CHILD DEVELOPMENT BASEBALL QUESTIONS
DECEMBER 19, 2013
Group 1: Caroline, Leilani, Marye K., Colleen
Singles:
Name the age range for this characteristic: often fatigued, the child sleeps deeply
A. 10-13
B. 7-8
C. 6-7
The term ego was established by which philosopher?
A. Erikson
B. Freud
C. Piaget
At what age do children typically develop the “three point” hold with writing tools?
A. 5-6
B. 6-7
C. 7-8
Doubles:
What does viability refer to?
A. A child’s likelihood of being academically successful
B. A child’s likelihood of being socially successful
C. Ability of a baby to survive outside of the mother’s womb
Which of the following is not one of Kohlberg’s 6 moral stages?
A. Individualism
B. Universal ethical
C. Guilt and shame
At what age is a child n Freud’s phallic stage?
A. 2-4
B. 3-6
C. 4-7
Triples:
Name the age rage for this characteristic: Interested in perfecting most physical
skills, both large and small motor abilities
A. 10-13 years
B. 7-8 years
C. 6-7 years
At what age does a baby develop the moral skills of: stands alone and turns pages of
a book?
A. 10 months
B. 11 months
C. 12 months
Home Runs:
The most rapid increase in body length occurs during what month of prenatal
development?
A. 4th
B. 5th
C. 6th
In what stage of Erikson’s psychosocial development would a 3-6 year old be?
A. Basic trust vs. basic mistrust
B. Industry vs. inferiority
C. Initiative vs. guilt
Group 2: Andy L., Andrew K., Jonathan
Singles:
Which of the following is not one of Gardner's Eight Intelligences?
a) Intrapersonal
b) Telekinetic
c) Logical/ Mathematical
Which stage, according to Piaget's Theory, should a six year-old be in,
a) Concrete Operational
b) Pre-Operational
c) Formal Operational
Doubles:
Erikson stage of development for children between 4-7 years of age is known as
industrial vs.
____________
a) inferiority
b) internal
c) independence
A child with a slender body type and longer arms in relation to torso can be
described as a(n)
a) endomorph
b) ectomorph
c) mesomorph
Triples:
According to Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, which of the following is not one of
the needs achieved before self-actualization
a) Physiological Needs
b) Esteem Needs
c) Psychology Needs
Which one of these is not an effective way to encourage sharing according to Pat
Howard:
a) Share meetings
b) Writers' circle
c) Personal Share
Home Runs:
Jane Loevinger developed which of the following theories of development;
a) Ego development in adolescence
b) Theory of interpersonal
c) Theory of faith development
Who said the following quote about play?
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of
conversation"
a) Plato
b) Mr. Rogers
c) Vygotsky
Group 3: Isabel, Carolyn B., Cristina
Single: A gross motor challenge for most 3 year olds is?
A. Can walk, run, jump with two feet
B. Throw a ball in a random direction
C. Balance
D. Pedal a tricycle
Single: What is not characteristic of the left side of the brain?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Time
Speech
Patterns
Analysis
Double: Which level is not one of Kolhberg’s levels of moral development?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pre-Conventional
Conventional
Post conventional
Pre-operational
Double: Many four year olds can perform these tasks, expect for which?
A. Talk in full sentences
B. Make up stories
C. Listen to the answer of their “why” questions
D. Find humor in rhyming words
Triple: Which stage of Bloom’s taxonomy is characteristic of using information in a
new way?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Analyzing
Applying
Understanding
Evaluating
Triple: Vygotsky’s development of thought depends upon one’s development of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Logic
Language
Spatiality
Experiences
Home Run: In Piaget’s theory of development, when an organism interacts with the
environment, the relationship is called what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Adaptation
Observation
Conservation
Equilibrium
Home Run: Rousseau’s purpose of learning is to be attuned with
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
One’s natural self
One’s independent self
One’s true self
One’s logical self
Group 4: Carolyn D., Jennie, Christine
Singles
1. How many stages are there in Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
2. Which philosopher created the idea of scaffolding?
A. Erikson
B. Piaget
C. Vygotsky
3. Which of the following factors do NOT affect physical growth?
A. Nutrition
B. Emotional Climate
C. Socio-economic status
D. Size of Hands at Birth
Doubles
4. True or False: Teenagers need more sleep than adults. True
5. Who came up with the idea of a pyscho-social crisis?
A. Erikson
B. Froebel
C. Piaget
6. Whose theory incorporates the idea of concrete to abstract?
A. Erikson
B. Vygotsky
C. Piaget
Triple
7. Chose the option below that goes in chronological order:
A. Piaget, Montessori, Rousseau, Gardner
B. Rousseau, Montessori, Piaget, Gardner
C. Rousseau, Piaget, Montessori, Gardner
8. What is reversibility?
A. The understanding that a whole can be changed to a part and the
process goes back to whole again.
B. Development of the concept of right and left hand and can be interchanged.
C. Objects can be used in more than one group.
Grand Slam
9. What is Gina’s go-to karaoke song?
A. Too Legit to Quit by MC Hammer
B. Baby Got Back by Sir Mix A Lot
C. You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful by One Direction
D. California Gurl by Katy Perry
Group 5: Brian, Chris, Devin
Singles:
1. What is the average IQ of an adult?
A. 90
B. 105
C. 100 *
D. 85
2. If a child is struggling with conservation of mass he/she would struggle with
which task?
A. Play-Doh *
B. Water
C. Wooden beads
E. Cows and grass
3. Which philosopher that we have studied developed the operational stages of
cognitive development?
A. Piaget *
B. Vygotsky
C. Master Sue Sava
E. Montessori
Doubles:
4. At what age do children begin to babble?
A. 12 months
B. 18 months
C. 3-4 months *
D. 6-8 months
5. Which model for learning would Rousseau promote?
A. Math and science intensive curriculum
B. Guided experimentation with manipulatives
C. Free play with adult observation*
F. Standards based learning
Triples:
6. In which month does 90% of infants master the skill of walking up steps?
A. 13.9
B. 12
C. 15
F. 22 *
7. What percentage of a full-grown adults height is a average 9 year old?
A. 85%
B. 75% *
C. 70%
D. 80%
Home Runs:
8. Children with the sensory integration issue hyporeactivity have a _______
* A. High sensory threshold and bias toward parasympathetic
nervous system reaction.
B. Low sensory threshold and a bias toward a sympathetic nervous
system reaction
C. High sensory threshold and a bias toward sympathetic nervous system
D. Low sensory threshold and a bias toward parasympathetic nervous
system
Group 6: Hanna Kaldec, Elle Emery, Laura Turner
Singles:
Piaget's pre-operational stage is between what ages?
A. Birth - 2 years
B. 2 to 7 years
C. 3 to 5 years
D. Both A and B
Who thought that development leads learning?
A. Piaget
B. Vygotsky
C. Howard Gardner
D. Erikson
Doubles:
Who is known as the father of cognitive developmental theory?
A. Vygotsky
B. Tim Barrier
C. Piaget
D. Howard Gardner
Carol Gilligan critiqued _________ for being inherently sexist in his assessment
of morality.
A. Froebel
B. Kohlberg
C. Dewey
D. Erikson
Triples:
"An ounce of experience is better than a ton of theory..."
A. Froebel
B. Montessori
C. Vygotsky
D. Dewey
The normal age to learn to read is between what ages?
A. 5 and 8 years old
B. 3 and 5 years old
C. 4 and 7 years old
D. 3 and 7 years old
Home Runs:
In Goleman's Social Emotional development characteristics which is the correct
list?
A. Self-awareness, self-motivation, responsibility, compassion, empathy
B. Compassion, courage, perseverance, respect, empathy, responsibility
C. Self-awareness, handling emotions, self-motivation, empathy,
social skills
D. Perseverance, respect, responsibility, social skills, self-awareness
Kohlberg identified six stages of moral reasoning. What were three of the
stages?
A. Pre-conventional Level, Conventional Level, and Inter-conventional Level
B. Pre-conventional Level, Conventional Level, and Post-Conventional Level
C. Conventional Level, Mid-Conventional Level, and Post-Conventional
Level
D. Interpersonal Level, Heteronormative Level, and Conventional Level
Group 7: Michael, Stephen, Dan, Gina
Singles
Which Educational Philosopher has a chain of schools named after
him/her?
• Rousseau
• Montessori
• Vygotsky
• Rowling
Which Educational Philosopher believes in hands-on experience in
learning?
• Piaget
• Vygotsky
• Rousseau
• Dewey
Doubles
Which Educational Philosopher has the largest presence in US libraries?
• Dewey
• Piaget
• Montessori
• Vygotsky
At what stage of Koelberg's moral laws due children realize that everyone
has their own viewpoint and may not be in agreement with their own?
• Stage 1: Obedience and punishment orientation
• Stage 2: Individualism and exchange
• Stage 3: Good interpersonal relationships
• Stage 4: maintaining the social order
Triples
A socio gram (or Socius) is the connection between two or more people in a
given conversation and was founded by:
• Harry Harlow
• Chip Woods
• Tracy Kindler
• Jacob Moreno
Which age group will have reasonable and unreasonable ideas for changing
the way the classroom and school operates?
• 6 year olds
• 8 year olds
• 10 year olds
• 12 year olds
Homer
Which Educational Philosopher would feel most at home at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
• Jean Piaget - "You must learn the basic spells before you learn the
advanced one."
• Maria Montessori- "Children spontaneously seek magic."
• Lev Vygotsky - "Development of magic depends on the development of
language."
• Friedrich Froebel - "You must know magic in order to understand the
world"
Group 8: Dana, Ashley
Singles:


Sexual awareness begins to develop at six years old
True
False
The ability of a child to follow instructions falls under the developmental
domain of:
A. Cognitive
B. Social/emotional
C. Moral
Double:
A. Conservation of mass is determined by using which manipulatives?
A. The beads
B. The cows
C. The sticks
D. Play-doh
Triples:
B. Which of the following falls lowest on the blooms taxonomy pyramid?
A. Evaluating
B. Remembering
C. Decoding
C. Graphophonics is
1. The study of handwriting
2. The study of charts and graphs
3. The auditory processing system
4. One of the four major cueing systems in reading
Home Run:
D. Which of the following is the most effective method of teaching handwriting?
1. Copying beside the letter with a variety of tactile methods
2. Unsupervised discovery with letter writing practice
3. A jar of stones
E. Pseudo-choice is a more effective option for marginalized or disenfranchised
children.
 True
 False
F. Whose theory of cognitive development came first Jean Piaget or Lev
Vygotsky?
 Jean Piaget
Group 9: Michelle P., Trudie, Sarah, Molly
Single
Piaget wrote his first book at what age?
a. 11
b. 10
c. 37
d. 19
This theorist introduced the idea of scaffolding…
a. Kholberg
b. Vygotsky
c. Frobel
d. Piaget
Which Piagetian stage of cognitive development would a nine year old typically be
in?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational
Double
Which physical milestone is not correct for a five year old?
a. Awkwardly perform tasks with fine motor skills
b. Vary their pencil grasp
c. Often stand up to work
d. More aware of their fingers as tools
Joe does not show empathy for his classmates. Which stage Kholberg’s scale of
moral development is he in?
a. Preoperational
b. Conventional
c. Preconventional
d. Abstract
True or false. Musical intelligence runs parallel to linguistic intelligence.
Triple
How would Piaget describe formal operations?
a. Deductive reasoning process develops. Not dependent of physical
world. Logical thought structures begin to develop.
b. Understanding abstracted from direct experiences and by actions performed
on objects
c. Understanding abstracted from direct experience and by actions performed
on objects
d. Development o the understanding that a whole can be changed or divide and
the process reversed to become whole again
Which one of these is not one of the five guiding principles for language
development?
a. Redirect
b. Be specific
c. Focus on actions
d. Convey faith in students abilities and intentions
Home Run
Howard Gardener was born in:
a. Boston, MA
b. Scranton, PA
c. Philadelphia, PA
d. Rice, IA
What is not a typical cognitive development milestone for a four year old?
a. Have a short attention span
b. Learn best by moving large muscles
c. Need to play and explore
d. Crave constant validation
Children who aren’t accepted by classmates are _____ times more likely to drop out?
a. 12%
b. 20%
c. 8%
d. 50%
Group 10: Dena, Kayla, Michelle S., Kena, Mary
Singles:
What is on of Kohlberg’s three stages of reasoning?
A. Pre operational
B. Post conventional
C. Pre cognitive
D. Premenstrual
Where what were the Paigetian tasks meant to measure?
A. Physical Development
B. Social Development
C. Cognitive Development
D. Moral Development
What is the Zone of Proximal Development? A. The end of a football field
B. A method for scaffolding
C. The distance between a child’s culture and the society at large
D. The distance between what a learner can do with help and without help.
Doubles:
What theorist developed the idea of scaffolding?
A. Kohlberg
B. Erikson
C. Vygotsky
D. Piaget
At 2 months after conception, how what percentage does the head represent of body
length?
A. 50%
B. 15%
C. 10%
D. 25%
According to Paiget, a seven year old is at the beginning of which stage?
A. Abstract
B. Preoperational
C. Concrete Operational
D. Formal
Which philosopher talked about the concepts of inner speech and outer speech?
A. Piaget
B. Freud
C. Vygotsky
D. Erikson
What does cortisol do to the body?
A. It activates body and brain defense mechanisms.
B. Stimulates Growth hormone
C. Activates the urge to dance
D. it calms you down.
Triples:
What is the average age when infants learn to crawl?
A. 5 months
B. 8 months
C. 4 months
D. 10 months
Home Runs:
What does the amygdala complex do?
A. Dictates personality
B. Processes emotional content of behavior and memory
C. Monitors physical safety
D. Converts short term memory into long-term memory
Carol Gilligan is associated with the concept of:
A. Morality of Justice
B. Morality of Care
C. Morality of Education
D. Morality of Punishment
According to Kohlberg’s first stage of moral judgment, what a child’s focus is on…
A. Emphasis on moral principals
B. Emphasis on social rules
C. Avoiding punishment and getting rewards
D. Emphasis on universal principles.
Grand Slam
At age 11, this person wrote a short paper that is now considered the beginning of a
brilliant scientific career. Who is he/she?
A. Sue Sava
B. Erikson
C. Vygotsky
D. Piaget
Group 11: Johnnie, Kailey, Annie
Single
1. Who created the zone of proximal development?
a. Vygotsky
b. Piaget
c. Rousseau
2. What is the first stage of Piaget’s Stages of Development?
a. Concrete operational
b. Preoperational
c. Foundational
Double
3. How many stages are there in Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development?
a. 4
b. 7
c. 6
4. Who developed the Theory of Multiple Intelligences in 1983?
a. Howard Gardner
b. Sue Sava
c. Dee Jay Coulter
Triple
5. What type of education did John Dewey believe in?
a. Experiential Learning
b. Perceptual Learning
c. Kinesthetic Learning
6. Who came up with the Domain Theory?
a. Lawrence Kohlberg
b. Elliot Turiel
c. Carol Gilligan
Home Run
7. In Dee Jay Coulter’s theory of the Cycles of Development, what are the
characteristics of a 6-8 year olds attention?
a. Narrow focus, fixates at small details, marvels at amazing facts,
doesn’t always get the main point of the picture.
b. Wide focus, fixates on larger details, unimpressed by facts, can’t grasp
main point of the picture.
c. Medium focus, small detail are unimportant, easily impressed by
simple facts, always grasps the main point of the picture.
8. In “The Having of Wonderful Ideas” by Eleanor Duckworth, she discusses the
interaction between Piaget and which child?
a. Hank
b. Peter
c. Kevin
Group 12: Ellen Hoenig
Single
Q: According to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, which stage encompasses
children age 7 to 11 years old?
A: Sensorimotor
B: Preoperational
C: Concrete Operational
D: Formal Operational
Q: Which of the following intelligences will someone fall under if their core
components include having sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words
as well as the different functions of language?
A: Linguistic
B: Musical
C: Spatial
D: Interpersonal
Double
Q: Which of the following cueing systems is considered a surface structure?
A: Semantic
B: Syntactic
C: Schematic
Q: At what age do children typically start attaching meaning to words?
A: 6 months
B: 8 months
C: 12 months
D: 18 months
Triple
Q: Which of the following is NOT a function of the right cerebral hemisphere?
A: Does relational and mathematical operations
B: Puts events in spatial matters
C: Processes input more holistically and abstractly
D: Generates spoken language
Q: Which of the following is NOT a core component of someone with intrapersonal
intelligence?
A: To perform transformations on one’s initial perceptions
B: Knowledge of one’s own strengths, weaknesses, desires, and intelligences
C: Access to one’s own feelings
Home Run
Q: What is a good instructional strategy to use with someone who is in the nonverbal stage of second language acquisition?
A: Encourage all attempts at speaking
B: Teach concepts that transcend cultures (i.e. food, music, animals)
C: Provide an appropriate amount of running commentary about what
is happening
D: Learn basic conversational words in the child’s home language
Q: Which of the following answers demonstrates what a person will be able to do
while in the analyzing level of Blooms Taxonomy?
A: judge, appraise, criticize, test, support
B: compare, examine, appraise, experiment, question
C: choose, interpret, distinguish, solve, discuss
D: describe, compare, contrast, paraphrase, defend