Test Bank to Accompany Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts, Zimbalist,12e

Chapter 01: Beginnings of Communication
1. Many mothers notice a definite fetal response to environmental sounds during the third trimester of pregnancy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A definite fetal response to environmental sounds can be felt by many mothers during the
third trimester of their pregnancy.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

2. It is believed that babies can hear maternal speech sounds before birth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that it is believed that babies can hear material speech sounds before birth.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

3. It is important that parents believe their babies may try to imitate parent actions or sounds as early as the second or third
month of age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Parents must believe their babies may try to imitate parent actions or sounds as early as the
second or third month of age.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

4. By age seven to twelve months, infants usually respond to their own name.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Infants usually respond to their own name by age seven to twelve months.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

5. By the age of six months, infants react to changes in their adult caregivers’ tone of voice.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Infants react to changes in their adults caregivers’ tone of voice by the age of six months.
Incorrect

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,POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

6. Mothers who know more about what abilities their infants possess at any given age are usually more skilled at
providing interactions and activities that might promote growth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Mothers are usually more skilled at providing interactions and activities that might promote
growth if they know more about what abilities their infants possess at any given age.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

7. Allowing babies to explore their environment safely is a necessary condition of good care.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A necessary condition of good care is allowing babies to explore their environment safely.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

8. An infant’s emotional wellbeing is usually not observable before its first birthday.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect An infant’s emotional wellbeing is usually observable before its first birthday.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

9. At birth, each infant’s brain has an equal number of neurons and synapses.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Not all infants’ brains have an equal number of neurons and synapses at birth.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

10. The human brain can be accurately described as a flexible, sensitive, and plastic part of the human central nervous
system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

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,FEEDBACK: Correct The brain is a flexible, sensitive, and plastic part of the human central nervous system.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

11. The text recommends that parents provide special, extraordinary experiences to their infants to promote advanced
skills in very early infancy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The text does not recommend that parents provide special, extraordinary experiences to
their infants to promote advanced skills in very early infancy.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

12. Researchers have found that the best age at which to introduce a second language to a child, in terms of the brain’s
cognitive ability, is after his/her fifth birthday.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Researchers have found that the best age at which to introduce a second language to a
child is before their fifth birthday.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

13. Commercial infant videos are recommended for they enhance an infant’s intellectual development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Commercial infant videos are not recommended as a way to enhance an infant’s intellectual
development.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

14. The reactions or feedback a baby receives from others shapes the infant’s feelings about himself.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that the reactions or feedback a baby receives from others shapes the infant’s
feelings about themselves.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy


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, 15. The text recommends that families obtain products and learn techniques that will speed their infant’s brain
development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The text does not recommend obtaining products or learning techniques to speed their
infant’s brain development.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

16. Speaking in a low, soothing voice may help an agitated infant attend and listen.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct An agitated infant may attend and listen if you are speaking to them in a low, soothing voice.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

17. Adults often use a “lyrical” or “musical” speech when interacting with babies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct When interacting with babies, adults often use “lyrical” or “musical” speech.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

18. Babies may learn to wait for an adult response before they utter their next sound-making attempt.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that babies may learn to wait for an adult response before they utter their next
sound-making attempt.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy

19. The appearance of reduplicated babbles like “ba ba ba” is typical during an infant’s third month.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The appearance of reduplicated babbles is not typical during an infant’s third month.
POINTS: 1

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