Child and Adolescent Development
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Course Introduction
Child and Adolescent Development explores the biological, cognitive, emotional, and social growth of individuals from infancy through adolescence. This course examines key theories of development, major milestones, and the influence of family, culture, and environment on young peoples development. Students will analyze developmental changes, challenges, and individual differences, as well as the role of schools and communities in supporting healthy development during these crucial life stages.
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Visualizing The Lifespan 1st Edition by Jennifer Tanner
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Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Theories and Approaches
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Q1) Information-processing theory attempts to explain the acquisition, comprehension, and retention of information..
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Validity refers to the degree to which a(n)
A) instrument measures what it is intended to measure.
B) instrument fails to measure what it is intended to measure.
C) researcher implements an instrument.
D) hypothesis is proven.
Answer: A
Q3) Collecting observational data must be
A) random.
B) systematic.
C) both random and systematic.
D) none of the choices.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development and
Birth
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Q1) Twenty-two matched pairs of chromosomes are called A) duodnosomes.
B) nucleosomes.
C) allelesomes.
D) autosomes.
Answer: D
Q2) Biologically, ova and sperm are known as A) ovatum.
B) gametes.
C) meiotic.
D) mitotic.
Answer: B
Q3) What is the low end of the normal range of a human gestation
A) 32 weeks
B) 37 weeks
C) 39 weeks
D) 42 weeks
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) _________ releases a natural pain killer for infants.
A) Breast milk
B) Cuddling
C) Feeding
D) Rocking
Answer: A
Q2) Infant and child development involves maturation of both receptive and symbolic language ability.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The proxomidistal growth pattern refers to a pattern of development that proceeds:
A) head down.
B) bottom up.
C) inside out.
D) outside in.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Socioemotional Development in Infancy: The
First Two Years
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Q1) Based on cutting-edge findings using fMRI, developmental scientists may predict that a child who scores high on the inhibition scale may grow up to:
A) have an outgoing personality.
B) be socially withdrawn.
C) have a psychological disorder.
D) all of the choices
Q2) Julia is talking to her friend Mark. When Mark tells her that he is sad because his goldfish died, Julia finds herself responding to his sadness with similar feelings. Julia is experiencing:
A) empathy,
B) pride, C) guilt, D) shame,
Q3) Researchers are not certain about the process of differentiation in infancy, but do agree that infants __________________ self-awareness.
A) are born prepared to develop
B) require an interpersonal context to develop
C) are born with predisposed behaviors that scaffold maturation of D) none of these choices
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Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
Childhood:two to Six Years
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Q1) Evaluations of Head Start conclude that the intervention has had mixed results with respect to the length of time immediate program benefits persist.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ________________ is responsible for the establishment of increasingly complex connections among neurons.
A) Myelination
B) Dendritic growth
C) Vascular growth
D) Axonal connections
Q3) The law of conservation, according to Piaget, develops during the ___________stage.
A) concrete operational
B) formal operational
C) preoperational
D) postoperational
Q4) Decreased myelination allows neurons to communicate at a more rapid pace.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Early
Childhood: Two to Six Years
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Q1) The condition known as ____________ is failure to develop adequate emotion vocabularies.
A) dyslexia
B) alexithymia
C) dystonia
D) akathisia
Q2) If 12-year-old Stevie was asked to describe himself, the description that most likely matches his self-description is:
A) I am not good at baseball.
B) I can climb higher than I did last year.
C) I'm really shy except around my friends.
D) I have blue eyes and I can run fast.
Q3) Researchers who studied helping behavior among 7-year-old boys reported that genetics explained approximately_____ of observed differences.
A) 20%
B) 4%
C) 70%
D) 100%
Q4) Discuss the differences in sympathy and empathy.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and
Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years Old
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Q1) Researchers have identified _____key features of scaffolding
A) one
B) three
C) five
D) seven
Q2) Sasha is really good at writing and reading. However, her teacher notices that she is not as good at math and is often falling behind the other students. Sasha most likely has ____________ disorder.
A) attention-deficit/hyperactivity
B) autism spectrum
C) specific learning
D) intellectual disability
Q3) Metamemory involves ______ key functions.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight
Q4) The muscular system and skeletal systems follow similar developmental paths.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Middle and
Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years
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Q1) In the United States, the poverty rate for children ages 0 to 18 hovers around: A) 2%.
B) 5%.
C) 10%.
D) 20%.
Q2) Throughout childhood, moral development in girls and boys:
A) proceeds in the same way.
B) proceeds in different ways.
C) may proceed differently; this remains a debate.
D) proceeds in different ways in Western cultures only.
Q3) Risk and protective factors influence childhood adjustment primarily through: A) individual characteristics.
B) family features.
C) community factors.
D) all of these choices
Q4) Resilient children demonstrate positive development in the face of adversity. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) When Sam was on summer vacation after ninth grade, he allowed his body to shift toward a more natural rhythm. It's most likely that his parents noticed that Sam both:
A) delayed bedtime; and delayed wake time.
B) delayed bedtime; and established an earlier wake time.
C) maintained the same bedtime; and delayed wake time.
D) maintained the same bedtime; and established an earlier wake time.
Q2) Puberty is a hormonal process that results in:
A) reproductive competence.
B) general physical development.
C) maturation of the reproductive system.
D) all of the choices
Q3) At the peak of the adolescent growth spurt, the teen is growing at about the same rate as a _____-year-old.
A) 2
B) 5
C) 7
D) 9
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Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) In adolescence, crowd membership is determined by peers' perceptions of how well a student does in school.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Since the 1960s, high school dropout rates have:
A) decreased.
B) increased.
C) remained steady.
D) fluctuated significantly.
Q3) The psychosocial crisis associated with adolescence is identity versus role confusion.
A)True
B)False
Q4) All adolescent romantic relationships are all very similar.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In adolescence, high-status peer crowds have tighter boundaries than low-status crowds.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood
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Q1) All emerging adults experience some distress making the transition to adulthood, but there is cause for concern that a psychiatric disorder may be interfering with the ability to function when there is __________________ feelings, thoughts, and behaviors associated with the distress.
A) a secretive nature to the
B) a failure to report
C) a pattern of
D) no pattern of
Q2) The reproductive system reaches full maturity in:
A) adolescence.
B) emerging adulthood.
C) young adulthood.
D) middle adulthood.
Q3) Emerging adulthood is a new developmental stage discovered to exist only in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Individuals continue to physically develop into their 20s.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood
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Q1) Passion, defined as _____________________, is one element of consummate love.
A) lust, physical attraction, and sexual desire
B) sharing values, feelings, and beliefs
C) investment in exclusivity and a shared future
D) none of the choices
Q2) Consummate love is different from parent-child love and love for friends; consummate love refers to romantic love.
A)True
B)False
Q3) By 2012, over __________ of emerging adults (ages 18-29) was a member of at least one online social networking site.
A) 25%
B) 40%
C) 60%
D) 80%
Q4) Partner conflict increases from the late teens through the mid-20s and then decreases.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Health prior to midlife completely determines the health of an individual through middle adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Managers should recognize a significantly greater potential for middle-aged adults to outperform emerging adults on work that benefits from:
A) use of reasoning and logic.
B) application of accumulated knowledge.
C) reliance on perceptual speed.
D) reliance on numeric ability.
Q3) In middle adulthood, stress is __________________ in emerging and young adulthood.
A) the same as B) double the rate
C) higher than D) lower than
Q4) Fluid intelligence refers to reasoning ability and logic.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Adult-Hood
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Q1) In middle adulthood, developmentalists see an increase in __________________, adopting and developing traits consistent with the opposite gender.
A) transgenderism
B) transsexuality
C) gender crossover
D) gender convergence
Q2) A couple that wants to reduce relationship problems or deal with mental illness are well suited to seek help from a:
A) psychiatrist.
B) marital and family therapist
C) family life educator.
D) whole-life educator.
Q3) In middle adulthood, the well-being of mothers is ______________ the well-being of women who never became mothers.
A) double
B) slightly higher than
C) lower than
D) the same as
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in the Later Years
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Q1) Memory declines are less accelerated among older adults who are more _________________ engaged compared to those who are less so.
A) romantically
B) religiously
C) socially
D) politically
Q2) Interventions successful in demonstrating an increase in telomere length recommend lifestyle changes, such as:
A) plant-based diet.
B) exercise 30 minutes/day; 6 days week.
C) stress management, for example, yoga.
D) all of these in combination
Q3) Changes in the brain are associated with cardiovascular health due to a reduction in the amount of:
A) oxygen supplied to the brain.
B) oxygen supplied to the heart.
C) the amount of blood pumped through the heart.
D) the amount of blood pumped to the brain.
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in the Later Years
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Q1) The social convoys of older adults are comprised of:
A) the new people they meet after middle adulthood.
B) people in their own age group.
C) a variety of relationships; some old, some new.
D) relationships they've had their entire lives.
Q2) The "retirement phase":
A) is a period of time spent catching up on sleep and relaxation.
B) can go in different directions depending on personal feelings about being unemployed.
C) often triggers depression associated with isolation and loneliness.
D) encourages individuals to reflect positively on accomplishments.
Q3) In older adulthood, from a SOC perspective, it makes sense that finding ways to maintain ______________________independence would be associated with emotional well-being.
A) functional
B) attitudinal
C) relational
D) recreational
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Chapter 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving
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Q1) People who sign a do not resuscitate (DNR) order ask that no measures be taken to keep them alive if their heart stops beating.
A)True B)False
Q2) Advance directives provide written instructions about the type of funeral a person wishes to have after death.
A)True B)False
Q3) Access to advanced technologies introduces challenges to traditions and cultural practices related to death and dying due to:
A) increased opportunity to control the process of dying.
B) decreased opportunity to experience natural death.
C) decreased ability to predict cause of death.
D) increased ability to predict cause of death.
Q4) There is a difference between normal grief and major depressive disorder. A)True B)False
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