Child and Adolescent Development Review
Questions
Course Introduction
Child and Adolescent Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social growth of individuals from infancy through adolescence. The course examines major theories and research findings related to developmental milestones, the influence of family, peers, culture, and education, as well as challenges faced during these pivotal years. Students will gain an understanding of the processes that shape behavior and identity, and how developmental knowledge can be applied in educational, clinical, and social contexts to support healthy growth and well-being in children and adolescents.
Recommended Textbook
Development Across the Life Span 8th Edition by Robert S. Feldman
Available Study Resources on Quizplus
19 Chapters
2401 Verified Questions
2401 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/study-set/3985 Page 2
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Lifespan Development
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
216 Verified Questions
216 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80053
Sample Questions
Q1) Freud believed that the ego operates on the
A)unconscious.
B)reality principle.
C)pleasure principle.
D)conscious.
Answer: B
Q2) A researcher working with college-age football players is conducting a longitudinal study to examine an athlete's decline in physical performance as the athlete ages.What type of development would the researcher most likely be studying?
A)cognitive
B)personality
C)physical
D)social Answer: C
Q3) What type of evidence is based on careful,systematic procedures?
A)scientific
B)experimental
C)anecdotal
D)unethical
Answer: A
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 3
Chapter 2: The Start of Life: Prenatal Development
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
194 Verified Questions
194 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80052
Sample Questions
Q1) Toni has a blood disorder that gets its name from the shape of the red blood cells.She would be diagnosed with what disorder?
A)sickle-cell anemia
B)hemophilia
C)Klinefelter's syndrome
D)fragile X syndrome
Answer: A
Q2) Older mothers are considerably more likely to give birth to children with A)Tay-Sachs.
B)Down syndrome.
C)Huntington's.
D)Charcot-Marie-Tooth.
Answer: B
Q3) Genes vary in terms of their reaction range,which is the potential degree of variation in the actual expression of a trait due to environmental conditions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 4
Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Infant
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
174 Verified Questions
174 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80051
Sample Questions
Q1) The extent of danger faced by preterm babies largely depends upon
A)the mother's age.
B)whether the baby has suffered loss of oxygen (anoxia).
C)the baby's ability to regulate his/her body temperature.
D)the baby's birthweight.
Answer: D
Q2) Difficulties in which type of learning signal the development of problems,such as mental retardation?
A)modeling
B)habituation
C)operant conditioning
D)classical conditioning
Answer: B
Q3) Corleta's newborn has died.While obviously suffering from depression,she may also develop which of the following disorders?
A)dysthymia
B)cyclothymia
C)bipolar disorder
D)post-traumatic stress disorder
Answer: D
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 5
Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
123 Verified Questions
123 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80050
Sample Questions
Q1) One of the most important ways that behavior becomes integrated is through the development of
A)plasticity.
B)synapses.
C)neurons.
D)rhythms.
Q2) What is the term for unlearned,unorganized,involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli?
A)autostimulation
B)reflexes
C)rhythms
D)cycles
Q3) Without proper nutrition,infants cannot reach their physical and cognitive potential.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Infants are born with between 100 and 200 million neurons.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly explain the process of "synaptic pruning."
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 6
Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
104 Verified Questions
104 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80049
Sample Questions
Q1) Baby Luke is playing with a bouncing ball in his playpen,and accidentally the ball bounces out of the playpen and rolls under a nearby chair.Luke tries to get his mother to retrieve his ball by pointing in the direction of where the ball went under the chair.Piaget would say this is an example of
A)mental manipulation.
B)attention.
C)mental representation.
D)scheme.
Q2) What term refers to the degree to which an activity requires attention?
A)automatization
B)encoding
C)information processing
D)retrieval
Q3) A baby who shakes her rattle in different ways to see how the sound changes is demonstrating
A)secondary circular reactions.
B)goal-directed behavior.
C)object permanence.
D)primary circular reactions.
Q4) Briefly discuss criticisms,if any,of Piaget's theories.
7
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
83 Verified Questions
83 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80048
Sample Questions
Q1) What is the term for the positive emotional bond that develops between a child and a particular individual?
A)parent
B)caregiver
C)attachment
D)reliance
Q2) Expressions of emotion called nonverbal ___________ are fairly consistent among people of all ages.
A)emergence
B)discrimination
C)encoding
D)communication
Q3) When applying the Strange Situation,which child is most likely to demonstrate avoidant attachment?
A)children from Germany
B)children from Japan
C)children from the United States
D)children from Canada
Q4) Describe the stages of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 8
Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in the
Preschool Years
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
120 Verified Questions
120 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80047
Sample Questions
Q1) Which of the following fine motor skills can a 3-year-old preschooler perform?
A)draw a person that looks like a person
B)fold paper into triangular designs
C)fitting shaped blocks into matching shaped holes
D)throwing a ball to a friend so a friend can catch it
Q2) Before they are 10 years old,children are _______ as likely to die from a(n)________ than from a(n)________.
A)twice;injury;illness
B)three times;illness;injury
C)two times;illness;injury
D)four times;injury;illness
Q3) If a 4 ½-year-old child is asked to draw a person who is first standing upright and then has fallen down,the child is likely to draw the figure in the vertical position,and then the figure lying in the horizontal position with no other pictures in-between to demonstrate the person falling.This child would be demonstrating a lack of
A)egocentric thought.
B)intuitive thought.
C)conservation.
D)transformation.
Page 9
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in the
Preschool Years
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
115 Verified Questions
115 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80046
Sample Questions
Q1) What is the term for play in which two or more children actually interact with one another by sharing or borrowing toys or materials,although they do not do the same thing?
A)functional
B)associative
C)parallel
D)onlooker
Q2) What is the term for the capability to adjust emotions to a desired state and level of intensity?
A)instrumental aggression
B)relational aggression
C)emotional self-regulation
D)autonomous cooperation
Q3) According to developmental research,what contributes to the decline of aggression in preschool children?
A)more access to better child care
B)personality and social development of the child
C)more authoritarian parenting
D)more authoritative parenting
Q4) Briefly give some reasons why parents physically abuse children.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 10
Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
119 Verified Questions
119 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80045
Sample Questions
Q1) What is the term for a measure of intelligence that takes into account a student's mental and chronological age?
A)standard age
B)chronological/physical age
C)intelligence quotient
D)mental age
Q2) At approximately what age should a child be able to use each hand independently?
A)8 years old
B)5 years old
C)7 years old
D)4 years old
Q3) What is the term for a difficulty in seeing that may include blindness or partial sightedness?
A)visual acuity
B)partial vision
C)color blindness
D)visual impairment
Q4) Briefly explain some of the educational trends of the 21<sup>st</sup> century.
Page 11
Q5) Provide some criticisms of Piaget's perspective of learning.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
99 Verified Questions
99 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80063
Sample Questions
Q1) According to Kohlberg's theory,the 4<sup>th</sup> stage of development is
A)authority and social-order-maintaining morality.
B)universal moral principles that are considered broader than the rules of a particular society.
C)obedience and punishment orientation.
D)morality of contract,individual rights,and democratically accepted law.
Q2) Recent research indicates that around age 11,African American children begin to show slightly higher self-esteem than Caucasian American children.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Children living in poverty experience many more disruptions than children in socioeconomically secure environments.Examples of these disruptions include which of the following?
A)infrequent moving by the family to find work
B)the death of a grandparent
C)attending inferior schools in unsafe neighborhoods
D)living in single-parent households
Q4) Briefly explain the major points regarding psychologist Carol Gilligan's moral development for girls.
Page 12
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
106 Verified Questions
106 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80062
Sample Questions
Q1) Egocentrism leads to a distortion in thinking: the notion that one's experiences are unique.This may lead the adolescent to develop
A)mental illness.
B)imaginary audience.
C)formal operation thought disorder.
D)personal fable.
Q2) Which of the following groups is the least likely to have difficulty adjusting to late maturation?
A)tenth grade late-maturing girls
B)late-maturing boys who are shorter and weigh less than their peers
C)late-maturing boys who are shorter and weigh less than their peers but have qualities such as assertiveness,insightfulness,creativity
D)eighth grade late-maturing girls
Q3) By age 8,_________ Caucasian American girls and ________ African American girls develop breasts or pubic hair.
A)1 out of 7;1 out of 2
B)1 out of 2;1 out of 7
C)2 out of 7;1 out of 2
D)1 out of 2;2 out of 7
Page 13
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
115 Verified Questions
115 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80061
Sample Questions
Q1) Why do adolescent boys succeed in committing suicide more often than adolescent girls?
A)Boys attempt suicide more frequently than girls.
B)Boys encounter more serious episodes of major depression than girls.
C)Boys experience more social stigma for attempting suicide than girls.
D)Boys tend to use more violent means,like guns,to attempt suicide.
Q2) Sally's adolescent classmates call her and the other 125 members of her advanced computer software group "nerds," meaning she is part of a A)peer group.
B)crowd.
C)clique.
D)cohort.
Q3) The age at which adolescents have sexual intercourse for the first time is ________,and _____ have had sex before the age of 20.
A)increasing;25%
B)declining;50%
C)declining;80%
D)increasing;40%
Q4) Briefly explain some criticism of Erikson's 8-stage theory of development.
Page 14
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
Adulthood
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
117 Verified Questions
117 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80060
Sample Questions
Q1) College professors are more likely to call on and assist _____ students.
A)male
B)female
C)older
D)first generation
Q2) Briefly explain some factors that influence why Latinos are one of the least likely ethnic groups in America to seek a physician's help when they are ill.
Q3) Ashley and her brother,Tim,react to stressful family situations entirely differently.Ashley is easily frustrated and tends to look at the negative side when things go wrong,while Tim has always been a person who enjoys challenges and feels capable of responding effectively no matter what the situation.Tim is demonstrating A)hardiness.
B)coping style.
C)emotion-focused coping.
D)defensive coping.
Q4) A strategy for coping with stress is to view the threat as a challenge.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly explain some strategies for coping with stress.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 15
Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early
Adulthood
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
120 Verified Questions
120 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80059
Sample Questions
Q1) Men tend to prefer a potential spouse who is ambitious and industrious.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Stella and Anthony have been happily married for 22 years,and they still enjoy an active sex life and participate in many activities together.Psychologist Robert Sternberg would call their relationship
A)consummate love.
B)companionate love.
C)romantic love.
D)liking.
Q3) Briefly explain some criticism of Ginzberg's career choice theory.
Q4) Jerome and Alice have been married for 15 years,and their marriage is strained with bickering and unhappiness.Still,they are not considering a divorce because they have an 8-year-old son whom they both love deeply.Psychologist Robert Sternberg would call their relationship
A)companionate love.
B)empty love.
C)fatuous love.
D)nonlove.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 16
Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
Adulthood
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
133 Verified Questions
133 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80058
Sample Questions
Q1) In which of the following cultures do physical changes take on a particularly high level of significance during middle adulthood?
A)Latino
B)Eastern
C)Asian
D)Western
Q2) Strength actually increases during middle adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What primary thing can middle-aged people do to improve their memory that takes relatively little effort?
A)change routines often
B)create elaborate rituals and routines
C)pay greater attention to particular things
D)write everything down
Q4) What percent of women experience severe distress during menopause?
A)10%
B)15%
C)20%
D)25%
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 17
Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle
Adulthood
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
100 Verified Questions
100 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80057
Sample Questions
Q1) Most research regarding marital satisfaction
A)substantiates the "U-shaped" pattern,where marital satisfaction is high at the beginning,drops down around the birth of children,and then gradually rises back to its original high level.
B)brings the "U-shape" in question,suggesting that the upturn in the U-shape may be illusionary,and that marital dissatisfaction continues throughout life.
C)is not conclusive regarding the "U-shape" and marital satisfaction,but seems to substantiate that women are more satisfied than men.
D)is not conclusive regarding the "U-shape" and marital satisfaction,but seems to substantiate that men are more satisfied than women.
Q2) Which of the following of the "Big Five" major clusters of personality traits/characteristics pertains to the degree to which a person is easygoing and helpful?
A)extroversion
B)openness
C)conscientiousness
D)agreeableness
Q3) Briefly explain how to deal with spousal abuse.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 18
Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
Adulthood
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
139 Verified Questions
139 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80056
Sample Questions
Q1) Which of the following is the definition of "young old"?
A)some health problems and difficulties with daily living activities
B)healthy and active
C)frail and in need of care
D)senior citizen
Q2) Deron is a 68-year-old man who smoked most of his life and is now battling asthma.He struggles to complete some of his daily activities;otherwise,he is able to live an independent,full life.Which of the following best describes Deron's functional age?
A)oldest old
B)old old
C)young old
D)geriatric
Q3) Over three-fourths of the aged are healthy enough to carry out their normal activities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Hearing loss in the elderly can hasten cognitive decline.
A)True
B)False
19
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late
Adulthood
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
121 Verified Questions
121 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80055
Sample Questions
Q1) A life review is a common theme for most personality theorists focusing on late adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Jorge cannot accept that he is getting older and experiences despair.According to Bernice Neugarten,what is his personality type?
A)passive-dependent
B)defended
C)disintegrated and disorganized
D)integrated
Q3) The decision of when to retire is a major decision facing most people in late adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What type of facility provides extensive care?
A)skilled nursing
B)adult day-care
C)assisted living
D)independent living
Q5) Briefly describe the ways in which culture shapes the view of late adulthood.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 20
Chapter 19: Death and Dying
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
103 Verified Questions
103 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/80054
Sample Questions
Q1) What manner of death for children ages 1 through 9 has nearly tripled since 1960?
A)Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
B)child abuse,malnutrition,and neglect
C)homicides
D)automobile accidents,fires,and drowning
Q2) DNR signifies that no extraordinary means to sustain life are to be taken.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The average funeral in the U.S.costs
A)$10,000.
B)$7,000.
C)$5,000.
D)$3,000.
Q4) Research suggests that all people pass through the stages of bereavement and grief in the same way and at the same pace.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly describe the different cultural conceptions of death.
Q6) Briefly explain three types of death education.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 21