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Chapter 01
1. Child development is the scientific study of the processes that human beings undergo from the moment
of conception through adolescence. The main focus of study is how children
A. change.
B. develop physically.
C. develop social relationships.
D. learn language skills.
2. Historically, the study of child development gained impetus from
A. the discovery of vaccines.
B. the enactment of child labor laws.
C. scientific discoveries about the nature of conception.
D. all of the above
3. Which of the following helped to pioneer the study of child development as a true science?
A. G. Stanley Hall's book Adolescence
B. the establishment of research institutes at Berkeley and Yale
C. Arnold Gesell's studies on motor development
D. all of the above
4. Five-year-old Tara does not make friends easily. She is shy and anxious in new situations. Since this
behavior has persisted over time, it is a demonstration of developmental
A. instability.
B. resilience.
C. constancy.
D. awkwardness.
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5. first emphasized the developmental nature of behavior by publishing a record of his son's sensory,
motor, language, and emotional milestones during his first years of life.
A. Charles Darwin
B. John B. Watson
C. Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
D. John Dewey
6. Dietrich Tiedemann and Charles Darwin used the information obtained from to support their
early theories about child development.
A. baby biographies
B. teachers
C. doctors
D. mothers' diaries
7. Professor Hughes insists that his students study the origins of human beings in order to fully
understand child development. Which of the following theorists would most agree with Professor
Hughes's perspective?
A. John Locke
B. Charles Darwin
C. John Watson
D. Alfred Binet
8. Adolescence has been considered a separate stage of development since
A. early in the fifteenth century.
B. the twentieth century.
C. Freud mentioned it in his writings on child development.
D. Bandura mentioned it in his theory on child development.
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9. Who was the first to identify adolescence as a separate stage of development?
A. John Watson
B. G. Stanley Hall
C. Arnold Gesell
D. Lewis Terman
10. Marsha is taking a class in human development. This class addresses the study of humans
A. from conception to adolescence.
B. throughout childhood.
C. from adolescence through older adulthood and death.
D. from conception through older adulthood and death.
11. designed a longitudinal study that traced the development of unusually intelligent children.
A. G. Stanley Hall
B. John Dewey
C. Jean Piaget
D. Lewis M. Terman
12. Human development studies are based on which of the following ideas?
A. There is little continuity over the life span.
B. Development occurs early in life, not during adulthood.
C. Every portion of the life span is influenced by earlier events and will in turn affect later events.
D. The domains of development are not interrelated.
13. Physical, cognitive, psychosocial development are what social scientists call the three of the
self.
A. aspects
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TEST BANK for A Child's World: Infancy through
Adolescence, 12th Edition by Diane Papalia, Sally
Olds, Ruth Feldman
All Chapters Included 1-17| Verified Questions & 100%
Accurate Answers for Exam Preparations| A+ GRADED
Page | 1
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Chapter 01
1. Child development is the scientific study of the processes that human beings undergo from the moment
of conception through adolescence. The main focus of study is how children
A. change.
B. develop physically.
C. develop social relationships.
D. learn language skills.
2. Historically, the study of child development gained impetus from
A. the discovery of vaccines.
B. the enactment of child labor laws.
C. scientific discoveries about the nature of conception.
D. all of the above
3. Which of the following helped to pioneer the study of child development as a true science?
A. G. Stanley Hall's book Adolescence
B. the establishment of research institutes at Berkeley and Yale
C. Arnold Gesell's studies on motor development
D. all of the above
4. Five-year-old Tara does not make friends easily. She is shy and anxious in new situations. Since this
behavior has persisted over time, it is a demonstration of developmental
A. instability.
B. resilience.
C. constancy.
D. awkwardness.
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5. first emphasized the developmental nature of behavior by publishing a record of his son's sensory,
motor, language, and emotional milestones during his first years of life.
A. Charles Darwin
B. John B. Watson
C. Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
D. John Dewey
6. Dietrich Tiedemann and Charles Darwin used the information obtained from to support their
early theories about child development.
A. baby biographies
B. teachers
C. doctors
D. mothers' diaries
7. Professor Hughes insists that his students study the origins of human beings in order to fully
understand child development. Which of the following theorists would most agree with Professor
Hughes's perspective?
A. John Locke
B. Charles Darwin
C. John Watson
D. Alfred Binet
8. Adolescence has been considered a separate stage of development since
A. early in the fifteenth century.
B. the twentieth century.
C. Freud mentioned it in his writings on child development.
D. Bandura mentioned it in his theory on child development.
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9. Who was the first to identify adolescence as a separate stage of development?
A. John Watson
B. G. Stanley Hall
C. Arnold Gesell
D. Lewis Terman
10. Marsha is taking a class in human development. This class addresses the study of humans
A. from conception to adolescence.
B. throughout childhood.
C. from adolescence through older adulthood and death.
D. from conception through older adulthood and death.
11. designed a longitudinal study that traced the development of unusually intelligent children.
A. G. Stanley Hall
B. John Dewey
C. Jean Piaget
D. Lewis M. Terman
12. Human development studies are based on which of the following ideas?
A. There is little continuity over the life span.
B. Development occurs early in life, not during adulthood.
C. Every portion of the life span is influenced by earlier events and will in turn affect later events.
D. The domains of development are not interrelated.
13. Physical, cognitive, psychosocial development are what social scientists call the three of the
self.
A. aspects
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