CHILD PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS.
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PASS.
1. Although great diversity characterizes the interests and concerns of investigators who study
child development, they share a single goal: to identify ________.
A) genetic factors that contribute to behavior problems
B) environmental factors that contribute to disease and illness
C) those factors that lead to abnormal development in children and adolescents
D) those factors that influence consistencies and changes in people during the first two decades
of life - ANS D) those factors that influence consistencies and changes in people during the
first two decades of life
2. Child development is an interdisciplinary field, meaning it ________.
A) covers children from diverse cultures and backgrounds
B) has grown through the combined efforts of many different fields of study
C) cannot be applied in the same way to every culture in the world
D) is a body of knowledge that is relevant and useful but not scientifically important - ANS B)
has grown through the combined efforts of many different fields of study
3. ________ is the developmental period during which motor skills are refined, thought and
language expand, and children become more self-controlled and self-sufficient.
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,A) Toddlerhood
B) Middle childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Early childhood - ANS D) Early childhood
4. A theory of development ________.
A) illustrates the ultimate truth about child behavior
B) describes, explains, and predicts behavior
C) explains all aspects of child growth
D) does not require scientific verification - ANS B) describes, explains, and predicts behavior
5. According to the ________ view of development, the difference between the immature and
mature being is simply one of amount or complexity.
A) nature
B) discontinuous
C) nurture
D) continuous - ANS D) continuous
6. The discontinuous view of development holds that ________.
A) infants and preschoolers respond to the world in much the same way adults do
B) growth is the process of gradually augmenting the skills that were present from the
beginning
C) infants and children have unique ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
D) development is a smooth process limited only by a lack of information and precision -
ANS C) infants and children have unique ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
7. Constantine believes that development takes place in stages. This belief is consistent with the
________ view of development.
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, A) nurture
B) continuous
C) discontinuous
D) nature - ANS C) discontinuous
8. New evidence increasingly emphasizes that ________.
A) there is very little cultural diversity in child development
B) environmental but not personal contexts shape development
C) development occurs in a neat, orderly sequence of stages unaffected by distinct contexts
D) people not only are affected by but also contribute to the contexts in which they develop -
ANS D) people not only are affected by but also contribute to the contexts in which they
develop
9. Contemporary theorists regard the contexts that shape development as ________.
A) less important in adolescence than in early childhood
B) dependent on the individual's genetics
C) uniform across different individuals
D) many-layered and complex - ANS D) many-layered and complex
10. Tammy's father is an exceptional gymnast. When Tammy was just a toddler, her father
believed that Tammy already showed great promise as a gymnast. Tammy's father probably
believes that athletic ability is mostly determined by ________.
A) nurture
B) stages
C) nature
D) early experiences - ANS C) nature
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QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS.
EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED
PASS.
1. Although great diversity characterizes the interests and concerns of investigators who study
child development, they share a single goal: to identify ________.
A) genetic factors that contribute to behavior problems
B) environmental factors that contribute to disease and illness
C) those factors that lead to abnormal development in children and adolescents
D) those factors that influence consistencies and changes in people during the first two decades
of life - ANS D) those factors that influence consistencies and changes in people during the
first two decades of life
2. Child development is an interdisciplinary field, meaning it ________.
A) covers children from diverse cultures and backgrounds
B) has grown through the combined efforts of many different fields of study
C) cannot be applied in the same way to every culture in the world
D) is a body of knowledge that is relevant and useful but not scientifically important - ANS B)
has grown through the combined efforts of many different fields of study
3. ________ is the developmental period during which motor skills are refined, thought and
language expand, and children become more self-controlled and self-sufficient.
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,A) Toddlerhood
B) Middle childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Early childhood - ANS D) Early childhood
4. A theory of development ________.
A) illustrates the ultimate truth about child behavior
B) describes, explains, and predicts behavior
C) explains all aspects of child growth
D) does not require scientific verification - ANS B) describes, explains, and predicts behavior
5. According to the ________ view of development, the difference between the immature and
mature being is simply one of amount or complexity.
A) nature
B) discontinuous
C) nurture
D) continuous - ANS D) continuous
6. The discontinuous view of development holds that ________.
A) infants and preschoolers respond to the world in much the same way adults do
B) growth is the process of gradually augmenting the skills that were present from the
beginning
C) infants and children have unique ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
D) development is a smooth process limited only by a lack of information and precision -
ANS C) infants and children have unique ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
7. Constantine believes that development takes place in stages. This belief is consistent with the
________ view of development.
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, A) nurture
B) continuous
C) discontinuous
D) nature - ANS C) discontinuous
8. New evidence increasingly emphasizes that ________.
A) there is very little cultural diversity in child development
B) environmental but not personal contexts shape development
C) development occurs in a neat, orderly sequence of stages unaffected by distinct contexts
D) people not only are affected by but also contribute to the contexts in which they develop -
ANS D) people not only are affected by but also contribute to the contexts in which they
develop
9. Contemporary theorists regard the contexts that shape development as ________.
A) less important in adolescence than in early childhood
B) dependent on the individual's genetics
C) uniform across different individuals
D) many-layered and complex - ANS D) many-layered and complex
10. Tammy's father is an exceptional gymnast. When Tammy was just a toddler, her father
believed that Tammy already showed great promise as a gymnast. Tammy's father probably
believes that athletic ability is mostly determined by ________.
A) nurture
B) stages
C) nature
D) early experiences - ANS C) nature
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