Child Guidance Quiz 2 Chapters 3,4,5

What do appropriate limits encourage children to do?

A,B

A child exhibits self-control if he:

A,B,C

A third-grade teacher was puzzled about why the children ignored her request to put art materials away. What is a developmentally appropriate way to get the children to comply with this legitimate request?

A,B,C

Limits focused on keeping children safe should include:

A,B,C

Cognitive development in the first year of life enables infants to:

A,C

A large-group area in a classroom:

A,D

Developmentally appropriate small-group activity areas should:

B,C

Developmentally appropriate practices tells us that curriculum for young children should have which of the following characteristics?

B,D

Discipline is derived from the Latin word(s) meaning____________.

B,D

Which of the following do you have to pay attention to when guiding children?

both memory and perception throughout childhood

Children are_________-old when they can use strategies to delay gratification.

3 years

Two to six year-old children tend to describe others by referring to an individual's _______ qualities.

physical

An action that benefits another person or animal is known as:

prosocial behavior

What does pacing of limits refers to?

rate of giving instructions

Ted has to take a fill-in-the-blank exam. The type of memory he most likely will use is:

recall memory

Janelle practices her spelling words several times until she remembers how to spell each word. She has used a memory strategy called:

rehearsal

Infants and toddlers are in what stage of Piaget's cognitive development?

sensorimotor

The process used for temporary storage of new information is:

short-term memory

What term refers to how children think about the behaviors, motives, and feelings of others?

social cognition

When a teacher says, "Dennis, please put the baseball equipment away before you leave the playground," the teacher has asked for:

task compliance

Which type of suggestion or command tells a child in advance the consequences of her actions?

when-then statement

Developmentally appropriate classrooms are based on all of the following principles except:

a curriculum based on abstract reasoning

If you want to change a situation to prevent or stop undesirable behavior, what could you do?

all of these

Management of classroom materials refers to:

all of these

The ignore strategy works best when you while carrying out the strategy.

avoid doing all of these

The music teacher states, "Megan, I want you to pick up your music sheets, put your violin away, put the music sheets away, get your backpack from the shelf, join the other children, wait for the teacher, and then go back to your regular classroom." The teacher has given a:

chain command

What have Dewey, Piaget, and Vygotsky helped teachers understand about children?

children construct knowledge

A sensory-rich environment (for young children) that is also developmentally appropriate might well include all of the following except:

constant yelling

Jenny's mom handed her a block and told her, "Here, Jenny. Take the block." Mom has asked for:

contact compliance

Classroom areas that would usually be described as quiet activities areas include all of the following except:

dramatic play

A block area would be most appropriately placed near which of the following?

dramatic play area

As a teacher, you understand that the children will be a little anxious on the first day of school. You have demonstrated:

empathy

An uncluttered classroom helps children to:

focus on new materials

Skillful use of lighting is a (n) method of guidance.

indirect

When Mr. Sandoval noticed that the children were starting to throw sand in the sensory table, he restated the limit of keeping sand in the table and then added animals. How has he increased options?

introduce new materials

Which of the following best characterizes a private space in a classroom?

is a place where a child can take a break from classroom activity

Sara looked at all her clothes hanging in her closet and could not decide what to wear. Mom took out two pairs of jeans and said, "Here are your new red jeans and your yellow jeans. Which would you prefer to wear?" How has mom decreased options?

limited choices

When is ignoring behavior appropriate?

none of these

A four-year-old, when compared to a nine-year-old, is in distinguishing between intentional and accidental behavior.

not as accurate

Pete has to memorize a list of 15 items. He places items from the list in different categories of food, flowers, and clothing. What memory strategy has he just used?

organization