Developmental Psychology Question Bank
Course Introduction
Developmental Psychology explores the patterns and processes of human growth and change throughout the lifespan, from conception through old age. The course examines major theories and research findings related to physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development, with a focus on the influences of genetics, environment, culture, and individual differences. Students will analyze developmental milestones and challenges encountered at different stages of life, considering both typical and atypical trajectories, and will critically evaluate how these insights inform educational, clinical, and social policy practices.
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Infants and Children Prenatal Through Middle Childhood 8th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Chapter 1: History, Theory, and Research Strategies
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Q1) In an experiment examining whether phonics instruction in preschool increases a child's reading level in third grade, the dependent variable would be the
A) type of phonics instruction.
B) number of children in the experiment.
C) child's reading level in third grade.
D) frequency of phonics instruction.
Answer: C
Q2) Longitudinal research can identify common patterns as well as individual differences in development because the investigator
A) studies groups of participants differing in age at the same point in time.
B) randomly assigns participants to treatment conditions.
C) tracks the performance of each person over time.
D) conducts quasi-experiments, comparing conditions that already exist.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Genetic and Environmental Foundations
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Q1) In the United States,
A) a significant portion of government spending is devoted to improving quality of child care.
B) the Children's Defense Fund is one of the most vigorous special interest groups devoted to children.
C) the Convention on the Rights of the Child engages in research, education, and legal action on behalf of children.
D) UNICEF is dedicated to advancing the economic security, health, and welfare of U.S. children in low-income families.
Answer: B
Q2) In the United States, affordable child care is
A) usually high in quality.
B) fairly easy to find.
C) in short supply.
D) the norm.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development
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Q1) During the period of the fetus, the
A) developing organism increases rapidly in size.
B) most rapid prenatal changes take place.
C) heart begins to pump blood.
D) brain is formed.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following statements about Rh factor incompatibility is true?
A) The damage caused by Rh incompatibility can be avoided if the mother receives a blood transfusion during delivery.
B) Rh-positive blood is dominant and Rh-negative blood is recessive, so the chances are good that a baby will be Rh-positive.
C) Rh-positive babies are routinely given a vaccine at birth to prevent the buildup of harmful Rh antibodies.
D) The harmful effects of Rh incompatibility can be prevented if the newborn is immediately placed on a diet low in phenylalanine.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Birth and the Newborn Baby
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Q1) Brianna was born seven weeks premature. She has respiratory distress syndrome. Her parents can expect the hospital to use
A) a head-cooling device.
B) whole-body cooling.
C) a mechanical respirator.
D) "kangaroo care."
Q2) During transition, the
A) baby is forced down and out of the birth canal.
B) placenta is delivered.
C) cervix opens completely.
D) cervix begins to dilate and efface.
Q3) Arthur wakes frequently to check to see if his sleeping infant, Sam, is breathing. Arthur can reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by
A) wrapping Sam in very warm clothing and blankets.
B) placing Sam to sleep on his stomach.
C) placing Sam to sleep on his back.
D) providing Sam with soft bedding and taking away his pacifier.
Q4) Describe ways parents and caregivers can soothe a crying baby, and explain how or why each technique works.
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Chapter 5: Physical Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) Research indicates that around 7 to 9 months, infants A) detect when words are deliberately mispronounced. B) begin to divide the speech stream into wordlike units.
C) become sensitive to syllable stress patterns in their own language.
D) detect words that start with weak syllables.
Q2) For most people, the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is largely responsible for A) judging distances.
B) negative emotion.
C) verbal abilities.
D) recognizing geometric shapes.
Q3) When a 1-month-old kitten is put in the dark and kept there during the fourth week of life and beyond, damage to visual centers of the brain is severe and permanent. This example provides evidence of A) brain plasticity.
B) synaptic pruning.
C) lateralization of the cerebral cortex.
D) sensitive periods in brain development.
Q4) Describe the sex differences in body growth.
Q5) What is lateralization of the brain, and why does it occur?
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Chapter 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) Baby Franklin practiced his dropping and throwing schemes, and eventually developed an understanding of height. This achievement is an example of A) organization.
B) accommodation.
C) equilibrium.
D) assimilation.
Q2) Dr. Rasmussen believes that language acquisition occurs through exchanges between inner capacities and environmental influences. Dr. Rasmussen is a(n) A) acquisitionist.
B) behaviorist.
C) nativist.
D) interactionist.
Q3) The designers of the Bayley-III included items that tap
A) parental warmth toward the child.
B) habituation, object permanence, and categorization.
C) provision of appropriate play materials.
D) opportunities for variety in daily stimulation.
Q4) List several strategies for supporting early language learning, noting the consequences of each.
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Chapter 7: Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) The heritability of attachment is
A) virtually nil.
B) moderately low.
C) moderately high.
D) very high.
Q2) Children whose parents __________ typically do well in delaying gratification.
A) alternate using threats and bribes
B) encourage selective and sustained attention
C) emphasize independence and autonomy from an early age
D) provide long, detailed reasons for waiting
Q3) Which of the following statements about attachment is supported by research?
A) Mothers of resistant infants tend to be overstimulating and intrusive.
B) Securely attached infants often receive inconsistent care.
C) Persistently depressed mothers tend to promote an avoidant attachment classification.
D) Mothers of resistant infants are often unresponsive to infant signals.
Q4) Describe the development of anger in infants, and explain why angry reactions increase with age.
Q5) Describe Bowlby's four phases of attachment.
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Chapter 8: Physical Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) As children's bodies become more streamlined and less top-heavy, A) balance improves greatly.
B) their center of gravity shifts upward.
C) gross-motor development slows.
D) fine-motor development slows.
Q2) Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and zinc supplement interventions
A) are effective for children with severe diarrhea, but they are expensive to administer.
B) must be administered by trained medical professionals or public health workers.
C) save the lives of millions of children each year.
D) are less effective than immunization in preventing childhood deaths due to diarrhea.
Q3) Between the ages of 2 and 3 years, most children learn how to
A) push a riding toy with their feet.
B) use a knife to cut soft foods.
C) tie their shoes.
D) pedal and steer a tricycle.
Q4) Discuss how motor vehicle use relates to childhood injuries. What are some ways to minimize unintentional injuries during automobile travel?
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Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Barbara Rogoff suggests the term __________ to encompass children's diverse opportunities to learn through involvement with others, applying it as a broader concept than __________.
A) cooperative learning; peer collaboration
B) intersubjectivity; cooperative learning
C) guided participation; scaffolding
D) scaffolding; a zone of proximal development
Q2) Follow-up research on preoperational thought indicates that preschoolers do not display the illogical characteristics that Piaget saw when the tasks are
A) first performed by more expert peers while the preschooler watches.
B) simplified and made relevant to their everyday lives.
C) performed by their parents rather than unfamiliar experimenters.
D) performed with their own toys rather than unfamiliar objects.
Q3) List strategies for supporting emergent literacy in early childhood, and explain why each strategy is useful.
Q4) What are the benefits and drawbacks of children's computer usage in the preschool and early school years?
Q5) Explain how adults can foster preschoolers' language development.
Q6) What are scripts? How do they contribute to young children's memory development?
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Chapter 10: Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Twins Jillian and Wesley, 11 months old, play near each other with similar materials. However, they do not try to direct each other's activities. They are engaged in
A) parallel play.
B) cooperative play.
C) associative play.
D) nonsocial activity.
Q2) Nicki Crick and Kenneth Dodge's circular model showing the steps of social problem solving takes a(n) __________ approach.
A) Piagetian
B) information-processing
C) Vygotskian
D) ethological
Q3) Research on biological influences on gender typing reveals that
A) sex differences in play and personality traits only appear in Western cultures.
B) aggression and preference for same-sex playmates are widespread among mammalian species.
C) preschool girls prefer to play in larger-group play with other girls.
D) prenatally administered androgens decrease active play.
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Chapter 11: Physical Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) If they are typical of most children, then 7-year-old Julia is __________ 7-year-old David.
A) slightly shorter than B) significantly taller than C) slightly heavier than D) the same height as
Q2) Who is most likely to influence children's athletic attitudes and capabilities?
A) peers
B) parents
C) coaches
D) teachers
Q3) A 10-year-old's reaction time is __________ a 5-year-old's.
A) half as fast as B) about equal to C) twice as fast as D) five times as fast as
Q4) School children around the world engage in an enormous variety of informally organized games. How do these activities contribute to social and emotional development?
Q5) List and describe common factors associated with childhood obesity.
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Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) On the basis of cross-cultural research, some investigators have concluded that the forms of logic required by Piagetian tasks
A) emerge earlier in collectivist than individualist cultures.
B) emerge spontaneously in children from diverse cultures.
C) are heavily influenced by heredity.
D) are heavily influenced by training, context, and cultural conditions.
Q2) Stimulant medication prescribed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) seems to __________ activity in the __________, thereby improving the child's capacity to sustain attention and to inhibit off-task and self-stimulating behavior.
A) increase; hypothalamus
B) decrease; hypothalamus
C) increase; prefrontal cortex
D) decrease; prefrontal cortex
Q3) Which of the following statements about integration in American schools is true?
A) School integration has increased dramatically since the 1990s.
B) When minority students attend ethnically mixed schools they typically do so with other minorities.
C) Asian-American children are more segregated than African-American children.
D) The racial divide in American education has all but disappeared.
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Chapter 13: Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following statements about reducing prejudice is true?
A) Long-term contact and collaboration among neighborhoods, schools, and communities may be the best way to reduce prejudice.
B) Children assigned to cooperative learning groups with peers of diverse backgrounds have fewer prejudices even with regard to out-group members who are not part of the learning teams.
C) School environments that expose children to broad ethnic diversity often cause children to form negative biases about out-group members.
D) The more children believe that personalities are fixed, the more they report liking and perceiving themselves as similar to members of disadvantaged out-groups.
Q2) Which of the following statements about mother-stepfather families is true?
A) Boys often react with sulky, resistant behavior to their custodial mother's remarriage.
B) Mothers' friction with sons tends to increase.
C) It is the most common form of blended family.
D) Older school-age children display a marked decrease in acting-out behavior.
Q3) How does children's self-esteem change from early to middle childhood?
Q4) Describe the features of friendship in middle childhood.
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