Deck 1: Valuing Play

Question 1

Teachers can require children to play with each other.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Piaget's second level of play is symbolic or pretend play.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Piaget's second level of play is games with rules.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Toddlers spend about half of their time in exploration.

Question 5

Playfulness is the same as play.

Question 6

Play is universal .

Question 7

Play is episodic in that play can change at a moment's notice.

Question 8

As a child grows and develops, play decreases and exploration increases.

Question 9

Playfulness does not include observable behaviors.

Question 10

Play is symbolic.

Question 11

Play can be found in all cultures in the world.

Question 12

Cruel play is classified as play that is not pleasurable .

Question 13

The thing that distinguishes play from work is that in play the product is more important than the process .

Question 14

Play requires active involvement of the child.

Question 15

Play occurs before exploration.

Question 16

Functional or practice play is the second stage of play.

Question 17

Play is meaningful and requires active observation of the child.

Question 18

In play, the process is more important than the product.

Question 19

Observable behaviors include those that can be observed, described, and classified.

Question 20

Play is involuntary.

Question 21

Playfulness is best described as a personality trait .

Question 22

_______________ defined play as "the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul."

Question 23

List three components of playfulness.

Question 24

Positive affect, creative combinations, and a variable heart rate occur during:

A) play.
B) exploration.
C) both play and exploration.
D) neither play nor exploration.

Question 25

David Elkind first expressed his concern about the valuation of work over play in _____________ in 1981.

Question 26

_______________ is the dominant activity during the first two years of a child's life.

Question 27

The rules of play are established by the __________.

Question 28

Preschoolers spend most of their time in _____________ play.

Question 29

Play is valued equally in diverse cultures by groups and subgroups.

Question 30

Neutral affect, stereotypical behavior, and steady heart rate occur during:

A) play.
B) exploration.
C) both play and exploration.
D) neither play nor exploration.

Question 31

___________ is a behavioral disposition that occurs in describable and reproducible contexts and is manifest in a variety of observable behaviors.

Question 32

One difference between play and exploration is that play has a positive effect and exploration has a _________ affect.

Question 33

Perhaps the most powerful support for play can be found in research .

Question 34

Play includes all the characteristics below EXCEPT:

A) play is voluntary.
B) play requires active involvement.
C) play is symbolic.
D) play is exploratory.
E) all of the above.

Question 35

Functional play is also called ____________ play.

Question 36

Play is valuable to human beings because it is an activity that is ______.

A) pleasurable
B) adaptive
C) crucial for growth and development
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 37

List three obstacles to play.

Question 38

______________ believed play creates the zone of proximal development.

Question 39

All of the following are barriers to play EXCEPT:

A) overemphasis on academics.
B) inadequate space.
C) inadequate funds for toys.
D) changing cultural values.

Question 40

Piaget's research documents that play becomes more simplistic with age.