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Chapter 32: Skillful Parenting

Section 1 Practice Test

1
When does a newborn's 100 billion brain cells form the connections between these cells?
A)During the first year
B)During adolescence
C)During the first three years
D)During the first few months
2
Toddlers need excitement, or the _____, of the outside world.
A)Variety
B)Diversity
C)Motivation
D)Stimulation
3
Children need to loving, devoted parents to develop in what way?
A)Socially
B)Mentally
C)Emotionally
D)All of the above
4
Skillful parents know how to satisfy a _____, or an oddity, of a child.
A)Quirk
B)Tantrum
C)Whim
D)Habit
5
What is the ability that depends on the use and control of muscles?
A)Motor skill
B)Mobility
C)Physical strength
D)Body control
6
Which of the following is a way to childproof a home?
A)Locks on cabinets
B)Gates on open stairways
C)Covered electrical outlets
D)All of the above
7
To keep close watch over is to
A)Manage
B)Monitor
C)Discipline
D)Control
8
What is a child who home alone after school called?
A)Independent
B)Isolated
C)Latch-key child
D)Introvert
9
Children learn through their actions and their
A)Senses
B)Playmates
C)Parents
D)Environment
10
At what age do children being thinking in an abstract way?
A)5 or 6
B)13 or 14
C)2 or 3
D)11 or 12
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