LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
2025/2026
When a newborn's feet are stroked, the toes fan upward; this is a
reflex.
A. Babinski
B. stepping
C. swimming
D. Moro - ANSWER>>>A. Babinski
A child's cognitive understanding of sex differences would be his or her
.
A. Oedipal Complex
B. phallic stage
C. superego
D. gender schema - ANSWER>>>D. Gender Schema
Sally has a dog at home, so she knows about dogs. As she walks down the
street, she sees and animal coming toward her. The animal has four legs,
fur, a tail, and is barking. Sally knows that these are characteristics of a
dog. This example illustrates the Piagetian concept of .
A. operations
B. assimilation
C. equilibrium
D. accommodation - ANSWER>>>D. Accommodation
,Studies indicate that may reduce maternal depression.
A. breast-feeding
B. having a home birth
C. couvade
D. epidurals - ANSWER >>>A. breast-feeding
Which is NOT one of the types of play identified by Mildred Parten?
A. Personal play
B. associative play
C. onlooker play
D. parallel play - ANSWER>>>A. personal play
The particular rules and behaviors that are passed down to younger
children from older children are what define .
A. child culture
B. peer values
C. the lives of childhood
D. the legends of childhood - ANSWER>>>A. child culture
A correlation does not indicate that one variable causes the other to occur;
rather, it indicates that there is a between the two variables.
A. proof
B. validity
C. reliability
D. relationship - ANSWER >>>D. relationship
The focus on one aspect of a situation and simultaneously exclude all other
aspects is called .
, A. magical thinking
B. static reasoning
C. centration
D. animism - ANSWER>>>C. centration
Clara's weight is in the 30th percentile. This meANS that
percent of all
babies her age weigh less than she does and percent of all
babies her age weigh more than she does.
A. 30:70
B. 20:80
C. 70:30
D. 80:20 - ANSWER>>>A. 30:70
Ava is one month pregnant and consults with her doctor about the different
categories of teratogens. The doctor tells her that all of the following are
categories of teratogens EXCEPT .
A. Drugs
B. Pollutants
C. the media
D. viruses - ANSWER>>>C. the media
Most bullies pick on .
A. members of the opposite sex
B. members of their own sex.
C. people they don't know well
D. their little brothers and sisters - ANSWER>>>B. members of their own
sex
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
2025/2026
When a newborn's feet are stroked, the toes fan upward; this is a
reflex.
A. Babinski
B. stepping
C. swimming
D. Moro - ANSWER>>>A. Babinski
A child's cognitive understanding of sex differences would be his or her
.
A. Oedipal Complex
B. phallic stage
C. superego
D. gender schema - ANSWER>>>D. Gender Schema
Sally has a dog at home, so she knows about dogs. As she walks down the
street, she sees and animal coming toward her. The animal has four legs,
fur, a tail, and is barking. Sally knows that these are characteristics of a
dog. This example illustrates the Piagetian concept of .
A. operations
B. assimilation
C. equilibrium
D. accommodation - ANSWER>>>D. Accommodation
,Studies indicate that may reduce maternal depression.
A. breast-feeding
B. having a home birth
C. couvade
D. epidurals - ANSWER >>>A. breast-feeding
Which is NOT one of the types of play identified by Mildred Parten?
A. Personal play
B. associative play
C. onlooker play
D. parallel play - ANSWER>>>A. personal play
The particular rules and behaviors that are passed down to younger
children from older children are what define .
A. child culture
B. peer values
C. the lives of childhood
D. the legends of childhood - ANSWER>>>A. child culture
A correlation does not indicate that one variable causes the other to occur;
rather, it indicates that there is a between the two variables.
A. proof
B. validity
C. reliability
D. relationship - ANSWER >>>D. relationship
The focus on one aspect of a situation and simultaneously exclude all other
aspects is called .
, A. magical thinking
B. static reasoning
C. centration
D. animism - ANSWER>>>C. centration
Clara's weight is in the 30th percentile. This meANS that
percent of all
babies her age weigh less than she does and percent of all
babies her age weigh more than she does.
A. 30:70
B. 20:80
C. 70:30
D. 80:20 - ANSWER>>>A. 30:70
Ava is one month pregnant and consults with her doctor about the different
categories of teratogens. The doctor tells her that all of the following are
categories of teratogens EXCEPT .
A. Drugs
B. Pollutants
C. the media
D. viruses - ANSWER>>>C. the media
Most bullies pick on .
A. members of the opposite sex
B. members of their own sex.
C. people they don't know well
D. their little brothers and sisters - ANSWER>>>B. members of their own
sex
