Foundations of Early Care and Education Review Questions
Course Introduction
This course offers an introduction to the fundamental principles, history, and philosophies of early care and education for young children from birth through age eight. Students will explore child development theories, the role of play in learning, and the impact of family, culture, and community on early childhood education. The course emphasizes inclusive practices, observation and assessment, and the importance of creating nurturing learning environments. Students will gain foundational knowledge and practical skills necessary for supporting the growth and development of young children in a variety of early childhood settings.
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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) What is a benefit of a family-centered approach for the child?
A) More time with mom and dad
B) More time at the child care center or school
C) Special times with just the teacher
D) Better understanding among teacher, child, and parents
Answer: D
Q2) Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory is described as
A) Russian Dolls nested inside each other with the child at the core
B) A theoretical framework to improve kindergarten readiness
C) The biology of developmental theory
D) A model theory of ecology
Answer: A
Q3) Which theorist was the co-founder of Head Start?
A) John Bowlby
B) Ira J. Gordon
C) Urie Bronfenbrenner
D) Douglas Powell
Answer: C
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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) What is Erik Erikson's first stage of development?
A) Industry versus inferiority
B) Initiative versus guilt
C) Trust versus mistrust
D) Autonomy versus shame and doubt
Answer: C
Q3) A strong, healthy attachment occurs
A) When an infant and caregiver have synchronous interactions
B) When an infant is given screen time daily
C) When an infant is made to follow the schedule of an adult
D) When adults take babies actions personally
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Supporting Families With Autonomy-Seeking Youngsters
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Q1) How can adults support the autonomous child's need for power and control?
A) Set limits, appreciate play, provide control
B) Encourage self-help skills, provide structured activities
C) Give children choices, do everything for them
D) Provide a developmentally appropriate environment with toys that entertain
Answer: A
Q2) Punishing an active child during the autonomous stage may result in the child
A) Developing a healthy respect for adults
B) Developing a sense of shame for exploring
C) Knowing right from wrong
D) Being ready for the next stage of development
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following is not an indicator that a child has moved into the stage of autonomy?
A) Negativity
B) A developing sense of possession
C) Attachment
D) A push for self-help skills
Answer: C
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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) Children who are slow and cautious should be considered which of the following?
A) Lacking initiative
B) Bright and quick
C) Deficient
D) Observant
Q3) Kory is a preschool child that witnessed another child acting in an aggressive behavior to get what she wanted. Later that night, Kory began acting aggressive toward his older sister to get a toy. Kory displayed
A) Extreme aggression
B) Physical aggression
C) Rewards for aggression
D) Learned Aggression
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) How can teachers become better communicators with families?
A) Communicate only through email so that families can respond when convenient
B) Communicate only in person, to keep it authentic
C) Schedule meetings at different times to be accommodating to all families
D) Plan conferences to be a one-way report where teachers tell families what is going on
Q2) When a teacher pays attention to a child's behavior, what is likely to happen?
A) The child is likely to stop the behavior that gets attention
B) Most children don't notice what teachers pay attention to
C) The child is likely to continue the behavior that gets attention
D) The child is likely to become shy
Q3) Which of the following is true about teaching prosocial skills?
A) It should be done at home, not at school
B) It is one approach to teaching children morals
C) It never uses social interaction as part of the process
D) It is not used in schools today
Q4) 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) According to the research of Adrie Kusserow, the families in Queens and the families in Manhattan treated their children very differently. What were the differences and why?
Q2) Behavior contagion is
A) Always a negative force
B) An example of how the peer group can influence even young children
C) An example of kindergarten readiness
D) Is an example of Applied Behavior Analysis
Q3) What do children gain from being part of a peer group?
A) Learning to give and take as equals, placement in a generation
B) Attachment, influence
C) History, curriculum
D) Behavior modification, invisibility
Q4) How are children socialized by their families?
Q5) Which of the following is an indicator for children who are prepared to enter kindergarten?
A) Children who are can concentrate and focus
B) Children who can count to 25
C) Children who can recite the ABC song
D) Children who are ready for invented spelling
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Chapter 7: Understanding Families Goals, Values, and Culture
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Q1) Which of the following best characterizes parents with interdependence goals?
A) They focus on individualism
B) They never "baby" their children
C) They encourage self-help skills during the first year
D) They model being "other-centered"
Q2) According to the text, which of the following describes pattern 1 families?
A) They generalize about cultures and create stereotypes
B) They believe that everybody in a given culture is alike
C) The group is seen as more important than the individual
D) People are valued as unique individuals, starting at birth
Q3) When making the case to support home language in schools, which of the following reasons is not valid?
A) Children develop language through social interactions with adults and peers
B) Saying everything in both languages one right after another is the best way to become bilingual
C) It is important to support cognitive development in the home language
D) Becoming bilingual is about adding another language, and not taking one away
Q4) What is the value of cultural pluralism?
Q5) What is meant by a cultural bump?
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Q6) What do people mean when they say that they don't have a culture?
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Chapter 8: Working With Families on Guidance Issues
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Q1) All but one of the following is a list of the dangers of demanding children to be obedient. Which one does not belong?
A) Children learn to speak up and defend themselves
B) Children may have difficulty saying no to peers
C) Children may have trouble saying no to adults with inappropriate intentions
D) Children may have struggle with making independent choices
Q2) Describe the 7 effective ways to respond to children's unacceptable behavior.
Q3) In the story about Carla and Cody, characteristics of parents who abuse their children include which of the following?
A) Being of a low income level
B) Being isolated and having unrealistic expectations of their children
C) Lacking love for their children
D) Having a shy personality
Q4) Why did early childhood experts want to change the word discipline to guidance?
A) It sounds better
B) It reflects a more positive approach
C) Children might like it better
D) Educators prefer frequent change
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Chapter 9: Working With Families on Addressing Feelings and Problem Solving
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Q1) Three of the following are examples of ways of expressing feelings that are acceptable to some adults and not to others. Which one does not belong?
A) Yelling and screaming
B) Stating negative wishes or imagining violent happenings
C) Taking out anger symbolically such as pounding pillows
D) Name calling and using obscenities
Q2) What is the function of a cultural script?
A) A script tells members what they are supposed to feel and how to convey it
B) A script helps people memorize relaxation techniques
C) A script dictates the schedule of events
D) A script helps children during dramatic play
Q3) According to the chapter, which of the following is never inappropriate?
A) Express feelings
B) Act on one's feelings
C) Feel what one feels
D) Talk about feelings
Q4) How can adults help children cope with fear?
Q5) How does playing pretend help children cope with feelings?
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Chapter 10: Working With Families to Support Self-Esteem
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Q1) What are some strategies for changing negative messages to positive ones?
Q2) Which of the following best describes an anti-bias curriculum?
A) Teaches children to be blind to racial and cultural differences
B) Teaches children to respond positively and appropriately to differences
C) Avoids discussions of injustice because children are too young to understand
D) Does not include people with disabilities
Q3) 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
Q4) Which of the following is not a dimension of self-esteem?
A) Significance
B) Power
C) Virtue
D) Patience
Q5) What are some of the ways to teach anti-bias behaviors?
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) Broader gender roles include all of the following, with the exception of which?
A) Mother's who work outside of the home are less likely to be criticized
B) Men are freer to participate more fully in parenting
C) Men can enter more traditional women's fields such as nursing
D) Broader roles have created equal pay for both men and women for equal work
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) Why does the author of the text suggest that adults not accept traditional gender roles?
A) Because traditional roles are narrow and confining
B) Because traditions are not necessary
C) Because they downplay femininity
D) Because we have reached equality in gender roles
Q4) 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?
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Chapter 12: Stress and Success in Family Life
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Q1) Which of the following might be too much for one family, but optimum for another?
A) Poverty
B) Resiliency
C) Stress
D) Success
Q2) Across America, which societal condition is rising rapidly?
A) Attachment
B) Codependence
C) Poverty
D) Success
Q3) What are some strategies for working with families from a strength-based perspective?
Q4) What is the word to describe when one person encourages and enables another to lean too heavily on him or her, creating bonds that trap both of them?
A) Attachment
B) Codependence
C) Poverty
D) Resiliency
Q5) What did the 6 featured families have in common?
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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) Quality care is not related to which of the following?
A) Teachers' qualifications
B) Group size
C) Child-staff ratio
D) The money spent on building design
Q3) Smaller groups and good ratios make it more likely that adults will do what?
A) Provide sensitive, responsive interactions with children
B) Give orders to children
C) Keep children in line by quoting rules
D) Demand, rather than encourage or suggest
Q4) One way to connect families is
A) Send out parent contact information
B) Introduce parents with common problems to each other
C) Ask permission to make contact information available
D) Pass out beer and wine to relax parents at meetings
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Chapter 14: Supporting Families Through Community
Resources and Networks
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Q1) All of the following are ways for an early childhood educator to find community resources, except
A) Involving the community in their child care center
B) Attending in-service training provided by the community agencies
C) Watching for announcements in the news media regarding funding that is available
D) Hoping someone will share information about a resource before families need it
Q2) Sara's family was featured in the chapter. What community resources did Sara use to support herself and her two sons?
Q3) 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
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Chapter 15: Social Policy Issues
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Q1) Children who have been exposed to violence often experience fear. What is one way that children try to work through their fears, and why is it not always supported by adults?
Q2) Who is responsible for peacemaking within families?
A) Community
B) Church
C) Children
D) Parents
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) Which one of the following is not listed in the chapter as a risk factor for healthy development?
A) Increasing number of children living in poverty
B) Advancing technology
C) A high infant mortality rate
D) Substandard child care
Q5) How can people become an advocate for children and families?
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