Deck 2: Play As Development

Question 1

The study by Shirley Brice Heath found that language development is unaffected by socioeconomic status.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Play benefits infants because:

A) it keeps the infant at an optimal level of arousal.
B) it causes the infant to attend more closely to the social aspects of language.
C) it facilitates the process of parent infant attachment.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

High mobility is a term used to describe infants who cannot walk.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Object play usually begins when the child is about eight months old.

Question 5

Research shows that infants will survive and thrive properly without adult interaction.

Question 6

For the first two years of life, children discover their world through play and exploration.

Question 7

Pictures of infants should never be placed in infant-toddler centers.

Question 8

Berger and Thomson (1996) called the time from ages two to six the play years.

Question 9

The availability of play activities affects not only a child's development, but also the size of his or her brain.

Question 10

Decentration in symbolic play first begins around two years of age.

Question 11

Play begins as early as the second month of life.

Question 12

The child will usually form an attachment to only one adult.

Question 13

The most rapid period of physical growth and development occurs during the first two years.

Question 14

Motor development produces the most obvious changes during the first two years.

Question 15

The basis for language and communication is established during adult/child interaction.

Question 16

Reflexes rule the reflexive stage.

Question 17

Around the age of two, toddlers develop an interest in looking at and playing with other young children.

Question 18

Cooperative play is not generally evident in children until they reach the age of two.

Question 19

Infants and young children are socialized into their culture by adults and older peers.

Question 20

Play rituals are activities that instill cultural values through aesthetically satisfying behaviors.

Question 21

The strong emotional tie between a baby or young child and caring adult is known as:

A) attachment.
B) language development.
C) peer play.
D) integration.
E) inclusion.

Question 22

Which of the following is true during the primary grades?

A) Symbolic play decreases.
B) Sociodramatic play turns into storytelling.
C) Differences in gender appear in play rituals.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 23

_________________ is a strong emotional bond between a baby or young child and caring adult who is part of the child's everyday life.

Question 24

Games with rules are generally associated with:

A) infants.
B) toddlers.
C) preschoolers.
D) kindergarteners.
E) primary grades.

Question 25

When a child uses an object for the purpose for which it was intended, it is called:

A) functional play.
B) object play.
C) symbolic play.
D) exploratory play.
E) social play.

Question 26

Parten's categories of play during the toddler years are _______________ and _______________.

Question 27

During the first year of life, infants spend a great deal of time ___________ and ___________ to the world around them.

Question 28

Elements of symbolic play that occur during the first two years of life include:

A) decontextualization.
B) decentration.
C) integration.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.

Question 29

Parallel play occurs when the child:

A) watches play.
B) plays alone.
C) plays with toys.
D) plays alongside another child without interacting.
E) plays with two or more children in an interactive manner.

Question 30

_______________ or stereotypical play occurs when the child uses the object in an indiscriminate way, such as banging a cup.

Question 31

During the first two years of life, __________or practice play dominates.

Question 32

_______________ occurs when the child moves from focusing on self to focusing on others.

Question 33

During _________ play, the child uses the object for which it was intended. For example, a drinking cup is used to pretend drinking.

Question 34

Positive influences have a ___________ effect on the brain.

Question 35

The most rapid period of physical growth and development occurs during:

A) the first two years.
B) two to three years.
C) three to four years.
D) four to seven years.
E) none of the above.

Question 36

Senses that infants use include ____________, ____________, _____________, ___________, and _____________.

Question 37

Negative influences ___________ the brain's activity level.

Question 38

_______________ involves the combination of several single schemes into a multiple scheme play experience in symbolic play.

Question 39

The type of play that occurs when a child uses an object to represent another object is:

A) sociodramatic play.
B) symbolic play.
C) dramatic play.
D) constructive play.
E) all of the above.

Question 40

Primary grade (ages six to eight years) children's development that impacts play includes:

A) a need for order.
B) a need to belong.
C) a sense of self.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.

Question 42

What are the three major characteristics of development during the primary grade - ages six to eight years - that impact play?

Question 43

____________________ play is play that occurs among two or more children who communicate verbally and cooperatively adjust roles during the play episode.

Question 45

____________________ play occurs when children use materials to create.

Question 47

List 5 ways infants benefit from play.

Question 48

List three stages of infant and toddler movement.

Question 49

Exploration begins when the child enjoys applying schema to inadequate objects.

Question 52

List four characteristics of sociodramatic play.

Question 55

List the three major elements in symbolic play that occur during the first two years of life.

Question 56

What factors affect the child's development?

Question 57

____________________ play is viewed as an imitation of reality that includes orderliness, exact imitation of reality, and collective symbolism of play roles.

Question 58

____________________ skills refer to skills that involve movement.

Question 60

The child -to-child relationship affects all aspects of development.

Question 64

Attachment serves as the foundation for social and emotional growth and development.

Question 65

During functional play, the child uses the object to imitate reality .