Human Growth and Development Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Human Growth and Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that occur throughout the human lifespan, from conception to late adulthood. The course examines major theories and research findings related to development, considering genetic, environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic influences. Students will analyze stages of development, including prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging, and discuss individual differences and challenges. This foundational knowledge is essential for understanding human behavior and supporting optimal development in various personal and professional contexts.
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Development Across the Life Span 8th Edition by Robert S. Feldman
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Lifespan Development
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Q1) Which perspective seeks to identify behavior that is the result of our genetic inheritance from our ancestors?
A)evolutionary
B)cognitive neuroscience
C)bioecological
D)humanistic
Answer: A
Q2) Mary is researching the factors related to alcohol use among college students,so she goes to live in a college dorm for a month to observe students and conduct in-depth interviews.This is an example of what type of research?
A)experimental
B)ethnography
C)case study
D)survey research
Answer: B
Q3) The terms "race" and "ethnic group" are interchangeable.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Start of Life: Prenatal Development
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Q1) What is the name of the new cell formed by the process of fertilization?
A)sperm
B)zygote
C)ovum
D)gamete
Answer: B
Q2) Genetic testing can always provide a simple yes or no answer as to whether an individual will be susceptible to a disorder.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) What is the term for the inherited blood-clotting disorder that has been a problem throughout the royal families of Europe,such as the descendants of Queen Victoria?
A)X-linked
B)PKU disease
C)polygenic inheritance
D)hemophilia
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Infant
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Q1) In the United States,midwives are employed in ___ of births.
A)50%
B)75%
C)10%
D)5%
Answer: C
Q2) Sickle cell anemia is an example of a disorder that can be detected in newborns by A)using the Apgar scale.
B)taking a urine sample.
C)taking a tiny quantity of blood drawn from the infant's heel.
D)administering a DNA test.
Answer: C
Q3) During the final part of the first stage of labor,the contractions increase to their greatest intensity;this is known as A)birth.
B)Braxton-Hicks.
C)transition.
D)episiotomy.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy
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Q1) What is the leading cause of death of children under the age of 1 year?
A)SIDS
B)autostimulation
C)REM
D)being born prematurely
Q2) Babies are able to sit upright without additional support at _______ months of age.
A)8
B)6
C)4
D)12
Q3) An infant's perceptual growth is aided by the infant's discovery of ___________,which is/are the option(s)that a given situation or stimulus provides.
A)the multimodal approach
B)affordances
C)opportunities
D)sensation
Q4) Infants first learn to pick up an item using the pincer grasp.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) Baby Misha scored at the average level on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development,performing at the average level for children of the same age.She received a score of A)50.
B)100.
C)5.
D)10.
Q2) Melissa is teaching her baby to speak by learning the names of lots of familiar and different objects that the baby sees.Melissa is teaching a(n)__________ style of speech.
A)expressive
B)underextension
C)overextension
D)referential
Q3) Piaget thought that there is a period of transition in which some behavior reflects one stage,while other behavior reflects a more advanced stage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly explain the differences in infant-directed speech in various cultures.
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Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy
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Q1) What is considered the hallmark of children who are securely attached to their mothers?
A)The child never cries and is secure enough to not demand face-to-face interactions with the mother.
B)The mother responds to the child constantly to the point of being overly- responsive.
C)The mother is sensitive to the child's needs,is aware of the child's moods,can discriminate the infant's signals,and is responsive,warm,and affectionate.
D)The child has no fear of strangers and demonstrates that he/she is equally comfortable with unfamiliar adults and the mother.
Q2) With regard to a child's temperament,the child's long-term adjustment depends on the __________ of their particular temperament and the nature and demands of their environment.
A)adaptability
B)goodness-of-fit
C)intensity of reaction
D)quality
Q3) Describe the stages of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in the
Preschool Years
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Q1) Which of the following is the best description of Piaget's "symbolic function"?
A)A child is able to understand that symbols on a page (letters or numbers) mean something.
B)A child is able to use a mental symbol, a word, or an object to stand for or represent something that is not physically present.
C)A child is able to use organized, formal, logical mental processes.
D)A child is able to use his/her imagination.
Q2) What does the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services consider to be the most hazardous health hazard to children under the age of 6?
A)obesity
B)lead poisoning
C)accidents
D)neglect
Q3) Briefly describe how the information processing approach is at odds with the Piagetian approach with regard to children and learning.
Q4) Briefly give an example how recent research refutes some of Piaget's understanding of preschool children's abilities.
Q5) Briefly explain the causes of variations in growth during the preschool years.
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Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in the
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Q1) When considering the signs of child abuse,which of the following is most likely to be an indication that a child has been abused?
A)forming incredibly close friendships with peers to replace family
B)over-affectionate behavior from the child;he/she wants to be held and nurtured all the time
C)extreme behavior including highly aggressive or highly withdrawn or passive behavior
D)showing non-responsive reactions when hurt during normal rough and tumble play
Q2) In its most extreme form,_________ parenting results in neglect.
A)permissive
B)authoritative
C)uninvolved
D)authoritarian
Q3) The philosophy of ______________ emphasizes personal identity and the uniqueness of the individual.
A)psychosocial development
B)eastern culture
C)collectivistic orientation
D)individualistic orientation
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following best fits the stage of reading which lasts from birth to the start of first grade,where children learn the essential prerequisites for reading,such as identifying letters?
A)Stage 4
B)Stage 0
C)Stage 1
D)Stage 2
Q2) What is the term for an understanding of one's own use of language?
A)metamemory
B)comprehension
C)metalinguistic awareness
D)expressive/receptive communication
Q3) When a middle-school student is able to demonstrate that he/she is able to hear a string of digits (1,2,3,4,etc. )and then repeat the string in reverse order,the child is indicating that he/she is developing
A)memory skills.
B)working memory.
C)rehearsal strategies.
D)recall.
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Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) When living in a blended family,roles and expectations can be unclear,and this is called
A)autonomy.
B)self-care.
C)shared benefits.
D)role ambiguity.
Q2) Research indicates that,for the most part,friendships are color-blind.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sally,who is a middle-school-age girl,wants her friend,Beth,to go to the movies with her.Which of the following statements is Sally likely to use to get her friend to go?
A)"I want you to go the movies with me."
B)"You have to go to the movies with me."
C)"I want to go to the movies."
D)"Let's go to the movies."
Q4) Single-parent African American families tend to rely substantially on grandparents for everyday child care.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Poverty plays a large role in determining whether a student completes high school.Students from lower-income households are _____ less likely to complete high school than are middle- and higher-income students.
A)two times
B)four times
C)five times
D)three times
Q2) Briefly describe some criticisms of Piaget's approach to cognitive development.
Q3) Male sex hormones are called __________,while female sex hormones are called
A)estrogens;androgens.
B)androgens;estrogens.
C)testosterones;estrogens.
D)estrogens;testosterones.
Q4) Which of the following plays a big role in how girls experience early maturation?
A)how the mother and daughter get along and communicate
B)cultural and community norms and standards regarding how women should look
C)how the father and daughter get along and communicate
D)how much attention the girl receives from boys
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Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
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Q1) According to a review of phone calls to suicide hotlines,the predominant adolescent difficulty that leads to a suicide attempt is
A)an eating disorder.
B)pregnancy.
C)mental illness.
D)family problems.
Q2) Psychologist James Marcia suggests that adolescent identity can be seen in terms of two characteristics,which are
A)industry and withdrawal.
B)inferiority and assertiveness.
C)identity acceptance and identity refusal.
D)crisis or commitment.
Q3) While dating is a part of a pattern of courtship that can potentially lead to marriage,it can also do which of the following?
A)help adolescents to learn to establish intimacy with another individual
B)create unnecessary drama
C)reduce status and prestige for girls,but benefit the status of boys
D)establish sexual or gender identity/preference
Q4) Briefly explain some criticism of Erikson's 8-stage theory of development.
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
Adulthood
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Q1) The overall proportion of the minority population entering college has increased over the past decade.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the American College of Sports Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,people need to exercise for at least 30 minutes per day,with no break,for 5 days a week to get the maximum benefits of exercise.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following groups of people are more likely to die in young adulthood as a result of risky lifestyle decisions and secondary aging?
A)Caucasian American women
B)African American men
C)Caucasian American men
D)African American women
Q4) Briefly explain Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence.
Q5) Briefly explain some strategies for coping with stress.
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Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early
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Q1) Which of the following is a reason why young adults choose to have children?
A)to get pleasure from watching their children grow,and fulfillment from seeing them be successful
B)health benefits from having a successful pregnancy (decreased breast cancer risk)
C)to get financial gain from governmental benefits programs such as tax breaks and welfare
D)the majority of parents do not plan to have children
Q2) _____ people eventually marry.
A)Most
B)Few
C)Elderly
D)Disabled
Q3) According to Robert Sternberg,when two people have a "fling" or short-term relationship based only on sexual attraction,this is called
A)nonlove.
B)infatuated love.
C)liking.
D)empty love.
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Since chronic illnesses begin to appear during middle adulthood,the death rate during this period
A)is stable.
B)is about the same.
C)decreases.
D)increases.
Q2) Joan is 45 years old and feels hot.She gets red,begins to sweat,and then she feels chills.The symptom Joan is experiencing is A)"hot flashes."
B)perimenopause.
C)menopause.
D)climacteric.
Q3) José is beginning to lose the ability to detect fine spatial detail in close and distant objects.Which of the following terms refers to his condition?
A)loss of visual acuity
B)presbyopia
C)glaucoma
D)presbycusis
Q4) Briefly describe the three types of memory.
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Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle
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Q1) Erik Erikson suggested that middle adulthood encompasses a period he characterized as ________________,where a person is,or is not,making a contribution to family and community.
A)midlife crisis
B)life events models
C)normative-crisis model
D)generativity-versus-stagnation stage
Q2) When a situation occurs where a highly trained professional experiences dissatisfaction,disillusionment,frustration,and weariness from his/her job,this is called A)midlife crisis.
B)burnout.
C)live events hypothesis.
D)normative life crisis.
Q3) The "rule of thumb" phrase comes from the English common law practice of a husband being allowed to beat his wife with a stick or rod that was no thicker than his thumb.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly explain how to deal with spousal abuse.
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) A condition in which the bones become brittle,fragile,and thin,often brought about by a lack of calcium in the diet,is called A)osteopathy.
B)endocrinology.
C)osteoporosis.
D)rickets.
Q2) Research suggests that,with age,regular exercise contributes to which of the following?
A)less loss of muscle fiber
B)increased bone fractures
C)worse performance on mental tests and increase in brain tissue
D)cognitive loss
Q3) One out of every ____ people in the U.S.is 65 years of age or older.
A)10
B)8
C)15
D)5
Q4) Old people usually take longer to learn something new.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late
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Q1) Which of the following older people is most likely to experience elder abuse?
A)patient with a hip fracture in a nursing home
B)elder who is relatively independent and does not require an intense level of care
C)people with Alzheimer's or various forms of dementia living in their caretaker's home
D)an elderly person who resides in assisted living
Q2) Helplessness brought about by institutionalism does not have serious consequences.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What factor led to the development of the activity theory?
A)lack of support for the continuity theory
B)lack of correlational factors
C)too few subjects in studies
D)lack of support for the disengagement theory
Q4) The rising cost of health care is a source of financial vulnerability for older adults.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Death and Dying
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Q1) What do the letters "DNR" on a patient's medical chart mean?
A)"Documents Not Retained"
B)"Deteriorating Neuronal Responses"
C)"Deficient Nitrogen Reserves"
D)"Do Not Resuscitate"
Q2) What is the most frequent cause of death during childhood?
A)Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
B)child abuse,malnutrition,and neglect
C)cancers such as leukemia
D)automobile accidents,fires,and drowning
Q3) The care provided for the dying in places devoted to those who are terminally ill is called
A)hospice care.
B)home care.
C)euthanasia.
D)nursing care.
Q4) According to Kübler-Ross,dying people who are in the bargaining process stage always keep their promises.
A)True
B)False
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