TEST BANK FOR CHILD
DEVELOPMENT AN ACTIVE
LEARNING APPROACH, 3RD
EDITION, LAURA E. LEVINE,
JOYCE MUNSCH
,Multiple Choice Questions
1. The reason that each chapter in this text starts with a True/False quiz is that
a. most important questions in the field of child development have very simple answers.
b. information about child development changes so rapidly that textbooks cannot keep up with the
changes.
c. many of the findings in the field of child development are not what people might intuitively believe.
d. if you do very well on the quiz, you know that you don't need to read the chapter.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.4 How can you be a smart consumer of information about development?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Testing Your Knowledge of Child Development and Getting the Most from Your
Textbook
Difficulty Level: Medium
Question Type: MC
2. In this textbook, the feature that is designed to help you learn about how our understanding of how
children grow and develop has changed over time is the
a. true/false questions.
b. Journey of Research feature.
c. Active Learning feature.
, d. chapter summaries.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.4 How can you be a smart consumer of information about development?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Evaluating Information on the Web
Difficulty Level: Medium
Question Type: MC
3. The Active Learning features in this book are intended to help you
a. develop a better understanding of how theory relates to practice.
b. correct any mistaken preconceptions you bring with you to the course.
c. engage with the material and relate it to your life experiences.
d. use the scientific method to test your own ideas about development.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.4 How can you be a smart consumer of information about development?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Getting the Most from Your Textbook
Difficulty Level: Medium
Question Type: MC
4. Research support for the idea that early traits, behaviors and experiences are related to a number of
adult outcomes comes from
a. longitudinal studies.
b. idiosyncratic studies.
c. multi-method studies.
d. experimental studies.
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 What are the domains of child development and some recurring themes and
issues in the field?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Understanding the Process of Development
Difficulty Level: Medium
Question Type: MC
5. The connection that Lewis Terman found between the characteristic of conscientiousness or social
dependability in childhood and the reduced likelihood of an individual dying in any given year during
adulthood can be partially explained by the
a. type of parenting style that the children's parents used.
b. fact that these children tended to come from smaller families.
c. children's ability to delay gratification.
d. fact that these individuals were less likely to smoke and drink to excess.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.2 What are the domains of child development and some recurring themes and
issues in the field?
Cognitive Domain:
Answer Location: Understanding the Process of Development
Difficulty Level: Hard
Question Type: MC
DEVELOPMENT AN ACTIVE
LEARNING APPROACH, 3RD
EDITION, LAURA E. LEVINE,
JOYCE MUNSCH
,Multiple Choice Questions
1. The reason that each chapter in this text starts with a True/False quiz is that
a. most important questions in the field of child development have very simple answers.
b. information about child development changes so rapidly that textbooks cannot keep up with the
changes.
c. many of the findings in the field of child development are not what people might intuitively believe.
d. if you do very well on the quiz, you know that you don't need to read the chapter.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.4 How can you be a smart consumer of information about development?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Testing Your Knowledge of Child Development and Getting the Most from Your
Textbook
Difficulty Level: Medium
Question Type: MC
2. In this textbook, the feature that is designed to help you learn about how our understanding of how
children grow and develop has changed over time is the
a. true/false questions.
b. Journey of Research feature.
c. Active Learning feature.
, d. chapter summaries.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.4 How can you be a smart consumer of information about development?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Evaluating Information on the Web
Difficulty Level: Medium
Question Type: MC
3. The Active Learning features in this book are intended to help you
a. develop a better understanding of how theory relates to practice.
b. correct any mistaken preconceptions you bring with you to the course.
c. engage with the material and relate it to your life experiences.
d. use the scientific method to test your own ideas about development.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.4 How can you be a smart consumer of information about development?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Getting the Most from Your Textbook
Difficulty Level: Medium
Question Type: MC
4. Research support for the idea that early traits, behaviors and experiences are related to a number of
adult outcomes comes from
a. longitudinal studies.
b. idiosyncratic studies.
c. multi-method studies.
d. experimental studies.
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 What are the domains of child development and some recurring themes and
issues in the field?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Understanding the Process of Development
Difficulty Level: Medium
Question Type: MC
5. The connection that Lewis Terman found between the characteristic of conscientiousness or social
dependability in childhood and the reduced likelihood of an individual dying in any given year during
adulthood can be partially explained by the
a. type of parenting style that the children's parents used.
b. fact that these children tended to come from smaller families.
c. children's ability to delay gratification.
d. fact that these individuals were less likely to smoke and drink to excess.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.2 What are the domains of child development and some recurring themes and
issues in the field?
Cognitive Domain:
Answer Location: Understanding the Process of Development
Difficulty Level: Hard
Question Type: MC
