Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Psychosocial development refers to patterns of change in mental abilities, such as learning, attention,
memory, and creativity.
True False
2. Developmental scientists generally study four broad domains of the self; physical, cognitive, health and
psychosocial.
True False
3. Learning, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity make up cognitive development.
True False
4. At the prenatal developmental stage, vulnerability to environmental influences is the greatest.
True False
5. Early childhood educators support children's development focusing on infants, toddlers, and children up
to the age of 12.
True False
6. Maturation refers to the differences among children in characteristics, influences, or developmental
outcomes.
True False
7. According to Statistics Canada, the proportion of the Canadian population made up of foreign-born
people will increase to about 28 percent of the population by 2031.
True False
8. The composition of a neighbourhood affects the way children develop.
True False
9. Normative influences are unusual events that have a major impact on individual lives because they
disturb the expected sequence of the life cycle.
True False
10. According to Konrad Lorenz, imprinting is automatic and irreversible.
True False
11. A sensitive period is a time when a developing person is especially responsive to certain kinds of
experiences.
True False
12. Being 3 months versus 6 months pregnant is a qualitative change.
True False
13. Qualitative change is viewed as continuous development.
True False
14. The change from a nonverbal child to one who understands words and can communicate verbally is a
qualitative change.
True False
15. Newborns are governed by the superego.
True False
,16. The ego mediates between the impulses of the id and the demands of the superego.
True False
17. Erikson's theory states that development stops at adolescence.
True False
18. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which a response to a stimulus is elicited after repeated
association with a stimulus that normally elicits the response.
True False
19. Reciprocal determinism is Bandura's term for bidirectional forces that affect development.
True False
20. Evolved mechanisms are behaviours that developed to solve adaptive problems.
True False
21. An ethnographic study uses a combination of methods, including informal, unstructured interviewing and
participant observation.
True False
22. Two inversely correlated variables increase or decrease together.
True False
23. Field experiments are controlled studies conducted in an everyday setting, such as home or school.
True False
24. The sequential study is a complex strategy designed to overcome the drawbacks of longitudinal and
cross-sectional research.
True False
25. Marsha is taking a class in human development. Which of the following addresses her class's focus?
A. from conception to adolescence
B. throughout childhood
C. from adolescence through older adulthood
D. from conception to death
26. Division of the lifespan into periods of development is a social construction. What does this indicate?
A. It remains constant across all societies.
B. It is a concept that is generally accepted by a particular culture.
C. It is normative.
D. It is biologically determined.
27. What defines the growth of the body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health?
A. Physical development
B. Cognitive development
C. Psychosocial development
D. Ego development
28. Annette who is a toddler, first started to crawl, then stand, and she is now taking her first steps. What
aspect of Annette's development is being described?
A. physical development
B. cognitive development
C. psychosocial development
D. ego development
29. What does cognitive development primarily refer to?
A. growth of sensory capacities and motor skills
B. pattern of change in mental abilities
C. pattern of change in emotions
D. development of social relationships
,30. What aspect of development is defined as the pattern of change in emotions, personality, and
relationships?
A. Physical
B. Cognitive
C. Psychosocial
D. Normative
31. A child psychologist is conducting research on peer interactions among elementary school children.
He aims to understand the impact of peer interactions on emotional development. What aspect of
development is being studied?
A. cognitive
B. normative
C. physical
D. psychosocial
32. Dr. Dunn studies the way that children of different ages organize information in their memory. What is
the primary developmental focus of his research?
A. physical
B. normative
C. cognitive
D. psychosocial
33. Which statement describes the period of development from conception to birth?
A. the prenatal period
B. infancy
C. puberty
D. the neonatal period
34. Which of the following characterizes infants and toddlers?
A. Abilities to learn and remember are absent
B. Use of symbols develops by end of 2nd year
C. Handedness appears
D. Play becomes more imaginative, more elaborate, and usually more social
35. During what developmental stage is health generally better than at any other time in the human lifespan?
A. toddlerhood
B. early childhood
C. middle childhood
D. adolescence
36. Which of the following is a characteristic of early childhood?
A. Basic body structures and organs begin to form
B. Children begin to think logically but concretely
C. Handedness appears and fine and gross motor skills improve
D. Peers assume greater importance than family
37. When does reproductive maturity occur?
A. toddlerhood
B. early childhood
C. middle childhood
D. adolescence
38. During what stage of development is thinking somewhat egocentric, but the understanding of other
people's perspectives also grows?
A. toddlerhood
B. early childhood
C. the prenatal period
D. adolescence
, 39. Which of these characteristics describes psychosocial development during the adolescent stage of
development?
A. Shift from dependence to autonomy begins
B. Physical growth and other changes become very slow
C. Search for identity becomes central
D. Handedness appears
40. What refers to the unfolding of a universal, natural sequence of physical changes and behaviour patterns?
A. Heredity
B. Social construction
C. Maturation
D. Imprinting
41. Which of the following refers to the variations among a child's characteristics; influences, or
developmental outcomes?
A. individual differences
B. reaction range
C. coregulation
D. social construction
42. What is a two-generational household unit that shares household and economic resources and consists of
one or two parents and their biological, adopted, or step children called?
A. stepfamily
B. nuclear family
C. extended family
D. blended family
43. Donna's family consists of her biological parents and her younger brother. Which of the following
describes their family?
A. extended family
B. nuclear family
C. stepfamily
D. blended family
44. Shari is a 9-year-old girl who lives in Alberta. She lives with her parents, her younger sister, and her
grandparents. Her maternal uncle, who has recently emigrated from India to Canada, also lives with them.
Which of the following describes Shari's family?
A. conjugal
B. nuclear
C. extended
D. blended
45. In Canada in 2006, ethnic minorities represented roughly what percentage of the population?
A. one-fifth
B. one-third
C. one-half
D. two-thirds
46. What is a group consisting of people united by ancestry, race, religion, language, or national origin that
contributes to a sense of shared identity known as?
A. out-group
B. ethnic group
C. clique
D. extended family
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Psychosocial development refers to patterns of change in mental abilities, such as learning, attention,
memory, and creativity.
True False
2. Developmental scientists generally study four broad domains of the self; physical, cognitive, health and
psychosocial.
True False
3. Learning, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity make up cognitive development.
True False
4. At the prenatal developmental stage, vulnerability to environmental influences is the greatest.
True False
5. Early childhood educators support children's development focusing on infants, toddlers, and children up
to the age of 12.
True False
6. Maturation refers to the differences among children in characteristics, influences, or developmental
outcomes.
True False
7. According to Statistics Canada, the proportion of the Canadian population made up of foreign-born
people will increase to about 28 percent of the population by 2031.
True False
8. The composition of a neighbourhood affects the way children develop.
True False
9. Normative influences are unusual events that have a major impact on individual lives because they
disturb the expected sequence of the life cycle.
True False
10. According to Konrad Lorenz, imprinting is automatic and irreversible.
True False
11. A sensitive period is a time when a developing person is especially responsive to certain kinds of
experiences.
True False
12. Being 3 months versus 6 months pregnant is a qualitative change.
True False
13. Qualitative change is viewed as continuous development.
True False
14. The change from a nonverbal child to one who understands words and can communicate verbally is a
qualitative change.
True False
15. Newborns are governed by the superego.
True False
,16. The ego mediates between the impulses of the id and the demands of the superego.
True False
17. Erikson's theory states that development stops at adolescence.
True False
18. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which a response to a stimulus is elicited after repeated
association with a stimulus that normally elicits the response.
True False
19. Reciprocal determinism is Bandura's term for bidirectional forces that affect development.
True False
20. Evolved mechanisms are behaviours that developed to solve adaptive problems.
True False
21. An ethnographic study uses a combination of methods, including informal, unstructured interviewing and
participant observation.
True False
22. Two inversely correlated variables increase or decrease together.
True False
23. Field experiments are controlled studies conducted in an everyday setting, such as home or school.
True False
24. The sequential study is a complex strategy designed to overcome the drawbacks of longitudinal and
cross-sectional research.
True False
25. Marsha is taking a class in human development. Which of the following addresses her class's focus?
A. from conception to adolescence
B. throughout childhood
C. from adolescence through older adulthood
D. from conception to death
26. Division of the lifespan into periods of development is a social construction. What does this indicate?
A. It remains constant across all societies.
B. It is a concept that is generally accepted by a particular culture.
C. It is normative.
D. It is biologically determined.
27. What defines the growth of the body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health?
A. Physical development
B. Cognitive development
C. Psychosocial development
D. Ego development
28. Annette who is a toddler, first started to crawl, then stand, and she is now taking her first steps. What
aspect of Annette's development is being described?
A. physical development
B. cognitive development
C. psychosocial development
D. ego development
29. What does cognitive development primarily refer to?
A. growth of sensory capacities and motor skills
B. pattern of change in mental abilities
C. pattern of change in emotions
D. development of social relationships
,30. What aspect of development is defined as the pattern of change in emotions, personality, and
relationships?
A. Physical
B. Cognitive
C. Psychosocial
D. Normative
31. A child psychologist is conducting research on peer interactions among elementary school children.
He aims to understand the impact of peer interactions on emotional development. What aspect of
development is being studied?
A. cognitive
B. normative
C. physical
D. psychosocial
32. Dr. Dunn studies the way that children of different ages organize information in their memory. What is
the primary developmental focus of his research?
A. physical
B. normative
C. cognitive
D. psychosocial
33. Which statement describes the period of development from conception to birth?
A. the prenatal period
B. infancy
C. puberty
D. the neonatal period
34. Which of the following characterizes infants and toddlers?
A. Abilities to learn and remember are absent
B. Use of symbols develops by end of 2nd year
C. Handedness appears
D. Play becomes more imaginative, more elaborate, and usually more social
35. During what developmental stage is health generally better than at any other time in the human lifespan?
A. toddlerhood
B. early childhood
C. middle childhood
D. adolescence
36. Which of the following is a characteristic of early childhood?
A. Basic body structures and organs begin to form
B. Children begin to think logically but concretely
C. Handedness appears and fine and gross motor skills improve
D. Peers assume greater importance than family
37. When does reproductive maturity occur?
A. toddlerhood
B. early childhood
C. middle childhood
D. adolescence
38. During what stage of development is thinking somewhat egocentric, but the understanding of other
people's perspectives also grows?
A. toddlerhood
B. early childhood
C. the prenatal period
D. adolescence
, 39. Which of these characteristics describes psychosocial development during the adolescent stage of
development?
A. Shift from dependence to autonomy begins
B. Physical growth and other changes become very slow
C. Search for identity becomes central
D. Handedness appears
40. What refers to the unfolding of a universal, natural sequence of physical changes and behaviour patterns?
A. Heredity
B. Social construction
C. Maturation
D. Imprinting
41. Which of the following refers to the variations among a child's characteristics; influences, or
developmental outcomes?
A. individual differences
B. reaction range
C. coregulation
D. social construction
42. What is a two-generational household unit that shares household and economic resources and consists of
one or two parents and their biological, adopted, or step children called?
A. stepfamily
B. nuclear family
C. extended family
D. blended family
43. Donna's family consists of her biological parents and her younger brother. Which of the following
describes their family?
A. extended family
B. nuclear family
C. stepfamily
D. blended family
44. Shari is a 9-year-old girl who lives in Alberta. She lives with her parents, her younger sister, and her
grandparents. Her maternal uncle, who has recently emigrated from India to Canada, also lives with them.
Which of the following describes Shari's family?
A. conjugal
B. nuclear
C. extended
D. blended
45. In Canada in 2006, ethnic minorities represented roughly what percentage of the population?
A. one-fifth
B. one-third
C. one-half
D. two-thirds
46. What is a group consisting of people united by ancestry, race, religion, language, or national origin that
contributes to a sense of shared identity known as?
A. out-group
B. ethnic group
C. clique
D. extended family
