Chapter 8
Growth during the preschool years is what?
slower than it was during infancy
Which of the following statements describes preoperational children’s thought?
1. They do not confuse appearance and reality
2. They may credit inanimate objects with life like properties
3. They do not narrowly focus on one characteristic of a task
4. Their thinking is not egocentric
They may credit inanimate objects with lifelike properties
Health Canada’s national early intervention strategy for children of Metis, Inuit, and First Nations is called what_____________
Aboriginal Head Start
For Indigenous children and youth, the question of “self” has multiple lenses that are influenced not only by their self-concept, but also by external factors that include societal, cultural, racial, and government influences. From this perspective, not all expressions of identify are______________________
self-defined
___________is defined as a person’s judgment and feelings about his or her own worth.
self-esteem
According to the Canadian Dental Association, proper dental care should begin when?
as soon as the first tooth appears
________refer (s) to people’s memory of the significant events and experiences of their own lives.
Autobiographical
The BC Aboriginal Child Care Society has issued a best practices handbook for providing early childhood programs to ____________ children
Indigenous
Traits associated with male stereotypes are called ___________, whereas traits associated with female stereotypes are referred to as _______________.
instrumental; expressive
A(n) _________ of parental control is associated with the most positive child outcomes.
absence of the Vancouver Canucks in the final
low level
moderate level
high level
moderate level
At what age should a child be expected to dress himself?
5 year of age
According to Vygotsky, development is optimal when............
a child is guided by someone with more skill
Learning theorists propose that language is learned through what?
imitation and reinforcement
According to early social learning theorists like Albert Bandura, children learn gender roles in much the same way that they learn other social behaviors: through _____________ and _______________ learning.
reinforcement and observation
Which of the following statements reflects good parenting practices?
1. Parents should exercise little control over their children while eating cake
2. Parents should be flexible and not enforce their rules consistently while children are fighting
3. Parents should not explain their rules let them guess!
4. Parents should set standards that are appropriate for their child’s age
Parents should set standards that are appropriate for their child’s age
Parents of preschool children who are picky eaters should do what?
allow children to choose from among a number of healthy food choices
Which of the following is an example of telegraphic speech?
“Baby hungry”
the “ing” in “kicking”
using the word “car” to refer to trucks, vans, and automobiles
using the word “dog” to refer only to the family dog
" Baby hungry"
What might help children improve their attention?
Remove all objects that are not necessary for the task
A ___________ is a set of cultural guidelines for how a person should behave.
social role
Your friend asks you for advice on how he and his spouse should rear their children so they will turn out to be responsible, self-reliant, sociable, and good students in school.
You tell him, “From what I’ve read in my textbook, my advice is to be authoritarian parents.
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE should be authoritative
According to Health Canada, the most common chronic illness of childhood is what?
Asthma
Turn-taking
1. is not encouraged by parents until after children say their first words.
2. is apparent in preschoolers who expect that a comment will be followed by a response.
3. does not occur spontaneously in conversations between children and adults until after children have entered school
4. is discouraged when parents take both the speaker and listener roles
is apparent in preschoolers who expect that a comment will be followed by a response.
Piaget used __________ experiments to see whether children realized that characteristics of objects remained the same despite changes in physical appearance
Conservation
Children develop their concept of self throughout childhood. They learn to define themselves in ways _________
that are concrete characteristics
Which of the following is not true of bullying?
1. the aggression is unprovoked
2. its sole goal is to gain power over someone else
3. it may include hitting, biting, or grabbing toys
4. it does not occur until the elementary school years
it does not occur until the elementary school years