EarlyChildhoodDevelopment
AMulticulturalPerspective
8th Edition
Jef̣ f̣ reyTrawick-Smith
, Tablejof̣ jContents
Chapterj1:jStudyingjEarlyjChildhoodjDevelopmentjinjajDiversejWorld
LearningjOutcomejQuizzes 1
ApplicationjExercises 12
TestjItems 14
TestjAnswerjKey 23
,Chapter 1: Studying Early Childhood Development in a Diverse
j j j j j j j j j
World
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
j j j j
LearningjOutcomej1.1:jDef̣inejearlyj childhoodjdevelopmentjandjexplainjhowj
qualitativejdev elopmentjisjdif̣fe
̣ rentjf̣romjquantitativejdevelopment.
[Q1]
Accordingj toj thej textbook,j whichj of̣j thej f̣ollowingj statementsj bestj def̣inesj earlyj
childhoodjdevel opment?
1.Thejincreasejinjknowledgejandjnumberjof̣jskillsjof̣jyoungjchildrenjoverjthejf̣irstj5jyearsjo
f̣jlif̣e
2.Thejprocessjof̣jqualitativejandjquantitativejchangesjinjchildrenjf̣romjbirthjtojagej8j[corr
ect]
3.Thejincreasejinjsensorimotorjintelligencejbetweenjagesj3jandj9
4.Thejf̣ixedjorderjof̣jacquiringjskillsjandjknowledgejatjeachjagejf̣romjbirthjtojagej7
[Feedbackjf̣ orjAnswerjChoicej1]
Thisjstatementjsuggestsjthatjchildrenjsimplyjacquirejgreaterjknowledgejandjabilitiesjasj
theyjage—aj purelyj quantitativej view—
andj doesj notj addressj qualitativej changes.j Also,j
earlyjchildhoodjisjdef̣inedjasjbirthjtojagej8jinjthejb ook.
[Feedbackjf̣ orjCorrectjAnswerj2]
Childrenjdojnotjsimplyjbecomejlargerjorjobtainjmorejknowledgejasjtheyjdevelop.jAsjtheyj
develop,jth
eyjbecomejqualitativelyjdif̣fe
̣ rentjpeople,jthinkingjandjbehavingjinjuniquelyjdif̣fe
̣ rentjwa
ys.
[Feedbackjf̣ orjAnswerjChoicej3]
Thisjstatementjaddressesjonlyjonejkindjof̣jintelligencejthatjoccursjinjinf̣ancy.jItjdoesjnotji
ncludejother
jdomains, jsuchjasjphysicaljorjsocial jdevelopment, jorjtypesjof̣jthinkingjthatjappearjaf̣terjin
f̣ancy.
[Feedbackjf̣ orjAnswerjChoicej4]
Thisjstatementjsuggestsjthatjalljchildrenjwilljacquirejskillsjorjknowledgejinjajf̣ixedjorder,j
whichjisjnotj alwaysjthejcase.
[Q2]
Whichjof̣jthejf̣ollowingjisjthejbestjexamplejof̣jajchildjbecomingjajqualitatively,jnotjjustjqua
ntitatively,jd if̣fe
̣ rentjpersonjwithjdevelopment?
1.Ajchildjovercomesjf̣earsjbyjhavingjajdeeperjunderstandingjof̣jthejworld.j[correct]
2.Ajchildjacquiresjmorejmathematicaljskillsjandjconcepts.
3.Ajchildjf̣ormsjajwiderjnetworkjof̣jf̣riendshipsjandjacquaintances.
, 4.Ajchildjbecomesjattachedjtojmultiplejcaregivers,jincludingjteachersjandjparents.
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