Human Growth and Development Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Human Growth and Development explores the complex process of human development from conception through late adulthood, examining the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that occur throughout the lifespan. This course investigates major theories and research findings in developmental psychology, analyzing how genetics and environment shape growth and behavior. Students will gain insight into milestones and challenges at each stage of life, understand factors influencing development such as family, culture, and community, and consider implications for education, health, and personal relationships.
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Child Development A Cultural Approach 2nd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Child Development
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Q1) According to Freud,what balances the demands of the id and the superego?
A) id
B) ego
C) superego
D) libido
Answer: B
Q2) The term _____ refers to development as separated into distinct stages.
A) discontinuous
B) continuous
C) rapid growth
D) categorical
Answer: A
Q3) Freud proposed that all children desired to replace their same-sex parent and enjoy sexual access to the other-sex parent.What was Freud's term for this concept?
A) genital complex
B) incest complex
C) parental complex
D) Oedipus complex
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?
A) 23
B) 46
C) 69
D) 92
Answer: A
Q2) If the gene for curly hair is dominant and the gene for straight hair is recessive,from a dominant-recessive pairing,which of the following would be an individual's phenotype?
A) straight hair
B) curly hair
C) dominant-recessive
D) their complete genetic makeup
Answer: B
Q3) Nearly all of the major organs are formed during what period?
A) genetic
B) zygotic
C) fetal
D) embryonic
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) Which of the following are correlating factors as to whether a mother will breast feed?
A) socioeconomic status, age, and personality traits
B) family income, temperament, and level of education
C) geographical location, level of education, and temperament
D) age, level of education, and socioeconomic status
Answer: D
Q2) Of the benefits listed below,which one has NOT been associated with breast feeding and health in adolescence and adulthood?
A) superior bone density
B) taller stature
C) enhanced vision
D) improved cardiovascular functioning
Answer: B
Q3) How many hours a day does the average neonate sleep?
A) 8-10
B) 11-13
C) 16-17
D) 20-22
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) ____ is used as an overall measure of an infant's development progress.
A) Developmental Quotient
B) Apgar Score
C) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
D) The Reflexive Inventory of Innate Responses
Q2) ____ is a proper pairing between an individual's temperament and environmental demands.
A) Social referencing
B) Temperament
C) Attachment
D) Goodness-of-fit
Q3) What did Piaget call the error that infants made when an object was hidden under blanket B but the infants stopped looking for the object after they looked under blanket A?
A) the A-and-B error
B) the A-or-B error
C) the A-not-B error
D) the A, B, Cs of infant memory
Q4) Describe the milestones of language development in infancy.Will babies learning two languages be delayed in language development?
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) ____ is the process where toddlers learn and remember a word for an object after being told what the object is called just one time.
A) Overregulation
B) Fast mapping
C) Super quick learning
D) Exponential encoding
Q2) Posada et al.(1995)examined mothers and toddlers from China,Columbia,Germany,Israel,Japan,and the United States on what constitutes a securely attached child.How did these mothers describe an "ideally secure" child?
A) in similar ways, particularly in how they viewed themselves as a secure base
B) from their mothers' description, Japanese toddlers were more likely to be classified as insecure-avoidant rather than "ideally secure"
C) in different ways, as they differed in how they viewed themselves as secure bases
D) from their mothers' description, Chinese toddlers were more likely to be classified as insecure-resistant rather than "ideally secure"
Q3) What is synaptic pruning and is it normal?
Q4) What does Arnett mean by "controlled elimination"?
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) You are babysitting your nieces,Rosa and Isabelle.You leave you phone on the sofa,and Rosa hides your phone under a pillow while you are out of the room.When you return,Rosa knows that you will look for your phone on the sofa,where you left it.But Isabelle,who is younger than Rosa,thinks you will know that it is under the pillow.Rosa is likely ___,while Isabelle is probably ___.
A) at least age 4; age 3 or younger
B) at least age 5; around age 4
C) at least age 8; around age 6
D) at least age 10; age 8 or older
Q2) Tamika and Daquon are the parents of a typical family and have three children.Based upon the reading,how many years probably separate each of their children?
A) 0-1
B) 1-3
C) 4-5
D) 2-4
Q3) If you were a 3-year-old living in a developing country,such as Africa,what would be the most likely cause of death as a toddler? Is this different from the leading cause of death for toddlers in the U.S.? Explain.
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) You have been interested in kanji,Japanese logograph symbols,for many years.In fact,you know about 500 of them,which is extraordinarily advanced.Your friends frequently ask you what the symbols mean because they are interested in getting tattoos of them.You are surprised at how many times they ask you about the same symbol.Why is it that you can learn more kanji symbols fairly easily,but your friends barely learn a few symbols?
A) You have considerable knowledge, which assists you in learning more.
B) You hang around with friends who are not very intelligent.
C) Your friends put very little effort in learning the symbols.
D) You have special powers of memorization.
Q2) The amount of time adolescents spend with their families ____ between 5th and 9th grades and averages only ___ per day.
A) increases; 3 hours
B) decreases; 3 hours
C) decreases; one hour
D) increases; one hour
Q3) What would be one critique in measuring formal operations by using Piaget's pendulum problem among adolescents in an impoverished traditional culture?
Q4) What are two causes of the secular trend?
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) Christopher Eppig and his colleagues found that the brain requires a great deal of the body's physical energy.What percentage of this energy is required for brain development in newborns?
A) 87%
B) 67%
C) 47%
D) 27%
Q2) In many Asian countries,it is believed that educational success is derived mainly from ____; in contrast,American culture tends to believe that educational success is due mainly to ____.
A) genetic forces; IQ
B) IQ; genetic forces
C) hard work; innate ability
D) innate ability; hard work
Q3) Children are considered to be obese if they ____.
A) eat more than 4,000 calories a day
B) fail to exercise for more than 10 minutes per day
C) have a BMI that exceeds 21
D) have 40% or more body fat
Q4) What is myopia and what is one reason that it increases in middle childhood?
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) According to Smith and Snell,American emerging adults tend to believe that what is most important about religion is the ____.
A) belief in God and having religious faith
B) belief in helping each other become better people
C) belief in God and making sure that all people follow a strict view of what is right and wrong
D) belief in denominational dogma and rules to seek salvation
Q2) Are people who cohabit before marriage more or less likely to get divorced? Explain.
Q3) According to the U.S.Department of Labor (2012),the average American holds ___ different jobs between the ages of 18 and 30.
A) two
B) five
C) eight
D) twelve
Q4) Discuss the trends of leaving home among emerging adults of different ethnic backgrounds in the U.S.How does this compare to those in European countries? Include pros and cons of "leaving the nest" in your answer.
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