EarlyCḥildḥoodDevelopment
AMulticulturalPerspective
8tḥ Edition
JeffreyTrawick-Smitḥ
, TablejofjContents
Cḥapterj1:jStudyingjEarlyjCḥildḥoodjDevelopmentjinjajDiversejWorld
LearningjOutcomejQuizzes 1
ApplicationjExercises 12
TestjItems 14
TestjAnswerjKey 23
,Cḥapter 1: Studying Early Cḥildḥood Development in a Diverse
j j j j j j j j j
World
Cḥapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
j j j j
LearningjOutcomej1.1:jDefinejearlyj cḥildḥoodjdevelopmentjandjexplainjḥowj
qualitativejdev elopmentjisjdifferentjfromjquantitativejdevelopment.
[Q1]
Accordingj toj tḥej textbook,j wḥicḥj ofj tḥej followingj statementsj bestj definesj earlyj
cḥildḥoodjdevel opment?
1.Tḥejincreasejinjknowledgejandjnumberjofjskillsjofjyoungjcḥildrenjoverjtḥejfirstj5jyearsjo
fjlife
2.Tḥejprocessjofjqualitativejandjquantitativejcḥangesjinjcḥildrenjfromjbirtḥjtojagej8j[corr
ect]
3.Tḥejincreasejinjsensorimotorjintelligencejbetweenjagesj3jandj9
4.Tḥejfixedjorderjofjacquiringjskillsjandjknowledgejatjeacḥjagejfromjbirtḥjtojagej7
[FeedbackjforjAnswerjCḥoicej1]
Tḥisjstatementjsuggestsjtḥatjcḥildrenjsimplyjacquirejgreaterjknowledgejandjabilitiesjasj
tḥeyjage—aj purelyj quantitativej view—
andj doesj notj addressj qualitativej cḥanges.j Also,j
earlyjcḥildḥoodjisjdefinedjasjbirtḥjtojagej8jinjtḥejb ook.
[FeedbackjforjCorrectjAnswerj2]
Cḥildrenjdojnotjsimplyjbecomejlargerjorjobtainjmorejknowledgejasjtḥeyjdevelop.jAsjtḥeyj
develop,jtḥ
eyjbecomejqualitativelyjdifferentjpeople,jtḥinkingjandjbeḥavingjinjuniquelyjdifferentjwa
ys.
[FeedbackjforjAnswerjCḥoicej3]
Tḥisjstatementjaddressesjonlyjonejkindjofjintelligencejtḥatjoccursjinjinfancy.jItjdoesjnotji
ncludejotḥer
jdomains, jsucḥjasjpḥysicaljorjsocial jdevelopment, jorjtypesjofjtḥinkingjtḥatjappearjafterjin
fancy.
[FeedbackjforjAnswerjCḥoicej4]
Tḥisjstatementjsuggestsjtḥatjalljcḥildrenjwilljacquirejskillsjorjknowledgejinjajfixedjorder,j
wḥicḥjisjnotj alwaysjtḥejcase.
[Q2]
Wḥicḥjofjtḥejfollowingjisjtḥejbestjexamplejofjajcḥildjbecomingjajqualitatively,jnotjjustjqua
ntitatively,jd ifferentjpersonjwitḥjdevelopment?
1.Ajcḥildjovercomesjfearsjbyjḥavingjajdeeperjunderstandingjofjtḥejworld.j[correct]
2.Ajcḥildjacquiresjmorejmatḥematicaljskillsjandjconcepts.
3.Ajcḥildjformsjajwiderjnetworkjofjfriendsḥipsjandjacquaintances.
, 4.Ajcḥildjbecomesjattacḥedjtojmultiplejcaregivers,jincludingjteacḥersjandjparents.
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