Deck 5: The Child Learner

Question 1

A developmental task is defined as:

A) children are influenced by genetics
B) an approach to working with families and communities to help children
C) a skill that educators learn to be effective in teaching children
D) set of skills and competencies that are peculiar to each developmental stage

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Psychosocial development stages refer to:

A) stages that describe how children learn
B) stages that focus on how children socialize
C) stages of the family when a child is ill
D) stages that end once an illness has ended

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The presence of reflexes in a child indicates:
A delay in brain development
The need for physical therapy and motor assistance
Normal brain and nerve development
The need for special education training

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Erickson's Stage of Trust versus involves:

A) the child gaining confidence and feeling secure
B) the need for more attention by the mother
C) providing more stimulation to build a better relationship
D) the mother's need to feel trust from the child

Question 5

Separation anxiety in the child is:
A rare and problematic behavior by children in foster care
Lack of response by a child when they are angry
Seen only when children are separated from their parent for a least a week
An attachment behavior characterized by crying when the caregiver leaves

Question 6

Piaget's preoperational stage of cognitive development is characterized by:
Egocentrism
Autonomy versus shame and doubt
Transductive reasoning
Ireversibility

Question 7

School age children gain the ability to accommodate which means:
They become easier to manage
They use magical thinking
They are able to begin to think abstractly and modify schema
They are able to be flexible and quickly perform a task they have not done before

Question 8

The purpose of medical play is:
To train children to appreciate health care providers
To let children pretend they are nurses and doctors
To provide the opportunity for children to get used to procedures they will experience
To allow opportunities to deal with the physical and emotional stressors of health care

Question 9

Pedagogy is the defined as:
A group of children in a classroom
The art and science of teaching children
The act of helping children learn about podiatry
Helping children to learn independently

Question 10

The term developmental disabilities refer to:

A) Children who have experienced sports injuries
B) Children who are unable to learn
C) Children who are developmentally delayed, medically fragile, intellectually challenged or learning disabled
D)Children who have been through the medical system and have been labeled as medically indigent.