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Chapter 3: Human Development


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Developmental psychology is the study of
a. the language, personality, and emotions of children and adolescents.
b. the stages of life and the important tasks of each.
c. progressive changes in behavior and abilities from conception to death.
d. the role of maturation in the unfolding of human potential.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Fact

2. Dianne is a psychologist who is interested in the progressive changes that people show in their
behavior and abilities from conception to death. Dianne is most likely a __________ psychologist.
a. social
b. behavioral
c. comparative
d. developmental
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Application

3. Developmental psychologists are interested in changes in behavior that occur from
a. conception to death (the womb to the tomb).
b. birth to adolescence (infant to teen).
c. birth to adulthood (child to grown-up).
d. conception to senescence.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Fact

4. Achieving sexual maturity is mostly governed by
a. nurture.
b. nature.
c. the environment.
d. evolutionary senescence.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)




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,5. Learning to dance or to use a computer is primarily a matter of
a. nurture.
b. nature.
c. heredity.
d. maturation.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)

6. The importance of heredity stems from the fact that it
a. is not subject to environmental influences.
b. determines the overall health of the organism.
c. sets the limits of development by providing a framework of potentials and limitations.
d. is more fragile than the environment and, consequently, can be more changeable.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)

7. Psychologists generally resolve the nature-nurture debate by agreeing that
a. heredity and environment are interacting and inseparable factors in development.
b. heredity is more important because it precedes the effects of experience.
c. environment is more important because its effects are less flexible than those of heredity.
d. environment is more important because most behaviors of interest to psychologists are
learned.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Concept

8. According to the text, what conclusion can be drawn in the nature-nurture debate?
a. Heredity is the most important because we inherit our potential for development as well as
our limitations.
b. Environment is the most important because influences, such as learning, nutrition, disease,
and culture affect our ability to develop to our potential.
c. It is the interaction between heredity and environment that is important in determining
who we become.
d. Neither heredity nor environment is important; only our own behavior determines who we
are.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Concept



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, 9. The fact that identical twins are less alike as adults than they were as children shows which of the
following at work?
a. pubescent influences
b. senescent influences
c. polygenic influences
d. environmental influences
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.1
KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)

10. The genetic transmission of physical and psychological characteristics from parents to offspring is
known as
a. development.
b. heredity.
c. nurture.
d. maturation.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.2
KEY: Fact

11. When psychologists attribute development to nature, they are referring to the effects of
a. mother/infant bonding.
b. heredity and genetics.
c. environmental influences.
d. evolutionary selection.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.2
KEY: Fact

12. The uniting of the egg and sperm is referred to as
a. development.
b. transformation.
c. conception.
d. developmental sequencing.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.2
KEY: Fact

13. Conception occurs when the
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, a. egg is released from the ovary.
b. egg and sperm unite.
c. fertilized egg makes its first division.
d. embryo implants into the uterine lining.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.2
KEY: Fact


14. The long, ladder-like chains of chemical molecules that act as a code for genetic information are
known as
a. DNA.
b. gametes.
c. ribosomes.
d. neurilemmas.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.2
KEY: Fact

15. Which of the following is found in the nucleus of every human cell and contains a record of all the
instructions needed to make a human?
a. DNA
b. MSG
c. myelin
d. neurilemma
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.2
KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question)

16. The code for genetic information consists of
a. the sperm and ovum.
b. the presence of neurotransmitters, especially acetylcholine.
c. the order of the molecules making up DNA.
d. molecular ganglia.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.2
KEY: Concept

17. The chemical molecules making up DNA are
a. organic acids.
b. organic bases.
c. ribosomes.
d. molecular ganglia.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: Nature and Nurture-It Takes Two to Tango OBJ: 3.1.2
KEY: Fact
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