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Child Development & Learning Theories Flashcards

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  1. A 4-year-old engages in 'pretend cooking' alongside a friend without coordinating their play. This is BEST described as:

    Answer: Parallel play

    Parallel play involves children playing near each other with similar materials but without direct interaction or shared goals.

  2. Which learning theory emphasizes that behavior is shaped primarily by environmental stimuli, rewards, and punishments?

    Answer: Behaviorism

    Behaviorism, associated with Skinner and Watson, holds that observable behavior is learned through conditioning — reinforcement increases behavior, punishment decreases it.

  3. A child care teacher narrates her own actions aloud while preparing snack ('Now I'm washing the apples'). This strategy is called:

    Answer: Self-talk

    Self-talk is when a caregiver describes their own actions aloud to expose children to vocabulary and language structures in context.

  4. According to developmental theorist Arnold Gesell, child development is PRIMARILY determined by:

    Answer: Genetic maturation timetables

    Gesell's maturationist theory holds that development unfolds according to an inborn biological timetable, with the environment playing a secondary role.

  5. When a provider extends a child's statement ('I go store') to a complete sentence ('Yes, you went to the store!'), this technique is called:

    Answer: Expansion

    Expansion is the adult strategy of restating a child's utterance in a more complete, grammatically correct form without directly correcting the child.

  6. Temperament research by Thomas and Chess identified three broad temperament types. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

    Answer: Impulsive

    Thomas and Chess described Easy, Difficult, and Slow-to-warm-up temperaments; 'Impulsive' is not part of their original three-category framework.

  7. A child who has learned to use a spoon and later applies that motion to use a shovel in the sandbox is demonstrating:

    Answer: Assimilation

    Assimilation is applying an existing schema (scooping with a spoon) to a new object or situation (a shovel) without changing the mental framework.