1. Piaget believed that artistic development was retrogressive because:
A. children's drawings develop as they gain experience and knowledge.
B. children's willingness to use new tools and methods decreases over time.
C. children get less creative as they grow older.
D. cognitive development is progressive
2. Young children are strongly influenced by their surroundings whether peers, family, education, community, or society, and by factors such as socioeconomic and belief-systems. Yet children themselves influence these same surroundings. This relationship can most accurately be described as:
A. negligible.
B. greater than that exerted upon children themselves
C. reciprocal and mutual.
D. highly dependent on the individual child.
3. Which of the following is not an appropriate guideline to use when tailoring art activities for differently abled children with special behavioral or attention needs?
A. Give children opportunities to practice sharing and turn-taking with art materials
B. Allow children to explore the properties of the materials and to make multiple products if they choose
C. Provide materials that can be actively used to release energy and feelings
D. Limit children to a few choices rather than overwhelming them with permission to use anything and everything in the art center.
4. The domain of social-emotional development includes all of the following except:
A. self-concept
B. self-care
C. self-control.
D. self-understanding.
5. The stages of artistic development suggested by Lowenfeld and Brittain include:
A. scribbling, preschematic, schematic, dawning realism, pseudorealism, and artistic decision
B. scribbling, placement, shape, design, and pictorial
C. sensory motor, preoperational, preconceptual, intuitive, and conceptual.
D. manipulating the media; making shapes, outlines, designs, and symbols; pictorial art that is becoming recognizable; and realistic.
6. Which of the following does not influence a child's environment?
A. The language spoken at home
B. Family changes
C. Socioeconomic variables
D. Poverty
7. Children's development:
A. consists of physical, social-emotional, and aesthetic domains.
B. consists of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains.
C. occurs regardless of the environment.
D. is influenced by family, community, and the environment.
8. Which of the following is not a reason for eliminating food in art projects?
A. Food is a precious commodity.
B. The use of certain foods may be offensive to some cultural groups.
C. Food does not provide multisensory experiences.
D. Artwork containing food cannot be displayed
9. According to DeVries and Zan (1995), the challenge of constructivist education is:
A. determining the child's precise level of cognitive understanding when planning for academic instruction.
B. differentiating among physical knowledge, social-conventional knowledge, and logical-mathematical knowledge when planning academic instruction.
C. distinguishing what must be constructed from what must be instructed when planning academic instruction.
D. providing the appropriate materials and environment to facilitate young children's knowledge construction.
10. The domain of creative development includes all of the following except:
A. problem solving.
B. original thinking.
C. imagination.
D. nonverbal expression.
11. The term least restrictive environment describes a setting that is:
A. appropriate for the child and provides the most contact possible with children who are not differently abled.
B. appropriately equipped with the necessary architectural modifications to meet the needs of the child.
C. carefully planned to provide maximum opportunities for physical movement and social interaction.
D. appropriate for the child and provides the most contact possible with children of similar needs and abilities.
12. Riley paints several lines and shapes. She says, "I'm making a design!" Which of the following artistic terms matches this example?
A. Product
B. Content
C. Motive
D. Process
13. In the theory of artistic development suggested by Lowenfeld and Brittain, children age two to four years are in what stage?
A. Scribbling
B. Preschematic
C. Schematic
D. Mark-making
14. Which of the following best describes the relationship between learning and emotions?
A. There is no relationship.
B. Children cannot learn unless they are in a positive emotional state.
C. Children can learn as effectively from negative emotional experiences as positive emotional experiences.
D. Good learning environments build trust, empower students, and encourage children to explore their emotions
15. "I get so mad sometimes and that's why I make scribbles all over my paper." Which of the following artistic terms matches this example?
A. Product
B. Content
C. Motive
D. Process
15. The stages of artistic development suggested by Schirrmacher include:
A. scribbling, preschematic, schematic, dawning realism, and realistic drawing.
B. scribbling, placement, shape, design, and pictorial.
C. sensory motor, preoperational, preconceptual, intuitive, and conceptual.
D. manipulating the media; making shapes, outlines, designs, and symbols; pictorial art that is becoming recognizable; and realistic
17. Although inclusion is the law, concerns about inclusion include all of the following except:
A. the needs of differently abled children cannot be met in the regular classroom.
B. children who are not differently abled will learn inappropriate and bizarre behaviors from their differently abled peers.
C. special educators and classroom teachers will have difficulties sharing a classroom and co-planning instruction.
D. children who are not differently abled will not receive the full attention of the classroom teacher.
18. The stages of artistic development suggested by Kellogg include:
A. scribbling, preschematic, schematic, dawning realism, and realistic drawing.
B. scribbling, placement, shape, design, and pictorial.
C. sensory motor, preoperational, preconceptual, intuitive, and conceptual.
D. manipulating the media; making shapes, outlines, designs, and symbols; pictorial art that is becoming recognizable; and realistic
19. Which of the following is an appropriate sequence of activities for young children learning to use scissors?
A. Tearing paper, cutting play dough, fringing paper, cutting exterior lines
B. Cutting play dough, fringing paper, cutting exterior lines, cutting interior lines
C. Tearing paper, fringing paper, cutting exterior lines, cutting interior lines
D. Tearing paper, cutting play dough, fringing paper, cutting interior lines
20. The domain of physical development includes all of the following except:
A. sensory awareness.
B. eye-hand coordination.
C. good health.
D. rhythm and synchronization.