FMST 312 Quiz Answers Exam #1 Questions with correct
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Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
It is important to understand theories of child development because:
a. Child development theories do not reflect the culture from which they emerge
b. It is not important to understand theories of child development
c. It helps us to understand the varying points of view regarding parent-child
interactions
d. All aspects of child development are based on universal truths - ✔✔c. It helps
us to understand the varying points of view regarding parent-child interactions
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
The theories of Jean Piaget help us to understand that:
a. Cognitive development is only important during early childhood.
b. Guided participation of parents is most important to children's learning
experiences.
c. Children are passive participants in their cognitive development.
d. Children's learning extended beyond the first 6 years - ✔✔
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
What do Social Learning theorists believe?
a. Children have a natural tendency to imitate and observe.
,b. Parents can promote certain desired behaviours by using punishments and
rewards.
c. Scheduled feeding of babies is recommended
d. Children need to be directly reinforced to learn a behaviour. - ✔✔a. Children
have a natural tendency to imitate and observe.
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
Bowlby's studies of infant attachment told us that:
a. Parents should treat parenting as a scientific experiment.
b. Babies, whose caregivers are emotionally and physically available to them,
develop secure attachment.
c. Children's play is their work and in playing they get their work done.
d. The use of scheduled feedings contributes to the development of attachment. -
✔✔b. Babies, whose caregivers are emotionally and physically available to them,
develop secure attachment.
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model:
a. Represents a model for studying people in the same social environment.
b. Focuses on guided participation
c. Emphasizes the importance of understanding children's natural instincts.
d. Draws attention to the assorted contexts that impact development - ✔✔d.
Draws attention to the assorted contexts that impact development
, Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
Erikson's stages of child development help us to understand that:
a. Children are active participants in their cognitive development.
b. Children benefit from scheduled feedings.
c. The quality of the parent-child relationship helps the child to resolve
psychosocial crises at each stage of development.
d. Parents should let their infants "cry it out." - ✔✔c. The quality of the parent-
child relationship helps the child to resolve psychosocial crises at each stage of
development.
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
Since the beginning of the 20th century, parental approaches to raising children in
Canada have:
a. undergone considerable change.
b. not been studied at all.
c. not changed at all.
d. undergone slight change. - ✔✔a. undergone considerable change.
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
If Vygotsky taught something new to a child, he would:
a. Focus on the zone of proximal development.
b. See children's learning as completely dependent on the environment, not
people.
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Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
It is important to understand theories of child development because:
a. Child development theories do not reflect the culture from which they emerge
b. It is not important to understand theories of child development
c. It helps us to understand the varying points of view regarding parent-child
interactions
d. All aspects of child development are based on universal truths - ✔✔c. It helps
us to understand the varying points of view regarding parent-child interactions
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
The theories of Jean Piaget help us to understand that:
a. Cognitive development is only important during early childhood.
b. Guided participation of parents is most important to children's learning
experiences.
c. Children are passive participants in their cognitive development.
d. Children's learning extended beyond the first 6 years - ✔✔
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
What do Social Learning theorists believe?
a. Children have a natural tendency to imitate and observe.
,b. Parents can promote certain desired behaviours by using punishments and
rewards.
c. Scheduled feeding of babies is recommended
d. Children need to be directly reinforced to learn a behaviour. - ✔✔a. Children
have a natural tendency to imitate and observe.
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
Bowlby's studies of infant attachment told us that:
a. Parents should treat parenting as a scientific experiment.
b. Babies, whose caregivers are emotionally and physically available to them,
develop secure attachment.
c. Children's play is their work and in playing they get their work done.
d. The use of scheduled feedings contributes to the development of attachment. -
✔✔b. Babies, whose caregivers are emotionally and physically available to them,
develop secure attachment.
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model:
a. Represents a model for studying people in the same social environment.
b. Focuses on guided participation
c. Emphasizes the importance of understanding children's natural instincts.
d. Draws attention to the assorted contexts that impact development - ✔✔d.
Draws attention to the assorted contexts that impact development
, Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
Erikson's stages of child development help us to understand that:
a. Children are active participants in their cognitive development.
b. Children benefit from scheduled feedings.
c. The quality of the parent-child relationship helps the child to resolve
psychosocial crises at each stage of development.
d. Parents should let their infants "cry it out." - ✔✔c. The quality of the parent-
child relationship helps the child to resolve psychosocial crises at each stage of
development.
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
Since the beginning of the 20th century, parental approaches to raising children in
Canada have:
a. undergone considerable change.
b. not been studied at all.
c. not changed at all.
d. undergone slight change. - ✔✔a. undergone considerable change.
Quiz #1: Child Development Theories-
If Vygotsky taught something new to a child, he would:
a. Focus on the zone of proximal development.
b. See children's learning as completely dependent on the environment, not
people.
