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Course Introduction
Child Psychology explores the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development of children from infancy through adolescence. This course examines major theories of child development, including those of Piaget, Vygotsky, and Erikson, and discusses how biological, environmental, and cultural factors influence growth and behavior. Key topics include language acquisition, attachment, learning, personality formation, the impact of family and peers, as well as developmental challenges and disorders. Students will gain a foundational understanding of how children think, feel, and interact, preparing them for further study or practical work in educational, clinical, or caregiving settings.
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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) Which of the following is not one of the defining characteristics of development?
A)It helps an individual to adapt to the environment.
B)It proceeds from relatively simple forms to forms of greater complexity.
C)It is entirely dependent on genetics.
D)It is relatively enduring.
Answer: C
Q2) Thalia wants to study children's reactions to video games.Because she cannot study every child in America,she will choose to study
A)a very large group of children from one elementary school.
B)her own children,who are pretty normal.
C)children from New York and California.
D)a representative sample of children.
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following would be considered a developmental change?
A)Your teenage son decides to become a vegetarian.
B)Your daughter perfects her fastball in pitching practice.
C)Your 35-year-old cousin gains 15 pounds on a cruise.
D)Your niece's ability to use logical reasoning changes between ages 5 and 15.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Nature With Nurture
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Q1) Sam has inherited a sociable,outgoing personality.His sunny disposition makes other people more likely to enjoy his company and reinforce his sociability.This is an example of
A)a passive gene-environment correlation.
B)an active gene-environment correlation.
C)an evocative gene-environment correlation.
D)a dominant gene-environment correlation.
Answer: C
Q2) Use the epigenetic perspective to explain the development of intelligence in children.
Answer: Students' answers should discuss the idea that children's genotypes set up general tendencies,which then interact with the environment in their expression.Thus,there may be a tendency toward greater intelligence,but it may be expressed to different degrees depending on the gene-environment interactions that ensue.Students should discuss the idea of reaction range,and the three types of gene-environment correlations:passive,evocative,and active.
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Chapter 3: Conception,prenatal Development,and Birth
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Q1) Cocaine use by pregnant women may lead to all of the following conditions in their children,except
A)low birth weight.
B)hypersensitivity.
C)respiratory problems.
D)motor control problems.
Answer: C
Q2) From about 8-40 weeks after conception,we refer to the newly conceived life as A)a zygote.
B)an embryo.
C)a baby.
D)a fetus.
Answer: D
Q3) After conception,we refer to the fertilized egg as A)a homunculus.
B)a fetus.
C)a zygote.
D)an embryo.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy
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Q1) All of the following statements about synaptogenesis are true except that A)it is most rapid in the first year of life.
B)it is partially dependent on experience.
C)it stops at the end of early childhood.
D)it may generate as many as 10,000 connections for each neuron.
Q2) The fact that childhood growth is both cephalocaudal and proximodistal illustrates the basic growth principle of A)directionality.
B)independence of systems.
C)canalization.
D)eugenics.
Q3) During a child's first year after birth,her height and weight increase by about A)50%.
B)75%.
C)100%.
D)125%.
Q4) Explain the concept of plasticity.Give examples to illustrate the plasticity of the brain.
Q5) Draw a picture of a neuron.Label all of its major structures.Explain the functions of each structure.
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) When Demeter gives little Persephone some toy farm animals,a toy tractor,and a toy car,he notices that she tends to play more with the animals.This shows that Persephone is engaging in A)memory.
B)pretend play.
C)categorization.
D)habituation.
Q2) According to Jean Piaget,the two processes involved in adaptation are A)assimilation and habituation.
B)assimilation and accommodation.
C)habituation and accommodation.
D)habituation and the novelty response.
Q3) When infants engage in _____,they use a limited number of examples to figure out a general rule about the meaning of a word.
A)refraction
B)induction
C)reduction
D)deduction
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy
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Q1) When the family Labrador comes into his room,little Ricky turns away,makes fists,and furrows his brow.This shows he is feeling
A)interest.
B)fear.
C)anger.
D)surprise.
Q2) Harry Harlow's experiments with Rhesus monkeys demonstrated that _____ was an important component in attachment.
A)providing food
B)positive affectivity
C)contact comfort
D)temperament
Q3) Brandon is being tested in the Strange Situation.When his mother leaves the room,Brandon becomes very upset and cries.When his mother returns,he goes to her,but angrily refuses to be comforted.Mary Ainsworth would say that Brandon has
A)a secure attachment to his mother.
B)an insecure-avoidant attachment to his mother.
C)an insecure-resistant/ambivalent attachment to his mother.
D)a disoriented/disorganized attachment to his mother.
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Chapter 7: Physical Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) In general,children left to their own preferences
A)will eat proper portions over the course of a day.
B)need to be compelled to eat enough.
C)will eat too much if not watched carefully.
D)tend to prefer Brussels sprouts and spinach to candy.
Q2) 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
Q3) Cally is 4 years old.She is 1.05 meters tall and weighs 18 kg.Her body mass index is about
A)13.7.
B)14.9.
C)15.5.
D)16.3.
Q4) Describe some of the causes of overweight and obesity in childhood.Explain how parents' behaviors can contribute to the problem or its solution.
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Chapter 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Five-year-old Helios says that the sun is out because it knows that he likes to play in the daytime,and that it goes down at night to let him sleep.Helios is demonstrating Piaget's concept of A)animism.
B)centration.
C)representation.
D)conservation.
Q2) The vocabularies of 3-year-old children are A)positively correlated with their IQ scores. B)negatively correlated with their IQ scores. C)unrelated to their IQ scores. D)not predictive of intelligence or school-readiness.
Q3) Children's growing use of language in the preoperational period indicates their growing mastery of A)classification. B)conservation. C)representation. D)reversibility.
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) One reason why preschool girls seem to develop better emotional intelligence than preschool boys may be
A)boys spend too much time in joint pretend play.
B)boys spend more time talking about emotions rather than dealing with them.
C)girls engage in more negotiation-based games.
D)girls spend less time discussing emotions with their mothers than boys do.
Q2) Shame would most likely be considered a positive emotion in A)Beijing.
B)London.
C)New York City.
D)Honolulu.
Q3) Western European and American parents tend to emphasize A)individual development.
B)social harmony.
C)interdependence.
D)highly restricted emotional displays.
Q4) Describe the effects of attachment style on children's internal working models of themselves,their emotional intelligence,the development of their consciences,and their peer relationships.
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Chapter 10: Physical Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) In middle childhood,growth tends to be
A)concentrated in the arms and legs.
B)generally a smooth,day-to-day process.
C)approximately 5-7 inches per year.
D)in spurts,mostly taking place at night.
Q2) Children who suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder
A)generally grow out of it by the time they reach adolescence.
B)will generally rebound in one or two years.
C)cannot be treated using current therapeutic methods.
D)experience serious reductions in the volume of their hippocampus.
Q3) Elakshi loves to watch television.She even likes the exciting and interesting advertisements.Unfortunately,more than _____ of these advertisements are for foods or activities that contribute to childhood obesity.
A)40%
B)50%
C)60%
D)70%
Q4) Describe the factors that contribute to childhood obesity,and discuss steps that might be taken to negate or minimize them.
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Chapter 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Dr.Kalliope is the school psychologist.She gives little Melpomene a set of 19 pictures,and tells her that five of the pictures are the same.She asks Melpomene to put an "X" on each of the identical pictures,and times how long it takes the girl to eliminate all five.Dr.Kalliope is using a ______ procedure.
A)cross-out
B)Deese-Roediger-McDermott
C)visual matching
D)Brown-Peterson
Q2) In an experimental procedure called _____,a child's memories of an event can be changed by stories that they hear about the event a long time after it has happened.
A)the Deese-Roediger-McDermott procedure
B)the misinformation paradigm
C)the Brown-Peterson procedure
D)the Loftus effect.
Q3) Charles Spearman argued that intelligence was made up of
A)analytical,creative,and practical abilities.
B)seven primary mental abilities.
C)a single factor that he called g.
D)the abilities measured by a good,standardized IQ test.
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Boris is 10 years old.He's least likely to _____ when he describes himself.
A)talk about specific skills such as being good at chess
B)compare himself to other children that he knows
C)think of how his parents describe him
D)describe himself as "really smart"
Q2) Bronislava always crosses the street at the corner,and only when the light is green,because she knows that it's important to follow the rules of the road.She seems to be operating at the _____ level of moral development described by Lawrence Kohlberg.
A)nonconventional
B)conventional
C)postconventional
D)preconventional
Q3) Which of the following is not a criticism of Lawrence Kohlberg's work on moral reasoning?
A)His sample was biased.
B)Moral reasoning is not identical to moral behavior.
C)His work may not apply to girls' moral reasoning.
D)Children do not seem to go through stages of moral reasoning.
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Chapter 13: Physical Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Approximately ______ of adolescents have tried using alcohol.
A)45%
B)60%
C)75%
D)90%
Q2) Programs which provide consistent anti-drug messages to teens,parents,and neighbors,as well as appropriate community-wide interventions,attempt to alter
A)the availability of drugs.
B)the psychological characteristics of potential drug users.
C)the family dynamics of potential drug users.
D)the environments of potential drug users.
Q3) Adolescent emotionality is
A)linked to changes in the brain.
B)caused entirely by hormonal changes in the body.
C)stressful enough to damage most adolescents' family relationships.
D)most intense at the end of adolescence.
Q4) Design a program to help reduce adolescent drug use.Be sure to explain how your program will address the main risk factors,and why your program is likely to be successful.
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Chapter 14: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) _____ is the strongest influence on adolescents' career choices.
A)Socioeconomic status
B)Personality
C)Prestige
D)Job stability
Q2) If parents and teachers want students to succeed in school,they should
A)always tell students who do well that it's because they're so smart.
B)always help students get over failures by telling them that it isn't their fault,they're just not good in that particular subject.
C)encourage students to try things at which they might fail,but then tell them to work harder if they do.
D)punish failure severely,so students will learn to work harder.
Q3) You have been selected to design the ideal educational system for adolescent development.Describe the structural (e.g.the years in each school,number of students in each class,etc. )and instructional (e.g.the curriculum and teaching methods)aspects of your school,and explain how they will help students' academic achievement.
Q4) Explain how changes in adolescents' cognitive abilities affect their relationships with their parents and peers.
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Chapter 15: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Tyrone is a college student who's trying to decide what he wants to do with his life.He was interested in history,so he majored in history for his freshman year.As a sophomore,he was more interested in economics and changed his major.Then,after he saw "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," he got a summer job working on an archaeological project,and now he is thinking of changing his major again and becoming an archaeologist.Tyrone appears to be _____ in the degree to which he's committed to his new identity,and _____ in the degree to which he's spent time and effort examining his options.
A)high;high
B)high;low
C)low;high
D)low;low
Q2) Which of the following has not been linked to intensive dating in adolescents under 15 years of age?
A)Increased use of alcohol and drugs
B)Increased self-esteem
C)Increased risk of sexual activity
D)Increased superficiality
Q3) Define and give examples of each of James Marcia's categories of identity status.
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