CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
CDA advisor - Answer-Person who councils and helps train candidates for the child
development associate credential.
Maria Montessori - Answer-Children develop at their own pace and gain knowledge by
actively using their senses.
Sigmund Freud - Answer-Psychological problems occur in adults when needs are not
adequately met at various stages of childhood.
Erik Erikson - Answer-Personality develops according to how a person responds to
psychological crises at certain stages of life.
Lawrence Kohlberg - Answer-Children's moral development begins with a desire to
avoid punishment and proceeds to the development of ethical principles.
B.F. Skinner - Answer-Children learn through reinforcement; behavior continues or
ceases according to whether it is rewarded or punished.
Jean Piaget - Answer-Children's intellectual development proceeds through stages, as
they adapt to the physical environment.
Solving problems - Answer-Intellectual
Developing coordination - Answer-Physical
Valuing honesty - Answer-Moral
Controlling anger - Answer-Emotional
Making friends - Answer-Social
Understanding concepts - Answer-Intellectual
Growing taller - Answer-Physical
Expressing joy - Answer-Emotional
Maturation - Answer-Learning to walk, to reason, and to cooperate with others are all
elements of the process of
, Objective observations are valued by child care professionals because: - Answer-They
aid in drawing conclusions about a child's development.
Understand child development allows professionals to do all of the following EXCEPT: -
Answer-Know the age at which a child will acquire a skill.
In talking about heredity, environment, and development, the MOST accurate statement
is: - Answer-Heredity and environment influence development.
Acquiring the intellectual skill of language allowed Lottie to communicate through words,
which aided her social growth. This illustrates the principle: - Answer-Development is
interrelated.
All of the following examples illustrate sequential development EXCEPT: - Answer-
Identifying needs before identifying wants.
Refine - Answer-Improve
Initiative - Answer-The motivation to accomplish more.
Peer - Answer-Someone close to one's own age.
Moral Development - Answer-The process of learning to base one's behavior on beliefs
about what is right and wrong.
Self-Confidence - Answer-Belief in one's own abilities.
Turmoil - Answer-A state of extreme confusion or agitation.
Resort - Answer-Choose.
Impulsive - Answer-To act spontaneously.
Tension - Answer-Emotional stress.
Competition - Answer-Rivalry with the goal of winning or outperforming others.
Agressive Behavior - Answer-Hostile, and at times destructive behavior that people
display when faced with conflict.
A sense of initiative is MOST likely to cause a preschooler to: - Answer-Learn to pedal a
tricycle.
A teacher encourages language development in preschoolers in all of the following
ways EXCEPT: - Answer-Correcting their grammar mistakes.
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
CDA advisor - Answer-Person who councils and helps train candidates for the child
development associate credential.
Maria Montessori - Answer-Children develop at their own pace and gain knowledge by
actively using their senses.
Sigmund Freud - Answer-Psychological problems occur in adults when needs are not
adequately met at various stages of childhood.
Erik Erikson - Answer-Personality develops according to how a person responds to
psychological crises at certain stages of life.
Lawrence Kohlberg - Answer-Children's moral development begins with a desire to
avoid punishment and proceeds to the development of ethical principles.
B.F. Skinner - Answer-Children learn through reinforcement; behavior continues or
ceases according to whether it is rewarded or punished.
Jean Piaget - Answer-Children's intellectual development proceeds through stages, as
they adapt to the physical environment.
Solving problems - Answer-Intellectual
Developing coordination - Answer-Physical
Valuing honesty - Answer-Moral
Controlling anger - Answer-Emotional
Making friends - Answer-Social
Understanding concepts - Answer-Intellectual
Growing taller - Answer-Physical
Expressing joy - Answer-Emotional
Maturation - Answer-Learning to walk, to reason, and to cooperate with others are all
elements of the process of
, Objective observations are valued by child care professionals because: - Answer-They
aid in drawing conclusions about a child's development.
Understand child development allows professionals to do all of the following EXCEPT: -
Answer-Know the age at which a child will acquire a skill.
In talking about heredity, environment, and development, the MOST accurate statement
is: - Answer-Heredity and environment influence development.
Acquiring the intellectual skill of language allowed Lottie to communicate through words,
which aided her social growth. This illustrates the principle: - Answer-Development is
interrelated.
All of the following examples illustrate sequential development EXCEPT: - Answer-
Identifying needs before identifying wants.
Refine - Answer-Improve
Initiative - Answer-The motivation to accomplish more.
Peer - Answer-Someone close to one's own age.
Moral Development - Answer-The process of learning to base one's behavior on beliefs
about what is right and wrong.
Self-Confidence - Answer-Belief in one's own abilities.
Turmoil - Answer-A state of extreme confusion or agitation.
Resort - Answer-Choose.
Impulsive - Answer-To act spontaneously.
Tension - Answer-Emotional stress.
Competition - Answer-Rivalry with the goal of winning or outperforming others.
Agressive Behavior - Answer-Hostile, and at times destructive behavior that people
display when faced with conflict.
A sense of initiative is MOST likely to cause a preschooler to: - Answer-Learn to pedal a
tricycle.
A teacher encourages language development in preschoolers in all of the following
ways EXCEPT: - Answer-Correcting their grammar mistakes.
