Deck 2: The Tasks of the Toddler

Question 1

A home full of unpredictability,violence,and chaos may affect toddler brain structure.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

If a toddler points to objects in picture books,the best professional response would be to nod or smile,indicating your approval.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Toddler silliness and pie-in-the-face behavior indicate a need for firmer handling.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Freedom to explore during toddlerhood promotes much more than seeing and deciphering patterns.

Question 5

Adults can speak to toddlers emphasizing certain words,which may increase children's focus on these words.

Question 6

Toddler picture books should have few words on each page.

Question 7

Toddlers are good at cooperative play.

Question 8

Toddlers' mistakes in speech are usually evidence of intelligent growth.

Question 9

Large,chunky crayons may be hard for toddlers to hold,so provide standard-sized ones.

Question 10

It is a good idea to establish a special reading time during the toddler's day and rarely read at other times.

Question 11

When presenting songs to a group of toddlers,try to limit creativeness and focus on toddlers using the right actions and words.

Question 12

Language is a means of directing others to construct similar thoughts from their own experience.

Question 13

A child who speaks her first word at 20 months of age is not considered within the normal range for first words.

Question 14

Parents' attitudes about literary activities may affect toddlers adversely.

Question 15

Toddlers 'brains are as active as adults'.

Question 16

A toddler raising her voice at a sentence's ending may indicate that she is asking a question.

Question 17

Language grows as real,firsthand experience with social companions grows.

Question 18

Large group story time for toddler care centers is recommended.

Question 19

To understand the grammar in a language,one must understand both spoken and written utterances.

Question 20

Crayon use is developmentally appropriate for most toddlers but may need supervision.

Question 21

Low nonrounded vowels are difficult for toddlers to articulate.

Question 22

Toddlers exhibit symbolic play.

Question 23

High stress may affect children's brain development.

Question 24

Teachers seldom do word modeling with toddlers

Question 25

Research has provided proof that toddlers acquire linguistic and intellectual benefits from musical activities.

Question 26

The primary developmental need of toddlers other than food and shelter is toys and playmates.

Question 27

Toddlers get a "sense of self" from others.

Question 28

Toddlers sense what to fear by watching others.

Question 29

Accepting and reinforcing toddler language promotes more toddler language.

Question 30

Teachers do not encourage toddlers to communicate through gestures because they want toddlers to learn through using their words.

Question 31

In a few words,the relationship between a word and a referent is not arbitrary.

Question 32

The best time to read a picture book to a toddler is when she is out of control.

Question 33

Toddlers unconsciously discover and formulate the rules of their native language.

Question 34

When children age,they change their private meanings of what words mean to conform to public meanings.

Question 35

Toddlers have an innate predisposition for learning to communicate.

Question 36

One reason why offering musical experiences to toddlers works so well is that they are fascinated by sounds.

Question 37

Orderly,soothing,loving experiences in toddlers' lives may support optimal brain growth.

Question 38

Toddler teachers step in when toddlers are safely exploring so that toddlers will learn from them.

Question 39

A word is a sign that signifies a referent.

Question 40

Teachers may ask toddlers to look at them if they want to communicate with words.

Question 41

The word beautiful is a modifier.

Question 42

All the sounds used in Spanish are used in English.

Question 43

When using a block as a baby bottle,the toddler is engaging in

A)​cooperative play.
B)​symbolic play.
C)​sensory play.
D)​elaborative play.

Question 44

Young toddlers act on their surroundings in a sensory-motor fashion but as they age they begin to think about their actions first.

Question 45

Teachers should not encourage toddlers to use gestures for this slows vocabulary growth.

Question 46

Parents who believe reading is a source of enjoyment usually have children who

A)​have positive attitudes about reading.
B)​avoid books when play is available.
C)​collect books and handle them gently.
D)​use books for informational purposes.

Question 47

Toddler group times are

A)​short.
B)​full of active child participation.
C)​planned to promote child speech.
D)​all of these answers

Question 48

One usually does not observe many 'reading-like' behaviors in toddlers.

Question 49

Early childhood educators are urged to use adjectives and adverbs in their conversations with toddlers.

Question 50

Most human languages are learned without much effort by young children.

Question 51

Considering story books with electronic features,educators believe that

A)they may be more educative than human read-alouds.
B)​they are not worth the money.
C)​they attract but do not hold toddlers' attention for long.
D)​reading with a responsive adult is best.

Question 52

Nonfiction books do not appeal to toddlers.

Question 53

One example of an over-regulation of the word put is "I putted the toy away."

Question 54

Toddlers should be exposed to a variety of classic American tunes and music rather than multicultural selections.

Question 55

Families whose cultural origins differ from the American culture may offer their children more experiences and activities associated with drawing and writing.

Question 56

A child's mastery of phonology is gradual but the child's master of the correct syntax of his native language is even slower.

Question 57

Prudent advice to parents about book sharing with a toddler is to

A)​concentrate on the book's content.
B)​pass on the information in the book.
C)​emphasize important words.
D)​relax and enjoy.

Question 58

The arbitrary signs (symbols)used in the English language are the alphabet letters.

Question 59

Morphemes can be divided into smaller units with recognized meaning.

Question 60

The order of verbs in a sentence might be confused in second language learners.

Question 61

One can expect toddlers to use crayons

A)​without attempting to chew them.
B)​with a scrubbing motion.
C)​and make scribbles and enclosed shapes.
D)​and make recognizable forms.

Question 62

Syntax involves

A)​the sounds of symbols.
B)​rules and word order.
C)​prefixes and suffixes.
D)​phonemes and morphemes.

Question 63

When a child says,"It falled down," it is a

A)​pronunciation error.
B)​syntactic error.
C)​symbolic error.
D)overregulation error.

Question 64

If you were planning a toddler story time with a group of 12 toddlers,

A)​invite their mothers.
B)​choose three to four good books.
C)​plan for 20 to 30 minutes.
D)​place chairs in a circle.

Question 65

Most toddlers can understand nonverbal signs used in the past with familiar adults.A good example of one is

A)​Most toddlers can understand nonverbal signs used in the past with familiar adults.A good example of one is
B)​a smile when a toddler exhibits poor behavior.
C)​a fist raised in the air.
D)​a stretched straight forward arm with an opened hand palm out and fanned fingers facing

Question 66

Pragmatics involve

A)​toddlers' learning to ask questions.
B)​toddlers' use of social speech conventions.
C)​toddlers' use of logic and language.
D)​toddlers' tendency to be polite.

Question 67

Characteristic toddler speech includes

A)​whispering.
B)​stuttering.
C)​telegraphic speech.
D)​anti-social speech.

Question 68

a stretched straight forward arm with an opened hand palm out and fanned fingers facing

A)​to gain the attention of a listener.
B)​to use correct grammar from the beginning.
C)​become a clear articulated speaker.
D)​none of the above

Question 69

Phonology is connected to

A)​intellectual learning.
B)​using words as symbols.
C)​the sounds of speech.
D)​the meanings of words.

Question 70

Each human language has

A)​common sounds or gestures very similar to another language.
B)​flexible rules rather than fixed ones.
C)​grammar and spelling similar to English.
D)​blended sounds that create meaning.

Question 71

The smallest unit of speech that distinguishes one utterance from another is called a

A)​morpheme.
B)​symbol.
C)​syntax unit.
D)​phoneme.

Question 72

A toddler who says "peas" for please

A)​lacks the ability to say "please" but may hear it as "please."
B)​has an inability to hear precisely or is lazy.
C)​should feel warmly toward adults who say "peas" for please.
D)​none of these answers

Question 73

Examples of pragmatic skills include

A)​learning that it is not appropriate to talk in certain situations.
B)​knowing you are expected to answer when you are asked a question.
C)​taking turns talking during a conversation.
D)​all of the above

Question 74

Which of the following is a useful pivot word?

A)​car
B)​kitty
C)​where
D)​cookie

Question 75

A toddler who calls a melon a ball is displaying

A)​knowledge of balls.
B)​illogical thinking.
C)​faulty thinking.
D)​a sense of humor.

Question 76

It is best to say the following to a toddler when you want him to go to the snack table

A)​"Are you hungry?"
B)​"Do you want to see me eat an apple slice?"
C)​"It is time to finish and have a snack.It's snack time."
D)​"Follow me to the snack table."

Question 77

The toddler who uses the word no in speech is

A)​displaying a negative attitude.
B)​wants to be cooperative.
C)​may be testing to see if there is a choice.
D)​needs firm handling.

Question 78

Match a word in Column A to its logical pair in Column B

Question 79

Toddlers learning the grammar of their native language

A)​use correct forms of words and later use incorrect ones.
B)​understand general rules before exceptions.
C)​learn how sounds are organized to communicate meaning.
D)​all of these answers

Question 80

Adults probably have

A)​just as much inner speech as children.
B)​learned to inhibit self talk.
C)​sometimes used inner speech for problem solving.
D)​all the above.