Deck 7: Play Development and Creativity

Question 1

At the early childhood level, there is more similarity in children's play than differences among both cultural and social
classes.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Free play is the time set aside in the program for centers.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The 5- to 8-year-old is involved in a world of games and skills.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The difference between an 8-year-old and a 3-year-old in physical play is the degree of gracefulness.

Question 5

There are three types of play: free, organized, and formative.

Question 6

Children in the middle- and upper-elementary grades no longer learn through play.

Question 7

Young children do not differentiate between play, learning, and work.

Question 8

Associative play is characterized by being present in a group.

Question 9

Elkind feels that researchers all concentrate on the adult's view of play.

Question 10

Play contributes mainly to the child's physical and social growth.

Question 11

Play of adults and play of children are not much different.

Question 12

In working with children's violent play, it is important to know the difference between associative and solitary play.

Question 13

Being accepted by the peer group is of vital importance to 3-year-olds.

Question 14

Smilansky initiated a new line of research studies on the higher quality of play in children from higher economic groups.

Question 15

For children with special needs, one way to arrange the physical environment to promote play is to use specific social toys such as blocks, balls, and miniature cars.

Question 16

The difference between free and spontaneous play is that one is organized in center time and the other is not.

Question 17

When a child generally plays alone, this is termed solitary play.

Question 18

Piaget feels that associative play is one of the purest forms of symbolic thought available to the young child.

Question 19

Talking with children about their violent play is not as effective as time-out for this behavior.

Question 20

The most effective form of play for young children is spontaneous play.

Question 21

A teacher needs to learn everything there is to know about each child's special condition.

Question 22

Time on the playground:

A) helps children develop leadership.
B) shortens instructional time.
C) increases behavior problems.
D) helps children develop leadership and shortens instructional time.

Question 23

The nature of a child's special condition does not affect his or her play.

Question 24

In violent play, it is important to know the difference between imitative play and:

A) associative play.
B) solitary play.
C) creative play.
D) imaginary play.

Question 25

Research on recess includes findings that:

A) it helps the brain "regroup."
B) it helps the brain "regroup" and children learn to negotiate.
C) it helps children learn to negotiate.
D) it is most beneficial after lunch.

Question 26

Teachers promote play by:

A) following developmental lesson plans.
B) providing representational toys.
C) focusing on realistic play objects.
D) trying not to get involved in the play.

Question 27

Children with ADHD are among those who benefit most from play.

Question 28

Piaget feels that imaginative play:

A) is the least understood form of play.
B) is necessary for language development.
C) can continue throughout life.
D) is the purest form of symbolic thought.

Question 29

Outdoor play after lunch is optimum.

Question 30

Preschoolers enjoy:

A) symbolic play.
B) dramatic play.
C) reading activities.
D) mathematics.

Question 31

During the later childhood years, in grades 4 to 5:

A) the need for vigorous play is still important.
B) vigorous play is not as important.
C) children are more interested in symbolic play.
D) none of the above.

Question 32

The teacher can encourage play between children with special needs and typically developing children by:

A) increasing the proximity of children.
B) assigning seats during group times.
C) ensuring that children with special needs always have peers who are typically developing on both sides of them.
D) all of the above.

Question 33

The most important thing to remember about play for children with special needs is that they are children first.

Question 34

Reducing play time to stop violent play is:

A) a short-term solution.
B) the best solution.
C) not an option.
D) a long-term solution.

Question 35

There is more similarity than differences in children's play among both cultural and social classes because:

A) the influence of the mass media across cultures.
B) the use of technology in all areas of the curriculum.
C) children are less socialized and more apt to create their own play.
D) children are more likely to adopt socially transmitted play activities.

Question 36

Recess has been:

A) negatively affected by federal and state standards and testing requirements.
B) negatively affected by academic and safety issues.
C) decreased in time almost 20%.
D) all of the above.

Question 37

Some types of play categories include:

A) self-smart, practice, concentric, and constructive play.
B) dramatic, constructive, practice, and games with rules.
C) practice, games with rules, constructive, and culturally determined.
D) constructive, practice, and games.

Question 38

Children who are active during the day are more sedentary after school.

Question 39

Recess provides breaks during which the brain can "regroup."

Question 40

The teacher can encourage social development for children with special needs by using:

A) the guidelines for special education provided in INTASC Standards.
B) special education toys prescribed by therapists.
C) social toys such as blocks, balls, and miniature cars.
D) teacher assistants to encourage children's interactions.

Question 41

What are some things older children learn through play?

Question 42

What is the difference between the play of adults and children?

Question 43

The type of play that is flexible and unplanned by adults is called .

Question 44

Why is it essential that adults facilitate play for children with special needs?

Question 45

Play marked by mutual involvement in a play activity is called .

Question 46

Play for children with special needs:

A) may look like what is normally viewed as play.
B) is generally initiated by the child.
C) involves appropriate adaptations for the child.
D) all of the above.

Question 47

When a child plays side by side with other children without direct involvement, this is called .

Question 48

When a child's play takes the form of merely being present in a group, this is called .

Question 49

What part does play take in the lives of young children?

Question 50

A child who has visual impairments:

A) learns to play board games with special assistance.
B) learns to play board games with special assistance and can move around the room with minimal assistance.
C) can move around the room with minimal assistance.
D) needs individualized instruction.

Question 51

What is the first thing to remember about children with special needs and play?

Question 52

In comparison to a typically developing child, the child with special needs in play:

A) plays alone as a preferred practice.
B) plays when prompted by other children.
C) plays with appropriate adaptations.
D) plays alone as a preferred practice and when prompted by other children.

Question 53

There are two main types of play: and .