D094 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS &
ACTUAL CORRECT ANSWERS
Arnold Gesell theorized that children develop according to distinct developmental
stages - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
Which 2 activities should an 18 month-old be able to perform? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Stacking books & using fingers to eat crackers
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (pyramid) - Correct Answer ✔✔ self-actualization, esteem,
love/belonging, safety, & physiological.
Self-actualization (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ personal growth, fulfillment, &
realization needs of one's personal potential as a human being.
"To become everything one is capable of becoming."
esteem (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Self respect, respect from others, achievement,
independence, status, & prestige needs.
Love and Belonging (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Friendships, intimacy, trust,
romance & love needs
Safety (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Protection from the elements, financial &
physical security, law & order, & freedom from fear needs
Physiological (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Biological requirements for survival like
food, water, shelter, & clothing
Maslow's expanded hierarchy of needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ Transcendence, self-
actualization, aesthetic, cognitive, esteem, love/belonging, safety, physiological.
(First 4 are growth needs, last 4 are deficiency needs)
Physiological Needs are the 1st needs that must be met in Maslow's hierarchy - Correct
Answer ✔✔ True
Lucas is a 4th grade student who has read almost every book in the class library. He
asks his teacher if she'll bring him some "bigger kid" books to read because he's bored
with the material in the classroom. Which need is he trying to satisfy? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Cognitive
Anika has served on student council for the past 2 years. Now that she's a senior, she
believes she's more than qualified to serve as student council president, so she decides
, to run for office. Anika is attempting to meet a safety need. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
(either esteem or love/belonging)
The school calls an assembly each quarter to distribute academic achievement awards
to students who've mastered a B average or higher that quarter. - Correct Answer ✔✔
Deficiency need: Esteem
A teacher provides students with multiple opportunities for cooperative group activities -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Deficiency need: love and belonging
A school institutes a rigorous anti bullying program - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deficiency
need: safety
The school cafeteria opens early to provide free and reduced price breakfast to eligible
students - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deficiency need: physiological
stages of physical development (Arnold Gesell) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Infancy: birth-2
years old, adding motor skills, holding up head, rolling over, reaching for things, sitting,
crawling, & walking. By 2 they're walking with increased coordination, manipulating toys
in hands, feeding themselves, making towers of cubes, jump/running awkwardly,
throwing things, & using a zipper
Early childhood: 2-6yrs old, improvements in gross & fine motor skills, running, jumping,
climbing, tumbling, & swinging. Can string beads, put puzzles together, & begin to
scribble. By 4 many can print their names, dress/undress themselves, & eat with
utensils
Middle childhood: 6-10yrs old, gain weight & height, permanent teeth grow in.
Participate in organized sports as speed & coordination skills advance, continue to
refine motor skills resulting in improved handwriting & drawings. Can use fine motor
skills to sew, build models, or do other crafts
Adolescence: 10-18yrs old, weight/height increases rapidly, includes puberty. Girls
usually begin earlier than boys. Increase in hormones affect behavior, might reject adult
authority, & reach sexual maturity
Ren is 3yrs old. His preschool teacher is worried about him because he can't print his
name yet. The teacher's concern is justified. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
In middle school classrooms, teachers can use the same activities for all students. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ False
An 18 month old in daycare recently developed ability to roll a ball back & forth w/ an
adult.
ACTUAL CORRECT ANSWERS
Arnold Gesell theorized that children develop according to distinct developmental
stages - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
Which 2 activities should an 18 month-old be able to perform? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Stacking books & using fingers to eat crackers
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (pyramid) - Correct Answer ✔✔ self-actualization, esteem,
love/belonging, safety, & physiological.
Self-actualization (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ personal growth, fulfillment, &
realization needs of one's personal potential as a human being.
"To become everything one is capable of becoming."
esteem (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Self respect, respect from others, achievement,
independence, status, & prestige needs.
Love and Belonging (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Friendships, intimacy, trust,
romance & love needs
Safety (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Protection from the elements, financial &
physical security, law & order, & freedom from fear needs
Physiological (Maslow) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Biological requirements for survival like
food, water, shelter, & clothing
Maslow's expanded hierarchy of needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ Transcendence, self-
actualization, aesthetic, cognitive, esteem, love/belonging, safety, physiological.
(First 4 are growth needs, last 4 are deficiency needs)
Physiological Needs are the 1st needs that must be met in Maslow's hierarchy - Correct
Answer ✔✔ True
Lucas is a 4th grade student who has read almost every book in the class library. He
asks his teacher if she'll bring him some "bigger kid" books to read because he's bored
with the material in the classroom. Which need is he trying to satisfy? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Cognitive
Anika has served on student council for the past 2 years. Now that she's a senior, she
believes she's more than qualified to serve as student council president, so she decides
, to run for office. Anika is attempting to meet a safety need. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
(either esteem or love/belonging)
The school calls an assembly each quarter to distribute academic achievement awards
to students who've mastered a B average or higher that quarter. - Correct Answer ✔✔
Deficiency need: Esteem
A teacher provides students with multiple opportunities for cooperative group activities -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Deficiency need: love and belonging
A school institutes a rigorous anti bullying program - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deficiency
need: safety
The school cafeteria opens early to provide free and reduced price breakfast to eligible
students - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deficiency need: physiological
stages of physical development (Arnold Gesell) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Infancy: birth-2
years old, adding motor skills, holding up head, rolling over, reaching for things, sitting,
crawling, & walking. By 2 they're walking with increased coordination, manipulating toys
in hands, feeding themselves, making towers of cubes, jump/running awkwardly,
throwing things, & using a zipper
Early childhood: 2-6yrs old, improvements in gross & fine motor skills, running, jumping,
climbing, tumbling, & swinging. Can string beads, put puzzles together, & begin to
scribble. By 4 many can print their names, dress/undress themselves, & eat with
utensils
Middle childhood: 6-10yrs old, gain weight & height, permanent teeth grow in.
Participate in organized sports as speed & coordination skills advance, continue to
refine motor skills resulting in improved handwriting & drawings. Can use fine motor
skills to sew, build models, or do other crafts
Adolescence: 10-18yrs old, weight/height increases rapidly, includes puberty. Girls
usually begin earlier than boys. Increase in hormones affect behavior, might reject adult
authority, & reach sexual maturity
Ren is 3yrs old. His preschool teacher is worried about him because he can't print his
name yet. The teacher's concern is justified. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
In middle school classrooms, teachers can use the same activities for all students. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ False
An 18 month old in daycare recently developed ability to roll a ball back & forth w/ an
adult.
