Chapter 01
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1 The Latin word “infans” means ____.
the act of being born
unable to speak
the age before 3
not yet walking
2 Why focus on infancy?
because this is the time when children need us the most
because they are cutest at this age
to help understand development
to understand how reflexes teach the child about the environment
3 Which type of change refers to changes in kind?
amount
continuous
discontinuous
quantitative
4 Which of the following is an example of a qualitative change?
no language to language
making a memory
weight gain
crawling to walking
5 Which of the following is an example of a quantitative change?
no language to language
change in eye color
, weight gain
amount of hair
6 Which philosopher argues that the human mind starts out as a “tabula rasa” of
“blank slate”?
Descartes
Locke
Aristotle
Plato
7 Who felt that some knowledge is inborn and unlearned?
Aristotle
Plato
Locke
Descartes
8 Who believed that development was primarily determined by experience?
Gesell
Darwin
Watson
Locke
9 _____ developed a maturation view of human development.
Gesell
Darwin
Watson
Locke
10 What study attempted to show that infants who listened to classical music were
smarter than those who did not?
Additive Effect
Cliff Effect
, Mozart Effect
Evolution Effect
11 Which campaign has decreased the number of infant deaths?
Cliff Effect
Safe Sleep
Mozart Effect
First 1000 Days
12 Which experimental design can evaluate relations between variable that are
impossible or unethical to manipulate?
correlation
experiment
quasi-experiment
qualitative
13 Which experimental design randomly assigns participants to conditions or groups?
correlation
experiment
quasi-experiment
qualitative
14 Natural variables are treated as groups in which experimental design?
correlation
experiment
quasi-experiment
qualitative
15 Which experimental design is limited because variables cannot be manipulated?
correlation
experiment
, quasi-experiment
qualitative
16 When studying development, which study looks at different children at each age?
cross-sectional
longitudinal
cohort-sequential
microgenetic
17 The _____ study can actually observe development in real time.
cross-sectional
longitudinal
cohort-sequential
microgenetic
18 Which of the following is a limitation for an age-held constant study design?
Different cohorts of children may be different in ways other than age.
only tests one children one at a time
requires commitment from families to several sessions
Age differences are confounded with group differences.
19 Which of the following is a physiological response?
crawling
looking
sitting
heart rate
20 Which of the following is a dynamic system approach to development?
reaching for a hidden object
seeking out a favorite toy
infancy-the-development-of-the-whole-child_lms_TB 1
1 The Latin word “infans” means ____.
the act of being born
unable to speak
the age before 3
not yet walking
2 Why focus on infancy?
because this is the time when children need us the most
because they are cutest at this age
to help understand development
to understand how reflexes teach the child about the environment
3 Which type of change refers to changes in kind?
amount
continuous
discontinuous
quantitative
4 Which of the following is an example of a qualitative change?
no language to language
making a memory
weight gain
crawling to walking
5 Which of the following is an example of a quantitative change?
no language to language
change in eye color
, weight gain
amount of hair
6 Which philosopher argues that the human mind starts out as a “tabula rasa” of
“blank slate”?
Descartes
Locke
Aristotle
Plato
7 Who felt that some knowledge is inborn and unlearned?
Aristotle
Plato
Locke
Descartes
8 Who believed that development was primarily determined by experience?
Gesell
Darwin
Watson
Locke
9 _____ developed a maturation view of human development.
Gesell
Darwin
Watson
Locke
10 What study attempted to show that infants who listened to classical music were
smarter than those who did not?
Additive Effect
Cliff Effect
, Mozart Effect
Evolution Effect
11 Which campaign has decreased the number of infant deaths?
Cliff Effect
Safe Sleep
Mozart Effect
First 1000 Days
12 Which experimental design can evaluate relations between variable that are
impossible or unethical to manipulate?
correlation
experiment
quasi-experiment
qualitative
13 Which experimental design randomly assigns participants to conditions or groups?
correlation
experiment
quasi-experiment
qualitative
14 Natural variables are treated as groups in which experimental design?
correlation
experiment
quasi-experiment
qualitative
15 Which experimental design is limited because variables cannot be manipulated?
correlation
experiment
, quasi-experiment
qualitative
16 When studying development, which study looks at different children at each age?
cross-sectional
longitudinal
cohort-sequential
microgenetic
17 The _____ study can actually observe development in real time.
cross-sectional
longitudinal
cohort-sequential
microgenetic
18 Which of the following is a limitation for an age-held constant study design?
Different cohorts of children may be different in ways other than age.
only tests one children one at a time
requires commitment from families to several sessions
Age differences are confounded with group differences.
19 Which of the following is a physiological response?
crawling
looking
sitting
heart rate
20 Which of the following is a dynamic system approach to development?
reaching for a hidden object
seeking out a favorite toy
