Deck 9: Creating a Social-Emotional Environment

Question 1

NAEYC Program Standard 7 is concerned with families, while Program Standard 8 is concerned with communities.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

According to the author, it is acceptable to talk about babies in front of them because they have not yet developed the receptive language skills to understand.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Kinsey Grafton is the director of a large child care program with many children. To encourage long-term, adult-child connections, Grafton should structure the program so that children are grouped together according to their current developmental stage.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Normalization is the idea behind the full inclusion approach to educating children with disabilities or other special needs.

Question 5

Children with developmental differences in programs that successfully practice normalization are not noticeably separate from everyone else, rather they are seen as fully participating members of the group.

Question 6

According to the text, full inclusion programs benefit children with special needs but provide little, if any, benefit for children in the "mainstream."

Question 7

It is important for the early childhood educator to attempt to understand how culture and oppression may be influencing a parent's actions and/or childrearing practices.

Question 8

Because they are in the majority culture, people in the "mainstream"
cannot be ethnocentric.

Question 9

According to the author of your text, the early childhood culture is expanding beyond its European roots to increasingly reflect the diversity of culture among its professionals and the families they serve.

Question 10

Although new parents Sara and Hector are going to have to help their child become independent, as well as learn to establish connections with others, it is likely that they will emphasize one task over the other in their parenting.

Question 11

The way in which your family cared for you has played a major role in the development of your self-identity, as well as the development of your personality today.

Question 12

Early childhood culture refers to the family life of the child, specifically how beliefs, goals and values manifest themselves in child-rearing practices.

Question 13

Parents who are members of groups that have a history of oppression typically choose to raise their children with a focus on independence rather than interdependence.

Question 14

All but which of the following are qualities related to the social-emotional environment of an early childhood setting?

A) equity and authenticity
B) respect and acceptance
C) protection and warmth
D) nurturance and continuity

Question 15

Following are three descriptions of interactions between an early childhood provider and children. Scenario One: When the three-year-olds do not come to circle time after he asks them, Mr. Alejandro picks them up and places them in their seats. Scenario Two: Ms. Nguyen is holding eight-month-old Betsy in her arms when another teacher comes up and says, "How is Betsy doing today?" Ms. Nguyen looks at Betsy and says, "It seems like you're feeling good today, aren't you Betsy?"
Scenario Three: When meeting the new group of 4-year-old preschoolers, program director Dr. Cray says, "Oh, aren't you all so cute!"
In which of the scenarios is the early childhood provider showing respect to the child/children?

A) Scenarios 1 and 2
B) Scenario 2
C) Scenarios 2 and 3
D) All of these

Question 16

Which quality of the social-emotional environment describes children's need to have consistency in the people around them in order to feel safe, secure, and comfortable?

A) protection
B) nurturance
C) responsiveness
D) continuity

Question 17

Jeannie Thomas has just begun a career in the early childhood setting. Her first job is as a teacher for two-year-olds at a community preschool. For what reason is Jeannie most likely to leave this job and, perhaps, leave the field of early childhood education?

A) The job becomes too easy and is no longer stimulating.
B) Dealing with parents and administrators is frustrating dealing with
C) The work is hard and the pay is low with few or no benefits.
D) There are too many other people competing for jobs.

Question 18

Which factor(s) contribute to a lack of continuity in many early childhood education and caregiving situations?

A) high cost and difficulty in attaining liability insurance
B) a lack of adequately trained early childhood professionals
C) low interest on the part of the children's families
D) personnel turnover and the practice of grouping children together by grade levels

Question 19

In the early childhood education context, which of the following definitions best describes the term mainstreaming?

A) Giving attention to the interactions between children with special needs and their typically developing peers so that all children participate to the fullest possible.
B) Placing children with special needs into programs that serve children who are typically developing.
C) Integrating children, regardless of their disability or challenge, into whatever is the natural environment for their typically developing peers.
D) Services provided to those of special needs are based on circumstances that are as culturally normative as possible.

Question 20

The Americans with Disabilities Act indicates that inclusion is a

A) privilege.
B) desired goal to be achieved whenever possible.
C) right.
D) practice that is best implemented through mainstreaming.

Question 21

Which child care program will most easily be able to fashion their program after a family model?

A) Program A is large and divides its children into groups by age.
B) Program B is small and serves mixed-age groups.
C) Program C is medium-sized and housed in an institutional setting.
D) Program D is large and separates its children based on their developmental level.

Question 22

Regarding culture, which of the following statements is FALSE?

A) Culture is both visible and invisible.
B) Decision-making is easier when the cultures of child care providers and families are similar than when their cultures differ.
C) Children begin learning to be members of their cultures around age 2, when their self-identity is first emerging.
D) People are often unaware how much culture influences their actions.

Question 23

Which culture operates to influence the early childhood program?

A) home cultures of the children
B) home cultures of the children and the providers
C) early childhood culture of the provider
D) home cultures of the children and the providers and the early childhood culture of the provider

Question 24

NAEYC's publication of Developmentally Appropriate Practice suggest that decisions be evaluated according to which of the following guidelines?

A) Developmental Appropriateness
B) Individual Appropriateness
C) Cultural Appropriateness
D) All of the Above

Question 25

In a culture valuing interdependence, the self is defined

A) as autonomous.
B) as inherently connected to others.
C) through its focus on personal fulfillment.
D) outside of the context of personal relationships.

Question 26

The Schulze family recently left their country of origin, Germany, and settled in Canada. The four Schulze children will be entering early childhood programs/schools while their mother works and their father goes to graduate school. Generalizing from discussions in your text, which child is MOST likely to lose his/her German culture?

A) six-month-old Florian
B) four-year-old Martina
C) eight-year-old Sandra
D) twelve-year-old Axel

Question 27

Comparing the early childhood culture to the family culture, which of the following is TRUE?

A) Both the early childhood culture and family cultures are dynamic and open to change.
B) Both family cultures and the early childhood cultures are static and not prone to change.
C) Family cultures are static and not prone to change, while the early childhood culture is dynamic and open to change.
D) The early childhood culture is static and not prone to change, while family cultures are dynamic and open to change.

Question 28

In a story reported by the author of your text, she and several other teacher trainers participated in a seminar in which they were asked to describe characteristics of parents, teachers, and children. Which description was most difficult for the participants to compile?

A) list the characteristics of a bad parent
B) list the characteristics of a bad child
C) list the characteristics of a good teacher
D) list the characteristics of a good parent

Question 29

Which of the following is viewed as the first to put a national spotlight on racial and cultural bias in early childhood education?

A) NAEYC's revised Developmentally Appropriate Practice
B) the NAEYC 1995 position statement
C) NAEYC's publication of Derman-Sparks' The Antibias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children
D) the NAEYC Position Statement on Inclusion

Question 30

Of the social-emotional environmental qualities described by the textbook, which is considered a key ingredient for an optimal environment?

A) continuity
B) acceptance
C) protection
D) responsiveness

Question 31

Of the following inclusion practices, which goes the furthest in terms of integrating children with special needs into the natural environment of their typically developing peers?

A) integration
B) full inclusion
C) normalization
D) mainstreaming

Question 32

Full inclusion programs for children with developmental differences benefits all children in all but which of the following ways:

A) Promotes the sense of belonging
B) Fosters empathy, tolerance, and compassion
C) Increases the amount of resources available in the classroom
D) Strengthens the sense of community

Question 33

What is continuity, and why is it considered an indicator of a quality early childhood program? Describe two factors that cause a lack of continuity in early childhood programs.

Question 34

Describe three approaches to inclusion in the care/education of children with disabilities.

Question 35

Contrast how the self is defined differently in an independence focus versus an interdependence focus. How might parents approach caregiving from each of these perspectives?