Child Development Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Child Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social growth of children from conception through adolescence. This course examines major developmental theories, research methods, and the influence of family, culture, and environment on development. Topics include milestones in motor skills, language acquisition, learning processes, personality development, attachment, and socialization. Emphasis is placed on understanding typical and atypical development, as well as the application of developmental principles in educational and caregiving settings.
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Art and Creative Development for Young Children 8th Edition by J. Englebright Fox
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Chapter 1: Understanding Creativity
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Q1) Which of the following are considered closed-ended materials?
A) crayons and paper
B) puzzles
C) sand
D) modeling clay Answer: B
Q2) Processing is important for children only because it culminates in a finished product that validates its importance for children.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Creativity is a fixed attribute and an individual's level of creativity is established at birth.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) All people show evidence of some degree of creativity.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Creative Thinking
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Q1) Most schools are set up to facilitate convergent thinking.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Modeling creative thinking for young children includes:
A) taking them through a sequence of questions designed to stimulate creativity.
B) creating problems so you can show the children your creative solutions.
C) sharing your frustrations and setbacks as well as your creative solutions to problems.
D) integrating creative problem-solving activities throughout the curriculum.
Answer: C
Q3) Elaborate thinkers add details to their ideas.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) Open-ended questions require children to operate at the higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Creative Experiences
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Q1) List the five types of play.
Answer: physical play; constructive play; dramatic play; play with natural materials; games
Q2) Socio-dramatic play is:
A) pretend play involving two or more children.
B) a dramatic enactment of a social event.
C) a social activity during which children wear costumes.
D) nonthematic play.
Answer: A
Q3) A picture book is defined as a book that:
A) creates powerful visual messages through text.
B) communicates meaning only through illustrations.
C) encourages the reader to produce mental pictures of the story.
D) depends on pictures as much as, if not more than, the text.
Answer: D
Q4) Children who engage in fantasy play tend to score lower on tests of imagination and creativity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Art and the Developing Child
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Q1) Using scissors appropriately requires which of the following?
A) figure-ground discrimination
B) eye-hand coordination and visual activity
C) gross motor coordination
D) none of the above
Q2) Vygotsky believes that children need adults who act as intellectual mediators. An intellectual mediator is an adult who:
A) will mediate social interactions between two or more children.
B) will mediate academic instruction by providing opportunities for cooperative learning and group projects.
C) knows each child's zone of proximal development.
D) observes, poses questions, challenges, models, or gives information to facilitate a child's learning.
Q3) The domain of physical development includes all of the following except:
A) sensory awareness.
B) eye-hand coordination.
C) good health.
D) rhythm and synchronization.
Q4) List four reasons that food should not be used in art activities.
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Chapter 5: Childrens Artistic Development
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Q1) In the stages of artistic development suggested by Lowenfeld and Brittain, schema refers to a(n):
A) child's first representational attempt at drawing.
B) generalized symbol that represents a specific concept.
C) random perception of size and proportion.
D) awareness of and intentional use of empty space.
Q2) In children's art, the term content refers to the:
A) art elements included in the drawing or painting.
B) optimal mood for children when creating art.
C) subject matter being represented.
D) explanations of their art provided by the children.
Q3) In Kellogg's (1969) theory of the development of artistic expression, children age four to five years are at what stage?
A) preschematic
B) schematic
C) design
D) pictorial
Q4) List five ways that knowing the stages of development in children's art will help teachers.
Q5) List four different positions in which children can draw or paint.
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Chapter 6: The Elements of Art
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Q1) Which of the following art experiences would be most useful in helping children to understand positive and negative space?
A) sculpting with clay
B) print making
C) adding the background to a picture
D) making and using a stencil
Q2) Negative space is the space:
A) taken up with lines, colors, shapes, and forms.
B) left between or surrounding subject matter, symbols, or shapes.
C) between the baselines of ground and sky.
D) in which the artist signs his or her name.
Q3) Describe how children in your class will learn about the art elements.
Q4) Design and composition can be used in developmentally appropriate art appreciation activities with young children.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List the possibilities and personalities of color as described in Chapter 6.
Q6) List the thermal qualities of color.
Q7) List three warm colors.
Q8) List the nine elements of art discussed in Chapter 6.
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Chapter 7: Aesthetics
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Q1) The metaphor of "one hundred languages" is used to describe the:
A) emphasis on second language instruction in Reggio Emilia schools.
B) variety of languages represented in the student population in Reggio Emilia schools.
C) child's ability to symbolize what he or she is learning in a variety of ways.
D) influence of Reggio Emilia schools on early childhoos programs around the world.
Q2) An affective response may involve any of the following except:
A) tedium.
B) awe.
C) surprise.
D) exhilaration.
Q3) Because watercolor paper tends to be expensive, which of the following types of paper may provide a suitable alternative for the early childhood classroom?
A) onionskin or good bond typing paper
B) construction paper
C) manilla paper
D) newsprint
Q4) List four of the six components of an aesthetic attitude.
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Chapter 8: Sensory Experiences
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Q1) Water play with bubbles is an example of a(n):
A) tactile activity.
B) auditory activity.
C) kinesthetic activity.
D) visual activity.
Q2) Which of the following senses best matches the descriptive term temperature?
A) baric
B) tactile
C) thermic
D) sterognostic
Q3) Auditory learners are likely to be drawn to:
A) mathematics.
B) motor activities.
C) music.
D) language-based activities.
Q4) Which learning style(s) should an early childhood teacher "teach to"? Explain how the teacher should make that decision.
Q5) List the five senses.
Q6) Describe the value of cooking activities in the early childhood classroom.
Q7) List the three basic sensory modalities preferred by children.
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Chapter 9: The Complete Early Childhood Art Program
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Q1) When teaching children about the world of art, the intent should be to:
A) help children learn art history.
B) expose children to their heritage.
C) expose children to styles and techniques they may emulate in their own artwork.
D) help children learn about different genres of visual art.
Q2) The arts are used to achieve a specific purpose in human development.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Artists following the Impressionist style:
A) are interested in the physical qualities of their media.
B) focus on portraying their own feelings and emotions.
C) seek intellectual conceptions of form and shape.
D) are fascinated with color, sunshine, contrast, light, reflection, and shadow.
Q4) Pointillism involves:
A) color fusion.
B) color mixing.
C) color blending.
D) blending lines and shapes.
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Chapter 10: Child-Centered Art Versus Teacher-Directed Projects
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Q1) When teachers give children precut shapes or pre-drawn outlines for art projects, what is the likely outcome?
A) Children have a model of artistic development to strive for.
B) Children have the opportunity to exercise creative decision making.
C) Children feel inadequate.
D) Children develop better fine motor skills.
Q2) Research by Lepper and Greene (1975) has shown that external motivation and techniques of behavior modification will:
A) provide the support that insecure children need to participate in open-ended art activities.
B) encourage all children to participate in art activities.
C) actually decrease a child's intrinsic motivation.
D) reinforce positive behavior in the art center.
Q3) List the five basic elements of shape on which Brookes bases art instruction for young children.
Q4) It is not necessary to be a talented artist to provide creative art experiences for young children.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Art
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Q1) List the three components of early childhood curriculum development.
Q2) In the PIE cycle of curriculum development, planning is most influenced by:
A) the materials available to the teacher.
B) the teacher's values and beliefs about children and education.
C) school policies.
D) parent opinions.
Q3) The typical thematic approach to early childhood curriculum is:
A) emergent, based on children's interests and activities.
B) predetermined and planned by the teacher months in advance.
C) canned.
D) filled with opportunities for teachable moments.
Q4) Curriculum development includes planning classroom management procedures.
A)True
B)False
Q5) emergent
A)missed opportunities for teachable moments
B)loosely planned curriculum based on the children's interests and activities
C)units and lessons taught by the teacher in previous years
D)teacher-proof
Q6) Identify the two major processes in implementing early childhood curriculum.
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Chapter 12: The Art Center 1
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Q1) According to Fox (2010), when children draw what they see in their science observations, they:
A) add fantasy elements to what is actually there.
B) are much more likely to report details and observable facts.
C) are distracted by the art activity.
D) demonstrate more advanced fine motor skills.
Q2) In social studies curriculum, making a mural is a good activity to:
A) introduce a topic or theme of study.
B) prepare children for a field trip or guest speaker.
C) wrap up or synthesize a topic's study or investigation.
D) further develop an idea for investigation.
Q3) Geoboards are ideal for incorporating art with:
A) mathematics.
B) science.
C) language arts.
D) social studies.
Q4) List the three science concepts that children learn by constructing a mobile.
Q5) List three graphic activities that are important steps in the development of a child's ability to print and write.
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Q6) List the major early childhood curricular areas.
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Chapter 13: The Art Center 2
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Q1) Children need to know both the rules of the early childhood art center and the:
A) ways those rules affect other people.
B) reasons behind the rules.
C) incentives for participating in the art center.
D) consequences for breaking the rules.
Q2) Art center activities are appropriate only in the indoor classroom.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The art center should be located:
A) near noisy centers like the block center or the dramatic play center.
B) on carpeting to minimize the noise created by use of the materials.
C) away from windows to reduce eye strain from glare.
D) opposite the door to the classroom to minimize through traffic.
Q4) List the three R's that provide guidelines for providing materials in the early childhood art center.
Q5) List three suggestions for activities in the early childhood art center.
Q6) Children, not teachers, should be the users of puppets and masks in an early childhood classroom.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Art Experiences Through Technology
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Q1) Too much free exploration of software on the computer can result in children's
Q2) In Logo, _________________is a futuristic-looking object that beeps, walks, and turns on typed commands from the keyboard.
Q3) Research tells us that, when working on the computer, children with special needs make gains in:
A) fine motor skill development.
B) cognitive development.
C) socio-emotional development.
D) verbal-linguistic development.
Q4) Before allowing children to use computers, adults should assess their:
A) ego- and socio-centric thinking.
B) symbolic thinking.
C) fine motor dexterity.
D) understanding of real-world relationships.
Q5) List three suggestions for teachers and parents who want to provide appropriate computer experiences for young children.
Q6) In a___________ program, the cursor can be inserted into text for editing or making corrections.
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Chapter 15: Roles, Responses, and Strategies to Support
Childrens Art
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Q1) It is developmentally inappropriate to ask children to identify and describe the art materials they are using.
A)True
B)False
Q2) List the nine artistic elements teachers may use to structure their responses to children's artwork.
Q3) Direct instruction is probably more effective than modeling in teaching a child to sew or weave.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which is the appropriate response to a child who is repulsed by messy art activities?
A) Conference with the child's parents.
B) Require the child to participate.
C) Let the child see that other children enjoy the activities and that the messy materials can be cleaned up.
D) Send the child to the school counselor.
Q5) List four of the five reasons early childhood teachers should take art dictation.
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Chapter 16: Art Assessment
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Q1) The purpose of an observational anecdote is to:
A) capture everything the child is doing and saying.
B) describe the context of a child's behavior.
C) predict future behaviors from the child.
D) capture a specific event or behavior.
Q2) Which of the following are required for observation?
A) time, patience, focus, and objectivity
B) time, opportunity, attention, and perseverance
C) time, patience, opportunity, and goals
D) opportunity, objectivity, attention and patience
Q3) A stabile is a(n):
A) hanging sculpture that moves.
B) assemblage hanging from the ceiling.
C) self-standing, stationary mobile.
D) sculpture with moving parts.
Q4) The content of children's art often reflects the things about which they have strong feelings.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List four of the five reasons for studying an individual child.
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