Child Development Quiz

What is interpretation?

• the analysis an observer forms and expresses about what they observed

• a way of acting or responding that is common at each stage of childhood

• a key skill used to check a child's progress

• any activity that arouses a baby's sense of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell

What is the most important life stage for development?

• birth

• childhood

• adulthood

What are 3 examples of nature- heredity/ genetics?

• eye color

• stress

• personality/ temperment

• homelife

• height

What is self-esteem?

• the value that people place of themselves

• the way you take things

• a way of acting or responding that is common at each stage of childhood.

• none of the above

Learning about development helps us...

• respond to children appropriately

• Identify possible delays in growth or development

• View our childhood differently

• Identify careers in the childcare field

• all of the above

What is a developmental milestone?

• a way of acting or responding that is common at each stage of childhood

• a key skill used to check a child's progress

• keeping observations, data, and interpretations private

What is intellectual development?

• the ability of the brain o process information

• muscle coordination and control

• the ability to recognize and understand feelings and how to respond to them appropriately

• learning from the interaction of others

What is a running record?

• a record of everything observed for a set period of time

• a report of a child's actions that concentrate on a specific behavior or area of development.

• a tally of how often a certain behavior occurs

• a list of skills that a child should master or behavior they should exhibit by a certain age

What is social development?

• the ability to recognize and understand feelings and how to respond to them appropriately

• a child learning and discovering the expectations and rules for interacting with others

• the ability of the brain to process information

• muscle corrdination and control

True or False?

Growth is the ability to do things that are complex and challenging and development is a child's physical increase in size or amount that is easily seen.

• True

• False