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Lifespan Development, Canadian Edition 7th
h h h h
Edition
h
by Denise Boyd
h h
, Table of Contents
h h
Chapter h01: hBasic hConcepts hand hMethods
h Chapter h02: hTheories hof hDevelopment
h Chapter h03: hPrenatal hDevelopment hand
Birth1
h
Chapter h04: hPhysical, hSensory, hand hPerceptual hDevelopment hin hInfancy
h Chapter h05: hCognitive hDevelopment hin hInfancy
Chapter h06: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hInfancy1
h Chapter h07: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hEarly
h Childhood hChapter h08: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin
h Early hChildhood hChapter h09: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin
Middle hChildhood
h
Chapter h10: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hMiddle hChildhood
h Chapter h11: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hAdolescence
h Chapter h12: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hAdolescence
h Chapter h13: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hEarly hAdulthood
h Chapter h14: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hEarly hAdulthood
h Chapter h15: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hMiddle hAdulthood
h Chapter h16: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hMiddle hAdulthood
h Chapter h17: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hLate hAdulthood
h Chapter h18: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hLate hAdulthood
h Chapter h19: hDeath, hDying, hand hBereavement
,Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
h h h h h
Multiple-Choice h Questions
1. Developmental h psychology h is h the h scientific h study h of in hour hbodies, hbehaviour,
hthinking, h emotions, h social h relationships, h and h personalities.
A) maturity h and h stability
B) age-related h changes
C) social h and h cultural h norms
D) genetic h and h biological h influences
Difficulty: h1
Question hID: h01-1-01
Page-Reference: h2
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h B) hage-related hchanges
2. The h belief h that h humans h must h seek h redemption h and h lead h a h disciplined h life h to h reduce
h the h influence h of h innate h tendencies h toward h acting h immorally h is h associated h with h the
h philosophical h doctrine hof
A) innate h goodness.
B) original h sin.
C) empiricism.
D) blank h slate.
Difficulty: h1
Question hID: h01-1-02
Page-Reference: h3
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h B) horiginal hsin.
3. A h developmental h psychologist h who h espouses h the h ideas h of h the h philosopher h Jean-
Jacques hRousseau h would h suggest h that h the h basis h for h human h development h is
A) life h experiences h and h external h environmental h influences h that h shape h a h "blank h slate" h malleable
h individual.
B) preprogrammed h sequential h stages h and h genetically h inherited h traits.
C) the h struggle h between h an h individual's h selfish/sinful h nature h and h redemption.
D) an h individual's h effort h to h achieve h his h or h her h inborn h potential.
Difficulty: h2
QuestionID: h 01-1-03
Page-Reference: h3
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h D) han hindividual's heffort hto hachieve hhis hor hher hinborn hpotential.
4. A h developmental h psychologist h who h espouses h the h ideas h of h the h English h philosopher
h John h Locke h would h suggest h that h the h basis h for h human h development h is
A) the h struggle h between h an h individual's h selfish/sinful h nature h and h redemption.
B) an h individual's h effort h to h achieve h his h or h her h inborn h potential.
C) preprogrammed h sequential h stages h and h genetically h inherited h traits.
D) environmental h influences h that h shape h a h "blank h slate" h malleable h individual.
, QuestionID: h 01-1-04
Page-Reference: h3
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h D) henvironmental hinfluences hthat hshape ha h"blank hslate" hmalleable hindividual.
5. Which h scientist h contributed h the h concept h of h developmental h stages h to h the h scientific
h study h of hhuman h development?
A) Charles h Darwin
B) John h Watson
C) Arnold h Gesell
D) G. h Stanley h Hall
Difficulty: h1
QuestionID: h 01-1-05
Page-Reference: h3
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h A) hCharles hDarwin
6. are h recognized h as h the h first h scientific h studies h of h child h development.
A) Darwin's h baby h biographies
B) Gesell's h studies h of h maturation
C) Hall's h questionnaires h and h interviews
D) Piaget's h cognitive h theories
Difficulty: h2
QuestionID: h 01-1-06
Page-Reference: h5
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h C) hHall's hquestionnaires hand hinterviews
7. Early h developmental h psychology h pioneer h G. h Stanley h Hall h believed h that
h developmentalists h should h identify to h further h the h field's h understanding h of h child
h development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmental h stages
D) maturation h processes
Difficulty: h2
QuestionID: h 01-1-07
Page-Reference: h5
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h B) hnorms
8. is h the h term h used h to h describe h the h average h age h at h which h children h reach
h developmental h milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation h stage"
C) "Psycho-social h developmental h stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
h
Lifespan Development, Canadian Edition 7th
h h h h
Edition
h
by Denise Boyd
h h
, Table of Contents
h h
Chapter h01: hBasic hConcepts hand hMethods
h Chapter h02: hTheories hof hDevelopment
h Chapter h03: hPrenatal hDevelopment hand
Birth1
h
Chapter h04: hPhysical, hSensory, hand hPerceptual hDevelopment hin hInfancy
h Chapter h05: hCognitive hDevelopment hin hInfancy
Chapter h06: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hInfancy1
h Chapter h07: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hEarly
h Childhood hChapter h08: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin
h Early hChildhood hChapter h09: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin
Middle hChildhood
h
Chapter h10: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hMiddle hChildhood
h Chapter h11: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hAdolescence
h Chapter h12: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hAdolescence
h Chapter h13: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hEarly hAdulthood
h Chapter h14: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hEarly hAdulthood
h Chapter h15: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hMiddle hAdulthood
h Chapter h16: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hMiddle hAdulthood
h Chapter h17: hPhysical hand hCognitive hDevelopment hin hLate hAdulthood
h Chapter h18: hSocial hand hPersonality hDevelopment hin hLate hAdulthood
h Chapter h19: hDeath, hDying, hand hBereavement
,Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
h h h h h
Multiple-Choice h Questions
1. Developmental h psychology h is h the h scientific h study h of in hour hbodies, hbehaviour,
hthinking, h emotions, h social h relationships, h and h personalities.
A) maturity h and h stability
B) age-related h changes
C) social h and h cultural h norms
D) genetic h and h biological h influences
Difficulty: h1
Question hID: h01-1-01
Page-Reference: h2
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h B) hage-related hchanges
2. The h belief h that h humans h must h seek h redemption h and h lead h a h disciplined h life h to h reduce
h the h influence h of h innate h tendencies h toward h acting h immorally h is h associated h with h the
h philosophical h doctrine hof
A) innate h goodness.
B) original h sin.
C) empiricism.
D) blank h slate.
Difficulty: h1
Question hID: h01-1-02
Page-Reference: h3
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h B) horiginal hsin.
3. A h developmental h psychologist h who h espouses h the h ideas h of h the h philosopher h Jean-
Jacques hRousseau h would h suggest h that h the h basis h for h human h development h is
A) life h experiences h and h external h environmental h influences h that h shape h a h "blank h slate" h malleable
h individual.
B) preprogrammed h sequential h stages h and h genetically h inherited h traits.
C) the h struggle h between h an h individual's h selfish/sinful h nature h and h redemption.
D) an h individual's h effort h to h achieve h his h or h her h inborn h potential.
Difficulty: h2
QuestionID: h 01-1-03
Page-Reference: h3
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h D) han hindividual's heffort hto hachieve hhis hor hher hinborn hpotential.
4. A h developmental h psychologist h who h espouses h the h ideas h of h the h English h philosopher
h John h Locke h would h suggest h that h the h basis h for h human h development h is
A) the h struggle h between h an h individual's h selfish/sinful h nature h and h redemption.
B) an h individual's h effort h to h achieve h his h or h her h inborn h potential.
C) preprogrammed h sequential h stages h and h genetically h inherited h traits.
D) environmental h influences h that h shape h a h "blank h slate" h malleable h individual.
, QuestionID: h 01-1-04
Page-Reference: h3
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h D) henvironmental hinfluences hthat hshape ha h"blank hslate" hmalleable hindividual.
5. Which h scientist h contributed h the h concept h of h developmental h stages h to h the h scientific
h study h of hhuman h development?
A) Charles h Darwin
B) John h Watson
C) Arnold h Gesell
D) G. h Stanley h Hall
Difficulty: h1
QuestionID: h 01-1-05
Page-Reference: h3
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h A) hCharles hDarwin
6. are h recognized h as h the h first h scientific h studies h of h child h development.
A) Darwin's h baby h biographies
B) Gesell's h studies h of h maturation
C) Hall's h questionnaires h and h interviews
D) Piaget's h cognitive h theories
Difficulty: h2
QuestionID: h 01-1-06
Page-Reference: h5
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h C) hHall's hquestionnaires hand hinterviews
7. Early h developmental h psychology h pioneer h G. h Stanley h Hall h believed h that
h developmentalists h should h identify to h further h the h field's h understanding h of h child
h development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmental h stages
D) maturation h processes
Difficulty: h2
QuestionID: h 01-1-07
Page-Reference: h5
Skill: hKnowledge
Answer: h B) hnorms
8. is h the h term h used h to h describe h the h average h age h at h which h children h reach
h developmental h milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation h stage"
C) "Psycho-social h developmental h stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
