Early Childhood Education Review Questions
Course Introduction
Early Childhood Education explores the foundational principles, theories, and practices related to the care and education of children from birth to eight years old. This course examines developmental milestones, curriculum planning, learning environments, and the crucial role of family and community in supporting young learners. Students will study age-appropriate teaching strategies, observation and assessment techniques, and the impact of culture and diversity on early learning. Emphasis is placed on fostering social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development in young children, as well as implementing inclusive and ethical educational practices.
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Child Family and Community Family Centered Early Care and Education 7th Edition by Janet Gonzalez
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Chapter 1: The Child in Context of Family and Community
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Q1) The idea of culture is discussed throughout the first chapter. Which of the following is not true about culture?
A) Culture always affects us
B) Culture only matters during holidays
C) Culture affects what we see and how we behave
D) Culture can seem invisible until we bump up against a different culture
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is true of family system theory?
A) The focus is on the way the family works rather than the behavior of any individual B) Roles are the most important component of the systems
C) Family members are all connected to each other, but they do not influence other members in the family system
D) The family systems vary greatly from one family to another in the way they function
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Supporting Families Around Issues of
Attachment and Trust
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Q1) Who was the first person to promote the idea that attachment behaviors evolved because they promote survival?
A) Urie Bronfenbrenner
B) John Bowlby
C) Erik Erikson
D) Mary Ainsworth
Answer: B
Q2) Which theory has something in common with Erikson, Bronfenbrenner, and Maslow?
A) Autonomy versus shame and doubt
B) Attachment
C) Temperament
D) Cultural continuity
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following is not a sign of infant attachment?
A) An infant showing distress when someone unfamiliar is present
B) An infant beginning to act differently around the primary caregiver
C) An infant protesting when being separated from the primary caregiver
D) An infant wanting to hold his or her own bottle
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Supporting Families With Autonomy-Seeking Youngsters
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Q1) When children bite, what should adults do?
A) Take it seriously, but model gentleness
B) Punish severely because it is a serious offense
C) Ignore the incident so the behavior will disappear
D) Bite the child back so they can understand that it hurts others
Answer: A
Q2) Nikko is a child who is firmly attached to his family. In terms of exploration, Nikko is likely to
A) Explore only at home
B) Not explore much
C) Explore when he is instructed to
D) Explore and discover often
Answer: D
Q3) Giving young children choices over what they do
A) Provides them with power over their lives
B) Spoils them
C) Puts too much pressure on them
D) Confuses a small child
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Sharing Views of Initiative With Families
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Q1) Which of the following is not a result of play?
A) Developing a short attention span due to lack of structure
B) Playing out feelings, developing competency and mastery
C) Sorting through conflict, creating imaginary worlds
D) Trying new power roles, problem solving
Q2) How can teachers help families understand what is happening during play?
A) Teachers can explain that children are passive during play
B) Teachers can point out that children's minds are idle during play
C) Teachers can describe how children are active explorers during play
D) Teachers can tell parents that children are just running off energy
Q3) Which of the following is not a common characteristic of a child with initiative?
A) Active
B) Curious
C) Energetic
D) Reluctant
Q4) What is the difference between empowering and overpowering children?
Q5) What four qualities are important when facilitating conflict resolution between children?
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Chapter 5: Working With Families of School-Age Children
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Q1) Which of the following is a false statement about recess in schools?
A) Back in the 1980s children got three recesses a day to play outdoors, plus an hour for lunch
B) Play has been shown to help children adjust to the school setting and even to enhance children's learning readiness, learning behaviors, and problem-solving skills
C) Because of the pressure for academic accountability and the standardized tests to measure it as a result of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), schools are cutting back on playtime
D) There is research to indicate that children do better academically without recess than they do with periodic recesses throughout the day
Q2) What is the role of the teacher in a constructivist classroom?
A) The teacher takes a directive approach
B) The teacher doesn't do any teaching
C) The teacher acts as a facilitator
D) The teacher pours knowledge into the child
Q3) What are some strategies for teaching morals through prosocial development?
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Chapter 6: Societal Influences on Children and Families
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Q1) The child, Lindsay, provides an example of a family with White privilege. Which one of the following is not related to Lindsay's areas of privilege?
A) Lindsay does not have to represent "her people"
B) Her family can probably choose where to live within their price range without facing discrimination
C) Lindsay probably sees herself and her family as "normal"
D) Lindsay's mother must always teach her how to protect herself from racism
Q2) Based on the research of Audrie Kusserow, early childhood teachers and families with higher income levels tend to view children with the perspective of
A) Hard individualism
B) Soft Individualism
C) Egocentrism
D) Ethnocentrism
Q3) How does viewing violence on television and video games impact children?
A) It makes children more likely to be violent
B) It has no impact because children are too young to understand
C) If children are busy playing, they won't notice the images
D) Children will understand it is not real if adults explain
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Chapter 7: Understanding Families Goals, Values, and Culture
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Q1) RERUN is another way of approaching what?
A) Parent conferences
B) A new game for the play area
C) Problem-solving
D) Discipline situations
Q2) Which one of the following does not characterize a dialog?
A) A person in a dialog seeks to gather information and learn from it
B) A person in a dialog listens to understand the other person's view
C) A person in a dialog looks for validity in multiple perspectives
D) A person in a dialog seeks to win the other over to his side
Q3) What do the two "R's" in the RERUN process stand for?
A) Responsible and responsive
B) Respect and responsibility
C) Reflect and reason
D) Responsibility and reaction
Q4) Culture
A) Is something that only ethnic people have
B) Is something that caregivers do not need to pay attention to
C) Is invisible and effects everything that we do
D) Should be melted into other cultures
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Chapter 8: Working With Families on Guidance Issues
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Q1) Which of the following are preventative measures for guiding behavior?
A) Do not prepare the environment
B) Allow the environment to provide the limits
C) Distract children
D) Discourage children from expressing feelings
Q2) Calling a child's name frequently when he/she is being inappropriate
A) Helps the child get back on task
B) Reinforces negative behavior
C) Reminds the child that you are watching him/her
D) Helps to build a relationship with the child
Q3) A positive goal of discipline would be
A) To be in control of the child
B) To demand obedience and respect
C) To make the child pay for wrongdoing
D) To change the behavior
Q4) How are consequences different from punishment?
A) They never hurt or make a child unhappy
B) They are arbitrary
C) They are written as rules
D) They relate directly to the child's actions
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Chapter 9: Working With Families on Addressing Feelings and Problem Solving
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Q1) A young child sucking on his/her thumb is an example of what?
A) A child who needs a pacifier
B) A child who needs to eat
C) A child who is happy
D) A child who is self-soothing
Q2) Which of the following best describes Susan Isaacs's advice to parents about teaching children healthy expressions of feelings?
A) The advice suggests that determination, obstinacy, and outbursts of temper are normal, and it takes patience to socialize children
B) The advice is outdated in today's society
C) Children do not need patience; they need a strong hand to make them obedient
D) Parents need to shout when they are upset so the child will understand how feelings can be hurt.
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the ways to help children cope with feelings?
A) Relaxation
B) Self-calming
C) Playing pretend
D) Rewarding
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Chapter 10: Working With Families to Support Self-Esteem
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Q1) Scaffolding is a term that is used in early childhood development. Which of the following is true about scaffolding?
A) Vygotsky believed that only adults should assist performance
B) The term relates to Vygotsky's notion of assisted performance
C) Adults should avoid scaffolding and let children solve problems on their own to increase their self-esteem
D) The term was coined by a child playing in the block corner
Q2) What are some of the ways to teach anti-bias behaviors?
Q3) What is the difference between discriminating on the basis of skin color and recognizing differences in skin color?
Q4) What are some strategies for changing negative messages to positive ones?
Q5) What develops when a child is given a realistic appraisal of pluses and minuses and the child decides that he/she has more positive attributes than negative ones?
A) High self-image
B) High self-actualization
C) High self-concept
D) High self-esteem
Q6) What is meant by the term "life script?"
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Chapter 11: Working With Families Around Gender Issues
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Q1) Which is true about the history of gender and clothing in the 1970's?
A) There was a strict dress code enforcing girls to wear dresses
B) Unisex clothing was popular and boys and girls wore many of the same clothes
C) Boys wore more dresses than they do now
D) Boys all had very short hair
Q2) In the past, preschool teachers have paid more attention to girls' dependent behaviors and to boys' disruptive behaviors. What does this mean?
A) Girls tend to stay closer to the teacher than boys
B) Boys rarely get attention
C) Both boys and girls have the same kind of socialization
D) Teachers are empowering girls
Q3) In the story of Jennifer, the mother of Zach and Jade, how did sexism show up in the way that she was stroking her children?
Q4) Which of the following is true about teaching an antibias attitude to young children?
A) It includes speaking out against racial injustice but not gender inequities
B) It is inappropriate for young children because they do not have biases
C) It gives them the skills to challenge bias of all sorts, including sexism
D) It applies only to girls
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Chapter 12: Stress and Success in Family Life
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Q1) According to the research of Emmy Werner, all of the following are characteristics of resilient children, with the exception of?
A) Psychological strength
B) A sense of connectedness in the early years
C) Ability to elicit positive responses
D) Religious affiliation
Q2) What is the name for a family that is made of individuals coming together as a couple, who each have their own children?
A) Blended
B) Broken
C) Dysfunctional
D) Separated
Q3) Across America, which societal condition is rising rapidly?
A) Attachment
B) Codependence
C) Poverty
D) Success
Q4) How can teachers give legitimacy to all families?
Q5) How can adults help all children become resilient?
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Chapter 13: Early Care and Education Programs As Community Resources
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Q1) A full inclusion program
A) Includes math, science, literacy
B) Integrates children with special needs with typically developing peers
C) Is gender balance education
D) Teachers and parents working together
Q2) Sensitive, involved adult interactions with children are directly connected to which of the following?
A) Roadblocks
B) Development
C) Relationships
D) Continuity
Q3) Universal preschool means
A) Private preschool paid with vouchers
B) Free half day preschool for 4 year olds
C) All preschools are free
D) All preschools use the same curriculum
Q4) How does competition impact the relationship between families and caregivers?
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Chapter 14: Supporting Families Through Community
Resources and Networks
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Q1) Which of the following is not an ongoing trend that illustrates the need for formal and informal support for families?
A) The increasing numbers of mothers of infants and young children in the workforce
B) The growing challenge for low-income families to attain economic self- sufficiency
C) The feminization of poverty
D) The growing challenge facing community college parents
Q2) Sometimes families find community agencies inappropriate to their needs. Which of the following is not one of the reasons?
A) Cultural insensitivity by the service providers
B) Lack of respect by the service providers
C) The agency using a deficit model resulting in looking down on families
D) The agency does not have goals
Q3) Why do families need more support now than ever before?
A) Parents expecting the educator to take care of problems
B) Educational demands on the child
C) Both parents working full time
D) Children are watching too much television
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Chapter 15: Social Policy Issues
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Q1) Who is responsible for peacemaking within families?
A) Community
B) Church
C) Children
D) Parents
Q2) Which of the following is not true about child care?
A) As a nation we have not come close to providing child care for all the families who need it
B) Children from low-income families frequently lack the opportunity to enroll in child care programs
C) Cuts to quality initiatives reflect how states are scaling back
D) In spite of the problems, the United States leads the world in percentage of children served and quality of service
Q3) Violence can affect children in which of the following ways?
A) They may want to be left alone
B) They might stay away from peer group activities
C) They may develop post-traumatic stress syndrome
D) They are happy all the time
Q4) How can people become an advocate for children and families?
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