Child Psychology Test Bank Exam
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The study of human development may best be described as an attempt to
understand: - ✔✔how and why people change across the life span.
The study of human development is empirical, meaning that it is based on:
- ✔✔actual facts.
A crucial element of the science of human development is the: - ✔✔focus
on all kinds of people, young and old.
Traits, capacities, and limitations that we each receive from our biological
parents are said to be a result of: - ✔✔nature.
Even though both of LaMont's parents are less than 5ft, LaMont has grown
to a height of 5'11''. His parents lived through the depression era, and
LaMont has always had plenty of food and good medical care. His tall
height is most likely a result of which of the following? - ✔✔nurture.
, When an emergent theory becomes a consistent and reoccuring source of
research, and becomes comprehensive and widely applied, it has become
what type of theory? - ✔✔grand theory.
According to psychoanalytic theories, human development is mainly
determined by: - ✔✔our unconscious motives and drives.
Psychoanalytic theory views intrinsic drives and motives as the foundation
for: - ✔✔every aspect of thinking and behavior.
Which theorist was influenced by Greek drama and primitive art? -
✔✔Sigmund Freud
Freud believed that all people experience _________ related to various
parts of their bodies. - ✔✔sensual satisfaction
The molecular basis of heredity is: - ✔✔DNA.
Long strings of amino acids make up which of the following? - ✔✔proteins.
The genetic code directs the synthesis of hundreds of different kinds of: -
✔✔proteins.
Molecules of DNA make up which of the following? - ✔✔chromosomes.
Every normal human body cell contains how many chromosomes? - ✔✔23
pairs.
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The study of human development may best be described as an attempt to
understand: - ✔✔how and why people change across the life span.
The study of human development is empirical, meaning that it is based on:
- ✔✔actual facts.
A crucial element of the science of human development is the: - ✔✔focus
on all kinds of people, young and old.
Traits, capacities, and limitations that we each receive from our biological
parents are said to be a result of: - ✔✔nature.
Even though both of LaMont's parents are less than 5ft, LaMont has grown
to a height of 5'11''. His parents lived through the depression era, and
LaMont has always had plenty of food and good medical care. His tall
height is most likely a result of which of the following? - ✔✔nurture.
, When an emergent theory becomes a consistent and reoccuring source of
research, and becomes comprehensive and widely applied, it has become
what type of theory? - ✔✔grand theory.
According to psychoanalytic theories, human development is mainly
determined by: - ✔✔our unconscious motives and drives.
Psychoanalytic theory views intrinsic drives and motives as the foundation
for: - ✔✔every aspect of thinking and behavior.
Which theorist was influenced by Greek drama and primitive art? -
✔✔Sigmund Freud
Freud believed that all people experience _________ related to various
parts of their bodies. - ✔✔sensual satisfaction
The molecular basis of heredity is: - ✔✔DNA.
Long strings of amino acids make up which of the following? - ✔✔proteins.
The genetic code directs the synthesis of hundreds of different kinds of: -
✔✔proteins.
Molecules of DNA make up which of the following? - ✔✔chromosomes.
Every normal human body cell contains how many chromosomes? - ✔✔23
pairs.
