Children selecting books in the classroom library area will usually select familiar books over unfamiliar ones.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2Children who are insecure in their sense of belonging
a. should be given sincere affection and encouragement.
b. lack maturity and coping skills.
c. need to be pushed into social activities.
d. should not be placed in child care settings.
e. none of these.
Question 3Which of the following summarizes Vygotsky's beliefs about how children learn?
a. Children develop abstract thought through dramatic play.
b. Children need to experience things personally.
c. Children learn from interacting with adults and more expert peers.
d. all of the above
Question 4A child may symbolize some aspect of a book that has been read to him.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5We need to allow clowning so that a child can
a. use opportunities.
b. take responsibility.
c. save his or her dignity.
d. none of these.
Question 6Which of the following summarizes Piaget's beliefs about how children learn?
a. Children are born with innate preferences that determine what they learn.
b. Children are active learners who construct their own knowledge of the world from their experiences. c. Children learn only from watching what other people do.
d. all of the above
Question 7An important aspect of sharing books with children is the children's response to the literature.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 8Children who regularly indulge in tantrums need to know that
a. they will be ignored.
b. the adults who care for them will not explode into their own fits of anger.
c. that the logical consequence of a tantrum is spending a lot of time in time-out.
d. the adults will do anything to keep them from throwing a tantrum in a public place.
e. all of these.
Question 9The arts affect children's growing brains by:
a. activating spatial memory.
b. enriching the environment.
c. stimulating the senses.
d. all of the above
Question 10One technique suggested in the text to elicit children's ideas about what might happen in a book is to look at and discuss the book's cover.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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