EDUC 6460 - Week 8

What is toxic stress?

• Short, inconsistent, and manageable instances of stress

• Prolonged, strong, and frequent stress without support

• Prolonged, strong, and frequent stress unbuffered by support

• Stress after listening to Toxic by Britney Spears

What is social buffering?

• When stress is mitigated by the presence of strong social bonds

• When stress is worsened by people you dislike.

• The stress that comes from too little socialization.

• When an extrovert adopts an introvert as their friend.

According to D&M, what features of responsive talk help build children’s language?

• Timing

• Instructive language

• Silence

• Pointing

• Gaze

What should not be done when book-reading with children?

• Selecting high-quality books.

• Reading books once.

• Have a joyful book-reading routine.

• Ignore the child's questions.

According to van Kleeck, ‘learning should fun’ is a belief generally held by which ethnic group?

• African Americans

• Asian ethnicities

• European Americans

• Latinx ethnicities

According to van Kleeck, which of the following features are related to collectivist cultures?

• Multiple caregivers

• 'Low context' communication

• Focus on the group and social cooperation

• Nuclear families

According to van Kleeck, families from Asian backgrounds generally believe:

• That "learning is hard work"

• That talkative children are well-behaved

• Picture books are the best option for children.

• That there's no need to expand on children's utterances.

Cultural beliefs do affect the way parents view the language development of their children.

• True

• False