Deck 3: Understand Child Development: A Key to Guiding Children Effectively

Question 1

Explain the cognitive and emotional competencies that children need for acting compassionately.

Answer 1

No answer

Question 2

Explain the meaning of this phrase: "Self-control evolves from the outside to the inside."

Answer 2

No answer

Question 3

Explain how a child's level of egocentricity might affect his view of friendship.

Answer 3

No answer

Question 4

Explain why it is important for teachers to understand perceptual and memory development in young children.

Question 5

Which of the following do you have to pay attention to when guiding children?

A) the child's memory
B) the child's perception
C) both memory and perception but only during adolescence
D) both memory and perception throughout childhood
E) none of these

Question 6

Two- to six-year-old children tend to describe others by referring to an individual's ________ qualities.

A) physical
B) psychological
C) cognitive
D) aesthetic
E) both B and C

Question 7

George looked at the pictures of pets belonging to children in his class. His teacher asked him to point to his pet. George will use ________ memory to find the correct picture.

A) deferred
B) egocentric
C) recognition
D) fortified

Question 8

Older children process information ________ younger children.

A) at about the same rate as
B) more quickly than
C) more slowly than
D) Research in this area has not been conclusive.

Question 9

Pete has to memorize a list of 15 items. He places items from the list in different categories of food, flowers, and clothing. What memory strategy has he just used?

A) rehearsal
B) retrieval
C) restoration
D) organization
E) none of these

Question 10

Janelle practices her spelling words several times until she remembers how to spell each word. She has used a memory strategy called:

A) rehearsal
B) retrieval
C) restoration
D) organization
E) none of these

Question 11

Children are ________ old when they can use strategies to delay gratification.

A) 8 months
B) 18 months
C) 2 years
D) 3 years
E) none of the above

Question 12

Which of the following groups is best able to look at a person or animal's face and make sense of his or her facial expression?

A) memory-impaired children
B) low-prosocial children
C) high-prosocial children
D) A and B
E) A and D

Question 13

Ted has to take a fill-in-the-blank exam. The type of memory he most likely will use is:

A) recognition memory
B) recall memory
C) long-term memory
D) short-term memory

Question 14

The process used for temporary storage of new information is:

A) long-term memory
B) recall memory
C) recognition memory
D) short-term memory
E) none of these

Question 15

Young children can do which of the following?

A) attend to details of a problem
B) scan and search systematically
C) ignore intrusive stimuli
D) both B and C
E) none of these

Question 16

Abused children with ADHD ________ children who are not abused but who do have ADHD.

A) are less impulsive than
B) are more impulsive than
C) are just as impulsive as
D) There is no research on this topic.
E) none of these

Question 17

An action that benefits another person or animal is known as:

A) social cognition
B) social restoration
C) prosocial behavior
D) mediated restoration
E) both B and D

Question 18

What term refers to how children think about the behaviors, motives, and feelings of others?

A) mediated transference
B) self-control
C) perception
D) temperament
E) social cognition

Question 19

A four-year-old, when compared to a nine-year-old, is ________ in distinguishing between intentional and accidental behavior.

A) as accurate
B) not as accurate
C) superior
D) the same
E) There is not enough research evidence on which to base a judgment.

Question 20

As a teacher, you understand that the children will be a little anxious on the first day of school. You have demonstrated:

A) empathy
B) temperament
C) collaborative recall
D) response inhibition

Question 21

When does the capacity for voluntary self-control first emerge?

A) the sensorimotor stage
B) the preoperational stage
C) the concrete operational stage
D) the formal operational stage

Question 22

A child exhibits self-control if he:

A) postpones gratification
B) examines a situation before acting
C) initiates and carries out a plan over a period of time
D) A, B, and C
E) A and C only

Question 23

A person who helps another but does not expect anything in return has demonstrated ________ behavior.

A) altruistic
B) elemental
C) realistic
D) framed
E) B and C

Question 24

At what age can a child begin to take another's perspective?

A) 4
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10

Question 25

When do children begin to understand the difference between accidental and intentional behavior?

A) at the end of the preoperational stage or beginning of concrete operational stage
B) at the end of the concrete operational stage
C) in the sensorimotor stage
D) none of the above

Question 26

Empathy is:

A) regulating behavior internally and voluntarily
B) understanding the thoughts or feelings of another
C) the act of assisting or performing acts of kindness
D) the lowest level of prosocial behavior