3) Emerging adults of which ethnicity are most likely to be unemployed in the U.S.? If you are a male from this ethnic background,would you be more or less likely to be unemployed than your grandfather of the same ethnicity? Explain.
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