Deck 5: Serving Culturally Diverse Children and Families

Question 1

As part of cultural learning, children pick up ____________________, gestures,facial expressions, and postures that people use to communicate along with or instead of speech.

Answer 1

body language​

Question 2

Early childhood professionals should create a(n) ____________________ ofunconditional acceptance of different cultures in early childhood programs.

Answer 2

environment; attitude; atmosphere​

Question 3

Children are capable of learning to function in ____________________ onecultural context.

Answer 3

more than​

Question 4

Young children tend to adapt much more quickly and easily to an unknownenvironment than do adults and adolescents, and they definitely learn foreign____________________ more easily.

Question 5

We must watch for and squelch any sign that the children are being____________________ on the basis of some different physical characteristic or item ofclothing.

Question 6

By learning about the cultural experiences and expectations of a child's family,you can take the first important steps toward open ____________________ with the child'sparents.

Question 7

____________________ socially interacting humans have culture.

Question 8

____________________ consists of traditional beliefs and patterns of behaviorthat are passed down from parents to children.

Question 9

Children can learn to accept, respect, and behave appropriately in differentcultures without giving up their appreciation for and loyalty to their own?____________________.

Question 10

An insecure child attempting to justify her own failures may try____________________ a weaker child to enhance her social status among her peers.

Question 11

Racism, sexism, negative stereotyping, and discrimination____________________ children physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually.

Question 12

The capacity to use ____________________ to express culture is considered adefining feature of human beings.

Question 13

From birth to school age, children develop basic ____________________ abouthow the world works and what their role is in that world.

Question 14

Parents and teachers ____________________ always have control over whichlessons about culture will be kept and which will eventually be rejected.

Question 15

A child's development is best understood within the cultural context of that child'sfamily and ____________________.

Question 16

A specific ____________________ can be identified in members of smallergroups of people within the larger society who are part of social, religious, ethnic, or otherdistinct groups.

Question 17

To really understand a child's inner nature, one has to see how the parents, theirworkplace, the community, the society, the school, and even the ____________________ allinteract and affect the child.

Question 18

Body language can mean ____________________ things in different cultures.

Question 19

To make a significant difference in a child's life, the child must come to know thatyou ____________________ accept the child as a worthwhile human being.

Question 20

Culture gives us language, the ability to ____________________ our experiencesand express our needs within our community.

Question 21

The development of prejudice and discrimination in ____________________ harms thedevelopment of group identity, as well as self-identity.

Question 22

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Scapegoating​

Question 23

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Enculturation​

Question 24

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Ethics​

Question 25

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Racism​

Question 26

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Stigmatized​

Question 27

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Cultural context​

Question 28

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Body language​

Question 29

Children learn to value diversity not just through the materials and activities, butalso from the attitudes and behaviors that are revealed to them each day by the____________________around them.

Question 30

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Cultural adaptation​

Question 31

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Ethnocentrism​

Question 32

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Negative stereotyping​

Question 33

Music, art, and literature should be selected to reflect ethnic and cultural diversityand should reflect women and girls in heroic and exciting roles, and should be inclusive of thelives and activities of people with ____________________.

Question 34

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Culture

Question 35

Multicultural education is not a subject area, but ever-present thread woventhroughout all____________________.

Question 36

Research strongly indicates that positive, cooperative, successful social and workinteractions among ____________________ groups of children reduce prejudice throughouttheir lives.

Question 37

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Personal interaction​

Question 38

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Discrimination​

Question 39

Using multicultural books about others with a wide range of differences isessential for developing____________________ in youngsters.

Question 40

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Culture shock
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Question 41

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Fulfillment​

Question 42

The word culture comes from

A)the Greek word culto, which means "family."
B)the Latin word for child learning, which was closely tied to culture.
C)the Latin root colere, meaning "to occupy, cultivate, or cherish."
D)none of these.

Question 43

Match each definition to the corresponding term.​
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Pluralistic culture​

Question 44

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Prejudice​

Question 45

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Cultural bias​

Question 46

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Self-identity​

Question 47

What can you do to help children from other cultures feel more welcomed?

A)Learn to pronounce correctly and use the child's given name.
B)Delay using "time out" until the child has fully transitioned.
C)Ask one of the parents to stay at school with the child for at least the first week of s
D)Tell the child to stand in front of the class and talk about his or her culture.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 48

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Cultural competence​

Question 49

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Group identity​

Question 50

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Cultural pluralism​

Question 51

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Visceral​

Question 52

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Sexism​

Question 53

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Media​

Question 54

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Differentiated​

Question 55

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Respect​

Question 56

How can you spot bias in media?​

A)Check the illustrations.
B)Check the story line.
C)Look at the lifestyles.
D)All of these are correct.

Question 57

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What can you do to help the cultural transition for parents and children?
a.Assure cultural sensitivity.
b.Assure a partnership with parents.
c.Plan collaboratively.
d.Prepare the child for the transition.
e.All of these are correct.

Question 58

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Unconditional acceptance​

Question 59

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Human ecology​

Question 60

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Nested structures​

Question 61

By learning about a child's family's cultural experiences and expectations, youcan express unconditional acceptance for that child and his or her family and take the firstimportant steps toward open communication with the child's parents.

Question 62

A child in a loving, supportive family within a strong, healthy community cannotbe affected by prejudice in the larger society or school.

Question 63

One trait of human life that is transmitted genetically is​

A)the newborn's desire for food.
B)intelligence quotient (IQ).
C)emotional social intelligence quotient (EQ).
D)none of these.

Question 64

When we think about culture, we should first think about​

A)opera, classical ballet, Renaissance paintings, and famous works from around the w
B)the traditional beliefs and patterns of behavior that are passed down from parents tochildren by a society.
C)the most famous and important works of art, literature, and music that have been crby Western civilizations.
D)all of these.

Question 65

When we accept responsibility for the care and education of a baby or a child, weaccept the ethical responsibility to look beyond that child's disability, race, religion, and countryof origin to see a precious creation, full of hope and wonder.

Question 66

Ethically we must unconditionally accept the child, but we don't have tounconditionally accept the child's family.

Question 67

Ethnocentric people may shun outright prejudice, but their subtle discriminationslips through the cracks as they give evidence of being condescending toward other cultures.

Question 68

Social-emotional intelligence​

A)is comprised of interrelated emotional and social skills.
B)was developed by Rousseau.
C)was emphasized by Vygotsky.
D)builds a foundation for success and happiness in life.
E)both is comprised of interrelated emotional and social skills and builds a foundationsuccess and happiness in life.

Question 69

Uri Bronfenbrenner taught us that​

A)the individual person's interactive experience is "like a set of nested structures, eachinside the next, like a set of Russian dolls."
B)far too many parents of babies and young children today are routinely pressured by timecrunches and exhausted by work-induced stress.
C)a child's development is best understood within the social and cultural context of thchild's family and community.
D)the relationships between human beings and their communities are "mutually shapi
E)all of these.

Question 70

Accepting cultural differences requires​

A)respect.
B)stereotypes.
C)bullying.
D)all of these.
E)both respect and bullying.

Question 71

When dealing with parents, we should always​

A)learn and use the parents' names.
B)treat them as valuable and worthwhile people whom we are happy to see.
C)greet them in a friendly way before launching into questions.
D)all of these.

Question 72

Children learn culture​

A)at home.
B)at home.
C)in the community.
D)from television.
E)all of these.

Question 73

You should memorize a list of typical behaviors for every racial, ethnic, regional,disability, gender, or other potential cultural-based grouping you would expect to have in yourclass.

Question 74

Parents​

A)should sit down each night with their child and teach pre-planned "culture" lessons frthe age of two on up.
B)determine their children's ultimate level of potential in art, literature, and music.
C)teach culture best by using flashcards
D)don't always have control over which culture lessons will be kept and which willeventually be rejected by their child.
E)none of these.

Question 75

Who has culture?​

A)Children
B)All socially interacting humans
C)Infants
D)Only adults
E)None of these

Question 76

The more the child feels valued and respected by parents and teachers duringearly childhood, the more likely the child will be to​

A)require special attention and tutorial help later in middle and high school.
B)develop coping skills more slowly.
C)talk back to parents and teachers and argue with peers.
D)follow parents' and teachers' rules and keep their values as the child grows up.
E)none of these.

Question 77

Early childhood professionals shall not discriminate regardless of race, gender,religion, economic status, values, national origin, or disability.

Question 78

Children can be harmed physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually byracism, sexism, negative stereotyping, and discrimination.

Question 79

Accepting cultural differences involves recognition and respect.

Question 80

Enculturation teaches a child​

A)how to communicate his or her experiences.
B)how to be knowledgeable about different cultures.
C)how to express his or her needs within the community.
D)the accepted norms and values as well as the language and skills he or she needs tobecome an accepted member of the community.
E)all of these.