Deck 8: Physical and Motor Development

Question 1

The best way to help children develop fine motor skills is through repeated practice with writing tools.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Children usually don't learn to skip until they are about four years old.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

In order to compensate for the cognitive deficits related to poverty, which of the following must be addressed?

A)Health care and access to private schools
B)Nutritional supplements and tutoring
C)Tutoring and foster care options
D)Nutritional supplements and access to private schools

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Standardized tests are a danger to the mental health of young children.

Question 5

Socially undernourished children may not be able to engage in the active play essential to children's growth and development.

Question 6

Miller (2005) suggests that adults can offer the young child ways to make the most of emerging motor capabilities by

A)providing opportunities to run, climb, and slide outdoors.
B)having smallblocks for muscle building.
C)playing inactive circle-time games indoors.
D)All the answers are correct.

Question 7

Happy, physically active, big body play includes

A)exercise play.
B)rough-and-tumble play.
C)aggressive play.
D)physically active play.

Question 8

Misnourishment occurs when children get enough to eat but not enough of the necessary nutrients.

Question 9

The best weapon against the spread of infectious disease is

A)quickly identifying the signs of illness.
B)prohibiting ill children from attending school.
C)washing hands.
D)access to medical care.

Question 10

Monkey rings and bars on the playground are dangerous and unnecessary.

Question 11

Kayla is playing tag; she easily dodges the attempts of her younger brother to tag her by stopping quickly, changing directions, and maneuvering around obstacles.She is most likely at least

A)three years old.
B)four years old.
C)five years old.
D)six years old.

Question 12

There are several phases in a movement pattern that follows an appropriate sequence.In order, these phases are:

A)preparation, follow-through, action.
B)preparation, approach, action, follow-through.
C)preparation, action, follow-through.
D)approach, action, follow-through.

Question 13

Jason has just mastered walking backwards, heel to toe, along the retaining wall on the playground.He is most likely

A)five years old.
B)four years old.
C)three years old.
D)two years old.

Question 14

Children at the bottom of their age group in height and weight are likely to be

A)picked on by peers.
B)susceptible to injuries.
C)delayed in cognitive development.
D)less assertive.

Question 15

Rough-and-tumble play is unhealthy for children to participate in and leads to aggressive behavior.

Question 16

Young children can understand the rules and regulations for the use of equipment and the rationale for the rules and regulations.

Question 17

Competent parenting is the most important factor in helping children manage adversity.

Question 18

Five-year-old Paul can barely approximate drawing a circle, has difficulty cutting, and has not yet established hand dominance.Paul is a slow developer in the motor area.

Question 19

During the preschool and kindergarten period, children should gradually become in height and weight.

A)more symmetrical
B)less balanced
C)less proportional
D)more proportional

Question 20

To help children develop upper body strength, playgrounds should include

A)brachiating equipment.
B)slides.
C)large pieces of wood.
D)balls.

Question 21

Describe two activities that would help support children's gross motor development.

Question 22

Discuss safety threats to the health of young children and the role of the adult.

Question 23

Explain why assessing the young child's motor skills is important, appropriate assessment, and caution for using motor assessment for school readiness decisions.

Question 24

List three health and nutrition related problems the lower socioeconomic-level child might have when starting school.

Question 25

Describe what you would include in a safety, health, and nutrition program for young children.Why is such a program important?

Question 26

Describe how young children learn motor skills.