Question: Children learn most about succeeding in adult life by ________.
Answer Choices:
A) engaging in dramatic play
B) learning from adult-directed instruction
C) listening to adult role models
D) reading books about grown-ups
Answer: A) engaging in dramatic play
Question: The term “Learners with Continuous Partial Attention” is applied primarily to students who
Answer Choices:
do not consciously apply the Let Me Learn system.
frequently multitask during learning situations.
make mindfulness a high priority.
have a low level of internal chatter.
Answer: frequently multitask during learning situations.
Question: Skinner felt that the environment is the primary factor that contributes to learning.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: One way that early care and education programs meet the basic needs of children is to __________.
Answer Choices:
A) regulate family structures
B) take field trips
C) offer technology courses
D) provide nutritious meals
Answer: D) provide nutritious meals
Question: This theorist’s bioecological theory views the child as developing within a complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment. He was the co-founder of Head Start.
Answer Choices:
Benjamin Spock
Jean Piaget
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Lev Vygotsky
Answer: Urie Bronfenbrenner
Question: At each stage of Erikson’s proposed theory, individuals are faced with a social-emotional crisis they must resolve.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following is true of nonverbal communication?
Answer Choices:
A) Nonverbal symbols express meaning the same way in all parts of the world.
B) The nonverbal use of spatial distance is not symbolic.
C) It includes symbols that may be consciously or unconsciously performed out of habit.
D) It consists of spontaneous expression.
Answer: C) It includes symbols that may be consciously or unconsciously performed out of habit.
Question: Optimal family cohesion occurs when a family’s togetherness is __________.
Answer Choices:
A) disconnected
B) enmeshed
C) balanced
D) separated
Answer: C) balanced
Question: Vygotsky proposed that cognitive development should be viewed within the context of only the physical world.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: ____ is generally regarded as the founder of the child study movement.
Answer Choices:
Charles Darwin
John Locke
G. Stanley Hall
Sigmund Freud
Answer: G. Stanley Hall