HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Most stage-based theories of development focus primarily:
a. the continuity of development
b. the discontinuity of development
c. persistance of inherent personality characteristics
d. the influence of context on development - Correct Answers -B. The discontinuity of
development
These theories address deviations from developmental progress norms
The common practice of using "time-outs" with young children is a direct application of:
a. operant conditioning
b. classical conditioning
c. separation-individuation
d. maturational reinforcement - Correct Answers -a. operant conditioning
Time-out is a practice of behavioral modification as promulgated by B.F. Skinner's
model of operant conditioning, with a negative consequence for an unacceptable
condition
Good communication between families, schools, and primary care providers is an
example of which ecological concept?
a. microsystem
b. mesosystem
c. exosystem
d. macrosystem - Correct Answers -b. mesosystem
A mesosystem is the link or relationship between the various settings (microsystems)
within which a child exisits (i.e. home, school ,day care, etc)
Which of the following findings would most likely be associated with asymmetric
intrauterine growth retardation?
a. weight, length and head circumference ranging from 3rd to 5th percentile
b. heavy maternal smoking throughout pregnancy
c. weight at 3rd percentile and length at 25th percentile
d. gestational diabetes - Correct Answers -c. weight at 3rd percentile and length at 25th
percentile
The weight and length are at significantly different percentiles; if the IUGR were
symmetrical, these would be at the same percentile
, Early reflexive responses that are not related to survival include all but:
a. babinski
b. moro
c. swimming
d. rooting - Correct Answers -d. rooting
Rooting (i.e. moving the head to locate the nipple) is a key survival reflex
The most likely weight of a 1 year old child whose birth weight was 6 1/2 pounds would
be what?
a. 19-20 lbs.
b. 13-14 lbs.
c. 25-26 lbs
d. impossible to estimate - Correct Answers -a. 19-20 lbs.
An infant's weight should approximately triple by the age of 1 year
One of the major psychosocial tasks of infancy is:
a. development of secure attachment
b. separation-individuation
c. symbiosis
d. regulation - Correct Answers -a. development of secure attachment
The development of an infant-caregiver bond is key to the prevention of long-term
psychological effects associated with deprivation and/or failure to develop secure,
stable bonds
Most healthy infants are able to reach, grasp and hold on to a rattle or other small toy by
about:
a. 2 months
b. 6 months
c. 8 months
d. 10 months - Correct Answers -b. 6 months
These are gross developmental norms associated with the 6-month-old child
The pincer grasp is a fine motor skill that involves the ability to pick up a small object,
such as a raisin or piece of cereal, with the thumb and forefinger and that usually is
mastered around:
a. 4 months
b. 6 months
c. 8 months
d. 10 months - Correct Answers -c. 8 months
This is a developmental norm for a child of 9 months
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Most stage-based theories of development focus primarily:
a. the continuity of development
b. the discontinuity of development
c. persistance of inherent personality characteristics
d. the influence of context on development - Correct Answers -B. The discontinuity of
development
These theories address deviations from developmental progress norms
The common practice of using "time-outs" with young children is a direct application of:
a. operant conditioning
b. classical conditioning
c. separation-individuation
d. maturational reinforcement - Correct Answers -a. operant conditioning
Time-out is a practice of behavioral modification as promulgated by B.F. Skinner's
model of operant conditioning, with a negative consequence for an unacceptable
condition
Good communication between families, schools, and primary care providers is an
example of which ecological concept?
a. microsystem
b. mesosystem
c. exosystem
d. macrosystem - Correct Answers -b. mesosystem
A mesosystem is the link or relationship between the various settings (microsystems)
within which a child exisits (i.e. home, school ,day care, etc)
Which of the following findings would most likely be associated with asymmetric
intrauterine growth retardation?
a. weight, length and head circumference ranging from 3rd to 5th percentile
b. heavy maternal smoking throughout pregnancy
c. weight at 3rd percentile and length at 25th percentile
d. gestational diabetes - Correct Answers -c. weight at 3rd percentile and length at 25th
percentile
The weight and length are at significantly different percentiles; if the IUGR were
symmetrical, these would be at the same percentile
, Early reflexive responses that are not related to survival include all but:
a. babinski
b. moro
c. swimming
d. rooting - Correct Answers -d. rooting
Rooting (i.e. moving the head to locate the nipple) is a key survival reflex
The most likely weight of a 1 year old child whose birth weight was 6 1/2 pounds would
be what?
a. 19-20 lbs.
b. 13-14 lbs.
c. 25-26 lbs
d. impossible to estimate - Correct Answers -a. 19-20 lbs.
An infant's weight should approximately triple by the age of 1 year
One of the major psychosocial tasks of infancy is:
a. development of secure attachment
b. separation-individuation
c. symbiosis
d. regulation - Correct Answers -a. development of secure attachment
The development of an infant-caregiver bond is key to the prevention of long-term
psychological effects associated with deprivation and/or failure to develop secure,
stable bonds
Most healthy infants are able to reach, grasp and hold on to a rattle or other small toy by
about:
a. 2 months
b. 6 months
c. 8 months
d. 10 months - Correct Answers -b. 6 months
These are gross developmental norms associated with the 6-month-old child
The pincer grasp is a fine motor skill that involves the ability to pick up a small object,
such as a raisin or piece of cereal, with the thumb and forefinger and that usually is
mastered around:
a. 4 months
b. 6 months
c. 8 months
d. 10 months - Correct Answers -c. 8 months
This is a developmental norm for a child of 9 months
