Child and Adolescent Development
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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of children and adolescents from conception through adolescence. Students will examine key theoretical frameworks, such as those proposed by Piaget, Erikson, and Vygotsky, and consider the influences of family, culture, and society on developmental processes. The course emphasizes typical and atypical patterns of development, contemporary research findings, and practical implications for supporting healthy growth and development in diverse contexts.
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Development Infancy Through Adolescence 1st Edition by Laurence Steinberg
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Chapter 1: The Study of Child Development
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Q1) According to Jean Piaget,children in the _____ stage of cognitive development can reason much like adults.
A)concrete operational
B)formal operational
C)sensorimotor
D)preoperational
Answer: B
Q2) When developmental psychologists begin to study a new phenomenon,their first goal is to _____ that phenomenon.
A)describe
B)explain the cause of C)intervene in the development of D)experiment on
Answer: A
Q3) A prediction which can be tested scientifically is called
A)a theory.
B)a hypothesis.
C)a construct.
D)a replication.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Nature With Nurture
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Q1) The degree to which an aspect of development is dictated by our genetic programming is a measure of its
A)mitosis.
B)preformation.
C)canalization.
D)familism.
Answer: C
Q2) Mutations
A)are generally adaptive.
B)are generally maladaptive.
C)may be either adaptive or maladaptive.
D)never make much difference.
Answer: C
Q3) Which is not a type of gene?
A)Dominant
B)Demarking
C)Recessive
D)Regulator
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Conception,prenatal Development,and Birth
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Q1) The female genotype is
A)XX.
B)XY.
C)YY.
D)XXY.
Answer: A
Q2) _____ is one method of natural childbirth in which the mother learns to relax and concentrate on breathing while the father acts as a physical and psychological coach.
A)The Apgar method
B)The Lamaze method
C)The underwater birth method
D)The epidural method
Answer: B
Q3) A _____ is a DNA test for genetic anomalies.
A)genotype
B)karyotype
C)phenotype
D)endotype
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy
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Q1) Professor Marianna is explaining that our brains are programmed to respond to critical features of our environment.The topic of her lecture is
A)experience encephaly.
B)experience dependency.
C)expectancy valence tests.
D)experience expectancy.
Q2) Myelination begins
A)in the prenatal period.
B)in the neonatal period
C)in early childhood.
D)in adolescence.
Q3) The fact that infants hear very well in the range of the human voice lends support to A)progressive education.
B)radical behaviorism.
C)positive psychology.
D)evolutionary psychology.
Q4) List and describe an infant's basic reflexes.Explain how an infant's reflexes are indicators of evolutionary adaptability.
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) A child's parents are considered _____ influences on his intelligence.
A)proximal
B)distal
C)cephalocaudal
D)heritable
Q2) The book suggests using Bronfenbrenner's ecological perspective to understand different influences on a child's intelligence.This would mean classifying a child's neighborhood and her parents' workplaces in Bronfenbrenner's A)microsystem.
B)megasystem.
C)exosystem.
D)macrosystem.
Q3) According to Jean Piaget,infants can generally tell that a face and voice belong together when they are approximately _____ months old.
A)1-4
B)4-7
C)7-10
D)10-18
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy
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Q1) The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (2005,2006)found that children in non-maternal child care
A)displayed greater percentages of insecure-ambivalent attachment styles.
B)displayed greater percentages of insecure-resistant attachment styles.
C)displayed greater percentages of secure attachment styles.
D)seemed to display the same percentages of attachment styles as other children.
Q2) Securely attached children whose families are under a deal of stress
A)remain as securely attached as before.
B)may become insecurely attached.
C)may lose their attachment to their parents.
D)may become even more securely attacheD.
Q3) Define the four attachment styles listed in your textbook.Describe the Strange Situation test and explain how it's used to study attachment.
Q4) Emotions such as embarrassment indicate that a baby has
A)developed a more mature form of fear.
B)not enough parent-child interaction.
C)been born with a bad temperament.
D)achieved self-recognition.
Q5) Explain the evolutionary advantages of a secure parent-child attachment.
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Chapter 7: Physical Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Every night before bed,Dorothy brushes her teeth,snuggles with her teddy bear,and hears her father read a bedtime story.These _____ help her get to sleep.
A)bedtime rituals
B)transitional objects
C)genotypical behaviors
D)natural experiments
Q2) The first area of the brain to develop during early childhood is the A)frontal cortex.
B)parietal lobe.
C)motor cortex.
D)occipital lobe.
Q3) The fact that Mayan preschoolers learn to do intricate weaving,and colonial American children learned to knit and spin wool demonstrates that
A)these are skills that are highly canalized.
B)these are skills that are genetically predetermined.
C)a child's culture shapes the development of his or her fine motor skills.
D)we just don't expect enough of today's preschool children,and our low standards impair their potential development.
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Chapter 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Most preschoolers fall into Jean Piaget's _____ period of cognitive development.
A)formal operations
B)concrete operations
C)sensorimotor
D)preoperations
Q2) Max is playing with his three-year-old daughter,Joyce.He puts two rows of five pennies on the table in front of each of them,and asks if they have the same number of pennies.Joyce agrees that they do.Then he spreads out the pennies in his row and asks if they still have the same number of pennies.Joyce says no,he now has more pennies.This shows that Joyce has not yet mastered
A)classification.
B)representation.
C)scaffolding.
D)conservation.
Q3) The scaffolding behavior described by Vygotsky
A)can only be used in teaching language.
B)can only be used in teaching mathematics.
C)can be used in teaching any subject.
D)cannot be used in teaching any scholastic subject.
Q4) Explain how adults can encourage the development of literacy in children.
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Chapter 9: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) A child's gender identity is his or her
A)knowledge that he or she is a boy or girl.
B)sense of her- or himself as male or female.
C)beliefs about what girls and boys do.
D)sense of the social norms of boys' and girls' behaviors.
Q2) Boys inherit _____ sex chromosomes from their parents.
A)XX
B)YY
C)XY
D)XYY
Q3) Explain how parents can use scaffolding to help children develop emotional intelligence and appropriate emotional responses and displays.
Q4) Children aged 3-5 years old tend to see deviations from gender-stereotyped behaviors as
A)bad.
B)funny.
C)interesting.
D)unimportant.
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Chapter 10: Physical Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) After-school programs that include both structured physical activities and free play time in order to reduce Body Mass Index in children seem to be
A)effective,eliminating the problem.
B)somewhat effective,keeping the problem from getting any worse.
C)somewhat ineffective,slowing down but not stopping growth of the problem.
D)totally ineffective.
Q2) Overweight children tend to score _____ compared to children whose weights are normal.
A)lower on measures of social and emotional quality of life,but higher on measures of academic quality of life
B)lower on measures of academic quality of life,but higher on measures of physical quality of life
C)lower on measures of physical and social quality of life,but higher on measures of academic quality of life
D)lower on measures of physical,social,emotional,and academic quality of life
Q3) Explain why children today are not getting enough sleep and what steps parents and other adults can take to help them.
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Chapter 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Monisha is 7 years old.It is likely that she'll be able to hold approximately _____ numbers in her working memory.
A)4
B)5
C)6
D)7
Q2) Sigmund can make anyone feel better.He has a knack for knowing how his friends feel and saying just the right thing.Howard Gardner would probably say that Sigmund has a great deal of _____ intelligence.
A)naturalistic
B)interpersonal
C)spatial
D)linguistic
Q3) When a child recognizes the letter "J" and knows that it makes the sound of the first letter in the word joy,she engages in
A)encoding.
B)decoding.
C)comprehension.
D)seriation.
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Membership in a clique tends to emphasize A)deviance.
B)achievement.
C)bullying.
D)similarity.
Q2) Children who focus on a group's activities rather than on themselves,and who have good emotional intelligence are likely to be
A)popular.
B)rejected.
C)average.
D)controversial.
Q3) Cosima doesn't like the fact that Griselda is so popular,so she starts a rumor that Griselda has been spreading rumors about the other children.Cosima's behavior is an example of _____ aggression.
A)relational
B)instrumental
C)physical
D)hostile
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Chapter 13: Physical Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Primary sex characteristics are directly related to A)height and weight.
B)reproductive capacity.
C)visible signs of adulthood.
D)emotional changes during puberty.
Q2) Jordana is a 16-year-old girl who loves to dress in frilly,"girly-girl" clothing.She's an excellent student who excels in math and physics,and is currently dating the head of the girls' basketball team.Jordana's choice of a dating partner reflects her A)gender identity.
B)sex role behavior.
C)sexual orientation.
D)gender script.
Q3) The most commonly used contraceptives among adolescents are A)birth control pills.
B)condoms.
C)intrauterine devices (IUDs).
D)coitus interruptus.
Q4) You have been put in charge of a new program to assist adolescent mothers.What will you do to give them the best chance at a successful life?
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Chapter 14: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) When you draw a specific logical conclusion from a given set of facts,you engage in _____ thinking.
A)deductive
B)inductive
C)reductive
D)productive
Q2) Junior high school teachers' emphasis on discipline
A)is contrary to students' need for more independence.
B)is necessary to combat the normal misbehavior of young adolescents.
C)encourages student achievement.
D)assists students in making the transition from elementary school.
Q3) Teenagers who work over 20 hours per week while attending high school _____ compared to students who work fewer hours.
A)tend to do better in school
B)tend to have better attendance at school
C)tend to become more disengaged from school
D)tend to have the same interest in school,attendance,and grades
Q4) Explain how adolescents' cognitive development affects their views on religion and spirituality.
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Chapter 15: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) ________ is an internalizing problem.
A)Breaking rules
B)Bullying
C)Truancy
D)Depression
Q2) Gustaf is a 16-year-old who's just moved to a new town.If he wants to be popular with his new peers,he should try to be _____ around them.
A)aggressive
B)a bit shy
C)intelligent
D)funny
Q3) Individuals in the _____ identity status category are the most socially withdrawn,and seem to have the most psychological and interpersonal problems.
A)identity achievement
B)identity foreclosure
C)identity diffusion
D)moratorium
Q4) Define and give examples of each of James Marcia's categories of identity status.
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