MyTest Mary Close Canadore College
Lifespan Development 7ce Denise Boyd Houston Community College
Paul Johnson Confederation College
Helen Bee Standford University
Lifespan Development, 7th Canadian Edition
CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS
Chapter 1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Developmental psychology is the scientific study of ________ in our bodies, behaviour, thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities. maturity and stability age-related changes social and cultural norms genetic and biological influences Learning Objective: Difficulty: QuestionID: Page-Reference: Skill:
1.1 Explain each of the philosophies that are important to the study of human development. 1 01-1-01 2 Knowledge
Answer: age-related changes 2. The belief that humans must seek redemption and lead a disciplined life to reduce the influence of innate tendencies toward acting immorally is associated with the philosophical doctrine of innate goodness. original sin. empiricism. blank slate. Learning Objective: Difficulty: QuestionID: Page-Reference: Skill:
1.1 Explain each of the philosophies that are important to the study of human development. 1 01-1-02 3 Knowledge
Answer: original sin. 3. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau would suggest that the basis for human development is life experiences and external environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual. preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits. the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption. an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential. Learning Objective: Difficulty: QuestionID: Page-Reference: Skill:
1.1 Explain each of the philosophies that are important to the study of human development. 2 01-1-03 3 Knowledge
Answer: an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
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Lifespan Development, 7th Canadian Edition 4. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the English philosopher John Locke would suggest that the basis for human development is the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption. an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential. preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits. environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual. Learning Objective: Difficulty: QuestionID: Page-Reference: Skill:
1.1 Explain each of the philosophies that are important to the study of human development. 2 01-1-04 3 Knowledge
Answer: environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual. 5. Which scientist contributed the concept of developmental stages to the scientific study of human development? Charles Darwin. John Watson. Arnold Gesell. G. Stanley Hall. Learning Objective: Difficulty: QuestionID: Page-Reference: Skill:
1.2 Describe the contributions of the early developmental scientists. 1 01-1-05 3 Knowledge
Answer: Charles Darwin. 6. ______ are recognized as the first scientific studies of child development. Darwin's baby biographies. Gesell's studies of maturation. Hall's questionnaires and interviews. Piaget's cognitive theories. Learning Objective: Difficulty: QuestionID: Page-Reference: Skill:
1.2 Describe the contributions of the early developmental scientists. 2 01-1-06 5 Knowledge
Answer: Hall's questionnaires and interviews. 7. Early developmental psychology pioneer G. Stanley Hall believed that developmentalists should identify ________ to further the field's understanding of child development. milestones. norms. developmental stages. maturation processes.
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