, Test Bank
For
Understanding Human Development
Fourth Edition
Wendy Dunn
Grace Craig
Prepared by
Wendy Dunn
Answers At The End Of Each Chapter
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Human Development 1
Chapter 2 Heredity and Environment 55
Chapter 3 Prenatal Development and Childbirth 110
Chapter 4 Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development in Infancy 171
and Toddlerhood
Chapter 5 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Infancy and 224
Toddlerhood
Chapter 6 Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development in Early 272
Childhood
Chapter 7 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Early 327
Childhood
Chapter 8 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood 395
Chapter 9 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Middle 452
Childhood
Chapter 10 Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence and 505
Emerging Adulthood
Chapter 11 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Adolescence 362
and Emerging Adulthood
Chapter 12 Physical and Cognitive Development in Young Adulthood 417
Chapter 13 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Young 470
Adulthood
Chapter 14 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood 495
Chapter 15 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Middle 547
Adulthood
Chapter 16 Physical and Cognitive Development in Older Adulthood 599
Chapter 17 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Older 656
Adulthood
Chapter 18 Death and Dying 701
, Name _______________________________
Chapter 1—Understanding Human Development—Quick Quiz 1
1. When developmental researchers consider periods of development arranged according to age, they are taking
which type of approach?
a. traditional
b. scientific
c. chronological
d. transitional
2. Which of the following statements comes closest to describing the principle central to Darwin’s idea of natural
selection?
a. Individuals within a species vary, and those with the best adapted characteristics survive to reproduce,
thereby passing their genes to future generations.
b. Nature selects the particular individuals that have the best characteristics and these individuals are
allowed to interbreed with each other, thereby creating the strongest offspring.
c. People prefer to mate with the most attractive members of the opposite sex, selecting their mates
according to natural factors related to physical attractiveness.
d. Humans evolved from the apes.
3. Emily is 2 years old. In which of Freud’s psychosexual stages of development is she most likely immersed?
a. anal
b. oral
c. latency
d. phallic
4. Suppose that Peggy once became ill after eating pizza. Now anytime that she smells pizza she starts to feel
queasy. Peggy’s situation has most likely developed as the result of:
a. adaptation
b. assimilation
c. classical conditioning
d. operant conditioning
5. Two-year-old Katherine sees a goat for the first time, and calls it a cow because it has
four legs and horns. According to Piaget, Katherine’s response is best considered an example of:
a. fixation
b. re-classification
c. accommodation
d. assimilation
6. A researcher conducts in-depth interviews and observations of an individual survivor of the war in Afghanistan.
What data collection method has she used?
a. case study
b. correlation
c. survey
d. naturalistic observation
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For
Understanding Human Development
Fourth Edition
Wendy Dunn
Grace Craig
Prepared by
Wendy Dunn
Answers At The End Of Each Chapter
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Human Development 1
Chapter 2 Heredity and Environment 55
Chapter 3 Prenatal Development and Childbirth 110
Chapter 4 Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development in Infancy 171
and Toddlerhood
Chapter 5 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Infancy and 224
Toddlerhood
Chapter 6 Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development in Early 272
Childhood
Chapter 7 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Early 327
Childhood
Chapter 8 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood 395
Chapter 9 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Middle 452
Childhood
Chapter 10 Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence and 505
Emerging Adulthood
Chapter 11 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Adolescence 362
and Emerging Adulthood
Chapter 12 Physical and Cognitive Development in Young Adulthood 417
Chapter 13 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Young 470
Adulthood
Chapter 14 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood 495
Chapter 15 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Middle 547
Adulthood
Chapter 16 Physical and Cognitive Development in Older Adulthood 599
Chapter 17 Personality and Sociocultural Development in Older 656
Adulthood
Chapter 18 Death and Dying 701
, Name _______________________________
Chapter 1—Understanding Human Development—Quick Quiz 1
1. When developmental researchers consider periods of development arranged according to age, they are taking
which type of approach?
a. traditional
b. scientific
c. chronological
d. transitional
2. Which of the following statements comes closest to describing the principle central to Darwin’s idea of natural
selection?
a. Individuals within a species vary, and those with the best adapted characteristics survive to reproduce,
thereby passing their genes to future generations.
b. Nature selects the particular individuals that have the best characteristics and these individuals are
allowed to interbreed with each other, thereby creating the strongest offspring.
c. People prefer to mate with the most attractive members of the opposite sex, selecting their mates
according to natural factors related to physical attractiveness.
d. Humans evolved from the apes.
3. Emily is 2 years old. In which of Freud’s psychosexual stages of development is she most likely immersed?
a. anal
b. oral
c. latency
d. phallic
4. Suppose that Peggy once became ill after eating pizza. Now anytime that she smells pizza she starts to feel
queasy. Peggy’s situation has most likely developed as the result of:
a. adaptation
b. assimilation
c. classical conditioning
d. operant conditioning
5. Two-year-old Katherine sees a goat for the first time, and calls it a cow because it has
four legs and horns. According to Piaget, Katherine’s response is best considered an example of:
a. fixation
b. re-classification
c. accommodation
d. assimilation
6. A researcher conducts in-depth interviews and observations of an individual survivor of the war in Afghanistan.
What data collection method has she used?
a. case study
b. correlation
c. survey
d. naturalistic observation
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