Exam 1: Making a Difference in Children's Lives

Daryn and Marco are both three years old. Daryn seems more coordinated than Marco, and Marco's speech is more advanced than Daryn's. What principle of development does this represent?

Adults can pretty well predict how long it will take for children to learn basic social skills such as how to share or how to resist temptation.

What is the first phase of the Social Support Pyramid?

Differentiating one's expectations based on children's abilities is an example of culturally appropriate practice.

Which of the following teacher behaviors illustrates Phase Two of the Social Support Pyramid?

Which of the following characteristics DOES NOT differentiate helping professionals from nonprofessionals?

The major difference between helping professionals and laypersons is in the amount of salary they receive.

Which one of the following actions is NOT a skill as defined in this textbook?

Social competence is so important that it has become part of the formal learning standards for Head Start and many preprimary programs in the United States.

If you were told that children develop their predominant sense of self-worth by the time they are eight years old, what principle of social development would the period from birth to eight years represent?

The NAEYC Professional Code of Ethics tells you whom to contact in your state in case you suspect that a child has been abused.

Teaching a child how to make friends is an example of Phase 1 of Social Support Pyramid.

Which of the following combinations of characteristics describes a socially competent person in our society?

Baking a pie is an example of a skill as defined in this course.

Children who are socially competent also tend to do better academically.

Which of the following actions is a skill as defined in this textbook?

According to the research cited in your book, children who have strong social emotional skills also tend to display what other characteristics?

Refer to Figure 1-1 (The Elements of Social Competence) in your textbook. Give an example of child behavior to illustrate each category of social competence.

Which of the following teacher behaviors illustrates Phase Four of the Social Support Pyramid?

Your textbook supports the idea that people who have worked with children for years have little need for formal training.