Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield,
ISBN: 111950368X, ISBN: 9781119503682
,Test Bank
CHAPTER 1: ISSUES AND THEMES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Multiple Choice
1. The connection that Lewis Terman found between the characteristic of
conscientiousness or social dependability in childhood and the reduced likelihood of an
individual dying in any given year during adulthood can be partially explained by the
______.
a. type of parenting style that the children’s parents used
b. fact that these children tended to come from smaller families
c. children’s ability to delay gratification
d. fact that these individuals were less likely to smoke and drink to excess
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: Who needs to have a good understanding of child
development and why?
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Understanding the Process of Development
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Teen parents are particularly able to benefit from intervention programs that provide
information on child development because they ______.
a. are more open and receptive to new ideas than older parents
b. usually have larger families than older parents
c. are less likely to know what to expect of children than older parents
d. are more impressionable than older parents
Ans: C
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: Who needs to have a good understanding of child
development and why?
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Parents and Family Members
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The physical, cognitive, and social-emotional domains of development ______.
a. continually interact with each other so that development in one domain impacts and
influences development in the other domains
b. develop in ways that are largely independent of each other
c. are linked together in such a way that advances in one domain hold back
development in other domains
d. are so comingled that we cannot talk about development in the different domains
separately.
Ans: A
, KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: What are the domains of child development and some
recurring issues in the field?
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Domains of Development
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. ______ includes the experiences we have and the learning that occurs as we move
through development.
a. Nurture
b. Nature
c. Qualitative change
d. Quantitative change
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: What are the domains of child development and some
recurring issues in the field?
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Nature and Nurture
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. The quality of the caregiving that you received while growing up is an example of
______ and your potential ability to learn how to use language is an example of ______.
a. nature; nature
b. nurture; nurture
c. nature; nurture
d. nurture; nature
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: What are the domains of child development and some
recurring issues in the field?
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Nature and Nurture
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. The way that children can process information changes as they get older. This is a
______.
a. quantitative change in development
b. qualitative change in development
c. accumulative change in development
d. transactive change in development
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: What are the domains of child development and some
recurring issues in the field?
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Continuous Versus Discontinuous Development
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Which of the following is the best example of a qualitative change in development?