TEST BANK HDEV 6th Edition by Spencer A. Rathus Table of Contents

TEST BANK HDEV 6th Edition by Spencer A. Rathus


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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