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MODULE 3 – CHAPTERS 8 – 10 (60 Points Total)
(View PowerPoints for Chapters 8-10. Include text page numbers, at the end of each question,
where you found the answer. Example: Question 2 – p. 298.)
REVIEW – Chapter 8
Physical Development in Early Childhood (14 Points)
1. Describe changes in physical growth during early childhood, and discuss asynchronies in
this physical growth.
a. body size
b. body proportions
c. skeletal growth
d. asynchronies
2. List three theories regarding the origins of handedness.
a.
b.
c.
3. Discuss sex differences in motor development during early childhood.
List three ways to foster young children’s motor development.
a.
b.
c.
4. Discuss three sleep problems of early childhood.
1.
2.
3.
Provide three recommendations that parents can follow to help young children get a
good night’s sleep.
1.
2.
3.
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Describe three ways to encourage healthy, varied eating in young children.
1.
2.
3.
5. List three most common causes of injury during the early childhood years and ways to
reduce these injuries.
a. Cause/reduce
b. Cause/reduce
c. Cause/reduce
6. Describe three factors linked to increased rates of otitis media and three ways of
preventing it.
a. Factor 1
b. Factor 2
c. Factor 3
d. Prevention 1
e. Prevention 2
f.
Prevention 3
7. List and briefly describe the three-stage sequence in which drawing skills develop
during early childhood.
a.
b.
c.
APPLY – (6 Points)
8. Mabel and Chad want to do everything they can to support their 3-year-old daughter’s
athletic development. What advice would you give them?
9. As a preschooler, did you insist on bedtime rituals?
Tell about them.
Were
you a picky eater?
Explain.
Did you sustain any serious injuries?
Explain.
If possible, find out from a parent or other family member. What
factors might be responsible for your early childhood behaviors?
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REVIEW – Chapter 9
Cognitive Development in Early Childhood (14 Points)
1. Explain the sequence of children’s categorical understanding across the early childhood
years.
2. What is conservation?
Briefly describe three aspects of preoperational children’s
thought which are highlighted by their inability to conserve.
A.
B.
C.
3. List and describe 3 educational principles derived from Piaget’s theory.
A.
B.
C.
4. Briefly summarize the contributions of make-believe play to children’s cognitive and social
development.
CognitiveSocial5. What factors are responsible for gains during early childhood in the following:
a. Attention:
b. Memory:
c. Problem Solving:
6. Describe 3 characteristics of homes that foster young children’s intellectual growth.
A.
B.
C.
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7. List 4 ways in which adults can foster literacy development in young children.
A.
B.
C.
D.
APPLY- (6 Points)
8. Lena, mother of 4-year-old Gregor, wonders why his preschool teacher provides extensive
playtime in learning centers instead of formal lessons in literacy and math skills. Explain to
Lena why adult-supported play is the best way for preschoolers to develop academically.
9. What TV programs did you watch as a child?
and learning?
How do you think they affected your play
LEARNING IS A NATURAL PLEASURE, INBORN AND
INSTINCTIVE, ONE OF THE EARLIEST PLEASURES
AND ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL PLEASURES
OF THE HUMAN RACE.
Gilbert Highet
REVIEW – Chapter 10
Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood (14 Points)
1. Define initiative versus guilt, and describe how it is exhibited in preschoolers.
a. Definition:
b. How exhibited:
According to Erikson, what leads to a negative outcome of the initiative versus guilt stage?
2. Describe Parten’s three-step sequence of social development.
Summarize the unique quality of preschoolers’ interactions with friends.
3. Give explanations of the following:
a. self-esteem
b. self-concept
c. 3 things adults can do to promote children’s self-esteem
4.
Distinguish between empathy and sympathy.
a. Empathy
b. Sympathy
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5.
Summarize these perspectives of morality development.
a. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
b. Social learning theory
c. Cognitive-developmental perspective
d. Aggression
6. List four strategies parents can use to regulate children’s TV viewing and computer
use.
a.
b.
c.
d.
7. Based on the research findings of Baumrind and others, cite three features that
consistently differentiate between more and less effective parenting.
Describe the
four styles of child rearing, noting where each stand in relation to these characteristics.
e. Authoritative:
f.
Authoritarian:
g. Permissive
h. Uninvolved:
APPLY (6 Points)
8. While looking at a book, 4-year-old Roger saw a picture of a boy cooking at a stove.
Later, he recalled the person in the picture as a girl. Using the gender schema theory,
explain Roger’s memory error.
9. How would you classify your parents’ child-rearing styles?
have influenced their approach to child rearing?
LEARNING MEANS KEEPING THE MIND OPEN AND ACTIVE
TO RECEIVE ALL KINDS OF EXPERIENCE.
Gilbert Highet
What factors might
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