Deck 2: Gesells Maturational Theory

Question 1

Gesell said children

A) are like miniature adults
B) have an inner wisdom about what they are ready to do
C) learn primarily through rewards and punishments
D) are best raised according to standard, culture-wide expectations

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Gesell's main advice to parents was to

A) let children guide you
B) guide children in a firm but loving manner
C) raise children according to set schedules early on
D) focus on your own image of you want children to be

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A 4-year-old who had begun drawing in a clockwise direction shifts to a counterclockwise preference. The child's behavior illustrates the principle of

A) functional asymmetry
B) individuality
C) temporary disequilibrium
D) reciprocal interweaving

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Gesell said maturation can be defined as

A) the attainment of a final or complete state
B) the process by which development is governed by the genes
C) physical as opposed to mental development
D) all of the above

Question 5

Gesell's theory is most sympathetic to that of

A) Locke
B) Rousseau
C) the preformationists
D) Aries

Question 6

Which reflex illustrates the principle of functional asymmetry?

A) Moro
B) Babinsky
C) tonic neck
D) sucking

Question 7

Gesell did not believe that

A) individual growth rates are controlled by maturation
B) some children grow more slowly than others
C) developmental sequences may vary from child to child
D) children alternate between periods of stability and instability