Early Childhood Education quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which Swiss psychologist created a famous four-stage theory of child cognitive development?

   Answer: Jean Piaget

   Why: Piaget drew his four stages, from sensorimotor to formal operational, partly from watching his own three children from infancy.

2. 2 Medium

   In the Reggio Emilia early education philosophy, what serves as the third teacher?

   Answer: The environment

   Why: Loris Malaguzzi named the environment the third teacher; Reggio schools are often arranged around a central piazza with large windows.

3. 3 Hard

   What object makes up Froebel's earliest kindergarten Gift?

   Answer: Yarn balls

   Why: Gift 1 uses soft colored yarn balls to teach movement and color before introducing hard wooden geometric shapes.

4. 4 Easy

   Why is frequent hand-washing explicitly scheduled throughout early childhood education routines?

   Answer: To prevent the spread of germs

   Why: CDC figures: handwashing education cuts diarrhea cases by 23 to 40 percent and respiratory illness by 16 to 21 percent.

5. 5 Medium

   What method did Mary Ainsworth design to test infant attachment styles?

   Answer: Strange Situation

   Why: The test measures how an infant reacts specifically to reunion with the mother after two brief separations in an unfamiliar room.

6. 6 Hard

   Who established the six stages of children's social play in 1932?

   Answer: Mildred Parten

   Why: Parten built the six stages from one-minute observations of 42 nursery children: the older the child, the more social the play.