Questions (ECE)
Name That Theorist!
Vocab
Questions (Elem)
Frequently Confused Words
100
During which age range do children's motor skills normally develop the fastest?
a. Infancy (0-2 years)
b. Early childhood (2-6 years)
c. Middle childhood (6-9 years)
d. Late childhood (9-12 years)
Early childhood (2-6 years)
100
Which theorist proposed that cognitive development occurs through assimilation and accommodation?
a. Vygotsky
b. Piaget
c. Erikson
d. Bandura
Jean Piaget
100
____________ is the brain's tendency to unconsciously adapt to a specific writing style or narrative structure, which can lead to reduced cognitive engagement or skimming.
a. diphthong
b. habituation
c. semantics
d. underextension
habituation
100
A second-grade teacher is designing a word sort to help her students identify inflectional endings. Which pair of words should she use in this activity?
a. jumped/eating
b. blew/ boo
c. crunch/ trash
d. day/weigh
jumped/eating
100
Effect/ Affect
The second cup of coffee had no _______ on my groggy brain.
effect
200
The Scholastic Early Childhood Inventory (SECI), a formal assessment instrument, tests children's progress in domains that predict kindergarten readiness. Which of the following is NOT one of these domains?
a. Mathematics
b. Alphabet knowledge
c. Scientific knowledge
d. Phonological awareness
Scientific knowledge
200
The concept of the "Zone of Proximal Development" is associated with:
a. Vygotsky
b. Piaget
c. Erikson
d. Bandura
Lev Vygotsky
200
____________ is a normal stage in early language development where toddlers (usually between 18-24 months old) combine two or three words into short, efficient phrases.
a. Etymology
b. Underextension
c. Telegraphic speech
d. Amphiboly
Telegraphic speech
- "More juice" (instead of "I would like more juice")
- "Mommy go" (instead of "Mommy is going out")
- "Want ball" (instead of "I want the ball")
- "Shoe on" (instead of "Please put my shoe on")
- "Doggy bark" (instead of "The doggy is barking")
200
Students in a second-grade classroom are exploring and building words that contain eigh. Which layer of orthography are they exploring?
a. Alphabet layer
b. Pattern layer
c. Meaning layer
d. Conventional layer
Pattern layer
200
insure/ensure
I will _______ all the doors are locked.
ensure
300
A coin is tossed 300 times. How many of those tosses can you expect to show heads?
a. 50
b. 100
c. 150
d. 200
150
300
According to Erik Erikson, the primary developmental task of adolescence is:
a. Trust vs. Mistrust
b. Initiative vs. Guilt
c. Identity vs. Role Confusion
d. Generativity vs. Stagnation
Identity vs. Role Confusion
300
__________ is a common language learning error in early childhood where a child uses a word too narrowly, applying it only to a specific object or instance rather than the broader category it belongs to.
a. Underextension
b. Etymology
c. Metacognition
d. Amphiboly
Underextension
For example, a child may use the word "dog" to refer exclusively to the family's pet, while refusing to use the term for any other dogs they encounter.
300
A fourth-grade teacher wants to help his students analyze word morphology in order to identify the meanings of unknown words. Which word could he use to best exemplify the strategy of analyzing word morphology?
a. Trees
b. Manuscript
c. Butterfly
d. Ceiling
Manuscript
300
effect or affect
The sudden power outage did not _______ the main computer, but the delayed backup had a severe _______ on the company's daily operations.
The sudden power outage did not affect the main computer, but the delayed backup had a severe effect on the company's daily operations.
400
Which of the following applies to concurrent validity of screening and assessment instruments used with EC populations?
a. The authors of a new intelligence test have confidence in its statistical strength rather than comparison.
b. The authors of a new intelligence test have compared its results with the Stanford-Binet and the WPPSI.
c. EC educators have a new intelligence test with very different results than Stanford-Binet or than WPPSI.
d. EC educators have a new intelligence test and cannot compare it to tests with prior established validity.
The authors of a new intelligence test have compared its results with the Stanford-Binet and the WPPSI.
400
Which theorist emphasized observational learning and self-efficacy?
a. Albert Bandura
b. Ivan Pavlov
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Abraham Maslow
Albert Bandura
400
_______ is the study of the historical origins and evolution of words.
a. Semantics
b. Satire
c. Amphiboly
d. Etymology
Etymology
400
Ms. Chen is instructing her students on divisibility rules. Which of the following rules can be used to determine if a number is divisible by 6?
a. The last digit of the number is divisible by 2 or 3.
b. The number ends in 6.
c. The number is divisible by 2 and 3.
d. The last two digits of the number are divisible by 6.
The number is divisible by 2 and 3.
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A number that is divisible by 6 is divisible by 2 and 3. A number is divisible by 2 if it is even, and it is divisible by 3 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3. For example, the number 12 is divisible by 2 and 3, so it is also divisible by 6.
400
except or accept
They agreed to ________ all the donated items _______ for the expired ones.
They agreed to accept all the donated items except for the expired ones.
500
A five-year-old child draws people and houses the same size, uses colors not realistically but to reflect emotions, and draws body parts in sizes reflecting their importance rather than their actual proportions. This child's age and drawing characteristics are most typical of which stage of art development?
a. Preschematic
b. Pseudorealistic
c. Dawning Realism
d. Schematic
Preschematic
500
According to Maslow, which need must generally be satisfied before esteem needs?
a. Self-actualization
b. Love and belonging
c. Cognitive needs
d. Aesthetic needs
Love and belonging
500
________ is a sentence or phrase that can be interpreted in multiple ways because of ambiguous grammar, punctuation, or sentence structure.
a. Prose
b. Colloquial
c. Amphiboly
d. Redundancy
Amphiboly
"Let's eat Grandma" vs. "Let's eat, Grandma"
500
Ms. Watson has included a variety of pointers in the classroom reading center. She instructs students to use these pointers or their fingers to the words when reading independently. Which of the following concepts of print is Ms. Watson addressing?
a. Spacing
b. Book orientation
c. Directionality
d. Letter concepts
Directionality
500
principle/principal
The _________ of the school refused to compromise his ___________ even when it cost him the ___________ amount of his __________ investment.
The principal of the school refused to compromise his principles even when it cost him the principal amount of his principal investment.