Deck 1: Early Theories: Preformationism, Locke, and Rousseau

Question 1

Rousseau strongly opposed lessons that are

A) too difficult
B) mere games
C) purely sensory
D) unrelated to future tasks

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Locke thought children

A) are like blank slates
B) are preformed at birth
C) grow according to an inner timetable
D) develop in a series of stages

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Locke believed the best rewards and punishments are

A) immediately administered
B) gradually administered
C) physical
D) praise and disapproval

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A child raised by Rousseau's method at the age of 10 or 12 would not be

A) athletic
B) happy
C) spontaneous
D) sophisticated

Question 5

If Rousseau were alive today, he probably would look most favorably on a book titled

A) "Let Children Be Children"
B) "Teaching Your Preschooler to Read the Simple Way"
C) "The Rational Infant"
D) "Preparing Children for Success"

Question 6

Rousseau

A) was considered a master classroom teacher
B) was inspired by Montessori
C) was a failure as a father
D) was dedicated to preformationism

Question 7

The text says Locke

A) ignored his own insight that children have their own nature
B) never clearly defined his terms
C) minimized the extent to which children are interested in the social world
D) was wrong to overlook individual differences in children

Question 8

Rousseau primarily disagreed with Locke over

A) the extent to which children are curious
B) the extent to which children are innately wicked or innocent
C) whether social factors can influence behavior
D) the extent to which children should be guided by adults

Question 9

Some recent research suggests that newborn infants think like adult scientists. If valid, this research would support the position of

A) Locke
B) the preformationists
C) Rousseau
D) learning theory

Question 10

The textbook suggest that the first major force to weaken preformationism was

A) changes in artistic perspective
B) changes in the occupational world
C) the writings of Locke and the Enlightenment
D) changes in Christian theology

Question 11

Rousseau believed the aim of education should be for children

A) to learn the skills necessary to become useful members of society
B) to learn to think for themselves
C) to learn self-control
D) learn to read at an early age

Question 12

The text most clearly criticizes Rousseau because

A) he played down the extent to which children are socially oriented
B) he believed society applies only weak pressures
C) he failed to discover the concept of maturation
D) he unfairly misrepresented Locke's writings

Question 13

Locke discussed

A) models
B) rewards and punishments
C) small steps
D) all of the above