Deck 9: Developmentally Appropriate Socialemotional Environments: for Infants

Question 1

Child care for infants always creates problems later in their development.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

All these factors EXCEPT one relate to forming attachment.

A) Temperament.
B) Continuity of care.
C) Gender.
D) Sensitivity of response.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Separation anxiety often appears between eight to twelve months.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Continuity of care can create all EXCEPT

A) feelings of trust in families.
B) confusion for babies.
C) increased knowledge of babies and their ways of responding.
D) feelings of security.

Question 5

Adults who work with infants should

A) understand their limitations.
B) respect their preferences in interaction.
C) communicate regularly with families.
D) All of the above.

Question 6

Attachment is related to maternal warmth and sensitivity of response.

Question 7

Poor infant care would include all EXCEPT

A) untrained caregivers.
B) lack of respect for family preferences.
C) good sanitary practices.
D) large group size.

Question 8

Problems with attachment can occur when there is no "goodness of fit" with the expectations of the adult.

Question 9

Touch is always part of communication, no matter what the culture.

Question 10

Which of these statements about infant social/emotional development is NOT true?

A) Consistency of care is important to developing a sense of trust.
B) All babies develop stranger anxiety.
C) Babies are interested in other babies.
D) Emotions become more differentiated as babies get close to one year.

Question 11

Appropriate guidance for infants includes all EXCEPT

A) close monitoring of behavior.
B) substitution.
C) smacking hands.
D) understanding of limitations.

Question 12

Attachment is

A) related to development in all other domains.
B) a process that occurs over the first two years.
C) mutual, between infant and caregivers.
D) All of the above.

Question 13

Responding promptly to babies' cries only makes them cry more.

Question 14

It is inappropriate for caregivers to consider families' ideas about putting babies on schedules.

Question 15

An inappropriate response when a baby shows stranger anxiety would be

A) encouraging the stranger to hold the baby so she will get used to it.
B) allowing the baby to remain close to a known adult.
C) suggesting that the stranger allow the baby to warm up slowly.
D) allowing the baby to withdraw from the new adult.

Question 16

Culture plays a role in

A) child rearing practices.
B) attitudes about spoiling.
C) maternal behaviors.
D) All of the above.

Question 17

Emotional responsiveness has nothing to do with individual cultures.

Question 18

Touch and physical closeness are factors in forming a sense of trust.

Question 19

Discipline is not a topic that relates to infants.

Question 20

Which of the following statement is NOT true about infant child care?

A) It is related to spoiling.
B) It is increasingly used by families.
C) Studies have shown much of it is of poor or mediocre quality.
D) It has inconclusive studies about long-term effect.

Question 21

Appropriate understanding of infant limitations includes all EXCEPT:

A) It is never too early to start expecting self-control.
B) Infants may become frustrated with waiting.
C) Infants can't yet recognize others' needs or feelings.
D) Feeling secure that needs will be met lays the basis for later self-control.

Question 22

Separation anxiety may appear

A) around four months.
B) around eight months.
C) around one year.
D) rarely in most babies.

Question 23

When parents' requests differ from caregivers' usual practices, caregivers should

A) ignore the request as not developmentally appropriate.
B) tell the parents why these are not good ideas.
C) Neither of the above.
D) Both of the above.

Question 24

Names associated with attachment theory include all EXCEPT

A) Bowlby.
B) Ainsworth.
C) Piaget.
D) Brazelton.

Question 25

Describe the viewpoints in the controversy about infants in child care.

Question 26

In the development of emotional responsiveness one may see all EXCEPT

A) jealousy.
B) fear.
C) compassion.
D) anger.

Question 27

Warm physical contact is important for all but one of these:

A) Attachment.
B) A sense of well-being for babies.
C) Part of every routine.
D) Staff retention.

Question 28

Separation anxiety may appear in about _____ months.

Question 29

A secure attachment in infancy is related to later _____.

Question 30

Discuss the process of attachment, including milestones and relationship to optimum development.

Question 31

Erikson defined the core conflict of infancy as _____.

Question 32

To promote a sense of trust, infant care programs do all EXCEPT one:

A) Promote communication between families and caregivers for consistent responses.
B) Move infants every six to nine months so they get comfortable with lots of new faces.
C) Promote smallest possible adult-child ratios.
D) Respond to babies' signals.

Question 33

Babies who are responded to promptly cry _____ as they get older.

Question 34

When adults pick up crying babies, they

A) reinforce the crying, according to Skinner.
B) indicate responsiveness.
C) do so for their own needs.
D) None of the above.

Question 35

Attachment studies find that

A) when babies receive prompt responses to their crying they cry more.
B) when babies receive prompt responses to their crying they cry less.
C) when babies receive prompt responses to their crying they become spoiled.
D) None of the above.

Question 36

Belsky's first study about infant child care suggested there might be problems in development when infants spent more than _____ hours in child care each week.

Question 37

Respect might be shown by

A) waiting for infants to respond to cues
B) waiting to see if infants can soothe themselves.
C) Neither of the above.
D) Both of the above.

Question 38

Write a response to a parent who asks for your advice about spoiling her infant, including all the appropriate developmental information.