Deck 13: Developmentally Appropriate Learning Environments: For Infants

Question 1

Materials suitable for exploration by a baby who uses the palmar grasp are all EXCEPT

A) soft balls.
B) hand puppets.
C) bead necklaces.
D) busy boxes with knobs and dials.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Infant learning follows a sequence.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Chomsky believes there is a Language Acquisition Device programmed in the brain.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Teaching sign language is appropriate

A) only for babies with hearing impairments.
B) only for babies whose first language is not English.
C) only for babies of deaf parents.
D) for any infants.

Question 5

One thing that would NOT be helpful for language development in an infant classroom is

A) adults who speak face to face with babies.
B) a constant playing of the radio.
C) adults who speak the infants' home language.
D) soft music playing at naptime.

Question 6

Advanced babbling is the kind of baby talk NOT recommended.

Question 7

Piaget described the sensorimotor stage of learning as having

A) four substages.
B) six substages.
C) six substages, of which four occur in infancy.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 8

Restricting physical movement or sensory exploration in infancy has absolutely no effect on cognitive learning.

Question 9

Object permanence generally appears about eight months.

Question 10

When infants begin to coo and babble, effective adults

A) ignore these sounds until real words develop.
B) reinforce these sounds by some kind of verbal response.
C) reinforce these sounds by some kind of nonverbal response.
D) begin to talk baby talk to them.

Question 11

Infant language development is nurtured by adults who

A) speak constantly to infants throughout the day.
B) speak a great deal to other adults in the environment.
C) communicate non-verbally.
D) wait for infant sounds to develop.

Question 12

Emotional stress can interfere with learning and brain development.

Question 13

Which of the following is part of an inappropriate language environment for infants?

A) Noisy environments
B) Silent environments
C) Neither noisy or silent environments
D) Both noisy and silent environments

Question 14

Adults use "parentese" when talking to babies when they do all EXCEPT

A) pitch their tones higher.
B) enunciate clearly and distinctly.
C) talk baby talk.
D) speak more slowly.

Question 15

Brain development is complete by birth.

Question 16

Nesting toys are good for infants who use a palmar grasp.

Question 17

Vygotsky believed that adults should just watch babies to see how they learned.

Question 18

Vygotsky's theory about the ZPD means that adults should

A) show infants how to do something new.
B) let babies repeat the same activities until they are well established.
C) see if babies are meeting developmental guidelines.
D) help babies in whatever ways they need to succeed in a new, slightly harder, task than they have tried before.

Question 19

Principles of supporting cognitive development in infants include all EXCEPT

A) learning comes through interaction with materials and people.
B) learning is unpredictable and random.
C) relationships are important in a learning environment.
D) adults follow infants' lead.

Question 20

Receptive language refers to language spoken by the child.

Question 21

Cooing refers to

A) all possible sound combinations.
B) first syllables.
C) open-ended vowel sounds.
D) sounds made while sleeping.

Question 22

Brain development continues after birth, as billions of form .

Question 23

What is a pincer grasp?

Question 24

Object permanence develops around

A) six to eight months.
B) eight to ten months.
C) one year.
D) no set time.

Question 25

Language that is produced by an infant is called

A) expressive language.
B) receptive language.
C) native language.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 26

Discuss how you would introduce an infant to picture books.

Question 27

Literacy begins .

Question 28

Which of these statements about language is NOT true?

A) Infants are capable of differentiating more than one language.
B) Scientists understand how infants learn language.
C) First words are understood around eight or nine months.
D) Infants can learn sign language.

Question 29

Discuss and give examples for FOUR of the principles for adults supporting infant cognitive development.

Question 30

Midline hand coordination allows

A) babies to turn over.
B) babies to play games like patty-cake.
C) babies to pick up small objects.
D) babies to feed themselves.

Question 31

Describe FIVE specific adult practices that promote language development.

Question 32

A mobile should be place within an infant's visual capability,

A) about six inches.
B) about three feet.
C) about eight to twenty-four inches.
D) about two to three feet.

Question 33

First words are usually understood around

A) four months.
B) one year.
C) eight to nine months.
D) earlier in girls than in boys.