Quiz 5 Early Childhood
Life Span Development: Dr. Sikorski
1. In early childhood, Eric was very focused on playing with toy cars. They were all he talked about. He brought them in the car, to school and even when he stayed overnight at the homes of family members. He was entirely focused on playing with cars and talking about cars. What tendency present during early childhood does Eric exemplify?
a. Conservation
b. Centration
c. Egocentrism
d. Animism
2. Vygotsky is teaching a younger Samira in Kindergarten. He spends a lot of time with Samira and assesses her abilities through the administration of tests, by talking to her about how much she knows in different areas and by interviewing her teachers. Based on this assessment, they have placed Samira in personalized and advanced classes in mathematics and reading. With that said, she is slightly behind her peers in writing, so she gets a little extra help in this area through a tutor. In this example, which term below best describes the process by which Samira’s teachers adjusted her instruction in different dimensions based on her abilities in different areas.
a. Private speech
b. Dialogue
c. Scaffolding
d. Zones of proximal development
3. Which one of the following types of preschool programs is LEAST likely to be labeled developmentally appropriate?
a. a pure Montessori approach
b. a pure child centered kindergarten approach
c. a classroom with a great deal of scaffolding
d. a classroom emphasizing active learning
