The concept of developmental appropriateness focuses on the idea that that:
a. interactions with and expectations of children are based on age, individuality, and culture.
b. parental and teacher expectations are often out of sync with what children want to do.
c. preschools have a responsibility to be child-friendly.
d. there are certain characteristics of children that are transient.
Ques. 2Which of the following statements is true?
a. The study of children has very recent origins.
b. The study of children dates at least to the late 1700s.
c. Child development as an academic focus is a contemporary enterprise.
d. Studying child development can occur only in higher education institutions.
Ques. 3Erik Erikson is most associated with the theoretical framework that focuses on how:
a. early attachment experiences influence children's present and later lives.
b. human interaction, culture, and social experiences combine to encourage learning.
c. social and emotional development progresses across a series of stages.
d. the self exists in a constantly changing world of experience.
Ques. 4Lev Vygotsky is most associated with the theoretical framework that focuses on how:
a. early attachment experiences influence children's present and later lives.
b. human interaction, culture, and social experiences combine to encourage learning.
c. the child exists within a system of relationships.
d. the self exists in a constantly changing world of experience.
Ques. 5Albert Bandura is most associated with the theoretical framework that focuses on how:
a. children learn by observing and imitating others.
b. children modify existing cognitive structures when confronted with new information.
c. early attachment experiences influence children's present and later lives.
d. the child exists within a system of relationships.
Ques. 6Jean Piaget is most associated with the theoretical framework that focuses on how:
a. children modify existing cognitive structures when confronted with new information.
b. early attachment experiences influence children's present and later lives.
c. individuals learn to self-regulate their thoughts and actions.
d. infants develop core systems of knowledge based on concepts most tied to survival.
Ques. 7The scholar who is credited with challenging the prevalent view of his era that children were simply miniature adults is:
a. Charles Darwin
b. G. Stanley Hall
c. Jean Jacques Rousseau
d. John Dewey