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Early Childhood Theories and Development

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This theorist’s theory included 8 stages some include trust vs. mistrust and autonomy vs. shame and guilt

a)

Piaget

b)

Vygotsky

c)

Gardner

d)

Erikson

2.
This theorist’s theory included 4 stages such as sensorimotor and preoperational
a)
Vygotsky
b)
Piaget
c)
Maslow
d)
Erikson
3.
This theorist’s major contribution was the idea of the Zone of Proximal Development
a)
Vygotsky
b)
Erikson
c)
Piaget
d)
Maslow
4.

This theorist’s theory stated that there are different kinds of learners such as naturalists, kinesthetic, linguistic and logical

a)

Maslow

b)

Piaget

c)

Gardner

d)

Vygotsky

5.
This theorists is responsible for the theory of multiple intelligences
a)
Erikson
b)
Gardner
c)
Piaget
d)
Vygotsky
6.
In this theorists theory children experienced a social conflict or crisis in each stage of the theory and the child’s personality developed as a result of this conflict
a)
Erikson
b)
Vygotsky
c)
Piaget
d)
Gardner
7.

Theorist who believed children built knowledge through exploration with hands on activities

a)

Vygotsky

b)

Piaget

c)

Gardner

d)

Maslow

8.
a)

Gardner

b)

Erikson

c)

Kohlberg

d)

Vygotsky

9.

Your friend's baby brother, Matt, loves to play with his pet cat. When he sees a puppy, he points and calls it ''mi mi," which is what he calls his cat. Matt is demonstrating Piaget's process of:

a)

conservation

b)

cognition

c)

object permanence

d)

assimilation

10.
a)

Gardner

b)

Vygotsky

c)

Piaget

d)

Erikson

11.

He believed that children's mental, language, and social development is supported and enhanced through SOCIAL interaction.

a)

Erikson

b)

Bronfenbrenner

c)

Vygotsky

d)

Gardner

12.

The range of tasks that are too difficult to master alone but can be learned with help.

a)

Zone of proximal development

b)

Scaffolding

c)

Inter-subjectivity

d)

Operant conditioning

13.

If there are two glasses of water with equal amounts, one glass taller in height and one that is wider, a child in the preoperational period will conclude that

a)

the taller one has more in quantity

b)

the wider one has more in quanitity

14.

Children from 3 to 6 years of age are called.....

a)

infants

b)

preschoolers

c)

toddlers

d)

teens

15.

Development proceeds from the head downward according to the _____________________ principle.

a)

proximodistal

b)

cognitive

c)

cephalocaudal

d)

maturation

16.

High levels of _________ can threaten healthy brain development.

a)

protein

b)

cortisol

c)

neurons

d)

insulin

17.

________ principle states that development proceeds from the center of the body outward.

a)

Cephalocaudal

b)

Maturation

c)

Cognitive

d)

Proximodistal

18.

Key times for brain synapses to link easily and efficiently are called (a)   .

19.

Children from age one up to three years of age are called (a)   .

20.

The process of adding new information to already existing information is called __________.

a)

assimilation

b)

schemata

21.

Discussion children have with themselves when they "think out loud" as a means of guidance and direction; also referred to as self-talk.

a)

Zone of Proximal Development

b)

Schemata

c)

private speech

d)

conversation

22.

A process in which assistance is provided by adult or another child to support a child’s learning. The support moves the child from his current developmental level to a higher one.

 concrete operations 

a)

schenata

b)

scaffolding

c)

assimilation

d)

accomodation

23.

According to Gardner, people with this intelligence as their strongest will have well developed vocabularies.

a)

Verbal-Linguistic

b)

Logical-Mathematical

c)

Bodily-Kinesthetic

d)

Musical-Rhythmic

24.

Motor development begins at birth.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Piaget believed that children learned best by doing.

a)

False

b)

True