CHD 201 7th Ed Chapter 1

The most important foundation for healthy development of infants and young children is:

A positive environment with responsive adults

By 2015, all 50 states had passed laws requiring early childcare teachers and aides to have specialized training in early childhood development.

False

Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that children should be treated like miniature adults.

False

One of the requirements of the No Child Left Behind legislation was that all children should be reading fluently by the end of first grade.

False

Maslow's concept of self-actualization would be an example of:

Humanistic theory

Two important federal laws relating to children with special needs are:

IDEA and ADA

The federal law that provides for special education services for children from ages 3 to 21 i known as the:

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

The scholar who is credited with challenging the prevalent view of his era the children were simply miniature adults is:

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which of the following scholars/philosophers were instrumental in dispelling the notion that children were miniature adults?

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which of the following is the best definition of theory?

Principles used to interpret circumstances

Which of the following statements is true?

The study of children dates at least to the late 1700s

IDEA provides for early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities in addition to special education services for ages 3 through 21.

True

children are already learning actively at birth.

True

When the field of child study first began, it was not uncommon to find very young children:

Working in factories

The Child Development Associate is:

a nationally recognized credentialing program

Behavioral Theory defines learning as:

acquiring specific responsive, provoked by specific stimuli

An essential experience is thought to be:

an important influence on brain growth and neurological development

Albert Bandrua is most associated with the theoretical framework that focuses on how:

children learn by observing and imitating others

Jean Piget is most associated with the theoretical framework that focuses on how:

children modify existing cognitive structures when confronted with new information

Research shows that one of the primary benefits of an inclusive classroom, compared to segregated classroom, is that:

children with disabilities and their typically developing peers all show more positive outcomes in key areas

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 required each state to develop:

content and achievement standards for K-12 students

Because of the focus on the influence of environments and interdependent systems, bioecological systems theory is referred to as a:

contextual theory

What are considered critical at certain times during early growth and development and have growth-inducing influence on the brain's structure?

essential experiences

Lev Vygotsky is most associated with the theoretical framework that focuses on how:

human interaction, culture, and social experiences combine to encourage learning

The concept of "developmental appropriateness" focuses on the idea that:

interactions with and expectations are often out of sync with what children want to do

Social learning theory emphasizes the importance of:

role models

Erik Erikson is most associated with the theoretical framework that focuses in how:

social and emotional development progresses across a series of stages

Psychosocial theory argues that:

social interactions are more important than sexual drives in explaining personality development

Which theory emphasizes the importance of role models and significant adults in children's lives?

social learning theory

A set of guidelines educating teachers and professionals who work with young children was originally developed in 1982 by:

the National Association for the Education of Young Children

When young children are in settings that are developmentally inappropriate, a common reason is that:

the adults who are working with them have limited information about how children grow, develop, and learn

John Locke (1632-1704) was one of the earliest scholars to suggest that:

the child's environment influences the development of the child's knowledge

The term at-risk refers to:

vulnerability suggesting comprised growth and development trajectories