ECE THE DEVELOPING CHILD FINAL
EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS & VALID
CORRECT ANSWERS
included in the ECE 101 syllabus are 3 Instructor Suggestions. one of those
suggestions is to - Correct Answer ✔✔ always bring 3x5 index cards to class
which of the following statements about the major domains of development is true -
Correct Answer ✔✔ development id divided up into three broad domains
theories are important because they - Correct Answer ✔✔ provide organizing
framework for our observations of children
the most consistent asset of resilience children is - Correct Answer ✔✔ a strong bond
with a competent, caring adult
in medieval times - Correct Answer ✔✔ children were seen as vulnerable and laws
were written to protect them
in stages theories, development is - Correct Answer ✔✔ like climbing a staircase
the researcher who saw children as "blank slates" was - Correct Answer ✔✔ John
Locke
the researcher most often associated with the theory of evolution is - Correct Answer
✔✔ Charles Darwin
the information-processing approach has little to say about - Correct Answer ✔✔
imagination and creativity
freud's theory was the first to stress the influence of ________- on development -
Correct Answer ✔✔ the early parent-child relationship
the sociocultural theory focuses on - Correct Answer ✔✔ hoe culture (beliefs, customs,
skills) is passed from one generation to the next
John Watson, a traditional behaviorist, concluded that ______ is the supreme force in
development - Correct Answer ✔✔ environment
developmental cognitive neuroscience - Correct Answer ✔✔ brings together
researchers from psychology, biology, neuroscience, and medicine to study the
, relationship between the changes in the brain and the developing child's cognitive
processing and behavior pattern
the best definition of maturation is - Correct Answer ✔✔ a genetically determined,
naturally unfolding course of growth
observations of imprinting led to - Correct Answer ✔✔ the critical period
t/f ethology is concerned with the adaptive or survival value of behavior and its
evolutionary history - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
t/f theories differ from opinion because they depend on scientific verification - Correct
Answer ✔✔ true
t/f the sensorimotor stage of development is associated with the research of Piaget -
Correct Answer ✔✔ true
t/f traditional behaviorism is based on the idea that adults can mold a child's behavior by
carefully controlling stimulus-response associations - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
t/f applied behavior analysis is associated with the work of Urie Bofenbrenner - Correct
Answer ✔✔ false
t/f Erikson is credited with formulating the first successful intelligence test - Correct
Answer ✔✔ false
t/f the three overlapping domains of child development are physical, cognitive, and
emotional/social - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
t/f to aid in the research of childhood development, the periods of development were
established to divide the flow of time into sensible, manageable parts - Correct Answer
✔✔ true
t/f in the nature vs nurture controversy, the "nature' refers to the surrounding
environment and the "nurture" refers to the heredity information we get from our parents
from the moment of conception - Correct Answer ✔✔ false
t/f plasticity refers to the ability to change in response to various experiences - Correct
Answer ✔✔ true
from conception to birth, a rapid time of change - Correct Answer ✔✔ prenatal
birth-2 years, beginning of language, forming intimate ties with others, walking
independently - Correct Answer ✔✔ infancy and toddlerhood
EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS & VALID
CORRECT ANSWERS
included in the ECE 101 syllabus are 3 Instructor Suggestions. one of those
suggestions is to - Correct Answer ✔✔ always bring 3x5 index cards to class
which of the following statements about the major domains of development is true -
Correct Answer ✔✔ development id divided up into three broad domains
theories are important because they - Correct Answer ✔✔ provide organizing
framework for our observations of children
the most consistent asset of resilience children is - Correct Answer ✔✔ a strong bond
with a competent, caring adult
in medieval times - Correct Answer ✔✔ children were seen as vulnerable and laws
were written to protect them
in stages theories, development is - Correct Answer ✔✔ like climbing a staircase
the researcher who saw children as "blank slates" was - Correct Answer ✔✔ John
Locke
the researcher most often associated with the theory of evolution is - Correct Answer
✔✔ Charles Darwin
the information-processing approach has little to say about - Correct Answer ✔✔
imagination and creativity
freud's theory was the first to stress the influence of ________- on development -
Correct Answer ✔✔ the early parent-child relationship
the sociocultural theory focuses on - Correct Answer ✔✔ hoe culture (beliefs, customs,
skills) is passed from one generation to the next
John Watson, a traditional behaviorist, concluded that ______ is the supreme force in
development - Correct Answer ✔✔ environment
developmental cognitive neuroscience - Correct Answer ✔✔ brings together
researchers from psychology, biology, neuroscience, and medicine to study the
, relationship between the changes in the brain and the developing child's cognitive
processing and behavior pattern
the best definition of maturation is - Correct Answer ✔✔ a genetically determined,
naturally unfolding course of growth
observations of imprinting led to - Correct Answer ✔✔ the critical period
t/f ethology is concerned with the adaptive or survival value of behavior and its
evolutionary history - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
t/f theories differ from opinion because they depend on scientific verification - Correct
Answer ✔✔ true
t/f the sensorimotor stage of development is associated with the research of Piaget -
Correct Answer ✔✔ true
t/f traditional behaviorism is based on the idea that adults can mold a child's behavior by
carefully controlling stimulus-response associations - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
t/f applied behavior analysis is associated with the work of Urie Bofenbrenner - Correct
Answer ✔✔ false
t/f Erikson is credited with formulating the first successful intelligence test - Correct
Answer ✔✔ false
t/f the three overlapping domains of child development are physical, cognitive, and
emotional/social - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
t/f to aid in the research of childhood development, the periods of development were
established to divide the flow of time into sensible, manageable parts - Correct Answer
✔✔ true
t/f in the nature vs nurture controversy, the "nature' refers to the surrounding
environment and the "nurture" refers to the heredity information we get from our parents
from the moment of conception - Correct Answer ✔✔ false
t/f plasticity refers to the ability to change in response to various experiences - Correct
Answer ✔✔ true
from conception to birth, a rapid time of change - Correct Answer ✔✔ prenatal
birth-2 years, beginning of language, forming intimate ties with others, walking
independently - Correct Answer ✔✔ infancy and toddlerhood
