EarlyChildhoodDevelopment
AMulticulturalPerṣpective
8th Edition
JeffreyTrawick-Smith
, TablejofjContentṣ
Chapterj1:jStudyingjEarlyjChildhoodjDevelopmentjinjajDiverṣejWorld
LearningjOutcomejQuizzeṣ 1
ApplicationjExerciṣeṣ 12
TeṣtjItemṣ 14
TeṣtjAnṣwerjKey 23
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World
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzeṣ
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LearningjOutcomej1.1:jDefinejearlyj childhoodjdevelopmentjandjexplainjhowj qualitativejdev
elopmentjiṣjdifferentjfromjquantitativejdevelopment.
[Q1]
Accordingj toj thej textbook,j whichj ofj thej followingj ṣtatementṣj beṣtj defineṣj earlyj
childhoodjdevel opment?
1.Thejincreaṣejinjknowledgejandjnumberjofjṣkillṣjofjyoungjchildrenjoverjthejfirṣtj5jyearṣjofjlife
2.Thejproceṣṣjofjqualitativejandjquantitativejchangeṣjinjchildrenjfromjbirthjtojagej8j[correct]
3.Thejincreaṣejinjṣenṣorimotorjintelligencejbetweenjageṣj3jandj9
4.Thejfixedjorderjofjacquiringjṣkillṣjandjknowledgejatjeachjagejfromjbirthjtojagej7
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Thiṣjṣtatementjṣuggeṣtṣjthatjchildrenjṣimplyjacquirejgreaterjknowledgejandjabilitieṣjaṣjtheyjage—aj
purelyj quantitativej view—
andj doeṣj notj addreṣṣj qualitativej changeṣ.j Alṣo,j
earlyjchildhoodjiṣjdefinedjaṣjbirthjtojagej8jinjthejb ook.
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Childrenjdojnotjṣimplyjbecomejlargerjorjobtainjmorejknowledgejaṣjtheyjdevelop.jAṣjtheyjdevelop,jth
eyjbecomejqualitativelyjdifferentjpeople,jthinkingjandjbehavingjinjuniquelyjdifferentjwayṣ.
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Thiṣjṣtatementjaddreṣṣeṣjonlyjonejkindjofjintelligencejthatjoccurṣjinjinfancy.jItjdoeṣjnotjincludejother
jdomainṣ,jṣuchjaṣjphyṣicaljorjṣocialjdevelopment,jorjtypeṣjofjthinkingjthatjappearjafterjinfancy.
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Thiṣjṣtatementjṣuggeṣtṣjthatjalljchildrenjwilljacquirejṣkillṣjorjknowledgejinjajfixedjorder,jwhichjiṣjnotj
alwayṣjthejcaṣe.
[Q2]
Whichjofjthejfollowingjiṣjthejbeṣtjexamplejofjajchildjbecomingjajqualitatively,jnotjjuṣtjquantitatively,jd
ifferentjperṣonjwithjdevelopment?
1.Ajchildjovercomeṣjfearṣjbyjhavingjajdeeperjunderṣtandingjofjthejworld.j[correct]
2.Ajchildjacquireṣjmorejmathematicaljṣkillṣjandjconceptṣ.
3.Ajchildjformṣjajwiderjnetworkjofjfriendṣhipṣjandjacquaintanceṣ.
4.Ajchildjbecomeṣjattachedjtojmultiplejcaregiverṣ,jincludingjteacherṣjandjparentṣ.
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Injdevelopment,jajchildjdoeṣjnotjṣimplyjacquirejmorejexperiencejorjknowledgejaboutjthingṣj thatjar
ejfrightening;jthejchildjcanjnowjinterpretjandjapplyjhiṣjorjherjknowledgejtojovercomejtheṣejfearṣ.
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Thiṣjṣtatementjimplieṣjthatjinjdevelopmentjchildrenjṣimplyjlearnjmorejofjṣomething—
injthiṣjcaṣe,jmorejṣkillṣjorjknowledge.jItjdoeṣjnotjrecognizejthatjchildrenjthinkjandjṣolvejproblemṣjc
ompletelyjdifferently.jTheyjcanjapplyjandjrefinejṣkillṣjandjknowledgejinjnewjwayṣjaṣjtheyjdevelop.
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Thiṣjanṣwerjiṣjfocuṣedjonjquantitativejchangeṣjinjdevelopment—
ṣimplyjmakingjmorejfriendṣjandjacquaintanceṣ.jItjdoeṣjnotjaddreṣṣjhowjthejnaturejofjfriendṣhipṣj
orjthejchild’ṣjknowledgejorjṣocialjbehaviorṣjchangejwithjdevelopment.
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Thiṣjanṣwerjṣuggeṣtṣjthatjattachmentjtojcaregiverṣjiṣjṣimplyjthejproceṣṣjofjbecomingjattachedjtojm
orejpeople—
ajpurelyjquantitativejviewjofjthiṣjaṣpectjofjdevelopment.jItjdoeṣjnotjaddreṣṣjhowjthejqualityjofjtheṣej
relationṣhipṣjchangeṣjwithjdevelopment.
[Q3]
Whichj ofj thej followingj exampleṣj relateṣj moṣtj ṣpecificallyj toj quantitativej changej inj aj
child’ṣjdev elopment?
1.Grayṣonjhaṣjajṣtrategyjforjfiguringjoutjwhichjbowljiṣjbiggerjthanjthejotherṣ
2.Grayṣonjṣtoppedjbeingjegocentricjandjtakingjtoyṣjawayjfromjotherṣ
3.Grayṣonjgrewjtwojincheṣjinjthejpaṣtjṣixjmonthṣj[correct]
4.Grayṣonjnowjaṣkṣjforjmilkjratherjthanjcryingjforjit
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Grayṣon’ṣj developmentj ofj aj ṣtrategyj forjfiguringj outj whichj bowlj iṣj biggeṣtj iṣj anj examplej
ofjqual itativejchange.
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Grayṣon’ṣjchangejinjṣhowingjleṣṣjegocentriṣmjiṣjanjexamplejofjqualitativejchange.
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Grayṣon’ṣjgrowthjinjheightjrepreṣentṣjquantitativejchange.
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Grayṣon’ṣj developmentalj changej fromj cryingj forj milkj toj aṣkingj forj itj repreṣentṣj
qualitativejchan ge.
[Q4]
Thejdefinitionjofjchildjdevelopmentjincludeṣjwhichjofjthejfollowing?
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