Exam 5: Ecology of Nonparental Child Care

The care settings most often used for infants and toddlers are

The day nurseries of the mid-19^th century could best be described as

John Bowlby's research focusing on the effects of child care on the mother-child relationship supported ______________ care.

In the United States, the first cooperative nursery school was established at

A curriculum in which the learning activities are planned by the teacher for all the children is called _________-Directed.

Karoly (1998) followed nine early intervention programs and concluded early child care and education did have lasting effects. In Karoly's study

According to your text, the latest research indicates children who attend quality child-care programs are _________ attached to their mothers than children who are cared for at home.

Care provided by an individual in the child's own home is called _________ care.

Which of the following can be characterized as "thinking based on appearances"?

The sensorimotor stage differs from the preoperational stage in that in preoperational,

Collaborative caregiving refers to

Generally, the intellectual performance of children who attend a quality day-care program is _________ than that of children from similar family backgrounds who do not attend a day care program or who attend one of poor quality.

Miller (1989) found that, in day care centers, _________ varied according to the socioeconomic status of the center's clientele (families).

Ideology refers to

From a cost/benefits perspective, advocates for child care suggest the cost of community child care services outweigh the later costs of

According to Piaget, at age nine we would expect a child's thought to be characterized by the stage called _________ operations.

Provide an overview of Piaget's theory of cognitive development, and describe how the sensorimotor period is different from the preoperational period.

Child care provided for children before or after school hours or during vacation is called what?

The curriculum style that is individualizaed to each child's stage of development is

The "Tools of the Mind" curriculum is based on _____________theory of learning.