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Chapter 1 The Science of Child Development
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS dt dt




1. Which philosopher believed that children are born with innate knowledge?
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a. Plato

b. Aristotle

c. John Locke
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Jacques Rousseau Answer
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Rationale: In Plato’s view, children’s experiences simply trigger knowledge they’ve had since
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birth.

Topic: Setting the Stage
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l: Remember the Facts
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Learning Objective: Explain how conceptions of childhood and research on child development
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2. The idea that the mind of the human infant is a tabula rasa at birth reflects the belief that
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b. children should be left alone so that their good natures can unfold
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c. heredity plays a major role in an individual’s development
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d. infants cannot think, because their minds are blank
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Rationale: John Locke’s idea of a tabula rasa argues poetically that infants are blank slates on
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which experience writes.
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3. Which two philosophers both believed that children were born as blank slates, with k
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nowledge acquired through experiences?
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a. Plato and Aristotle
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Rationale: Both Aristotle and John Locke, presenting their ideas centuries apart, thought that hu
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mans lacked innate knowledge.
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4. The French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau proposed that
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a. the human infant is born a tabula rasa
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b. infants were born with an innate sense of justice and morality
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d. parents should teach their children rationality and self-control
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Rationale: Rousseau thought that humans were born with an innate goodness. T
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opic: Setting the Stage
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5. Which list places thinkers who had a substantial impact on child development in the C
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