Test Bank c
Early Childhood Development
c c
A Multicultural Perspective
c c
8th Edition
c
Jeffrey Trawick-Smith
c
, TablecofcContents
Chapterc1:cStudyingcEarlycChildhoodcDevelopmentcincacDiversecWorld
LearningcOutcomecQuizzes 1
ApplicationcExercises 12
TestcItems 14
TestcAnswercKey 23
,Chapter 1: Studying Early Childhood Development in aDiverse
c c c c c c c c c
World
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
c c c c
LearningcOutcomec1.1:cDefinec earlycchildhoodc developmentc andc explainc howcqualitativecdevelo
pmentciscdifferentcfromcquantitativecdevelopment.
[Q1]
Accordingctocthectextbook,cwhichcofcthecfollowingcstatementscbestcdefinescearlycchildhoodcdevelop
ment?
1. Thec increasec inc knowledgec andc numberc ofc skillsc ofc youngc childrenc overc thec firstc 5c yearsc ofclif
e
2. Thecprocesscofcqualitativecandcquantitativecchangescincchildrencfromcbirthctocagec8c[correct]
3. Thecincreasecincsensorimotorcintelligencecbetweencagesc3candc9
4. Thecfixedcordercofcacquiringcskillscandcknowledgecatceachcagecfromcbirthctocagec7
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec1]
Thiscstatementcsuggestscthatcchildrencsimplycacquirecgreatercknowledgecandcabilitiescasctheycage
—acpurelycquantitativecview—
andcdoescnotcaddresscqualitativecchanges.cAlso,cearlycchildhoodciscdefinedcascbirthctocagec8cincthec
book.
[FeedbackcforcCorrectcAnswerc2]
Childrencdocnotcsimplycbecomeclargercorcobtaincmorecknowledgecasctheycdevelop.cAsctheycdevelop
,ctheycbecomecqualitativelycdifferentcpeople,cthinkingcandcbehavingcincuniquelycdifferentcways.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec3]
Thiscstatementcaddressesconlyconeckindcofcintelligencecthatcoccurscincinfancy.cItcdoescnotcincludecot
hercdomains,csuchcascphysicalcorcsocialcdevelopment,corctypescofcthinkingcthatcappearcaftercinfanc
y.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec4]
Thisc statementc suggestscthatc allc childrenc willc acquirec skillsc orc knowledgec inc acfixedc order,c whichcisc
notcalwaysctheccase.
[Q2]
Whichc ofc thecfollowingc isc thec bestc examplec ofc ac childc becomingc acqualitatively,c notc justcquantitativ
ely,cdifferentcpersoncwithcdevelopment?
1. Acchildcovercomescfearscbychavingcacdeepercunderstandingcofcthecworld.c[correct]
2. Acchildcacquirescmorecmathematicalcskillscandcconcepts.
3. Acchildcformscacwidercnetworkcofcfriendshipscandcacquaintances.
4. Acchildcbecomescattachedctocmultipleccaregivers,cincludingcteacherscandcparents.
1
, [FeedbackcforcCorrectcAnswerc1]
Inc development,c ac childc doesc notc simplyc acquirec morec experiencec orc knowledgec aboutc thingscth
atcarecfrightening;cthecchildccancnowcinterpretcandcapplychiscorchercknowledgectocovercomecthesecf
ears.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec2]
Thiscstatementcimpliescthatcincdevelopmentcchildrencsimplyclearncmorecofcsomething—
incthisccase,cmorecskillscorcknowledge.cItcdoescnotcrecognizecthatcchildrencthinkcandcsolvecproblem
sccompletelycdifferently.cTheyccancapplycandcrefinecskillscandcknowledgecincnewcwayscasctheycdeve
lop.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec3]
Thiscanswerciscfocusedconcquantitativecchangescincdevelopment—
simplycmakingcmorecfriendscandc acquaintances.c Itc doesc notc addressc howc thec naturec ofc friendship
sc orc thec child’sc knowledgecorcsocialcbehaviorscchangecwithcdevelopment.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec4]
Thiscanswercsuggestscthatcattachmentctoccaregiversciscsimplycthecprocesscofcbecomingcattachedct
ocmorecpeople—
acpurelycquantitativecviewcofcthiscaspectcofcdevelopment.cItcdoescnotcaddresschowcthecqualitycofcthe
secrelationshipscchangescwithcdevelopment.
[Q3]
Whichc ofc thec followingc examplesc relatesc mostc specificallyc toc quantitativec changec inc ac child’scdevelopment?
1. Graysonchascacstrategycforcfiguringcoutcwhichcbowlciscbiggercthancthecothers
2. Graysoncstoppedcbeingcegocentriccandctakingctoyscawaycfromcothers
3. Graysoncgrewctwocinchescincthecpastcsixcmonthsc[correct]
4. Graysoncnowcaskscforcmilkcrathercthanccryingcforcit
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec1]
Grayson’sc developmentc ofc ac strategyc forc figuringc outc whichc bowlc isc biggestc isc anc examplec ofcq
ualitativecchange.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec2]
Grayson’scchangecincshowingclesscegocentrismciscancexamplecofcqualitativecchange.
[FeedbackcforcCorrectcAnswerc3]
Grayson’scgrowthcincheightcrepresentscquantitativecchange.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec4]
Grayson’sc developmentalc changec fromc cryingc forc milkc toc askingc forc itc representsc qualitativecc
hange.
[Q4]
Thecdefinitioncofcchildcdevelopmentcincludescwhichcofcthecfollowing?
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Early Childhood Development
c c
A Multicultural Perspective
c c
8th Edition
c
Jeffrey Trawick-Smith
c
, TablecofcContents
Chapterc1:cStudyingcEarlycChildhoodcDevelopmentcincacDiversecWorld
LearningcOutcomecQuizzes 1
ApplicationcExercises 12
TestcItems 14
TestcAnswercKey 23
,Chapter 1: Studying Early Childhood Development in aDiverse
c c c c c c c c c
World
Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes
c c c c
LearningcOutcomec1.1:cDefinec earlycchildhoodc developmentc andc explainc howcqualitativecdevelo
pmentciscdifferentcfromcquantitativecdevelopment.
[Q1]
Accordingctocthectextbook,cwhichcofcthecfollowingcstatementscbestcdefinescearlycchildhoodcdevelop
ment?
1. Thec increasec inc knowledgec andc numberc ofc skillsc ofc youngc childrenc overc thec firstc 5c yearsc ofclif
e
2. Thecprocesscofcqualitativecandcquantitativecchangescincchildrencfromcbirthctocagec8c[correct]
3. Thecincreasecincsensorimotorcintelligencecbetweencagesc3candc9
4. Thecfixedcordercofcacquiringcskillscandcknowledgecatceachcagecfromcbirthctocagec7
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec1]
Thiscstatementcsuggestscthatcchildrencsimplycacquirecgreatercknowledgecandcabilitiescasctheycage
—acpurelycquantitativecview—
andcdoescnotcaddresscqualitativecchanges.cAlso,cearlycchildhoodciscdefinedcascbirthctocagec8cincthec
book.
[FeedbackcforcCorrectcAnswerc2]
Childrencdocnotcsimplycbecomeclargercorcobtaincmorecknowledgecasctheycdevelop.cAsctheycdevelop
,ctheycbecomecqualitativelycdifferentcpeople,cthinkingcandcbehavingcincuniquelycdifferentcways.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec3]
Thiscstatementcaddressesconlyconeckindcofcintelligencecthatcoccurscincinfancy.cItcdoescnotcincludecot
hercdomains,csuchcascphysicalcorcsocialcdevelopment,corctypescofcthinkingcthatcappearcaftercinfanc
y.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec4]
Thisc statementc suggestscthatc allc childrenc willc acquirec skillsc orc knowledgec inc acfixedc order,c whichcisc
notcalwaysctheccase.
[Q2]
Whichc ofc thecfollowingc isc thec bestc examplec ofc ac childc becomingc acqualitatively,c notc justcquantitativ
ely,cdifferentcpersoncwithcdevelopment?
1. Acchildcovercomescfearscbychavingcacdeepercunderstandingcofcthecworld.c[correct]
2. Acchildcacquirescmorecmathematicalcskillscandcconcepts.
3. Acchildcformscacwidercnetworkcofcfriendshipscandcacquaintances.
4. Acchildcbecomescattachedctocmultipleccaregivers,cincludingcteacherscandcparents.
1
, [FeedbackcforcCorrectcAnswerc1]
Inc development,c ac childc doesc notc simplyc acquirec morec experiencec orc knowledgec aboutc thingscth
atcarecfrightening;cthecchildccancnowcinterpretcandcapplychiscorchercknowledgectocovercomecthesecf
ears.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec2]
Thiscstatementcimpliescthatcincdevelopmentcchildrencsimplyclearncmorecofcsomething—
incthisccase,cmorecskillscorcknowledge.cItcdoescnotcrecognizecthatcchildrencthinkcandcsolvecproblem
sccompletelycdifferently.cTheyccancapplycandcrefinecskillscandcknowledgecincnewcwayscasctheycdeve
lop.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec3]
Thiscanswerciscfocusedconcquantitativecchangescincdevelopment—
simplycmakingcmorecfriendscandc acquaintances.c Itc doesc notc addressc howc thec naturec ofc friendship
sc orc thec child’sc knowledgecorcsocialcbehaviorscchangecwithcdevelopment.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec4]
Thiscanswercsuggestscthatcattachmentctoccaregiversciscsimplycthecprocesscofcbecomingcattachedct
ocmorecpeople—
acpurelycquantitativecviewcofcthiscaspectcofcdevelopment.cItcdoescnotcaddresschowcthecqualitycofcthe
secrelationshipscchangescwithcdevelopment.
[Q3]
Whichc ofc thec followingc examplesc relatesc mostc specificallyc toc quantitativec changec inc ac child’scdevelopment?
1. Graysonchascacstrategycforcfiguringcoutcwhichcbowlciscbiggercthancthecothers
2. Graysoncstoppedcbeingcegocentriccandctakingctoyscawaycfromcothers
3. Graysoncgrewctwocinchescincthecpastcsixcmonthsc[correct]
4. Graysoncnowcaskscforcmilkcrathercthanccryingcforcit
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec1]
Grayson’sc developmentc ofc ac strategyc forc figuringc outc whichc bowlc isc biggestc isc anc examplec ofcq
ualitativecchange.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec2]
Grayson’scchangecincshowingclesscegocentrismciscancexamplecofcqualitativecchange.
[FeedbackcforcCorrectcAnswerc3]
Grayson’scgrowthcincheightcrepresentscquantitativecchange.
[FeedbackcforcAnswercChoicec4]
Grayson’sc developmentalc changec fromc cryingc forc milkc toc askingc forc itc representsc qualitativecc
hange.
[Q4]
Thecdefinitioncofcchildcdevelopmentcincludescwhichcofcthecfollowing?
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