REVIEW FOR THE INTERACTION TECHNIQUES FINAL EXAM
FALL 2008
Thursday December 18 8:00-10:00 AM
The final exam is comprehensive (it covers everything we have covered in
this class and will have multiple choice and short answer type questions. And
short answer questions).You will need to study for this final.
As you begin reviewing for the final review the Course Outcomes (from your
syllabus)
1. The student will understand basic principles of communication and
guidance.
2. The student will demonstrate skill in the use of appropriate
communication and guidance techniques encompassing the total
development of the young child.
3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship
between guidance strategies and developmentally appropriate levels.
4. The student will learn how to create and maintain acceptable
classroom management.
5. The student will develop strategies and guidance philosophies for
working with the young child.
Below are several questions that you must look up in your notes or in our
textbook to help you prepare for the final exam. Be sure that you review the
Summaries at the end of each chapter in our text book as well. If you bring
this to class on Friday you will earn an extra 10 points on the final!!
1. What is the most important thing that we need to establish with a child?
2. What does brain research tell us about the child’s brain and the area of
logical thought? How do we help children reach this part of their brain?
3. What is the ultimate goal of guidance?
4. What is discipline?
5. What is guidance?
6. What are some of the developmentally appropriate practice contributions
to the field of child guidance? Pages 23-25
7. What is mistaken behavior and how does this differ from misbehavior?
8. What are the 3 levels of mistaken behavior? Define each and discuss
strategies to help each!
9. What are the relational patterns involved in social development.
10. What does it mean for the teacher to be a professional rather than a
technician? Chapter 4
11. What is an encouraging classroom, and how do the techniques from
Indirect Guidance and Direct Guidance help us to develop this kind of
classroom?
12. Why are transitions such difficult times of the day for children?
What can we do to help them run more smoothly?
13.
What are buffer activities, and give some examples?
14.
What is the concept of logical consequences? Why does this make
more sense than rules of what not to do?
15.
16.
How do guidelines differ from rules?
How does encouragement differ from praise?
17. How do we listen to the children? What are some very important
strategies?
18. What is the compliment sandwich?? When do we use these? (When we
are hungry is not correct!!!!)
19. How do social problem solving, impulse control, and conflict resolution
differ and are similar? What techniques do we use for each?
20.
What is the 5 finger rule of problem solving?
21. Why must all the parties agree to the problem that they are
encountering before moving on to the next step?
22. Why should we not go on and on in our explanations of why we want
the children to do something, or why they should not, or why it hurt
someone else’s feeling, in whatever situation that arises?
23. How do the Kansas Department of Health and Enviroment regulations
play into the role of guidance in a child care setting?
24. How does the Kansas Department of Health and Environment licensing
regulations utilize indirect guidance principles?
25.
Where do miscommunications usually come from?
26. What is the concept of drive through communication like at Mc
Donald’s?
27.
What are some techniques to improve our ability to listen?
8. What is self-concept?
9. What do we need to know about anger? How can books help us with
anger?