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Health Sciences is an interdisciplinary field focused on the study of human health, wellness, and disease prevention. It integrates knowledge from biology, chemistry, medicine, public health, and social sciences to investigate the factors influencing health at the individual, community, and global levels. Students explore topics such as anatomy and physiology, epidemiology, healthcare systems, nutrition, chronic and infectious diseases, and health policy. The course emphasizes evidence-based approaches to health promotion, disease management, and healthcare delivery, preparing students for a variety of careers or further studies in clinical practice, research, public health, and health administration.
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Human Development A Life-Span View 3rd Edition by Christine Ateah
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Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
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Q1) After studying his history, Giles is excused from having to wash the dishes, a task he detests. What are Giles's parents attempting to use to increase Giles's studying?
A) positive reinforcement
B) punishment
C) extinction
D) negative reinforcement
Answer: D
Q2) What best explains the fact that Tiffany likes to listen to the Salads (a 2000s band) and her grandmother prefers listening to Bill Haley and the Comets (a 1950s band)?
A) age effects
B) non-normative factors
C) cohort effects
D) time-of-measurement effects
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations
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Q1) Gloria has a rare sex chromosome disorder with which she has difficulty in perceiving spatial relations. What is the name of Gloria's disorder?
A) Klinefelter's syndrome
B) XYY complement
C) Turner's syndrome
D) XXX syndrome
Answer: C
Q2) After a prenatal exam, your physician remarks, "It appears as if your fetus has 47 chromosomes." What would be the most likely response to this information?
A) concern, as this may indicate that your child has Down syndrome
B) concern, as this may indicate that your child has sickle-cell anemia
C) concern, as this may indicate that your child has PKU
D) relief, since this is a normal number of chromosomes
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of intersensory redundancy?
A) noticing the shirt your mother is wearing while listening to an iPod
B) observing your mother while listening to her talk
C) brushing your mother's hair while you talk to her
D) listening to several voices at the same time
Answer: B
Q2) Gina is studying how blood flows through the brain when people listen to different kinds of music. Which sort of research tool is she most likely using in her study?
A) an electroencephalogram
B) positron emission tomography
C) functional magnetic resonance imaging
D) synaptic pruning
Answer: C
Q3) Which part of an infant's body grows first?
A) the head
B) the feet
C) the legs
D) the hips
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Entering the Social World
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Q1) As a daycare provider, you notice that 4-year-old Danny is abnormally hostile towards his peers. What infant attachment style would he most likely have had?
A) secure attachment
B) insecure avoidant attachment
C) insecure resistant attachment
D) disorganized attachment
Q2) Which of the following is an example of cooperative behaviour?
A) Fred shares his afternoon snack with Andrew, who forgot his own snack.
B) Sally buys lunch for a homeless man on her street.
C) Gary and Russell buy a pack of baseball cards together and share them equally.
D) Aidan helps to clean up garbage at the local park.
Q3) From an infant's perspective, what is the most critical factor in establishing a secure attachment?
A) having both parents to comfort him/her
B) having a caregiver he/she can depend on
C) having few sibling rivals
D) having a caregiver who loves him/her
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Chapter 5: Growing and Learning in the Preschool Years
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Q1) Ben's mom, Sofia, makes up a nonsensical word and has Ben repeat it immediately after to her so that he can learn different speech sounds. What is the name for this ability to briefly remember a speech sound?
A) overextension
B) phonological memory
C) phonological repetition
D) speech therapy
Q2) In terms of number of words known, how do bilingual children rate?
A) their first language vocabulary is more extensive than that of their second language
B) their total vocabulary is greater than that of monolingual children
C) their total vocabulary is less than that of monolingual children
D) their second language vocabulary is less extensive than that of their first language
Q3) Which principle of counting states that number names must be counted in the same sequence?
A) the one-to-one principle
B) the stable-order principle
C) the habituation principle
D) the cardinality principle
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Chapter 6: Interacting and the Work of Play
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Q1) As a typical North American father, when would Harry be most upset with his son Frank?
A) if Frank was aggressive
B) if Frank wanted to play "house"
C) if Frank showed affection toward him
D) if Frank engaged in sex-role stereotype behaviours
Q2) Authorities will sometimes find children near death due to the fact that their parents have not fed them or protected them from environmental conditions, like the weather. What type of abuse have these children experienced?
A) physical abuse
B) neglect
C) emotional maltreatment
D) indifferent-uninvolved parenting
Q3) Which parenting style might best be described as "no warmth and controlling?"
A) authoritarian style
B) indulgent-permissive style
C) indifferent-uninvolved style
D) authoritative style
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Chapter 7: Off to School
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Q1) Thurstone and Thurstone (1941) identified seven distinct abilities that they believed formed the basis of intelligence. Which of the following was one of these abilities?
A) musical ability
B) perceptual speed
C) interpersonal intelligence
D) "street smarts"
Q2) When Binet and Simon originally developed the concept of "mental age," what was it intended to help them distinguish?
A) high-IQ individuals from low-IQ individuals
B) "dull" from "bright" children
C) Caucasian people from black people
D) poor children from rich children
Q3) Russell is learning a new memory strategy which uses embellishment of information to help him to remember. Which of the following terms describes this memory strategy?
A) rehearsal
B) organization
C) elaboration
D) chunking
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Chapter 8: Expanding Social Horizons
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Q1) Which of the following adult children is likely a product of divorced parents?
A) Kerri, who has her own happy family
B) Nathan, who is an alcoholic
C) Gary, who is divorced himself
D) Bradford, who is a depressed drug addict
Q2) According to your textbook, what is the relationship between watching a lot of television during childhood and a reduction of the child's attention span?
A) Watching a lot of TV is inversely correlated with a child's attention span.
B) Watching a lot of TV causes aggressive behaviour, not problems with attention span.
C) Watching a lot of TV is unrelated to attention span.
D) Watching a lot of TV reduces the incidence of problems with attention span.
Q3) Eric's classmates don't particularly hate him; they just never pay any attention to him. What kind of child does Eric exemplify?
A) a controversial child
B) a rejected child
C) a neglected child
D) an average child
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Chapter 9: Rites of Passage
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Q1) According to research, what percentage of boys experience eating disorders?
A) 10 percent
B) 15 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 25 percent
Q2) What do primary sex characteristic changes directly impact?
A) reproduction
B) height
C) intelligence
D) personality
Q3) During puberty, there are changes in physical maturity that are not directly linked to reproduction. What are they called?
A) primary sex characteristics
B) secondary sex characteristics
C) tertiary sex characteristics
D) instrumental sex characteristics
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Chapter 10: Moving into the Adult Social World
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Q1) When asked why she became pregnant, 15-year-old Tanya says, "I did it on purpose so that I could be a loving adult mom." Which reason for not using contraceptives does her rationale illustrate?
A) ignorance
B) illusion of invulnerability
C) lack of motivation
D) lack of access
Q2) Which of the following 15-year-olds is least likely to drink alcohol?
A) Tony, who has been experiencing a lot of family problems
B) Janelle, who believes that alcohol increases sexual prowess
C) Larry, whose friends all encourage him to drink
D) Bethany, whose parents' drinking is an important part of their lives
Q3) According to the text, how can part-time work be of benefit to a teen?
A) Part-time employment encourages saving money for post-secondary education.
B) When teens work in order to save money, they tend to be more independent.
C) Summer jobs are highly associated with less disposable time to spend money.
D) Jobs that require the use of some skill tend to enhance self-esteem.
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Chapter 11: Becoming an Adult
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Q1) How is the consumption of alcohol related to the promotion of health?
A) Abstainers have the greatest benefits.
B) Light drinkers have the greatest benefits.
C) Moderate drinkers have the greatest benefits.
D) Heavy drinkers have the greatest benefits.
Q2) Kim's professor has chosen several controversial topics for a debate session in class. While students are asked to choose a side upon which to argue a topic, Kim believes that "each person is entitled to his/her view on that specific topic." What type of thinking does Kim portray in her statement?
A) prereflective thinking
B) quasi-reflective thinking
C) reflective thinking
D) post-reflective thinking
Q3) High-density lipoproteins might best be thought of as what kind of cholesterol?
A) "non"
B) "scrubber"
C) "bad"
D) "fatty"
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Chapter 12: Being with Others
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Q1) What happens to marital satisfaction when there are children involved?
A) Couples with children show a decline in marital satisfaction while those without children show an increase.
B) Couples who are child-free due to infertility tend to have high levels of marital satisfaction.
C) Most couples tend to show little increased conflict due to the birth of a child.
D) The birth of a child is usually viewed as a positive event, even though it is associated with a decrease in marital satisfaction.
Q2) Married couple Niles and Millie each occasionally become physically aggressive toward each other. Though both believe that they could leave the relationship, they remain married. What does this couple's relationship illustrate?
A) battered wife syndrome
B) patriarchal terrorism
C) matriarchal terrorism
D) partner violence
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Chapter 13: Work and Leisure
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Q1) Melissa had visions of becoming an electrical engineer. Throughout her college career, her physics professors continually told her she would never make it, and that women just weren't cut out for the profession, even though she made good grades. Eventually, Melissa graduated and did very well at her job as an electrical engineer and her boss rewarded her with a senior management position. What is the name for the type of advancement that Melissa has received?
A) promotion
B) occupational progression
C) favouritism
D) commendation
Q2) What happens to job satisfaction over time?
A) It does not increase with age in all job types and areas.
B) It remains stable across time.
C) It increases with age, no matter what.
D) It follows no clear pattern.
Q3) What would break down a "glass ceiling?"
A) hiring more females
B) paying females at an equable level as males
C) faster promotion of women to upper-tier jobs
D) more female mentors
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Chapter 14: Making It in Midlife
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Q1) The pragmatics of intelligence is governed more by which type of the following factors?
A) economic
B) religious
C) environmental
D) political
Q2) Tom has always wanted to be a father but has not yet found an acceptable partner. He is now 35 years old, healthy, and is beginning to be concerned about how much longer he will remain fertile. When he asks his doctor about this, what is his doctor most likely to tell him?
A) He will probably be capable of fathering a child until he is about 45 years old.
B) He will probably be capable of fathering a child until he is about 65 years old.
C) He will probably be capable of fathering a child until he is about 85 years old.
D) He will probably be capable of fathering a child for the rest of his life.
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Chapter 15: The Personal Context of Later Life
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Q1) In the country of Casfeldt, 50% of the population who died in 2013 were older than 85. Thus, what does age 85 represent?
A) the maximum life expectancy
B) the useful life expectancy
C) the average life expectancy
D) the longevity
Q2) Compared to environmental factors, what degree of impact does heredity have in determining how long you will live?
A) It has no impact.
B) It plays a very small role.
C) It plays a significant role.
D) It is the only important thing.
Q3) Because more seniors require assistance with activities of daily living, which of the following systems will face increasing strain in the future?
A) education
B) economic
C) political
D) healthcare
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Chapter 16: Social Aspects of Later Life
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Q1) Watching his grandchildren for the weekend has increased the environmental press in Hugo's life slightly, bringing out the best in Hugo's interpersonal skills. While watching his grandchildren, where is Hugo operating?
A) at the adaptation level
B) in the zone of maximum comfort
C) in the zone of maximum performance potential
D) in a marginal zone
Q2) What has been associated with a reduction in perceived daily hassles among individuals caring for incapacitated spouses?
A) high levels of perceived tension
B) high levels of perceived spirituality
C) high levels of perceived docility
D) high levels of perceived competence
Q3) According to Ekerdt (2010), how do most people feel about retirement?
A) They feel lonely and isolated.
B) They enjoy the freedoms that retirement provides to them.
C) They detest retirement.
D) They feel very good about it, provided they have their health and financial security.
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Chapter 17: The Final Passage
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Q1) According to Oltjenbruns (2001), which of the following is an area of developmental change that affects a child's understanding of death?
A) physical development
B) reasoning capability
C) psychosocial development
D) adjustment skills
Q2) What is the most likely complaint of a hospice client?
A) "Everyone is too worried about my pain and not worried enough about my religious beliefs."
B) "Why is the hospice movement against dying at home?"
C) "Why is my family discouraged from seeing me?"
D) "How come I have to have a life expectancy of at least six months to qualify for this service?"
Q3) According to research discussed in your textbook, who is going to have the most difficult time with the death of their loved one?
A) Fiona, whose son died
B) Anna, whose husband died
C) Ping, whose sister died
D) Michiko, whose mother died
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