Chapter 4 Child Development
Piaget - correct answer-Theorist who believed children built knowledge through
exploration with hands on activities
Gardner - correct answer-Theorist who believed intelligence is the result of complex
interactions between children's heredity and experiences
Erikson - correct answer-Theorist whose eight stages included a social conflict or
cirses that must be resolved
Vygotsky - correct answer-Theorist who contributed the zone of proximal
development
Theory - correct answer-A principle or idea that's proposed, researched, and
generally accepted as an explanation
Cephalocaudal - correct answer-Principle that development proceeds from the head
downward
True - correct answer-Studying and understanding child development are important
parts of teaching young children
True - correct answer-Development refers to a change or growth in children
True - correct answer-Physical development includes changes in bone thickness and
weight
False - correct answer-Gross motor development involves the small muscles of the
hands and fingers
False - correct answer-Cognitive development involves feelings and the expression
of feelings
False - correct answer-Spinal cord development occurs after development in the
child's outer body parts
True - correct answer-Maturation Refers to a sequence of a biological events
occurring within the child
True - correct answer-Each child moves through development at his her own rate
Piaget - correct answer-Theorist who believed children built knowledge through
exploration with hands on activities
Gardner - correct answer-Theorist who believed intelligence is the result of complex
interactions between children's heredity and experiences
Erikson - correct answer-Theorist whose eight stages included a social conflict or
cirses that must be resolved
Vygotsky - correct answer-Theorist who contributed the zone of proximal
development
Theory - correct answer-A principle or idea that's proposed, researched, and
generally accepted as an explanation
Cephalocaudal - correct answer-Principle that development proceeds from the head
downward
True - correct answer-Studying and understanding child development are important
parts of teaching young children
True - correct answer-Development refers to a change or growth in children
True - correct answer-Physical development includes changes in bone thickness and
weight
False - correct answer-Gross motor development involves the small muscles of the
hands and fingers
False - correct answer-Cognitive development involves feelings and the expression
of feelings
False - correct answer-Spinal cord development occurs after development in the
child's outer body parts
True - correct answer-Maturation Refers to a sequence of a biological events
occurring within the child
True - correct answer-Each child moves through development at his her own rate
