Parents that nurture creative children are likely to:
a. be very enmeshed in their children's lives.
b. involve their children in family decision-making. c. be overprotective of their children.
d. have intensive aspirations for their children.
Question 2Environmental conditions that support creativity include:
a. people and objects. b. places.
c. experiences.
d. all of the above
Question 3Individuals reach a peak in their creative functioning:
a. during adolescence.
b. in young adulthood.
c. around third grade.
d. during early childhood.
Question 4Which is the most important in planning creative activities for young children?
a. The creative process is most important because this is when cognitive activity occurs.
b. The product is most important because it gives the child the opportunity to reflect on his/her efforts. c. The creative process and product are both equally important.
d. It depends on the materials used by the child.
Question 5Which of the following is an example of serendipity in the creative process?
a. hypothesizing solutions to the problem of who will be the class's line leader today b. brainstorming a list of places to hide the treasure in a class treasure hunt
c. making a child-sized igloo out of plastic milk jugs
d. accidentally dripping water across the sky of a landscape painting and incorporating this effect as clouds
Question 6Synergy is defined as:
a. high-energy problem-solving.
b. the ability to find connections between seemingly unrelated things. c. the ability to separate complex entities into component parts.
d. small group work that is synchronized and sequential.
Question 7Identifying gifted and talented children can be challenging because:
a. we haven't developed good methods for identification. b. abilities don't develop until later in life.
c. their development across domains may be uneven.
d. young children cannot sustain their attention for accurate evaluation of their abilities.
Question 8Teachers are increasingly concerned about the underrepresentation of which groups of children in gifted and talented programs?
a. children from low-income populations
b. children from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds c. bilingual children
d. all of the above
Question 9Which of the following is
not a reason why some children are more creative than others?
a. Not all children have their creativity nurtured.
b. Enrichment opportunities are not available to all children.
c. Some children do not have an IQ high enough to demonstrate their creativity.
d. Not all schools offer programs in the arts to supplement their regular curriculum.
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