State Exam Practice

Imaginative play is also called?

• Solitary Play

• Parallel Play

• Make believe play

• Associative Play

A child cried for 2 hours straight and the parents never come to check on them. This relates to what concepts?

• Trust vs. Mistrust- Erikson

• Piaget's Assimilation

• RAD

• RIE theory- Gerber

Answer explanation

RAD stands for Reactive attachment disorder, or a person that doesn't have secure attachment due to neglect. RIE theory has to do with giving parents resources to help them respect their child.

What statement is true?

• You cannot spoil an infant by holding them too much.

• Inhibited attachment is a good thing

• Erik Erikson has to do with cognitive development

• Emotional development is the process by which a child learns to interact with others around them

Answer explanation

Social development is learning to interact with those around them. Erikson is called "Psychosocial development" which is related to social, NOT cognitive. That is Piaget typically.

An order child is shy and has a quiet disposition. The second child is quick to anger and pitch tantrums. The parents think they got their anger from their grandfather- Ben. What does this relate to?

• Dominant Genetic Defects

• Sibling Rivalry
• Temperament

• Competency

Who's theory is RIE- Resources for infant Educarers?

• Montessori

• Vygotsky

• Bandura

• Gerber

What skills are important for a child to achieve before kindergarten?

• Social readiness

• Letters and some basic Number sense

• Emotional readiness

• Being able to understand conservation

What age can a child start showing concern for others/empathy? (best answer)

• Age 1

• Age 3

• Age 6

• Age 12

How can you encourage language development?

• Reading to the child daily

• Narrating your daily activities

• Giving them small things to pick up

• Taking deep breaths

A 12 month old can speak how many words on average?

• None

• 1-2 words

• 15 words

• 50 words

Answer explanation

Mama/ Dada, milk, dog, More, No are common.

How much screentime is recommended for an 18 month old?

• 30 minutes

• None except for facetime

• Tablets are okay, but not video games

• 1-2 hours of high quality content