Child Development Test Bank
Course Introduction
This course explores the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of children from conception through adolescence. Students will examine major theoretical perspectives and research findings in the field, with an emphasis on the interaction of biological and environmental factors that influence growth and development. Topics include prenatal development, attachment, language acquisition, learning processes, moral development, and the role of family, culture, and community. Emphasis is placed on applying developmental knowledge to real-world settings and understanding diverse developmental trajectories.
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Child Development A Cultural Approach 2nd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Child Development
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Q1) A researcher is interested in examining how well children who are good at delaying gratification do academically.The researcher would state "children who can delay gratification get better grades in school than children who cannot delay gratification." What step of the scientific method was just accomplished?
A) identifying a question of scientific interest
B) forming a hypothesis
C) selecting a research method and a research design
D) collecting data
Answer: B
Q2) Cameron is a graduate student who is working on her thesis and is in the process of conducting a research study on how learning phonics contributes to reading skills in 1st graders.Based upon the scientific method,after collecting data to test her hypothesis,Cameron's next task is to _____.
A) draw conclusions and form new questions and hypotheses
B) identify a question of scientific interest
C) form a hypothesis
D) choose a research method and a research design
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) What structure provides nutrients from the mother to the fetus,takes waste products away from the fetus,and protects the fetus from bacteria and waste in the mother's blood?
A) the placenta
B) the umbilical cord
C) the amnion
D) the germinal structure
Answer: A
Q2) What recessive disorder results in non-normal shaped blood cells that clog up blood vessels and cause pain,increased susceptibility to disease,and early death?
A) Tay-Sachs
B) trisomy-21
C) sickle-cell anemia
D) malaria
Answer: C
Q3) What are two consequences of a folic acid deficiency?
Answer: Anencephaly: part of the brain is missing or deformed.Spina bifida: the spine is deformed and does not close.
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) Midwives tend to be ______.
A) young women
B) sisters of the woman giving birth
C) older women who have never had children
D) older women who have had children
Answer: D
Q2) Adults spend about ____ of their time sleeping in REM,whereas,infants spent about ____ of their time sleeping in REM.
A) 5%; 20%
B) 10%; 30%
C) 15%; 40%
D) 20%; 50%
Answer: D
Q3) What expands greatly in size as milk-producing cells multiply and mature?
A) areolas
B) Montgomery glands
C) milk cells
D) mammary glands
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) Just for fun,you thought that it might be interesting to see how your 3-month-old stepbrother would act if you showed no emotion at all and simply looked at him for a few minutes.How did your stepbrother react?
A) he laughed and giggled
B) he slapped his hands together
C) he was distressed
D) he was happy and reached for you
Q2) What is the concept that infants use to shape their emotional responses to ambiguous and uncertain situations?
A) social-emotional development
B) social development
C) social imitation
D) social referencing
Q3) If an infant is born weighing 7 pounds,one can expect he or she to weigh about ____ by 12 months.
A) 14 pounds
B) 22 pounds
C) 28 pounds
D) 35 pounds
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) Sophia's grandmother is always saying that her 2-year-old granddaughter soaks up new information like a sponge.This statement is ______________.
A) just an old wives' tale
B) true due to synaptic pruning
C) true due to an increase in synaptic density
D) not true because Sophia does not even like water
Q2) For most cultures,initially weaning from breast milk is ____.
A) sudden and abrupt
B) gentle and gradual
C) harsh and punitive
D) nonexistent and or absent
Q3) ____ involve(s)the ability to take the word symbols of a language and combine them in a virtually infinite number of new ways.
A) Endless combinations
B) Unobstructed creativity
C) Unlimited possibility
D) Infinite generativity
Q4) Describe a fine motor skill that a three-year-old can do that a one-year old would not yet be able to do.
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) ___ refers to the abuse or neglect of children,including physical,emotional,or sexual abuse.
A) Child mistreatment
B) Disengaged parenting.
C) Child maltreatment
D) Low empathy towards child
Q2) What is the percentage of children in developing countries who are malnourished?
A) 80%
B) 60%
C) 40%
D) 20%
Q3) Who was the theorist who viewed cognitive development as an inherently social and cultural process?
A) Piaget
B) Vygotsky
C) Freud
D) Skinner
Q4) According to Piaget,children's mistakes on conservation tasks are due to two kinds of deficiencies.Discuss one of them.
Q5) What are two explanations for the inability to remember anything before age 2?
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) According to the text,what component of the memory system is limited such that the more information that is contained in the system,the less effectively new information can be added?
A) short-term memory
B) long-term memory
C) episodic memory
D) iconic memory
Q2) Critics have waged an international campaign against ____ and have cited it as a cruel and inhumane practice that has lifelong physiological effects.
A) male vasectomies
B) male circumcision
C) female mastectomies
D) female circumcision
Q3) ___ cultures place strong prohibitions on adolescent sexual activity before marriage,which are strongly enforced.
A) Permissive
B) Semirestrictive
C) Restrictive
D) Semipermissive
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) How many primary teeth do children have?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
Q2) Which learning disability is characterized by difficulty in making arithmetical calculations?
A) analytical dysfunction
B) dyslexia
C) dyscalculia
D) dysnumeracy
Q3) What is the most common form of childhood employment in developing nations?
A) making clothes
B) agriculture
C) factory work
D) begging on the streets
Q4) What are two risk factors for asthma?
Q5) What is myopia and what is one reason that it increases in middle childhood?
Q6) Explain why asthma rates have continued to rise over time in developed and developing countries?
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) Your cousin Benito,age 30,has worked at five different companies since the age of 18,when he started working.His mother expresses to you that she is worried he will not be hired when he applies for his next job because other applicants his age will probably have stayed with one company longer than Benito has.Based on what you know from your developmental psychology course,what can you tell your aunt about Benito's five jobs in the past twelve years?
A) Benito will probably not get hired when he applies for his next job since other applicants his age most likely have stayed with one or two jobs between the ages of 18 and 30.
B) Benito is changing jobs so frequently because he constantly shows up late to work, due to poor sleep hygiene, and is unlikely to be hired at his next job.
C) Benito has likely settled on his permanent career after working for five employers, and probably has no plans to apply elsewhere.
D) Benito will likely be in good company with other applicants his age when he applies for his next job since the average American holds eight different jobs between the ages of 18 and 30.
Q2) Is emerging adulthood a universal period of human development? Why or why not?
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