Module 1: Physical Development

Question 1

What can teachers learn when they understand students physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and linguistic development?

Answer 1

Which teaching practices are most likely to engage students

Question 2

What are Maslow’s Expanded Hierarch of Needs from Growth to Deficiency Needs?

Answer 2

Transcendence, Self Actualization, Aesthetic, Cognitive, Esteem, Love and Belonging, Safety, Physiological

Question 3

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs: Transcendence

Answer 3

involve meeting spiritual needs or helping others achieve self actualization (Growth Need)

Question 4

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs: Self Actualization

Answer 4

involve personal growth and fulfillment and the realization of one’s personal potential as a human being or, as Maslow put it, a desire “to become everything one is capable of becoming” (Growth Need)

Question 5

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs: Aesthetic

Answer 5

focus on the search for the expression of beauty and balance, which can be found in nature or artistic pursuits such as painting, architecture, and music (Growth Need)

Question 6

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs: Cognitive

Answer 6

involve curiosity, knowledge and intellectual exploration (Growth Need)

Question 7

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs: Esteem

Answer 7

include self-respect, respect from others, achievement, independence, status, and prestige (Deficiency Need)

Question 8

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs: Love and Belonging

Answer 8

involve interpersonal relationships, friendships, intimacy, trust, romance and love, and being part of a group (Deficiency Need)

Question 9

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs: Safety

Answer 9

include protection from the elements, financial and physical security, law and order, and freedom from fear (Deficiency Need)

Question 10

Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs: Physiological

Answer 10

biological requirements for survival, such as food, water, shelter, and clothing (Deficiency Need)

Question 11

True or False

Physiological needs are the first needs that must be met in Maslow’s hierarchy.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Lucas is a fourth-grade student who has read almost every book in the classroom library. He asks his teacher if she will bring him some “bigger kid” books to read because he is bored with the material in the classroom. Which need is Lucas trying to satisfy?

Answer 12

Cognitive

Question 13

True or False

Anika has served on student council for the past two years. Now that she is a senior, she believes that she is more than qualified to serve as student council president, so she decides to run for office.

Anika is attempting to meet a safety need.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

The school calls an assembly each quarter to distribute academic achievement awards to students who have maintained a B average or higher for the quarter. Which of Maslow’s Needs are being met?

Answer 14

Esteem

Question 15

A teacher provides students with multiple opportunities for cooperative group activities. Which of Maslow’s Needs are being met?

Answer 15

Love and Belonging

Question 16

A school institutes a rigorous antibullying program. Whick of Maslow’s Needs are being met?

Answer 16

Safety

Question 17

The school cafeteria opens early to provide free and reduced price breakfasts to eligible students. Which of Maslow’s Needs are being met?

Answer 17

Physiological

Question 18

Physical Stage of Development: Infancy

Answer 18

Birth-2 yrs. mostly working on gross motor skills
Add dozens of motor skills:
-Babies: holding up their head, rolling over, reach of things, walk.
-2yrs: manipulate small toys, feed themselves, small tower of cubes, jump, throw a ball

Question 19

Physical Stage of Development: Early Childhood

Answer 19

2yrs-6yrs.
significant improvement in both gross and fine motor skills
Gross: run, hop, tumble, climb, and swing. start to ‘dribble’ a ball
Fine: sting beads, jigsaw puzzles, scribble and later print and draw rudimentary figures, write their names, dress/undress, eat with utensils
primary school is could be considered in this age range because it involves K-1st grade

Question 20

Physical Stage of Development: Middle Childhood

Answer 20

6yr-10yrs
gain weight and height slowly but steadily
permanent teeth begin to come in
refinement of motor skills to sew, build models, or do other crafts
by 10, improved writing skills and participate in organized sports as speed and coordination skills advance

Question 21

Physical Stage of Development: Adolescence

Answer 21

10ys-18yrs
weight and height increase rapidly. puberty begins. increase in hormones may impact behavior
begin to think of themselves as adults and reject adult authority
girls typically begin puberty before boys
by late adolescence:
-boys are typically taller and more muscular than girls of the same age
-girls physical growth slows
-boys may grow into early adulthood

Question 22

True or False

Arnold Gesell theorized that children develop according to distinct developmental stages.

Answer 22

True

Arnold Gesell’s maturational–developmental theory of child development postulated that children develop according to distinct developmental stages.

Question 23

Which two activities should an 18-month-old be able to perform?

A) Jumping from one foot to the other
B) Stacking blocks
C) Using fingers to eat crackers
D) Eating soup with a spoon

Answer 23

B & C

Between 12 and 18 months of age, children typically learn how to feed themselves with their fingers and build a tower of cubes or blocks.

Question 24

True or False

In middle school classrooms, teachers can use the same activities for all children.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

True or False

Ren is three years old. His preschool teacher is worried about him because he cannot print his name yet.

The teacher’s concern is justified.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

In a kindergarten classroom, the teacher makes sure to provide the students with snack time midway through the school day.

Which need would this action fulfill according to Maslow?

Answer 26

Physiological

Question 27

Match the child with the physical development typical for a child of that age.

Recently developed the ability to roll a ball back and forth with an adult
-18 month old in daycare
-5yr old kindergartner
-9yr old 4th grader
-13yr old 8th grader

Answer 27

18 moth old in daycare

Question 28

Match the child with the physical development typical for a child of that age.

Recently developed the ability to draw a stick figure family representing himself, his parents, and his sister
-18 month old in daycare
-5yr old kindergartner
-9yr old 4th grader
-13yr old 8th grader

Answer 28

5yr old kindergartner

Question 29

Match the child with the physical development typical for a child of that age.

Recently developed the ability to shoot baskets consistently on the school playground
-18 month old in daycare
-5yr old kindergartner
-9yr old 4th grader
-13yr old 8th grader

Answer 29

9yr old 4th grader

Question 30

Match the child with the physical development typical for a child of that age.

Recently began growing facial hair along the upper lip
-18 month old in daycare
-5yr old kindergartner
-9yr old 4th grader
-13yr old 8th grader

Answer 30

13yr old 8th grader

Question 31

In a 10th-grade science class, the students participated in a round-robin discussion that focused on whether astronauts will successfully land on Mars. During the discussion, the teacher made sure that each student had a chance to participate in the conversation and share their opinion with the group.

Which need would this action fulfill according to Maslow?

Answer 31

Love and Belonging

Question 32

Which physical activity suggests children are at the early childhood stage of physical development?

A) Children in an art class are drawing self-portraits.
B) Children are playing a game of basketball at recess.
C) Children are walking unsteadily and feeding themselves with finger foods.
D) Children are running and hopping like bunnies at an outdoor egg hunt.

Answer 32

D) Children are running and hopping like bunnies at an outdoor egg hunt

Question 33

Which developmental group tends to grow an average of 4 inches per year?

A) Early childhood
B) Infancy
C) Middle childhood
D) Adolescence

Answer 33

D) Adolescence

Question 34

During a teacher meeting, a teacher was discussing the gains students had made this year in their handwriting.

Which stage of physical development are the students in?

Answer 34

Middle Childhood

Question 35

In a class, a teacher makes sure to provide students with a diverse set of play stations. These stations include puzzles, blocks, hula-hoops, and crafts, which all help build students’ fine motor skills.

Which stage of physical development are the students at?

Answer 35

Early Childhood

Question 36

Which stage of physical development involves boys being typically taller and more muscular than girls of the same age?

Answer 36

Late Adolescence

Question 37

Fifth-grade language arts students created posters for a book they had read in class. After the posters were finished, the teacher hung the posters on the wall for all the class to see.

Which need would hanging the posters on the wall fulfill?

Answer 37

Esteem

Question 38

Which stage of physical development is a fourth-grade student who loves to play soccer?

Answer 38

Middle Childhood

Question 39

A student was happy to see a big letter “A” on the latest math test but admits to being a little bored with this easy math stuff.

Which need would Maslow say the student is likely deficient in?

Answer 39

Cognitive

Question 40

Which object would help a child work on their fine motor skills?

A) Jump rope
B) Swing set
C) Soccer ball
D) Scissors

Answer 40

D) Scissors

Question 41

Which stage of physical development would a child be at if they are learning to sew and are becoming quite good?

Answer 41

Middle Childhood

Question 42

A teacher makes sure to say something positive to each student after they give their speech in class.

Which need is the teacher trying to meet?

Answer 42

Esteem

Question 43

Which stage of physical development is a child in who has just learned to print their name?

Answer 43

Early Childhood