WorksheetsFoundations in ECE ch 1 Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following reflects multiculturalism in early childhood teacher training?
a)
examination of experience in order to understand it, learn from it, and grow from it
b)
focusing education on the “whole child”
c)
recognizing that early childhood education is a field with its own concepts and vocabulary
d)
recognizing, respecting, and valuing the diversity that makes up the “American people”
e)
2.
The author of your text refers to “unwritten plans for and approaches for learning.” What is she referencing?
a)
the lesson plans made by the teacher before the formal classroom time
b)
the interface between adult and children, where the greatest learning takes place
c)
the lesson plans teachers make “on the fly,” responding to changes in the classroom environment
d)
plans for addressing each child as a “whole child”
e)
3.
Who has been primarily responsible for bringing the concepts and specifics of childhood stage development to the general public?
a)
Benjamin Spock and T. Barry Brazelton
b)
Arnold Gesell
c)
Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson
d)
Maria Montessori
4.
Four-year-old Hilary goes to a parent-participation nursery school. Hilary’s educational setting is also called a
a)
parent cooperative preschool.
b)
Montessori school.
c)
parent-based kindergarten.
d)
home-based visitor program.
5.
Two college students debate the nature-nurture question. What is the topic of their debate?
a)
the extent to which children are extraverted (outgoing) or introverted (quiet)
b)
whether children primarily prefer an indoor or outdoor environment
c)
the benefits and disadvantages of emergent curriculum
d)
the relative influence of heredity and environment on a child’s development
6.
Regarding early philosophical views of children, Rousseau is to _____ as Locke is to ______.
a)
little angel / little devil
b)
little angel / blank slate
c)
little devil / blank slate
d)
little devil / little angel
7.
Whose contribution to child development includes the identification of the physical milestones of children’s development?
a)
Arnold Gesell
b)
Jean Piaget
c)
Abraham Maslow
d)
B. F. Skinner
8.
If early childhood educator Monica Monez wishes to be consistent with Piaget’s ideas about child development, which of the following should she do with her students?
a)
Monez should emphasize the right answers to particular problems and activities.
b)
Monez should mold and shape her students’ behaviors through a system of rewards.
c)
Monez should provide a rich environment and let the children interact in an exploratory way.
d)
Monez should de-emphasize play, especially of the dramatic variety.
9.
Using the theories of Piaget, Freud, and Erikson, an 8-year-old child would best be described as
a)
concrete operational, in a period of latency, and dealing with issues of industry versus inferiority.
b)
preoperational, in a phallic period, and dealing with issues of initiative versus guilt.
c)
concrete operational, in a period of latency, and dealing with issues of trust versus mistrust
d)
sensorimotor, in an oral period, dealing with issues of autonomy versus doubt.
10.
Caitlyn teaches Sunday School for five-year-old children. Having recently studied Erikson’s theory, Caitlyn predicts that most of her students will be in which psychosocial stage of development?
a)
concrete operations
b)
initiative versus guilt
c)
latency
d)
industry versus inferiority
11.
Among developmental theorists, ______ is to psychoanalytic theory? as ______ is to psychosocial theory.
a)
Sigmund Freud / Erik Erikson
b)
Albert Bandura / Lev Vygotsky
c)
Urie Bronfenbrenner / B. F. Skinner
d)
Abraham Maslow / Jean Piaget
12.
Regarding brain development, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a)
Social and emotional development are intimately connected to learning and cognition.
b)
Babies are born with many more brain cells than they actually need, so unused connections are eliminated through a pruning process.
c)
Using flashcards with infants is a developmentally appropriate practice.
d)
Scientific research on the brain is proving the idea that the early years matter.
13.
Your professor states, “Early childhood education should focus on all aspects of the child from her body to her mind.” Which theme of early childhood teacher training is your professor addressing?
a)
reflective thinking
b)
holism
c)
multiculturalism
d)
developmentally appropriate practice
14.
Early childhood education is a branch of education that deals with children from
a)
birth to age eight.
b)
birth to age twelve.
c)
preschool age to age eight.
d)
preschool age to age twelve.
15.
Emergent curriculum describes an approach to early childhood education in which projects are allowed to flow from one into another.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The NAEYC’s document titled Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Education encourages early childhood educators to move away from either-or thinking and embrace both-and thinking.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
In general, family child care programs are less regulated than center-based child care programs.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
The scientific approach to the study of children began with G. Stanley Hall’s keeping of anecdotal records on the developmental stages of children.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Evan Palmer’s five-year-old kindergarten students are in Piaget’s preoperational stage of development. Evan should expect that the children may often rely on intuition and perception rather than logic, and Evan should allow them time for pretend play and talk.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Both John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner believe that the only thing worth studying was that which could be seen — behavior.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Early Childhood Educators have a legal mandate to report any suspected cases of child abuse.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Lev Vygotsky’s theories differ from those of Piaget because he believed in giving children adult guidance, rather than simply letting children explore on their own.
a)
True
b)
False
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