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Lifespan Development, Canadian Edition
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7th Edition
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by Denise Boyd
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, Table of Contents
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Chaptern01:nBasicnConceptsnandnMethodsnCha
ptern02:nTheoriesnofnDevelopmentnChaptern03
:nPrenatalnDevelopmentnandnBirth1
Chaptern04:nPhysical,nSensory,nandnPerceptualnDevelopmentninnInfancynCh
aptern05:nCognitivenDevelopmentninnInfancy
Chaptern 06:n Socialn andn Personalityn Developmentn inn Infancy1nChapter
n 07:nPhysicalnandnCognitivenDevelopmentninnEarlynChildhoodnChaptern
08:nSocialnandnPersonalitynDevelopmentninnEarlynChildhoodnChaptern0
9:nPhysicalnandnCognitivenDevelopmentninnMiddlenChildhood
Chaptern10:nSocialnandnPersonalitynDevelopmentninnMiddlenChildhoodnCha
ptern11:nPhysicalnandnCognitivenDevelopmentninnAdolescencenChaptern12
:nSocialnandnPersonalitynDevelopmentninnAdolescencenChaptern13:nPhysic
alnandnCognitivenDevelopmentninnEarlynAdulthoodnChaptern14:nSocialnand
n PersonalitynDevelopmentninnEarlynAdulthoodnChaptern15:nPhysicalnandnCo
gnitivenDevelopmentninnMiddlenAdulthoodnChaptern16:nSocialnandnPersonal
itynDevelopmentninnMiddlenAdulthoodnChaptern17:nPhysicalnandnCognitive
n DevelopmentninnLatenAdulthoodnChaptern18:nSocialnandnPersonalitynDev
elopmentninnLatenAdulthoodnChaptern19:nDeath,nDying,nandnBereavement
,Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
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Multiple-ChoicenQuestions
1. Developmentalnn psychologynn isnn thenn scientificnn studynn of
inn ourn bodies,n behaviour,nthinking,n emotions,n socialn relationships, n andn personalities.
A) maturityn andn stability
B) age-relatedn changes
C) socialn andn culturaln norms
D) geneticn andn biologicaln influences
Difficulty:n1
QuestionnID:n01-1-01
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Skill:nKnowledge
Answer:n B)nage-relatednchanges
2. Thenbeliefnthatnhumansnmustnseeknredemptionnandnleadnandisciplinednlifenntonreducenntheninfluenc
en ofn innatentendenciesn towardnactingnimmorallyn isn associatedn withn then philosophicalndoctrinen of
A) innaten goodness.
B) originaln sin.
C) empiricism.
D) blankn slate.
Difficulty:n1
QuestionnID:n01-1-02
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Skill:nKnowledge
Answer:n B)noriginalnsin.
3. Andevelopmentaln psychologistn whon espousesnthen ideasn ofn then philosophern Jean-
JacquesnRousseaun wouldn suggestn thatn then basisn forn humann developmentn is
A) lifen experiencesn andn externaln environmentaln influencesn thatn shapen an "blankn slate"n malleablen individual.
B) preprogrammedn sequentialn stagesn andn geneticallyn inheritedn traits.
C) thenstrugglen betweennannindividual'sn selfish/sinfuln naturen andn redemption.
D) ann individual'sn effortn ton achieven hisn orn hern inbornn potential.
Difficulty:n2
QuestionID:n01-1-03
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Skill:nKnowledge
Answer:n D)nannindividual'sneffortntonachievenhisnornherninbornnpotential.
4. AndevelopmentalnpsychologistnwhonespousesnthenideasnofnthennEnglishnnphilosophernnJohnnnLockenwoul
dn suggestn thatn then basisn forn humann developmentn is
A) then strugglen betweenn ann individual'sn selfish/sinfuln naturen andn redemption.
B) ann individual'snneffortn ton achieven hisn orn hern inbornn potential.
C) preprogrammedn sequentialn stagesn andn geneticallyn inheritedn traits.
D) environmentaln influencesn thatn shapen an "blankn slate"n malleablen individual.
, QuestionID:n01-1-04
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Skill:nKnowledge
Answer:n D)nenvironmentalninfluencesnthatnshapenan"blanknslate"nmalleablenindividual.
5. Whichnscientistncontributednthenconceptnofndevelopmentalnstagesntonthenscientificnnstudynnofnhuma
nn development?
A) Charlesn Darwin
B) Johnn Watson
C) Arnoldn Gesell
D) G.n Stanleyn Hall
Difficulty:n1
QuestionID:n01-1-05
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Skill:nKnowledge
Answer:n A)nCharlesnDarwin
6. n aren recognizedn asn then firstn scientificn studiesn ofn childn development.
A) Darwin'snn babynnbiographies
B) Gesell'sn studiesn ofn maturation
C) Hall'sn questionnaires n andn interviews
D) Piaget'sn cognitiven theories
Difficulty:n2
QuestionID:n01-1-06
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Skill:nKnowledge
Answer:n C)nHall'snquestionnairesnandninterviews
7. Earlyn developmentaln psychologyn pioneern G.n Stanleyn Halln believedn thatn developmentalistsn
shouldnn identify ton furthern then field'sn understanding n ofn childn development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmentalnnnstages
D) maturation nn processes
Difficulty:n2
QuestionID:n01-1-07
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Answer:n B)nnorms
8. n
isn then termn usedn ton describen then averagen agen atn whichn childrenn reachn developmentalnmileston
es.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation nn stage"
C) "Psycho-socialnn developmentalnn stage"
D) "Phenomenon"