Unit 1 Study Guide Flashcards
(24 cards)
Working during the summer at a child care center would be what level of a job in the early childhood field?
Entry-Level
What skills are needed specifically for many career that relate to children because children look to the adults in their lives for guidance and modeling?
Leadership Skills
Which is measured in pounds or inches?
Growth, Emotional, Social, etc.
Growth.
Describe Development
Development is continuous and does not end.
Theorist Albert Bandura believed what?
Children learn by imitating others.
What are the four main areas of development?
Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Social.
What describes a person in the early childhood field who opens their own day care?
Entrepreneur.
Which developmental area describes how children are curious learners.
Social, Physical, Emotional, or Intellectual development.
Intellectual development.
According to Maslow, what is the most basic need to be met on his hierarchy of needs?
Physical.
What describes a compassionate teacher?
Strict, Mean, Nurturing, or selfish?
Nurturing.
A 3 year old child being able to read would be an example of which of the following terms?
Developmental acceleration.
Each time Juanita bites another child, she is placed in timeout. Which of theorist would be most likely to agree with this method?
B.F. Skinner
Which theorist believes that children go through four stages of learning where they must be given tasks appropriate to their age of development?
Jean Piaget.
What is an example of an environmental influence on development?
Being shy around strangers.
What describes the challenge to be met or skill to be acquired in each stage of life.
Developmental Tasks.
Emilio has brown hair. How?
Hereditary.
What is an example of a child being impacted by both hereditary and environment?
Having artistic talent.
What is an important trait for an early childhood teacher?
Knowledge of child development.
What refers to Cognitive Development?
Thinking Skills
What characteristic of growth and development demonstrates that one area of development can affect another area of development?
Growth and development area are interrelated.
What is an example of a physical development?
Fine and gross motor skills.
What behavior would be most beneficial for beginning a career in early childhood education?
Studying and observing children’s development.
What did Lev Vygotsky state about children’s learning?
Children’s social contact is essential for intellectual development.
What area of development demonstrates babies becoming anxious when adults whom they love, leave them even for a short period of time?
Emotional Development
