MTHS ECE TSA study guide Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
References - Correct answer-A Personnel File could
include___________________
Child Care Licensing - Correct answer-Agency determines that you must have a
Personnel file
Physical - Correct answer-A child is jumping rope at recess. What area of
development is being promoted?
Preschool - Correct answer-This stage of early childhood development covers three
to five years.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Correct answer-An example of a trait influenced entirely
by environmental factors is:
Eye Color - Correct answer-A trait that is influenced entirely by hereditary factors:
Culture - Correct answer-A learned pattern of social behavior including traditions,
language, beliefs, and customs.
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,Moral - Correct answer-Culture has a direct impact on a child's social, _______,
intellectual, and emotional development.
Theory - Correct answer-What is an organized set of suggestions about facts or
events that is developed through study and observation?
Jean Piaget - Correct answer-Who is the Swiss psychologist who created the
Cognitive Development Theory?
Abraham Maslow - Correct answer-Who developed the Hierarchy of Needs
Theory?
Sociocultural Theory (Vygotsky) - Correct answer-What is the theory that states
that children learn through social and cultural experiences?
Erik Erikson - Correct answer-Who is the theorist that developed the Psychosocial
Theory
Psychosocial Theory - Correct answer-What is the developmental theory that
describes the stages of personality development from birth to old age?
Month 3 - Correct answer-During pregnancy, at which month have all the organs
and muscle formed?
Teratogens - Correct answer-Which term describes what may affect the growing
baby, resulting in physical and mental abnormalities or defects?
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, Prenatal brain development - Correct answer-It begins with the formation and
closure of the neural tube.
Nutrition - Correct answer-What is an example describes an important POSITIVE
influence on brain development even before birth?
Before pregnancy - Correct answer-According to the March of Dimes, when
should a woman begin to take folic acid to help prevent neural birth defects?
300 calories per day - Correct answer-How many extra calories do most pregnant
women need?
Reduces the amount of oxygen - Correct answer-How does smoking affect the
developing baby?
There is no cure. - Correct answer-What statement is true about FAS?
Mental retardation - Correct answer-a symptom of FAS
Ultrasound - Correct answer-Which prenatal test is offered to most pregnant
women and uses sound waves to show a picture of the baby in utero?
Brain Development in any stage - Correct answer-In which stage of pregnancy can
genes take part in the complex process of building the brain?
Object Permanence - Correct answer-The understanding that objects continue to
exist even when out of view.
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Questions and Answers
References - Correct answer-A Personnel File could
include___________________
Child Care Licensing - Correct answer-Agency determines that you must have a
Personnel file
Physical - Correct answer-A child is jumping rope at recess. What area of
development is being promoted?
Preschool - Correct answer-This stage of early childhood development covers three
to five years.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Correct answer-An example of a trait influenced entirely
by environmental factors is:
Eye Color - Correct answer-A trait that is influenced entirely by hereditary factors:
Culture - Correct answer-A learned pattern of social behavior including traditions,
language, beliefs, and customs.
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,Moral - Correct answer-Culture has a direct impact on a child's social, _______,
intellectual, and emotional development.
Theory - Correct answer-What is an organized set of suggestions about facts or
events that is developed through study and observation?
Jean Piaget - Correct answer-Who is the Swiss psychologist who created the
Cognitive Development Theory?
Abraham Maslow - Correct answer-Who developed the Hierarchy of Needs
Theory?
Sociocultural Theory (Vygotsky) - Correct answer-What is the theory that states
that children learn through social and cultural experiences?
Erik Erikson - Correct answer-Who is the theorist that developed the Psychosocial
Theory
Psychosocial Theory - Correct answer-What is the developmental theory that
describes the stages of personality development from birth to old age?
Month 3 - Correct answer-During pregnancy, at which month have all the organs
and muscle formed?
Teratogens - Correct answer-Which term describes what may affect the growing
baby, resulting in physical and mental abnormalities or defects?
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, Prenatal brain development - Correct answer-It begins with the formation and
closure of the neural tube.
Nutrition - Correct answer-What is an example describes an important POSITIVE
influence on brain development even before birth?
Before pregnancy - Correct answer-According to the March of Dimes, when
should a woman begin to take folic acid to help prevent neural birth defects?
300 calories per day - Correct answer-How many extra calories do most pregnant
women need?
Reduces the amount of oxygen - Correct answer-How does smoking affect the
developing baby?
There is no cure. - Correct answer-What statement is true about FAS?
Mental retardation - Correct answer-a symptom of FAS
Ultrasound - Correct answer-Which prenatal test is offered to most pregnant
women and uses sound waves to show a picture of the baby in utero?
Brain Development in any stage - Correct answer-In which stage of pregnancy can
genes take part in the complex process of building the brain?
Object Permanence - Correct answer-The understanding that objects continue to
exist even when out of view.
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