DCF Child Growth and Development
(CGAD) Practice Exam | Complete Study
Guide | Graded A+ | 2024/2025
Define positive behavior support "Positive reinforcement"
- Correct Answer - is a strategy in which desired behaviors are rewarded
so that the child is encouraged to repeat them.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 1st and largest need is:
- Correct Answer - Physical. Example: air, shelter, water, food, clothes,
sleep
Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 2nd and next level need is:
- Correct Answer - Comfort and Safety. Example: Security, Stability,
Transportation, Safe relationship
Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 3rd and next level need is:
- Correct Answer - Social. Example: Belonging, Love and Attention,
Acceptance, positive interaction with others.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 4th and next level need is:
- Correct Answer - Self-Esteem. Example: Adequacy, confidence,
importance, feeling of competency, feeling of success and pride, the ability
to cope and problem-solve.
,Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 5th and last level need is
- Correct Answer - Self-Actualization. Example: Fulfill one's life with
purpose and meaning, spirituality, Empathy and compassion.
Eric Erikson's conflicts that relate to "Infant" and example.
- Correct Answer - Trust vs. Mistrust (Birth to 1) (I am all right) Trust is
developed over time by providing an infant with a consistent, comforting
environment with needs met.
Eric Erikson's conflicts that relate to "Toddler" and example.
- Correct Answer - Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt (1 to 3 years) (I can
make decisions) Need to explore their own bodies and environment in
order to become confident about themselves.
Eric Erikson's conflicts that relate to "Preschool" and example.
- Correct Answer - Initiative vs Guilt (4 to 5 years) (I can do and I can
make) When initiative is encouraged, a person experiments within one's
environment.
Eric Erikson's conflicts that relate to "Grade School" and example.
- Correct Answer - Industry vs. Inferiority (6 to 12 years) (I can do it well
and be successful) When children experience success they attain a sense
of adequacy and pride.
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development Name/Age/Example of Stage 1
, - Correct Answer - Sensorimotor: 0-2 years *explore their world through
senses and motor skills. *trial and error problem solving *child does not
know that a physical objects remain in existence even when out of sight.
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development Name/Age/Example of Stage 2
- Correct Answer - Preoperational: 2-7 years *Preschoolers and early
school-age children learn about their world through their actions *Use
symbols to mentally represent objects *Increase in development of
language and concepts *Reasoning may be illogical and non sequential *
Use egocentric thought process.
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development Name/Age/Example of Stage 3
- Correct Answer - Concrete-Operational: 7-11 years * Older school-age
children deal with changes and processes *hey understand how things
relate to one another.
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development Name/Age/Example of Stage 4
- Correct Answer - Formal Operations (11 + years) *Early high-school
children learn about their world through constructing and solving
problems *They begin to think about thinking *think in abstract terms *make
educational quizzes.
Vygotsky's theory is
- Correct Answer - social and cultural theory of cognitive development
focuses on the connections between people and culture in which they
interact.
(CGAD) Practice Exam | Complete Study
Guide | Graded A+ | 2024/2025
Define positive behavior support "Positive reinforcement"
- Correct Answer - is a strategy in which desired behaviors are rewarded
so that the child is encouraged to repeat them.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 1st and largest need is:
- Correct Answer - Physical. Example: air, shelter, water, food, clothes,
sleep
Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 2nd and next level need is:
- Correct Answer - Comfort and Safety. Example: Security, Stability,
Transportation, Safe relationship
Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 3rd and next level need is:
- Correct Answer - Social. Example: Belonging, Love and Attention,
Acceptance, positive interaction with others.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 4th and next level need is:
- Correct Answer - Self-Esteem. Example: Adequacy, confidence,
importance, feeling of competency, feeling of success and pride, the ability
to cope and problem-solve.
,Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid with the 5th and last level need is
- Correct Answer - Self-Actualization. Example: Fulfill one's life with
purpose and meaning, spirituality, Empathy and compassion.
Eric Erikson's conflicts that relate to "Infant" and example.
- Correct Answer - Trust vs. Mistrust (Birth to 1) (I am all right) Trust is
developed over time by providing an infant with a consistent, comforting
environment with needs met.
Eric Erikson's conflicts that relate to "Toddler" and example.
- Correct Answer - Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt (1 to 3 years) (I can
make decisions) Need to explore their own bodies and environment in
order to become confident about themselves.
Eric Erikson's conflicts that relate to "Preschool" and example.
- Correct Answer - Initiative vs Guilt (4 to 5 years) (I can do and I can
make) When initiative is encouraged, a person experiments within one's
environment.
Eric Erikson's conflicts that relate to "Grade School" and example.
- Correct Answer - Industry vs. Inferiority (6 to 12 years) (I can do it well
and be successful) When children experience success they attain a sense
of adequacy and pride.
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development Name/Age/Example of Stage 1
, - Correct Answer - Sensorimotor: 0-2 years *explore their world through
senses and motor skills. *trial and error problem solving *child does not
know that a physical objects remain in existence even when out of sight.
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development Name/Age/Example of Stage 2
- Correct Answer - Preoperational: 2-7 years *Preschoolers and early
school-age children learn about their world through their actions *Use
symbols to mentally represent objects *Increase in development of
language and concepts *Reasoning may be illogical and non sequential *
Use egocentric thought process.
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development Name/Age/Example of Stage 3
- Correct Answer - Concrete-Operational: 7-11 years * Older school-age
children deal with changes and processes *hey understand how things
relate to one another.
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development Name/Age/Example of Stage 4
- Correct Answer - Formal Operations (11 + years) *Early high-school
children learn about their world through constructing and solving
problems *They begin to think about thinking *think in abstract terms *make
educational quizzes.
Vygotsky's theory is
- Correct Answer - social and cultural theory of cognitive development
focuses on the connections between people and culture in which they
interact.
