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Child Care Semester Exam Review #2

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____________ refers to change or growth that occurs in children.

a)

Health

b)

Development

c)

Childhood

d)

Maturation

2.

From birth through the first year, children are called:

a)

infants

b)

toddlers

c)

preschooler

d)

middle childhood

3.

Children from age one up to the third birthday:

a)

infants

b)

toddlers

c)

preschooler

d)

middle childhood

4.

Children ages three to five years of age:

a)

infant

b)

toddler

c)

preschooler

d)

middle childhood

5.

Children between the ages of six and twelve:

a)

infants

b)

toddler

c)

preschooler

d)

middle childhood

6.

Characteristics a child inherits genetically from parents:

a)

heredity

b)

maturation

c)

development

d)

education

7.

All of the interactions, experiences, and events that influence a child's development:

a)

heredity

b)

environment

c)

education

d)

learning standards

8.

Involves improvement of skills using the large muscles in the legs and arms

a)

gross-motor development

b)

fine-motor development

c)

small-motor development

d)

maturation

9.

Involves the small muscles of the hands and fingers:

a)

gross-motor development

b)

fine-motor development

c)

maturation

d)

heredity

10.

Refers to processes people use to gain knowledge:

a)

physical development

b)

cognitive development

c)

emotional development

d)

social development

11.

Involves learning to relate to others:

a)

physical development

b)

cognitive development

c)

emotional development

d)

social development

12.

Involves feelings, and expression of feelings:

a)

physical development

b)

social development

c)

emotional development

d)

cognitive development

13.

When development tends to proceed from the head downward:

a)

Proximodistal development

b)

Cephalocaudel principle

c)

Maturation

d)

Heredity

14.

When development tends to proceed from the center of the body outward:

a)

Heredity

b)

Maturation

c)

Cephalocaudel principle

d)

Proximodistal principle

15.

The sequence of biological changes in children, which is based on their genetics:

a)

Maturation

b)

Cephalocaudel principle

c)

Proximodistal principle

d)

Environment

16.

Who proposed a theory of psycho-social development?

a)

Piaget

b)

Gardner

c)

Erikson

d)

Vygotsky

17.

Who introduced a theory of cognitive development?

a)

Piaget

b)

Vygotsky

c)

Gardner

d)

Erikson

18.

Who introduced the term private speech or 'self-talk'_ or "self-talk" in his socio-cultural theory?

a)

Erikson

b)

Gardner

c)

Vygotsky

d)

Kohlberg

19.

Who proposed a theory of multiple intelligences?

a)

Gardner

b)

Piaget

c)

Erikson

d)

Vygotsky

20.

Who introduced a theory of moral development?

a)

Gardner

b)

Kohlberg

c)

Piaget

d)

Vygotsky

21.

An automatic body response to a stimulus:

a)

heredity

b)

maturation

c)

reflex

d)

learning

22.

Helps the infant obtain food for survival:

a)

sucking reflex

b)

rooting reflex

c)

Moro or startle reflex

d)

Babinski

23.

Occurs when a baby is startled by a noise or sudden movement:

a)

Palmer grasp reflex

b)

rooting reflex

c)

Moro reflex

d)

sucking reflex

24.

Causes infants to turn heads toward anything that brushes their faces:

a)

rooting reflex

b)

Babinski reflex

c)

sucking reflex

d)

Moro reflex

25.

Causes the hands to close tightly when you stroke the infant's palms:

a)

Moro reflex

b)

rooting reflex

c)

Babinski reflex

d)

Palmer grasp

26.

Causes the toes to fan out and curl and the foot to twist in when the sole of the foot is stroked from the outside from heel to toe:

a)

Babinski reflex

b)

Moro reflex

c)

Palmer grasp reflex

d)

rooting reflex

27.

Can be observed when an infant is held so the feet are flat on a surface. Then, the infant will lift one foot after another in a stepping motion

a)

Babinski reflex

b)

Stepping or walking reflex

c)

Rooting reflex

d)

Sucking reflex

28.

The order in which a child is able to perform new movements

a)

Maturation

b)

Cephalcaudel principle

c)

Rooting reflex

d)

Motor sequence

29.

Which of the following is the correct order for motor sequence?

a)

Hitching, crawling, creeping, walking, standing

b)

Crawling, creeping, hitching, standing, walking

c)

Crawling, hitching, creeping, standing, walking

d)

Creeping, hitching, crawling, standing, walking

30.

The understanding that objects exist even if you cannot see them is known as:

a)

Separation anxiety

b)

Object permanence

c)

Motor sequence

d)

Proximodistal principle

31.

When a child is unhappy because a caregiver is leaving, the child is showing:

a)

Separation anxiety

b)

Object permanence

c)

Deferred imitation

d)

Attachment

32.

Children demonstrate this by watching another person's behavior and acting it out later:

a)

Object permanence

b)

Deferred imitation

c)

Attachment

d)

Evaluation

33.

These behaviors show that infants care for and respond to certain people who are important to them:

a)

Attachment

b)

Temperament

c)

Separation anxiety

d)

Deferred imitation

34.

The way a child reacts to his or her environment reflects the child's:

a)

Attachment

b)

Deferred imitation

c)

Temperament

d)

Object Permanence

35.

What kind of problem solving do children between twelve and eighteen months like?

a)

cognitive thought

b)

trial and error

c)

motor sequence

d)

telegraphic thought

36.

Children begin to think before taking action between:

a)

6 and 9 months

b)

9 and 12 months

c)

12 and 18 months

d)

18 and 24 months

37.

Two-word phrases are called:

a)

telegraphic speech

b)

emotional speech

c)

cognitive language

d)

babbling

38.

Newborns do not have very refined _______________ at birth.

a)

hearing

b)

emotions

c)

sentence structure

d)

brain

39.

An infant will __________ and hit with objects to learn how they work.

a)

stomp

b)

eat

c)

mouth

d)

throw

40.

Young infants tend to show these two main emotions?

a)

happiness and sadness

b)

fear and joy

c)

distress and excitement

d)

expressive and impressive

41.

Two year olds often use _______ language and simple sentences to express themselves.

a)

cognitive

b)

social

c)

impressive

d)

expressive

42.

Two year olds are active, demanding and:

a)

calm

b)

curious

c)

caring

d)

comfortable

43.

Three year olds are ________________ and generally try to please.

a)

calm

b)

caring

c)

comfortable

d)

curious

44.

At what age can a child catch a large ball with their arms?

a)

6 months

b)

1 year

c)

2 years

d)

3 years

45.

At what age can a child sit on a riding toy and move it by pushing with their feet?

a)

6 months

b)

9 months

c)

1 year

d)

2 years

46.

At what age should a child be able to open and close scissors?

a)

6 months

b)

9 months

c)

1 year

d)

2 years

47.

At what age should a child be able to cut a five-inch square of paper into two sections?

a)

6 months

b)

1 year

c)

2 years

d)

3 years

48.

Two year olds need constant routine and a predictable:

a)

lunch

b)

self-concept

c)

schedule

d)

observation

49.

Challenge three year old children by ____________ and offering information.

a)

asking questions

b)

giving choices

c)

providing lunch

d)

observing

50.

The three year old is beginning to develop a:

a)

language

b)

speech pattern

c)

self-concept

d)

rating scale