Deck 4: Sharing Views of Initiative With Families

Question 1

Which of the following is not a common characteristic of a child with initiative?

A) Active
B) Curious
C) Energetic
D) Reluctant

Answer 1

D

Question 2

How can play help to empower children?

A) By allowing children to try on powerful roles and feelings
B) By making children feel guilty for not working
C) By giving them dimensions of inclusion
D) By initiating aggression

Answer 2

A

Question 3

How can teachers help families understand what is happening during play?

A) Teachers can explain that children are passive during play
B) Teachers can point out that children's minds are idle during play
C) Teachers can describe how children are active explorers during play
D) Teachers can tell parents that children are just running off energy

Answer 3

C

Question 4

It is important for adults who have only worked with typically developing children to realize that some children with disabilities arrive in a play environment with less initiative and motivation to play than others. All of the following are potential reasons except

A) It may be that they have not been encouraged to play and explore
B) Children who are medically fragile may have parents who concentrate more on keeping them safe and healthy than on encouraging them to play
C) The child is interested, but has little or no access to the toys, materials, and activities
D) The child is not capable of the same type of play as a typically developing child

Question 5

Which of the following is not one of Jones and Prescott's "dimensions" of a play environment?

A) Intrusion/exclusion
B) High mobility/low mobility
C) Hard/easy
D) Open/closed

Question 6

When choosing toys and materials for an environment, which of the following should teachers not provide?

A) Materials that build on children's interests
B) Materials that are responsive to children's actions
C) Materials that can be adapted for the differing needs of children
D) Materials that can only work for some children

Question 7

Which of the following is not considered a source of aggression in children?

A) When and what children eat
B) Being defensive
C) Bottled-up feelings
D) Reading scary stories

Question 8

Kory is a preschool child that witnessed another child acting in an aggressive behavior to get what she wanted. Later that night, Kory began acting aggressive toward his older sister to get a toy. Kory displayed

A) Extreme aggression
B) Physical aggression
C) Rewards for aggression
D) Learned Aggression

Question 9

How can play be facilitated in children with special needs?

A) By working with the parents in sharing information about adaptations that might be needed
B) By leaving the child with special needs to work out any problems that arise with typically developing peers
C) By using competition to motivated the child with special needs
D) By teaching the child with special needs that he or she is just there to observe the other children playing

Question 10

Aggression in young children

A) Is the same as initiative
B) Can come from a variety of causes
C) Is not usually a problem in preschool-age children
D) Can be healthy if the child can get what they want

Question 11

What is the affect on children when adults use heavy-handed punishments, accusations or threats?

A) Children may have an exaggerated sense of guilt and judge themselves harshly
B) Children learn to toughen up
C) Children go in the other direction and become very mellow
D) Children develop ADHD

Question 12

Which of the following is true of semi-enclosed, private spaces?

A) They should not be provided for children
B) They allow children to get away by themselves
C) They do not need to be supervised
D) They are not a necessary part of a balanced environment

Question 13

Which of the following indicates the stage of initiative?

A) Imagination and fantasy
B) Sensory motor
C) Hesitation
D) Separation anxiety

Question 14

What ways can adults provide outlets for children with angry feelings?

A) Giving children time-outs
B) Physical activity
C) Allowing children to yell at each other
D) Tell families to spend more time with their children

Question 15

Which of the following is not a result of play?

A) Developing a short attention span due to lack of structure
B) Playing out feelings, developing competency and mastery
C) Sorting through conflict, creating imaginary worlds
D) Trying new power roles, problem solving

Question 16

How do adults contribute to children's sense of initiative?

A) By directing everything they do with a firm hand
B) By encouraging them to explore, try things out, and solve problems themselves
C) By punishing mistakes so the child learns to avoid them
D) By keeping them from trying new things because they might do it wrong

Question 17

Vygotsky used the term zone of proximal development (ZPD) to describe what?

A) How to position a child with disabilities to be near the play materials
B) The year of development prior to kindergarten
C) How important it is to keep children from helping each other when they are learning something new
D) How social interactions increase understanding as children help one another move forward in knowledge and skill building

Question 18

Briana, age 4, is in Erikson's third stage of development. What is the third stage called?

A) Autonomy versus shame and doubt
B) Initiative versus guilt
C) Industry versus inferiority
D) Trust versus mistrust

Question 19

Children who are slow and cautious should be considered which of the following?

A) Lacking initiative
B) Bright and quick
C) Deficient
D) Observant

Question 20

In what areas of development do children gain competence through play?

A) Physical skills
B) Language skills
C) Social emotional skills
D) All areas of development

Question 21

What is the difference between empowering and overpowering children?

Question 22

What four qualities are important when facilitating conflict resolution between children?