According to the text, part of the purpose of teaching is to:
a. find a way to keep children happy 100 of the time.
b. help children extend their repertoires of adaptive coping responses.
c. help children understand that life's ever-changing circumstances will never be easy.
d. understand that withdrawal and regression are inappropriate responses to life's difficulties.
Question 2...Crisis proofing means that:
a. the crisis is carefully discussed after it has taken place.
b. the child is provided with a mild, diluted form of the experience before a real crisis occurs.
c. the child is protected from crisis because he/she has developed adequate mental health skills.
d. the teacher provides proof to the child that the crisis will pass and everything will be all right.
Question 3...Striking a bargain with another child instead of grabbing something is an example of:
a. coping by means of regressing to less mature behavior.
b. doing what the teacher wants.
c. using an alternative way of getting what one wants.
d. avoiding reality.
Question 4...Offering dramatic play experiences based on a particular theme such as going to the hospital:
a. can help children play through their fears about this experience.
b. should be avoided unless the children think these up for themselves, because it structures the play too much.
c. should be avoided, because playing doctor is only a thinly disguised form of sex play.
d. is presented best by using puppets, because this lets the teacher focus the play more clearly on what the children should learn.
Question 5...The text recommends several ways of helping children get in touch with their feelings. One way that is not recommended is:
a. describing their feelings to them as well as you can.
b. offering opportunities for various kinds of imaginative play.
c. making a variety of self-expressive art activities available to the children.
d. asking them to go into detail and give reasons why they did a particular thing.
Question 6...During the stage of initiative versus guilt, the child:
a. often feels guilty about taking the initiative.
b. becomes an avid seeker of information about the world around him.
c. is likely to be around 8 years old.
d. gets ready to move on to the stage of autonomy versus shame and doubt.
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