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6. Mercer 2005 discusses the benefits of exploratory talk which statement is correct?

  • Children who use exploratory talk less often have been found to have very low academic attainment
  • Children who were able to use exploratory talk in day to day life developed language at a faster rate
  • Children who were able to use exploratory talk in science and maths had better SATs results
  • Children who use exploratory talk more often have a larger more enhanced vocabulary

7. Findings by the department of education in 2013 evidenced that what % of pupils participate in at least 3 hours of PE and out of hours sport?

  • 55%
  • 60%
  • 40%
  • 25%

8. Constabile 1992 cited in Smith et al states that play fighting is common from when?

  • 1-5 years
  • 4-6 years
  • 3 years through to adolescence
  • 3 to 10 years

9. Physical development is ‘A lifelong process of change that is the product of the interplay between genetic inheritance and the environment’ which source is this definition from?

  • Cottrell 2014
  • Doherty and Brennan 2008
  • Bee and Boyd 2014
  • Lindon 2007

10. By which birthday does Pickup and Price 2007 state that a child will typically have reached half their average height?

  • 3rd Birthday
  • 6th Birthday
  • 4th Birthday
  • 5th Birthday

11. At how many months do deaf babies stop babbling?

  • 12 months
  • 10 months
  • 6 months
  • 24 months

12. Fagan 1974 cited in smith et al states the difference between a functional approach and structural approach which is correct?

  • A functional approach states that play does have obvious and external goals whilst a structural approach describes the sort of behaviours involved in play
  • A functional approach states that play does not have obvious or external goals whilst a structural approach describes the sort of behaviours involved in play
  • A functional approach looks to the justification behind play whilst a structural approach states the reasons for play
  • A structural approach looks to the structure a functional approach looks into the structure in greater depth

13. Which theorist is the belief that young people learn to speak through imitation and reward, praise reinforcing learning associated with?

  • Kolb
  • Pavlov
  • Skinner
  • Bandura

14. Goncu et al 2002 cited in Smith et al state that?

  • Sex differences in play become more prevalent as children reach 5 years
  • There are no sex differences in the choice of roles in socio-dramatic play and rough and tumble play
  • There are sex differences in the choice of roles in socio-dramatic play and rough and tumble play
  • Adults perceive there to be greater sex differences in the choice of roles in socio-dramatic play and rough and tumble play than their actually is

15. ‘Synergy’ between siblings as they play together with younger children, imitating, repeating, echoing, listening and challenging is discussed in which source?

  • Gregory 2001
  • Gallahue and Ozmun 2002
  • Lindon 2007
  • Bee and Boyd 2014

16. What is a Language acquisition device?

  • An idea proposed by Noam Chomsky in the 1960s that suggested that the acquisition of language was not entirely due to learning, that babies are born with the ability to be able to use and produce language.
  • The way in which children learn to speak.
  • An idea proposed by Bruner in 1983 suggesting babies are born with the ability to use and produce language.
  • A piece of technology created to help children learn to speak.

17. Gallahue and Ozmun 2002 state that during adolescence?

  • Both female and male weight increase due to an increase in muscle mass as well as height
  • Male weight increases due to gains in height and muscle mass whilst female weight gains due to increases in fat mass and height
  • Male weight increases more than female weight
  • Male and Female weight increases slowly

18. Who identified the Language acquisition support system in 1983?

  • Bruner
  • Kolb
  • Skinner
  • Bronfenbrenner

19. Who devised the treasure basket in 1994?

  • Brunner
  • Bronfenbrenner
  • Goldschmeid
  • Piaget