FCS 330 - Child Growth and Development » Fall 2020 » Quiz Part II

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Question #1
What is the average weight of a newborn baby?
A.   7 1/2 pounds
B.   9 1/2 pounds
C.   5 pounds
D.   12 pounds
Question #2
Between the ages of 3 and 6, the left hemisphere of the brain grows dramatically. This side of the brain or hemisphere is typically involved in language skills. The right hemisphere continues to grow throughout early childhood and is involved in tasks that require spatial skills such as recognizing shapes and patterns. The corpus callosum which connects the two hemispheres of the brain undergoes a growth spurt between ages 3 and 6 and the results does what for the child
A.   Strengthens these areas Broca's area, Wernicke's area, motor area, somatosensory area
B.   improves coordination between right and left hemisphere tasks.
C.   develops the spinal cord, brain stem, cerebellum, cerebrum
D.   creates these areas cephalo, caudal, proximo, distal
Question #3
Twelve-month-old Karen is taking her first steps. The muscles that control her legs are coordinated by which of the options?
A.   gross motor development.
B.   locomotor reflexes
C.   fine motor development
D.   primitive reflexes
Question #4
Which of the following is typically true of a 2 year olds weight
A.   Toddlers don't like knowing how their weight
B.   The toddler's weight dramatically increase the first 4 months of life
C.   The weight of the baby is only slightly more than it was at birl
D.   The weight is somewhere around 25 to 30 pounds
Question #5
What is myelination?
A.   The process by which the neurons die
B.   This is what happens as a result of Shaken Baby Syndrom
C.   A form of neuron maturation in which the fatty insulation grows around the axons
D.   It connects the brain to the spinal cord
Question #6
Jose is sitting in his high chair and he picks up a Cheerio from table on his high chair. The muscles that control her fingers are coordinated by
A.   gross motor development.
B.   primitive relfexes
C.   locomotor reflexes
D.   fine motor development
Question #7
A process that stimulates the body's immune system to defend against attack by a particular contagious disease and virus is call what?
A.   Stunting
B.   Pruning
C.   Immunization
D.   Reflexes
Question #8
Match these terms on health and nutrition with the definitions : Obesity
A.   Has a balance of nutrition of fat & protein, that adjust to the age of he baby
B.   Is related to better social and emotional functioning
C.   A complex health issue when a child is above the normal or healthy weight for their age and height
D.   The tendency for children to be severly underweight for their age as a result of malnutrition
E.   A government program to have half of your plate fruits and vegetable other half grains and proteins
Question #9
Match these terms on health and nutrition with the definitions : Wasting
A.   A complex health issue when a child is above the normal or healthy weight for their age and height
B.   Has a balance of nutrition of fat & protein, that adjust to the age of he baby
C.   The tendency for children to be severly underweight for their age as a result of malnutrition
D.   Is related to better social and emotional functioning
E.   A government program to have half of your plate fruits and vegetable other half grains and proteins
Question #10
Match these terms on health and nutrition with the definitions : Breast milk
A.   Has a balance of nutrition of fat & protein, that adjust to the age of he baby
B.   Is related to better social and emotional functioning
C.   A government program to have half of your plate fruits and vegetable other half grains and proteins
D.   The tendency for children to be severly underweight for their age as a result of malnutrition
E.   A complex health issue when a child is above the normal or healthy weight for their age and height
Question #11
Match these terms on health and nutrition with the definitions : Adequate Nutrition
A.   A government program to have half of your plate fruits and vegetable other half grains and proteins
B.   The tendency for children to be severly underweight for their age as a result of malnutrition
C.   A complex health issue when a child is above the normal or healthy weight for their age and height
D.   Is related to better social and emotional functioning
E.   Has a balance of nutrition of fat & protein, that adjust to the age of he baby
Question #12
Match these terms on health and nutrition with the definitions : MyPlate
A.   A government program to have half of your plate fruits and vegetable other half grains and proteins
B.   The tendency for children to be severly underweight for their age as a result of malnutrition
C.   A complex health issue when a child is above the normal or healthy weight for their age and height
D.   Has a balance of nutrition of fat & protein, that adjust to the age of he baby
E.   Is related to better social and emotional functioning
Question #13
When your niece's toy rolls out of sight under her bed, she immediately begins to search for it. What Piagetian concept does her behavior illustrate?
A.   Object permanance
B.   Symbolic thought
C.   Prunning
D.   Centration
Question #14
WARNING - You must choose THREE answers that are true on how babies process language?,,
A.   Babies don't like languages they have never heard before
B.   Babies are aware of the relationship between mouth movements and sound
C.   At When babies babbling, they begin to imitate the accent and cadence of the caregivers language
D.   Infants are aware of speech patterns before they begin to speak themselves
Question #15
Piaget uses this term to describe infants using their sense and motor skills to learn; which is also considered the first period of cognitive development
A.   PreOperational
B.   Equilibrium
C.   Sensorimotor intelligence
D.   Reflexes
Question #16
What are the four parts of Information-Processing approach
A.   bouncing ball, reading, talking words, turning the page
B.   listening, understanding, reading, talking
C.   Input, processor, storage, output
D.   sensory, operational, conditioning, development
Question #17
What is language?
A.   language development results from the interaction of biological and social factors and that social interaction is required.
B.   An arbitrary system of symbols (words) that is rule-governed and allows communication about things that are distant in time or space
C.   Involves repetition of certain syllables, such as ba-ba-ba, that begins when babies are between 6 and 9 months old
Question #18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O60TYAIgC4 As shown in the video, in Harlow’s experiments, when infant monkeys were placed in an unfamiliar setting, with the cloth mothers they showed what specifically
A.   fear of the cloth mother
B.   indifference to the cloth mother.
C.   a sense of security in the cloth mother’s presence.
D.   anxiety
Question #19
Ainsworth's Strange Situation was designed to measure
A.   Attachment
B.   The effects of playing with toys in day care
C.   Activity level of a toddler
D.   Temperament
Question #20
Marisol is 10 months old. Her mother enrolled her in day care now that she is returning to work full-time. On her first morning at the day care center, she cries when his mother leaves. Marisol is showing what kind of reaction?
A.   separation anxiety
B.   insecure attachement
C.   secured attachment
D.   contact comfort
Question #21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzXGEbZht0 Experiments using the still-face technique have found the babies reaction to be which of the following?
A.   babies get upset with a still fact and show signs of distress
B.   babies only want mommy to hold them
C.   babies don't seem to really care if you look at them or not
D.   all babies suffer from seperation anxiety
Question #22
When an infant looks to another person for information about how to react, he or she is engaging in what exactly?
A.   synchrony
B.   disorganized attachment
C.   social referencing
D.   self awareness
Question #23
Regarding false-belief understanding, most preschoolers fail at age 3 but subsequently grasp the correct answers at around age 5.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #24
Child abuse only occurs in low-income to middle-income families
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #25
Which of the following is the best description of Piaget’s “symbolic function” in children’s preoperational thinking?
A.   a child is able to use a mental symbol, a word, or object to stand for or represent something that is not physically present
B.   a child is able to use organized, formal, logical mental processes
C.   a child is able to use his/her imagination
Question #26
As Corey entered the large playroom at a school he repeated over and over, “There are lots of toys here,” as if he were reassuring himself as he encountered this new environment. Talking to himself, Corey is demonstrating ___________.
A.   Intuitive speech
B.   Social speech
C.   Imaginary speech
D.   Private speech
Question #27
Match the types of play with the description: Constructive play
A.   Children are playing a common board game and keep coming up with different rules each turn
B.   When 4-year old Anna uses Legos to build a play house, or puts a puzzle together
C.   Kids are sharing legos, but building their structure
D.   One child is playing alone and not playing with children around them
Question #28
Match the types of play with the description: Solitary play
A.   One child is playing alone and not playing with children around them
B.   Children are playing a common board game and keep coming up with different rules each turn
C.   When 4-year old Anna uses Legos to build a play house, or puts a puzzle together
D.   Kids are sharing legos, but building their structure
Question #29
Match the types of play with the description: Associative play
A.   When 4-year old Anna uses Legos to build a play house, or puts a puzzle together
B.   Kids are sharing legos, but building their structure
C.   Children are playing a common board game and keep coming up with different rules each turn
D.   One child is playing alone and not playing with children around them
Question #30
Match the types of play with the description: Games with rules
A.   Kids are sharing legos, but building their structure
B.   Children are playing a common board game and keep coming up with different rules each turn
C.   One child is playing alone and not playing with children around them
D.   When 4-year old Anna uses Legos to build a play house, or puts a puzzle together
Question #31
All of the following are fine motor skills that a 3-year-old preschooler can perform EXCEPT
A.   throwing a ball to a friend so a friend can catch it
B.   undoing his clothes to go to the bathroom
C.   fitting shaped blocks into matching shaped holes
D.   putting together a jigsaw puzzle
Question #32
The term Piaget used to refer to a young child's inability to take another person's perspective is which of the answers?
A.   conservation
B.   artificialism
C.   egocentrism
D.   animism
Question #33
Vygotsky termed the distance between a learner's maximum independent performance and the tasks the learner can perform with assistance
A.   Internalization
B.   Mediation
C.   processing efficiency
D.   Zone of Proximal Development

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