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Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following exerts the strongest influence on a toddler’s learning and development?
a. the school
b. the home
c. the neighborhood
d. special interest groups
2. Which of the following items have no research support?
a. Later stimulation can help overcome early deprivation.
b. Separated parents frequently suffer economically.
c. Poverty is rarely a crucial element in a child’s intellectual and social competence.
d. Mobility of American families is becoming less frequent.
3. Which of the following is TRUE of peer group influence over the course of childhood?
a. Peer group influence becomes less important.
b. Peer group influence gradually becomes more dominant.
c. Peer group influence remains stable throughout the early years.
d. Children’s peers do not have a lasting influence.
4. Which of the following media forms has the most impact on memory recall?
a. Internet websites
b. Books and magazines
c. Sound recordings
d. Television
5. Which of the following is a major concern about the effect of television viewing on young children?
a. The amount of time children spend watching television takes time away from more creative and intellectual pursuits.
b. The amount of violence shown on television commercials and programs.
c. The negative influences of advertising on young children.
d. All of the above.
6. Which of the following best describes the influence of special interest groups on young children’s learning and behavior?
a. Always positive
b. Always negative
c. Both positive and negative
d. No influence whatsoever
7. Current brain research suggests that the greatest factor on children’s intellectual development is
a. Environment and heredity equally
b. Heredity
c. An interactive process that relies on genetics, environment and infant responses
d. Environment factors
8. Recent Gallup / Phi Delta Kappa polls show that American families:
a. Approve of their local schools to a large extent
b. Show confidence in their local schools
c. Mistrust American education in general
d. All of the above.
9. Which of the following statements are supported by educational researchers?
a. Boys tend to score higher on SAT scores.
b. Children are rarely affected by their teachers’ perceptions of their abilities.
c. Teachers tend to treat boys and girls differently.
d. Teachers never discriminate in educational matters against ethnic minority children.
10. According to some researchers the peer group has an especially strong influence on children’s
a. Intellectual development
b. Personality development
c. Physical development
d. Emotional development
11. Rosenthal and Jacobson maintain that teachers affect children’s academic achievement and classroom behavior by:
a. A positive reward system
b. Treating children according to the teachers’ expectations of children’s performance
c. Developing academically rigorous standards
d. Establishing friendly relationships with children
12. Educators today are concerned about large increases (since 1940) in the numbers of preschool children cared for outside the home because:
a. Children do not develop as well socially, emotionally or intellectually when cared for my multiple caregivers
b. Infants and toddlers cared for outside the home will not form strong maternal attachments necessary for their growth
c. There will not be enough quality child care centers and our youngest children and the poorest will be adversely affected
d. Children raised in group settings will be more aggressive and will have trouble later fitting into a formal setting
13. Parents who provide extensive and expansive physical environments:
a. Stimulate IQ development in children
b. Bring about models for children’s interests and involvement
c. Provide children with positive school study and work skills
d. All of the above