TEST BANK HDEV 6th Edition by Spencer A. Rathus
Table of Contents
1. History, Theories, and Methods.
2. Heredity and Prenatal Development.
3. Birth and the Newborn Baby: In the New World.
4. Infancy: Physical Development.
5. Infancy: Cognitive Development.
6. Infancy: Social and Emotional Development.
7. Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development.
8. Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development.
9. Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development.
10. Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development.
11. Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development.
12. Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development.
13. Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development.
14. Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development.
15. Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development.
16. Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development.
17. Late Adulthood: Physical and Emotional Development.
18. Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development.
19. Life’s Final Chapter.
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True / False
1. During the Middle Ages, children were nurtured until they were seven years old, which was considered the “age of reason.”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
2. John Locke believed that children should be treated as property and servants.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that children were born inherently good.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. John Locke said that children begin life bearing ancestral knowledge.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. According to Freud’s psychosexual theory, children develop strong sexual attachments to the same-sex parent during the pha
stage.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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6. Extinction results from repeated performance of operant behavior without punishment
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. Punishments such as spanking are considered less effective than types of discipline that provide alternative, acceptable
behaviors.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
8. Bandura’s social cognitive theory argues that children learn by observing models.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
9. Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory suggests that children actively learn about and take charge of their environments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. Fixed action patterns are learned behaviors.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
11. During prenatal development, neurotransmitters are responsible for the physical development of female and male sex organ
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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12. The nervous systems of most, and perhaps all, animals are “prewired” to respond to most situations in general ways.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
13. The ecological systems theory of development states that only genetic factors are worth studying.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
14. The nature-nurture controversy debates whether development is continuous or a series of stages.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
15. Stage theories consider development as a continuous process.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
16. Strong arguments or reference to authority figures are commonly used as scientific evidence.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
17. Case study involves detailing an account of the behavior of multiple subjects.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
18. Dependent variables are manipulated by experimenters.
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