Deck 9: Developmentally Appropriate Social-Emotional Environments: For Infants

Question 1

To promote a sense of trust, infant care programs do all EXCEPT one:

A) Promote communication between families and caregivers for consistent responses.
B) Move infants every six to nine months so they get comfortable with lots of new faces.
C) Promote smallest possible adult-child ratios.
D) Respond to babies' signals.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Discipline is not a topic that relates to infants.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Responding promptly to babies' cries only makes them cry more.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Separation anxiety often appears between eight to twelve months.

Question 5

When parents' requests differ from caregivers' usual practices, caregivers should

A) ignore the request as not developmentally appropriate.
B) tell the parents why these are not good ideas.
C) Neither ignore the request as not developmentally appropriate or tell the parents why these are not good ideas.
D) Both ignore the request as not developmentally appropriate or tell the parents why these are not good ideas.

Question 6

It is inappropriate for caregivers to consider families' ideas about putting babies on schedules.

Question 7

All these factors EXCEPT one relate to forming attachment.

A) Temperament.
B) Continuity of care.
C) Gender.
D) Sensitivity of response.

Question 8

An inappropriate response when a baby shows stranger anxiety would be

A) encouraging the stranger to hold the baby so she will get used to it.
B) allowing the baby to remain close to a known adult.
C) suggesting that the stranger allow the baby to warm up slowly.
D) allowing the baby to withdraw from the new adult.

Question 9

Appropriate guidance for infants includes all EXCEPT

A) close monitoring of behavior.
B) substitution.
C) smacking hands.
D) understanding of limitations.

Question 10

Which of the following statement is NOT true about infant child care?

A) It is related to spoiling.
B) It is increasingly used by families.
C) Studies have shown much of it is of poor or mediocre quality.
D) It has inconclusive studies about long-term effect.

Question 11

Poor infant care would include all EXCEPT

A) untrained caregivers.
B) lack of respect for family preferences.
C) good sanitary practices.
D) large group size.

Question 12

Emotional responsiveness has nothing to do with individual cultures.

Question 13

Child care for infants always creates problems later in their development.

Question 14

Problems with attachment can occur when there is no "goodness of fit" with the expectations of the adult.

Question 15

Which of these statements about infant social/emotional development is NOT true?

A) Consistency of care is important to developing a sense of trust.
B) All babies develop stranger anxiety.
C) Babies are interested in other babies.
D) Emotions become more differentiated as babies get close to one year.

Question 16

Respect might be shown by

A) waiting for infants to respond to cues
B) waiting to see if infants can soothe themselves.
C) Neither waiting for infants to respond to cues or waiting to see if infants can soothe themselves.
D) Both waiting for infants to respond to cues or waiting to see if infants can soothe themselves.

Question 17

Touch and physical closeness are factors necessary for attachment.

Question 18

Continuity of care can create all EXCEPT

A) feelings of trust in families.
B) confusion for babies.
C) increased knowledge of babies and their ways of responding.
D) feelings of security.

Question 19

Attachment is related to maternal warmth and sensitivity of response.

Question 20

Touch is always part of communication, no matter what the culture.

Question 21

How did Erikson define the core conflict of infancy?

Question 22

Appropriate understanding of infant limitations includes all EXCEPT:

A) It is never too early to start expecting self-control.
B) Infants may become frustrated with waiting.
C) Infants can't yet recognize others' needs or feelings.
D) Feeling secure that needs will be met lays the basis for later self-control.

Question 23

Names associated with attachment theory include all EXCEPT

A) Bowlby.
B) Ainsworth.
C) Piaget.
D) Brazelton.

Question 24

Separation anxiety may appear in about months.

Question 25

When adults pick up crying babies, they

A) reinforce the crying, according to Skinner.
B) indicate responsiveness.
C) do so for their own needs.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 26

What is a secure attachment in infancy related to later in life?

Question 27

Attachment studies find that when babies receive prompt responses to their crying they

A) cry more.
B) cry less.
C) become spoiled.
D) cry louder.

Question 28

Discuss the process of attachment, including milestones and relationship to optimum development.

Question 29

Warm physical contact is important for all but one of these:

A) Attachment.
B) A sense of well-being for babies.
C) Part of every routine.
D) Staff retention.

Question 30

Babies who are responded to promptly cry as they get older.

Question 31

Belsky's first study about infant child care suggested there might be problems in development when infants spent
more than hours in child care each week.

Question 32

Describe the viewpoints in the controversy about infants in child care.

Question 33

Write a response to a parent who asks for your advice about spoiling her infant, including all the appropriate developmental information.

Question 34

In the development of emotional responsiveness one may see all EXCEPT

A) jealousy.
B) fear.
C) compassion.
D) anger.

Question 35

Separation anxiety may appear

A) around four months.
B) around eight months.
C) around one year.
D) rarely in most babies.