Child Development Exam Study Guide questions
and answers with solutions 2025/2026
A way of acting of responding that is common at each stage of childhood
is
a. normalcy
b. typical behavior
c. impact
d. rationale - ANSWER b
A person who takes care of a child is called a
a. caregiver
b. aide
c. nurse
d. nanny - ANSWER a
Who believed each stage of development included a personal crisis?
a. Vygotsky
b. Piaget
,c. Smith
d. Erikson - ANSWER d
Another term for "theory" is
a. discussion
b. essay
c. disruption
d. belief - ANSWER d
The biological transfer of certain characteristics from earlier generations
is
a. environment
b. nature
c. genetics
d. lineage - ANSWER c
This describes people, places and things that surround and influence a
person.
a. heredity
b. the world
c. nature
,d. environment - ANSWER d
Which theorist believed children go through four stages of learning?
a. Freud
b. Piaget
c. Bandura
d. Vygotsky - ANSWER b
Child Development theories are always correct.
True or False - ANSWER False
People have viewed children the same at different points in history.
True or False - ANSWER False
Development is similar for each individual.
True or False - ANSWER True
Only heredity affects development.
, True or False - ANSWER False
Development proceeds at an individual rate.
True or False - ANSWER True
Development builds upon earlier learning. This order of steps is called...
a. scaffolding
b. steps
c. sequence
d. theory - ANSWER c
The different areas of development are interrelated.
True or False - ANSWER True
Development stops after childhood, before adulthood.
True or False - ANSWER False
Which term means being responsible enough to consistently put
sometime else's needs before your own?
and answers with solutions 2025/2026
A way of acting of responding that is common at each stage of childhood
is
a. normalcy
b. typical behavior
c. impact
d. rationale - ANSWER b
A person who takes care of a child is called a
a. caregiver
b. aide
c. nurse
d. nanny - ANSWER a
Who believed each stage of development included a personal crisis?
a. Vygotsky
b. Piaget
,c. Smith
d. Erikson - ANSWER d
Another term for "theory" is
a. discussion
b. essay
c. disruption
d. belief - ANSWER d
The biological transfer of certain characteristics from earlier generations
is
a. environment
b. nature
c. genetics
d. lineage - ANSWER c
This describes people, places and things that surround and influence a
person.
a. heredity
b. the world
c. nature
,d. environment - ANSWER d
Which theorist believed children go through four stages of learning?
a. Freud
b. Piaget
c. Bandura
d. Vygotsky - ANSWER b
Child Development theories are always correct.
True or False - ANSWER False
People have viewed children the same at different points in history.
True or False - ANSWER False
Development is similar for each individual.
True or False - ANSWER True
Only heredity affects development.
, True or False - ANSWER False
Development proceeds at an individual rate.
True or False - ANSWER True
Development builds upon earlier learning. This order of steps is called...
a. scaffolding
b. steps
c. sequence
d. theory - ANSWER c
The different areas of development are interrelated.
True or False - ANSWER True
Development stops after childhood, before adulthood.
True or False - ANSWER False
Which term means being responsible enough to consistently put
sometime else's needs before your own?
