Human Development
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Course Introduction
Human Development is a comprehensive course that explores the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth of individuals across the lifespan, from conception through old age. The course examines key developmental theories and research methods, and investigates how genetics, environment, culture, and individual differences influence development at each stage. Students gain an understanding of milestones in infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and later life, and consider the practical implications for education, healthcare, and social policy. Through case studies and real-world applications, learners develop insight into typical and atypical patterns of human growth and the factors promoting healthy development.
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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) As Mrs. Olson aged, she matured from being a loving, tender-hearted mother to a bitter and sad elderly lady whose family could not deal with the negative changes in her behaviour. What is the term for the changes in Mrs. Olson's character?
A) disruption
B) discontinuity
C) disjointedness
D) disconnectedness
Answer: B
Q2) Lionel is able to think in an abstract manner, and he can speculate about what his future will hold. At what stage of Piaget's cognitive development has Lionel arrived?
A) pre-operational thought
B) concrete operational thought
C) sensorimotor
D) formal operational thought
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations
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Q1) What do we call a developing human being that is travelling from a fallopian tube to the uterus?
A) an embryo
B) a fetus
C) a zygote
D) an amnion
Answer: C
Q2) How is a C-Section is best described?
A) as vaginal childbirth
B) as a technique for determining possible birth defects in an embryo
C) as a common form of teratogen
D) as the surgical removal of a fetus
Answer: D
Q3) Physicians are currently able to correct fetal hypothyroidism before birth using a certain procedure. What is the procedure?
A) genetic engineering
B) injection of hormones into the amniotic cavity
C) chorionic villus sampling
D) administration of drugs to the pregnant mother
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World
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Q1) Which technique is recommended for making finicky eaters more open-minded about the food they eat?
A) Insist that children clean their plates.
B) Talk about the correct way to eat during meals.
C) Use food to reward good behaviour.
D) Allow children to pick from among healthy foods.
Answer: D
Q2) The Bahrick and Lickliter (2000) study was done with infants who watched videos. What concept was it studying?
A) visual acuity
B) differentiation
C) intersensory redundancy
D) theory of mind
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is the best example of habituation?
A) turning your head to listen to a passing jet
B) tasting sushi for the first time and liking it
C) focusing your eyes on 3-D art pictures until the 3-D image pops into view
D) getting used to traffic noises in your downtown Toronto apartment
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Entering the Social World
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Q1) Erin's 5-month-old daughter Kyla moves closer to her mother when she sees a clown outside the mall. What does this movement signify about Kyla?
A) She is insecurely attached to her mother.
B) She is experiencing a moment of self awareness.
C) She is letting her mother know she is hungry.
D) She is regulating her emotions.
Q2) Which of the following would be considered a basic emotion?
A) pride
B) joy
C) guilt
D) embarrassment
Q3) Which of the following is an example of simple social play?
A) Tommy plays with his car while watching Jake play with his stuffed cat.
B) Rosemary and Leah have a tea party with their teddy bears.
C) Greg and Ben play in the sandbox with their dump trucks, making "vroom" noises.
D) Johnnie watches Mary play with her new doll while he plays with his blocks.
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Chapter 5: Growing and Learning in the Preschool Years
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Q1) At approximately what age do children master many significant fine motor skills, such as drawing clear, recognizable objects and the ability to tie their shoes?
A) 3 years
B) 4 years
C) 4.5 years
D) 6 years
Q2) Research illustrates that which ethnicity of children remembers their younger years more vividly?
A) North American children
B) Chinese children
C) Japanese children
D) Australian children
Q3) Which of the following children is most likely using private speech during a piano lesson?
A) William, who is practising a very easy song
B) Sebastian, who is not making any mistakes
C) Johnny, who is playing a new, difficult song for the first time
D) Giuseppe, who is already a concert pianist
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Chapter 6: Interacting and the Work of Play
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Q1) On her way to visiting Malaysia for the first time, Joan wonders what the people there will expect she should do when interacting with them. What is Joan concerned about?
A) dispositional praise
B) prosocial behaviour
C) altruism
D) social roles
Q2) According to research by the Family Lifestyles Project, how do children raised by counterculture parents differ from children raised by parents with more traditional values?
A) They have fewer stereotypes regarding occupations.
B) They play with same-sex peers.
C) The boys enjoy physical play.
D) The girls enjoy reading and drawing.
Q3) To encourage altruistic behaviour in their children, what should parents incorporate into their discipline?
A) reasoning
B) parallel play
C) ethology
D) punishment
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Chapter 7: Off to School
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Q1) Approximately what percentage of Canadians have a learning disability?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%
Q2) Which of the following is one of the three purposes of writing?
A) to market
B) to organize
C) to persuade
D) to describe
Q3) Freddy had written his essay for his history class on the night before it was due. The first draft was the final draft. What critical mistake did Freddy make with this paper?
A) He didn't revise the essay.
B) He didn't organize his thoughts logically.
C) He didn't follow instructions.
D) He didn't prepare an outline.
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Chapter 8: Expanding Social Horizons
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Q1) According to Amato and Keith (1991), at which stage of life is divorce most harmful to a child?
A) infancy
B) preschool
C) adolescence
D) adulthood
Q2) What would be the most effective way to increase the impact of prosocial television programs on children's behaviour?
A) put more cartoons on the air
B) eliminate commercials
C) put more prosocial programs on the air
D) eliminate adult-oriented programs
Q3) Jackie and Melissa are two friends who spend a lot of time together. Melissa likes to discuss her issues with her family, and Jackie talks about her problems with her boyfriend. What is the term used to describe the type of conversations between Jackie and Melissa?
A) co-conspiracy
B) gossip
C) co-rumination
D) brooding
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Chapter 9: Rites of Passage
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Q1) According to the text, girls begin a growth spurt before boys do. In terms of starting to mature, approximately how much time ahead of boys are girls?
A) 6 months
B) 12 months
C) 18 months
D) 24 months
Q2) Don is a typical teenager. What is the most likely cause of the moodiness that he is exhibiting?
A) raging hormone levels
B) changes in social settings and activities
C) negative verbal interactions with his parents
D) concern over his changing body
Q3) Anabolic steroids produce immediate changes to body appearance. What kind of serious effects do they also have?
A) biological effects only
B) psychological effects only
C) biological and psychological effects
D) biological and social effects
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Chapter 10: Moving into the Adult Social World
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Q1) Emma's team lost the provincial volleyball championship. When she returned to school, she seemed bored and sad, and seemed to have no enthusiasm for her school work. Two months later, Emma was still not back to her usual cheerful self. How should Emma's "blues" be considered?
A) as depression
B) as a warning sign for suicide
C) as learned helplessness
D) as normal
Q2) Sean was involved in the second-most frequent cause of death among Canadian adolescents. What is that cause?
A) motor vehicle accident
B) suicide
C) drug overdose
D) alcohol poisoning
Q3) According to Holland, who is best matched with their career type?
A) Scientist Ralph, who has a realistic personality
B) Poet Norton, who has an investigative personality
C) Real-estate agent Alice, who has an enterprising personality
D) Social worker Trixie, who has an artistic personality
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Chapter 11: Becoming an Adult
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Q1) The Aboriginal population in Canada experiences poorer health overall in comparison to the non-Aboriginal population. How much more likely are Aboriginal Canadians to suffer from food insecurity than their non-Aboriginal counterparts?
A) 2 times more
B) 4 times more
C) 6 times more
D) 8 times more
Q2) Marcia is a typical college student in the year 2005. Luisa is a typical college student in the year 2013. How does most likely Luisa differ from Marcia?
A) Luisa is most likely more intelligent.
B) Luisa is most likely less prepared for college.
C) Luisa is most likely older.
D) Luisa is most likely more creative.
Q3) How does a "scenario" differ from a "social clock?"
A) A scenario is a guess, and a social clock is reality.
B) A scenario is the future, and a social clock is present time.
C) A scenario is a path, and a social clock is the timetable.
D) A scenario is set by others, and a social clock is set by oneself.
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Chapter 12: Being with Others
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Q1) Al and Penny are a typical North American couple who have cohabitated for many years. If they later marry each other, how are they most likely to differ from other married couples that did not cohabitate?
A) They are likely less at-risk for divorce.
B) They are likely wealthier.
C) They are likely more religious.
D) They are likely less happy.
Q2) What is the greatest worry of most adoptive, foster, and step-parents about their adoptive child?
A) The child will not physically resemble them.
B) The child will fail to bond with them.
C) The child will lack intelligence.
D) The child will be carrying some undetected genetic disorder.
Q3) What is the typical pattern of marital satisfaction from honeymoon through retirement?
A) high to low to high
B) high to medium to low
C) medium to high to low
D) low to medium to high
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Chapter 13: Work and Leisure
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Q1) What tends to lead to occupational burnout?
A) excessive pressure to perform
B) excessive disconnection from co-workers
C) excessive underutilization
D) excessive belief that one's job really doesn't matter to the company
Q2) According to longitudinal studies, as one gets older, what happens to leisure activities?
A) They tend to become less family-oriented.
B) They tend to become less complex.
C) They tend to become less sedentary.
D) They tend to become less physically challenging.
Q3) Under what legislation it is illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of age?
A) the Employment Standards Act
B) the Labour Relations Act of Canada
C) the Canadian Human Rights Act
D) the Criminal Code of Canada
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Chapter 14: Making It in Midlife
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Q1) Sixty-year-old Wendell is being examined by his physician. Wendell's symptoms include joint pain that has gradually increased. His doctor says, "Your pain is due to the damage to your cartilage due to severe use over your lifetime." What will Wendell most likely be diagnosed with?
A) osteopenia
B) rheumatoid arthritis
C) osteoporosis
D) osteoarthritis
Q2) What is the greatest personality resource that enables an individual to avoid a midlife crisis?
A) encapsulation
B) Type A behaviour
C) introversion
D) ego resilience
Q3) Which of the following types of cancer becomes a threat for middle-aged men?
A) prostate
B) testicular
C) colon
D) rectal
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Chapter 15: The Personal Context of Later Life
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Q1) Charles has changed a great deal. He has a difficult time remembering things, even simple things like where he is or what year it is. He is having increasing difficulty understanding people, or saying things that make sense to others. In addition, he rarely cleans himself anymore, and he acts in very inappropriate ways around others. What is Charles exhibiting many signs of?
A) depression
B) anxiety disorder
C) Parkinson's disease
D) Alzheimer's disease
Q2) When Judy is asked, "What's 2 + 2?" the answer just seems to pop into her head. What type of memory is this an example of?
A) implicit memory
B) autobiographical memory
C) explicit memory
D) semantic memory
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Chapter 16: Social Aspects of Later Life
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Q1) Which of the following phrases would best complete the analogy, "Docility is to proactivity as?"
A) social is to cognitive
B) extrovert is to introvert
C) maximum comfort is to maximum performance
D) environmental control is to self-control
Q2) According to Rockwood et al. (2004), which of the following activities helps to improve the quality of life for some frail older adults?
A) reading
B) exercise
C) a balanced diet
D) an alcoholic beverage once per day
Q3) What is necessary for an individual be accurately classified as a "frail older adult?"
A) The individual must be very ill and have physical disabilities.
B) The individual must have the potential for becoming very ill and have mental disabilities.
C) The individual must be over 65 and be under constant medical care.
D) The individual must have less than one year to live.
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Chapter 17: The Final Passage
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Q1) Which of these experiences are we less likely to have if we are grieving the loss of an older parent?
A) better acceptance of one's own eventual death
B) sense of relief that the parent's suffering is over
C) guilt due to a parent's longer life
D) loss of a buffer against death
Q2) Who is "sanctifying" their deceased husband?
A) Monica, who says, "I think he would have liked his burial site!"
B) Linda, who says, "He was the greatest human being on the face of the earth!"
C) Hillary, who says, "How will I ever go on?"
D) Jennifer, who says, "I really miss him!"
Q3) Carol's doctor has determined that she has stage 4 ovarian cancer (the final stage), and for Carol to keep taking strong medications, it would only prolong her life, not improve or cure her disease. What type of science studies such difficult issues such as the one Carol faces with regard to her course of action?
A) bioethics
B) oncology
C) moral philosophy
D) moral ethics
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