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Infancy: The Development of the Whole Child - Questions & Answers
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The Latin word "infans" means ____.
A. the act of being born
B. unable to speak
C. the age before 3
D. not yet walking
Correct Answer: B. unable to speak
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2. Why focus on infancy?
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A. because this is the time when children need us the most
B. because they are cutest at this age
C. to help understand development
D. to understand how reflexes teach the child about the environment
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Correct Answer: C. to help understand development
3. Which type of change refers to changes in kind?
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A. amount
B. continuous
C. discontinuous
D. quantitative
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Correct Answer: C. discontinuous
4. Which of the following is an example of a qualitative change?
A. no language to language
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B. making a memory
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C. weight gain
D. crawling to walking
Correct Answer: A. no language to language
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5. Which of the following is an example of a quantitative change?
A. no language to language
B. change in eye color
C. weight gain
D. amount of hair
Correct Answer: C. weight gain
6. Which philosopher argues that the human mind starts out as a "tabula rasa" of "blank slate"?
A. Descartes
B. Locke
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C. Aristotle
D. Plato
Correct Answer: C. Aristotle
7. Who felt that some knowledge is inborn and unlearned?
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A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Locke
D. Descartes
Correct Answer: D. Descartes
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8. Who believed that development was primarily determined by experience?
A. Gesell
B. Darwin
C. Watson
D. Locke
Correct Answer: C. Watson
9. _____ developed a maturation view of human development.
A. Gesell
B. Darwin
C. Watson
D. Locke
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Correct Answer: A. Gesell
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10. What study attempted to show that infants who listened to classical music were smarter than those who
did not?
A. Additive Effect
B. Cliff Effect
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C. Mozart Effect
D. Evolution Effect
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Correct Answer: C. Mozart Effect
11. Which campaign has decreased the number of infant deaths?
A. Cliff Effect
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B. Safe Sleep
C. Mozart Effect
D. First 1000 Days
Correct Answer: B. Safe Sleep
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12. Which experimental design can evaluate relations between variable that are impossible or unethical to
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manipulate?
A. correlation
B. experiment
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C. quasi-experiment
D. qualitative
Correct Answer: A. correlation
13. Which experimental design randomly assigns participants to conditions or groups?
A. correlation
B. experiment
C. quasi-experiment
D. qualitative
Correct Answer: B. experiment
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14. Natural variables are treated as groups in which experimental design?
A. correlation
B. experiment
C. quasi-experiment
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D. qualitative
Correct Answer: C. quasi-experiment
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15. Which experimental design is limited because variables cannot be manipulated?
A. correlation
B. experiment
C. quasi-experiment
D. qualitative
Correct Answer: B. experiment
16. When studying development, which study looks at different children at each age?
A. cross-sectional
B. longitudinal
C. cohort-sequential
D. microgenetic
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Correct Answer: A. cross-sectional
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17. The _____ study can actually observe development in real time.
A. cross-sectional
B. longitudinal
C. cohort-sequential
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D. microgenetic
Correct Answer: D. microgenetic
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18. Which of the following is a limitation for an age-held constant study design?
A. Different cohorts of children may be different in ways other than age.
B. only tests one children one at a time
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C. requires commitment from families to several sessions
D. Age differences are confounded with group differences.
Correct Answer: B. only tests one children one at a time
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19. Which of the following is a physiological response?
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A. crawling
B. looking
C. sitting
D. heart rate
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Correct Answer: D. heart rate
20. Which of the following is a dynamic system approach to development?
A. reaching for a hidden object
B. seeking out a favorite toy
C. beginning an interaction
D. object naming
Correct Answer: A. reaching for a hidden object
21. Who developed the ecological systems theory?
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A. Locke
B. Descartes
C. Watson
D. Bronfenbrenner
Correct Answer: D. Bronfenbrenner
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22. Which of the following are part of the nature of the ecological systems theory?
A. personality
B. politics
C. culture
D. family
Correct Answer: A. personality
23. Which of the following is true about the ring that is closer to the child in the ecological systems theory?
A. It includes government and culture.
B. It includes family and peers.
C. It is more nature than nurture.
D. It includes feeding practices.
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Correct Answer: B. It includes family and peers.
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24. What social contexts are found in the outer rings of the ecological systems theory?
A. grandparents
B. siblings
C. parents
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D. neighborhood
Correct Answer: D. neighborhood
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25. Which of the following is true about infant development?
A. All infants reach milestones at the same age and same time.
B. All infants are the dame in the development.
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C. There is no one pattern of development that fits all infants.
D. There are a few factors that play a developmental trajectories.
Correct Answer: C. There is no one pattern of development that fits all infants.
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True / False Questions
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26. Infancy is defined as the first 3-5 years of life.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
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27. By studying infants, insight is gained into the developmental process.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
28. Uncovering developmental processes is very easy.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
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29. Qualitative changes are continuous with new features emerging and old ones disappearing.
A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: B. False
30. Nature refers to our treatment or experience.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
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