Deck 15: The Social Domain

Question 1

When Mr. Green talks with the children about WHY taking turns is a rule in his classroom, he is touching on which dimension of the social domain?

A) Social Skills
B) Social Responsibility
C) Socialization
D) Social Studies

Answer 1

Socialization

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of children's social development?

A) Children's social competence influences their academic achievement.
B) Children naturally know how to make friends and influence people.
C) In our society, a high level of social competence means that a child exhibits responsible, friendly, cooperative, purposeful, and self-controlled behavior.
D) Social development can be looked at as the foundation on which other types of learning takes place.

Answer 2

Children naturally know how to make friends and influence people.

Question 3

When Mr. Green shows children HOW to take turns in his classroom, he is touching on which dimension of the social domain?

A) Social Skills
B) Social Responsibility
C) Socialization
D) Social Studies

Answer 3

Social Skills

Question 4

Which of the following is recommended to promote children's social understanding?

A) A good way to teach young children about caring for the environment is to study the Rain Forest.
B) A good way to help children have friends at school is to make everyone play together.
C) A good way to build social studies concepts is by explaining how the government works.
D) A good way to help children make friends at school is to give them plenty of time to interact with one another informally.

Question 5

Which of the following is likely to be the appropriate age range for this description of friendship? Tom and David are good friends who play together often. They take turns and share toys and materials comfortably. One day, Ian approached Tom and said, "I want to be your friend." Tom replied, "You can't be my friend-David is my friend!"

A) 2 to 3
B) 5 to 9
C) 10 to 12
D) 13 to 15

Question 6

Which of the following statements is NOT supported by the research?

A) When children are taught to think prosocially, prosocial behaviors follow automatically.
B) When children demonstrate high levels of prosocial behavior, they are more likely to be viewed as potential friends by their peers.
C) When children behave prosocially, they contribute to classrooms characterized by friendly interactions and productive group efforts.
D) When children have chances to be helpful, they develop increased feelings of competence.

Question 7

When Karen sees that Marie is crying and gives her a pat on the back, she is demonstrating which facets of prosocial behavior?

A) Awareness
B) Recognizing Need and Taking Action
C) Recognizing Need, Deciding to Act, and Taking Action
D) Instrumental Know How

Question 8

Helping, cooperating, encouraging, and comforting are examples of which facet of the social domain?

A) Prosocial behavior
B) Socialization
C) Socially responsible actions
D) Psychology with the area of social studies

Question 9

An early childhood educator has been given a set of colorful, attractive posters that she would like to display. However, she is concerned by the lack of gender balance depicted. Which of the following would be an appropriate solution to this dilemma?

A) Discard the poster.
B) Ask parents of the children to decide whether or not they mind having the posters displayed in the classroom.
C) Show children the posters as they are, then talk with children about the imbalance and how they might address it.
D) Make sure there are mixed gender books nearby where the poster is displayed.

Question 10

Which of the following describes the steps that children can be taught to resolve a conflict?

A) Define the problem, suggest solutions, negotiate a solution, and follow-through.
B) Determine whether the conflict is intentional, review the rules, and redirect problem behavior.
C) Stop the activity, protect the hurt child, and comfort the angry child.
D) Review the situation in light of classroom rules, show concern about the other child's feelings, and discuss the consequences of the action.

Question 11

What does the adult do in the first step of the mediation process?

A) Define the problem in mutual terms.
B) Gain control of the disputed object.
C) Summarize all different solutions suggested so far.
D) Suggest ways for the children to compromise.
E) Summarize the contributions of the onlookers.

Question 12

Mrs. Garcia is ill. Her five-year-old son, Jose, offers her his teddy bear for comfort. What aspect of prosocial behavior does little Jose still need to learn more about?

A) Recognizing Need
B) Making a Decision
C) Perspective taking
D) Instrumental Know-how

Question 13

Joan and Keisha are building a road with blocks, but seem to be losing interest in their play. Miss Smoak walks up to Joan and Keisha and says, "Do you need a garage for your cars? Jerry and I can help you build one." Which play intervention strategy is Miss Smoak using?

A) Modeling
B) Expanding
C) Coaching
D) Mediating

Question 14

Giving children information about how their actions affect others is an example of which play intervention strategy?

A) Modeling
B) Expanding
C) Coaching
D) Mediating

Question 15

Which of the following activities represents the civic ideals and practices theme within the Social Studies curriculum?

A) Children make a family tree of their parents and grandparents.
B) Children vote on a name for a class gerbil.
C) Children study the interaction between home and workplace environments.
D) Children work on a food drive to combat hunger in their community.

Question 16

Why are early childhood professionals advised to spend time teaching children about conflict resolution?

A) It is an important part of the social studies curriculum.
B) It emphasizes communication and empathy.
C) It teaches children about the sociology of the early childhood environment.
D) It is a way to teach social responsibility.

Question 17

Children in dramatic play are "cooking" for their babies and each other, but no one is "eating." Their teacher sits at the table and says, "Can someone take my order?" Children excitedly look for the clipboard and pencils kept in the pretend play area. One child comes to her, clipboard in hand, and says, "What can I get for you today?" What play intervention strategy did the teacher use?

A) Modeling
B) Mediating
C) Coaching
D) Expanding

Question 18

The purpose of using activities related to diverse cultures in a homogenous classroom is to provide which of the following?

A) Opportunities to make the dramatic play area more interesting.
B) Opportunities for children to feel more comfortable with people less familiar to them.
C) Learning experiences about the dominant culture.
D) Early chance to learn languages other than English.

Question 19

Ms. Jones wants to promote environmental awareness in her classroom. Which of the following activities might you see during the day that would address this goal?

A) Group time on "Stop, Drop, and Roll."
B) Children learning scripts such as, "It's my turn next."
C) Children make posters about littering.
D) A class meeting in which children practice listening to and acknowledging others' rights, opinions and feelings.

Question 20

Identify the steps associated with prosocial behavior.

Question 21

List 8 social skills young children need to develop early in life.

Question 22

Identify 3 strategies for helping children develop positive attitudes toward diversity.

Question 23

What are the 3 R's of social responsibility?

Question 24

Identify 6 ways in which people are diverse

Question 25

Based on what you have read, discuss in detail five strategies you would use to create a classroom climate in which children treat each other with kindness.

Question 26

A common criticism of American education is that children don't know enough about history and geography. Describe an activity that you would create to help a group of 4 year olds become interested in one of these subjects. What would you plan for a group of second graders? Discuss in detail what the activities would look like and what you expect children to learn from them.

Question 27

Identify the three steps people go through in order to be helpful. Write a puppet script/skit to demonstrate to children one of these three steps. You may wish to include narration in your skit as well as dialogue between the two characters (one who needs help and the one who is the potential helper).

Question 28

You and the children in your class see an older, shabbily dressed woman sitting on a bench near the school every day with all her belongings in a grocery cart. Some children express fear; others are worried that she has no home. One child wonders whether she can be helped. How can you address the children's concerns and also teach them about important social studies concepts? Provide clear strategies and a rationale for your answer.

Question 29

Heather and Chris are arguing over a tricycle. Heather is holding one handlebar, screaming "I had it first." Chris is holding the other handle bar, shaking the tricycle violently and screaming "It's MY turn."
Describe the steps a teacher would use to mediate this conflict. Write what the teacher would say to Heather and Chris in each step.