Lifespan Development: Canadian Edition –
7th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Denise Boyd
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J. Paul Johnson
AP
Helen Bee
PR
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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and Students
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© Denise Boyd, J. Paul Johnson & Helen Bee
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lifespan Development: Canadian Edition – 7th
Edition
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Denise Boyd, J. Paul Johnson & Helen Bee
UV
1. Basic Concepts and Methods
2. Theories of Development
3. Prenatal Development and Birth
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4. Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy
5. Cognitive Development in Infancy
6. Social and Personality Development in Infancy
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7. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
8. Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
9. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
10.Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
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11.Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
12.Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
13.Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
14.Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
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15.Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
16.Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
17.Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
18.Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
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19.Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
, Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Developmental psychology is the scientific study of in our bodies, behaviour,
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thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities.
A) maturity and stability
B) age-related changes
C) social and cultural norms
D) genetic and biological influences
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Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 01-1-01
Page-Reference: 2
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) age-related changes
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2. The belief that humans must seek redemption and lead a disciplined life to reduce the
influence of innate tendencies toward acting immorally is associated with the philosophical
doctrine of
A) innate goodness.
B) original sin.
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C) empiricism.
D) blank slate.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 01-1-02
Page-Reference: 3
AP
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) original sin.
3. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the philosopher Jean-Jacques
Rousseau would suggest that the basis for human development is
A) life experiences and external environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
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B) preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits.
C) the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption.
D) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-03
OV
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: D) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
4. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the English philosopher John Locke
would suggest that the basis for human development is
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A) the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption.
B) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
C) preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits.
D) environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
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, QuestionID: 01-1-04
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
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Answer: D) environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
5. Which scientist contributed the concept of developmental stages to the scientific study of
human development?
A) Charles Darwin
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B) John Watson
C) Arnold Gesell
D) G. Stanley Hall
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-1-05
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
IA
Answer: A) Charles Darwin
6. are recognized as the first scientific studies of child development.
A) Darwin's baby biographies
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B) Gesell's studies of maturation
C) Hall's questionnaires and interviews
D) Piaget's cognitive theories
Difficulty: 2
AP
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Page-Reference: 5
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: C) Hall's questionnaires and interviews
7. Early developmental psychology pioneer G. Stanley Hall believed that developmentalists
PR
should identify to further the field's understanding of child development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmental stages
D) maturation processes
OV
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Page-Reference: 5
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) norms
8. is the term used to describe the average age at which children reach developmental
ED
milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation stage"
C) "Psycho-social developmental stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
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7th Edition
ST
TEST BANK
UV
IA
Denise Boyd
?_
J. Paul Johnson
AP
Helen Bee
PR
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
OV
and Students
ED
© Denise Boyd, J. Paul Johnson & Helen Bee
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
?
Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lifespan Development: Canadian Edition – 7th
Edition
ST
Denise Boyd, J. Paul Johnson & Helen Bee
UV
1. Basic Concepts and Methods
2. Theories of Development
3. Prenatal Development and Birth
IA
4. Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy
5. Cognitive Development in Infancy
6. Social and Personality Development in Infancy
?_
7. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
8. Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
9. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
10.Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
AP
11.Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
12.Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
13.Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
14.Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
PR
15.Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
16.Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
17.Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
18.Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
OV
19.Death, Dying, and Bereavement
ED
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Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
, Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Developmental psychology is the scientific study of in our bodies, behaviour,
ST
thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities.
A) maturity and stability
B) age-related changes
C) social and cultural norms
D) genetic and biological influences
UV
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 01-1-01
Page-Reference: 2
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) age-related changes
IA
2. The belief that humans must seek redemption and lead a disciplined life to reduce the
influence of innate tendencies toward acting immorally is associated with the philosophical
doctrine of
A) innate goodness.
B) original sin.
?_
C) empiricism.
D) blank slate.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 01-1-02
Page-Reference: 3
AP
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) original sin.
3. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the philosopher Jean-Jacques
Rousseau would suggest that the basis for human development is
A) life experiences and external environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
PR
B) preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits.
C) the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption.
D) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-03
OV
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: D) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
4. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the English philosopher John Locke
would suggest that the basis for human development is
ED
A) the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption.
B) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
C) preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits.
D) environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
?
, QuestionID: 01-1-04
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
ST
Answer: D) environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
5. Which scientist contributed the concept of developmental stages to the scientific study of
human development?
A) Charles Darwin
UV
B) John Watson
C) Arnold Gesell
D) G. Stanley Hall
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-1-05
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
IA
Answer: A) Charles Darwin
6. are recognized as the first scientific studies of child development.
A) Darwin's baby biographies
?_
B) Gesell's studies of maturation
C) Hall's questionnaires and interviews
D) Piaget's cognitive theories
Difficulty: 2
AP
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Page-Reference: 5
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: C) Hall's questionnaires and interviews
7. Early developmental psychology pioneer G. Stanley Hall believed that developmentalists
PR
should identify to further the field's understanding of child development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmental stages
D) maturation processes
OV
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Page-Reference: 5
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) norms
8. is the term used to describe the average age at which children reach developmental
ED
milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation stage"
C) "Psycho-social developmental stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
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