DCF- ITAP EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Infant - Answers - a child in the first stage of life, until around 18 months
Toddler - Answers - children 18-36 months
How does DCF define infants and toddlers? - Answers - Infants are 12 months and
under while toddlers are 1-2 years old
How does the Florida Department of Education office of early learning divide infants and
toddlers? - Answers - birth to 8 months, 8 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months and two year
olds
What is the primary concern for infants? - Answers - secure attachment formed
through close relationships.
How does developmentally appropriate practice apply to infants and toddlers? -
Answers - focuses on children from birth to 8 years old and includes age appropriate
activities, knowledge of the individual child and cultural awareness/ sensitivity
Knowing the typical behaviors and growth patterns for a certain age group is necessary
to plan the most appropriate environments and activities to optimize the learning
experience for children in your care. - Answers -
A child's age, temperament, personality, and family history are all factors that affect their
development. - Answers -
A child's learning experience is enhanced when caregivers are aware of and support
social and cultural context in which each child lives. - Answers -
What are the three most common types of personalities in toddlers? - Answers - feisty,
flexible and fearful
Jean Piaget - Answers - four stages of cognitive development
Erik Erikson - Answers - eight conflicts in emotional development
Four stages of cognitive development - Answers - sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
sensorimotor - Answers - birth to 2 years (most important for infants)
preoperational - Answers - 2-7 years
concrete operational stage - Answers - 7-11 years
, formal operational stage - Answers - 11+
list the 8 areas of development - Answers - 1. physical
2. approaches to learning
3. social and emotional development
4. language and literacy
5. scientific inquiry
6. social studies
7. mathematical thinking
8. creative expression through the arts
describe physical development - Answers - ways children's bodies are growing and
changing. Appetite, weight, physical ability
describe physical development in infants - Answers - weight doubles within the first 6
months, require frequent feeding and grow 5 inches in the first 6 months
describe the physical development in toddlers - Answers - grow slower, walk,
exploring, feed and drink themselves
two groups of motor skills - Answers - gross motor skills and fine motor skills
what pattern does motor development follow - Answers - head to toe (cephalocaudal),
center of body to limbs (proximodistal), and locomotion
types of motor skills - Answers - walking, throwing, jumping, riding
within the first ______ months of life infants pass through several stages of social and
emotional development - Answers - 8
Allowing toddlers to experience autonomy develops independence and leads to
emotional security later in life. - Answers -
Motor Skills are movements used to perform an action: - Answers - 12 - 15 months -
can stand alone and walk well
15 - 18 months - learning to walk backwards
18 - 24 months - throws a ball, jumps in place, becoming more physically able
24 - 36 months - learning to ride a tricycle, stand on one foot
Birth to 8 months: - Answers - turn in the direction of familiar voices, react to new
objects, grasp and release objects, lift arms to be picked up, inspect their own hands
and feet
8 to 18 months - Answers - : explore spatial relationships by attempting to fit their
bodies in boxes, want to hear the same song or book over and over, fill and dump, start
to identify objects but may not be correct
Infant - Answers - a child in the first stage of life, until around 18 months
Toddler - Answers - children 18-36 months
How does DCF define infants and toddlers? - Answers - Infants are 12 months and
under while toddlers are 1-2 years old
How does the Florida Department of Education office of early learning divide infants and
toddlers? - Answers - birth to 8 months, 8 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months and two year
olds
What is the primary concern for infants? - Answers - secure attachment formed
through close relationships.
How does developmentally appropriate practice apply to infants and toddlers? -
Answers - focuses on children from birth to 8 years old and includes age appropriate
activities, knowledge of the individual child and cultural awareness/ sensitivity
Knowing the typical behaviors and growth patterns for a certain age group is necessary
to plan the most appropriate environments and activities to optimize the learning
experience for children in your care. - Answers -
A child's age, temperament, personality, and family history are all factors that affect their
development. - Answers -
A child's learning experience is enhanced when caregivers are aware of and support
social and cultural context in which each child lives. - Answers -
What are the three most common types of personalities in toddlers? - Answers - feisty,
flexible and fearful
Jean Piaget - Answers - four stages of cognitive development
Erik Erikson - Answers - eight conflicts in emotional development
Four stages of cognitive development - Answers - sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
sensorimotor - Answers - birth to 2 years (most important for infants)
preoperational - Answers - 2-7 years
concrete operational stage - Answers - 7-11 years
, formal operational stage - Answers - 11+
list the 8 areas of development - Answers - 1. physical
2. approaches to learning
3. social and emotional development
4. language and literacy
5. scientific inquiry
6. social studies
7. mathematical thinking
8. creative expression through the arts
describe physical development - Answers - ways children's bodies are growing and
changing. Appetite, weight, physical ability
describe physical development in infants - Answers - weight doubles within the first 6
months, require frequent feeding and grow 5 inches in the first 6 months
describe the physical development in toddlers - Answers - grow slower, walk,
exploring, feed and drink themselves
two groups of motor skills - Answers - gross motor skills and fine motor skills
what pattern does motor development follow - Answers - head to toe (cephalocaudal),
center of body to limbs (proximodistal), and locomotion
types of motor skills - Answers - walking, throwing, jumping, riding
within the first ______ months of life infants pass through several stages of social and
emotional development - Answers - 8
Allowing toddlers to experience autonomy develops independence and leads to
emotional security later in life. - Answers -
Motor Skills are movements used to perform an action: - Answers - 12 - 15 months -
can stand alone and walk well
15 - 18 months - learning to walk backwards
18 - 24 months - throws a ball, jumps in place, becoming more physically able
24 - 36 months - learning to ride a tricycle, stand on one foot
Birth to 8 months: - Answers - turn in the direction of familiar voices, react to new
objects, grasp and release objects, lift arms to be picked up, inspect their own hands
and feet
8 to 18 months - Answers - : explore spatial relationships by attempting to fit their
bodies in boxes, want to hear the same song or book over and over, fill and dump, start
to identify objects but may not be correct
