wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Gesell Theory

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These are behaviors or physical skills seen in infants and children as they grown and develop.

(a)  

2.

An American psychologist and pediatrician who pineered the use of motion-picture cameras to study the physical and mental development of normal infants and children.

(a)  

3.

It is a child's physical increase in size or amount that is easily observed.

(a)  

4.

It is a set of developmental metrics which outline the ages and stages of development in young children developed by Dr. Gesell and colleagues.

(a)  

5.

What are the different strands of the Gesell Developmental Schedule? Check all that apply.

a)

Cognitive Strand

b)

Motor Strand

c)

Social behavior, emotional development, & adaptive skills

d)

Reading Strand

6.

The following tasks belong to the cognitive strand of the Gesell Developmental Schedule, except.

a)

Attention Span

b)

Fine Motore Skills

c)

Hand-eye coordination

d)

Visual Perception

7.

What doesn't belong to the Language Strand of the Fesell Developmental Schedule?

a)

Semantics

b)

Short-term memory

c)

Ability to understand what is said

d)

Vocabulary

8.

What doesn't belong to the Social Behavior, emotional development, and adaptive skills of the Gesell Developmental Schedule?

a)

Self-determination

b)

self-regulation

c)

self-help skills

d)

social interaction with

9.

Gesell's theory is also known as (a)   ? It is the foundation of nearly every other theory of human development after Gesell.

10.

Gesell's cycles of development are divided into how many stages?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

3

d)

5

11.

One cycle of development includes the following. (check all that applies)

a)

Smooth

b)

Fitting together

c)

break-up

d)

outwardizing

12.

True or False

The time to complete a cycle of the six stages is quite rapit in early life and slows down with age

a)

True

b)

False

13.

It is a period when children are more a joy to be. It is often characterized by smooth, calm behaviors.

(a)  

14.

It refers to the sequence of physical, language, thought and emotional changes that occur in a child from birth to the beginning of adulthood.

(a)  

15.

It is a period when children's behavior can be more challenging. It is often characterized as unsettled and uneven behaviors.

(a)