Child Care Professional 1 - Lesson 2
Child Growth and Development, Part 1
Exam Questions and Answers
Assessment - Answer-The process of gathering and recording data about young
children's development and learning to identify a child's strengths
Behaviorism - Answer-A theory based on the view that learning results from interaction
with the environment
Bond - Answer-Attachment with the primary caregiver
Cephalocaudal - Answer-Development occurs from the head downward, towards the
toes
Conditioning - Answer-The process of training behavior
Constructivism - Answer-The theory that children's knowledge develops in four stages:
- Sensorimotor Stage (approximately birth - 2 years)
- Preoperational Stage (approximately 2 - 6 years)
- Concrete Operations Stage (approximately 6 - 12 years)
- Formal Operations Stage (approximately 12+ years)
Developmental Milestones - Answer-Behaviors and skills that children reach during
typical development
Exam-
Question 1:
Which of these characteristics of five-year-old Luca is MOST likely a result of
environment rather than heredity?
A. Luca likes to play baseball
B. Luca is taller than other children his age
C. Luca has fair skin and freckles
D. Luca has type O blood - Answer-A. Luca likes to play baseball
Exam-
Question 10:
Children living with a divorced parent may misbehave to gain attention. They also may
A. assume responsibilities inappropriate for their ages
B. refuse to do chores
C. make parents feel guilty
, D. believe they had nothing to do with their parent's separation - Answer-A. assume
responsibilities inappropriate for their ages
Exam-
Question 11:
During the prenatal period a human being is called a/an?
A. toddler
B. fetus
C. infant
D. baby - Answer-B. Fetus
Exam-
Question 12:
Self-concept is how a child
A. sees other people
B. sees him- or herself
C. appears to other people
D. accepts the help of a caregiver - Answer-B. sees him- or herself
Exam-
Question 13:
Trust and self-confidence develop in an environment where ______________ is
consistent and steady.
A. instability
B. nurturing
C. punishment
D. learning - Answer-B. nurturing
Exam-
Question 14:
Another term for NUTURE is
A. environment
B. nature
C. biology
D. self-soothing - Answer-A. environment
Exam-
Question 15:
Cross-cultural research stimulated by Vygotsky's theory reveals that
A. adults begin to encourage valued skills as soon as children start school
B. the developmental sequences observed in Western cultures are universal
Child Growth and Development, Part 1
Exam Questions and Answers
Assessment - Answer-The process of gathering and recording data about young
children's development and learning to identify a child's strengths
Behaviorism - Answer-A theory based on the view that learning results from interaction
with the environment
Bond - Answer-Attachment with the primary caregiver
Cephalocaudal - Answer-Development occurs from the head downward, towards the
toes
Conditioning - Answer-The process of training behavior
Constructivism - Answer-The theory that children's knowledge develops in four stages:
- Sensorimotor Stage (approximately birth - 2 years)
- Preoperational Stage (approximately 2 - 6 years)
- Concrete Operations Stage (approximately 6 - 12 years)
- Formal Operations Stage (approximately 12+ years)
Developmental Milestones - Answer-Behaviors and skills that children reach during
typical development
Exam-
Question 1:
Which of these characteristics of five-year-old Luca is MOST likely a result of
environment rather than heredity?
A. Luca likes to play baseball
B. Luca is taller than other children his age
C. Luca has fair skin and freckles
D. Luca has type O blood - Answer-A. Luca likes to play baseball
Exam-
Question 10:
Children living with a divorced parent may misbehave to gain attention. They also may
A. assume responsibilities inappropriate for their ages
B. refuse to do chores
C. make parents feel guilty
, D. believe they had nothing to do with their parent's separation - Answer-A. assume
responsibilities inappropriate for their ages
Exam-
Question 11:
During the prenatal period a human being is called a/an?
A. toddler
B. fetus
C. infant
D. baby - Answer-B. Fetus
Exam-
Question 12:
Self-concept is how a child
A. sees other people
B. sees him- or herself
C. appears to other people
D. accepts the help of a caregiver - Answer-B. sees him- or herself
Exam-
Question 13:
Trust and self-confidence develop in an environment where ______________ is
consistent and steady.
A. instability
B. nurturing
C. punishment
D. learning - Answer-B. nurturing
Exam-
Question 14:
Another term for NUTURE is
A. environment
B. nature
C. biology
D. self-soothing - Answer-A. environment
Exam-
Question 15:
Cross-cultural research stimulated by Vygotsky's theory reveals that
A. adults begin to encourage valued skills as soon as children start school
B. the developmental sequences observed in Western cultures are universal
