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1. Childwdevelopment
a) focuseswonwthewperiodwfromwadolescencewthroughwmiddlewadulthood.
b) focuseswonlywonwthewchangeswthatwoccurwinwlargewgroupswofwchildren.
c) iswpredominantlywawphilosophicalwbeliefwsystem.
d) focuseswonwgrowth,wchange,wandwstability.
2. Childwdevelopmentwiswdividedwintowwhichwofwthewfollowingwgroupswofwtopicalwareas?
a) prenatalwdevelopment,wcognitivewdevelopment,wandwsocialwandwpersonalitywdevelopment
b) prenatalwdevelopment,wcognitivewdevelopment,wandwphysicalwdevelopment
c) physicalwdevelopment,wcognitivewdevelopment,wandwsocialwandwpersonalitywdevelopment
d) earlywchildhood,wadolescence,wandwsocialwandwpersonalitywdevelopment
3. Awdevelopmentalwpsychologistwconductingwresearchwonwlanguagewdevelopmentwiswfocusedwon
a) physicalwdevelopment.
b) cognitivewdevelopment.
c) socialwdevelopment.
d) personalitywdevelopment.
4. Inwadditionwtowtopicalwareas,wchildwdevelopmentwisworganizedwbywchronologicalwperiodswbasedwon
a) legalwevents,wsuchwaswgettingwawdriver’swlicense.
b) arbitrarywbutwdesignatedwagewranges.
c) biologicalwevents,wsuchwaswdigestionwandwelimination.
d) clearwandwprecisewagewrangeswthatwarewconsistentwforweveryone.
5. iswtowsocialwconstructionwasw iswtowculturalwfactors.
a) Individualism;wcollectivism
b) Ethnicity;wrace
c) Race;wethnicity
d) Collectivism;windividualism
6. Whichwofwthewfollowingwiswconsideredwtowbewanwage-gradedwinfluence?
a) Menopause
b) Socialwclass
c) Ethnicity
d) War
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7. Awchild’swabilitywtowthinkwaboutwobjectswsymbolicallywrepresentswawqualitativewchangewi
nwcognitivewdevelopment.wThewachievementwofwthiswstepwiswanwexamplewof
a) continuouswdevelopment.
b) discontinuouswchange.
c) sensitivewdevelopment.
d) criticalwdevelopment.
8. Sandywiswpregnantwandwiswconcernedwaboutwthewimpactwofwillnesswduringwparticularwperiodsw
ofwprenatalwdevelopment.wShewconsultswherwdoctorwaswtowthew
periodwduringwwhichwexposurewtowcertainwillnesseswwouldwresultwinwirreversiblewconsequenc
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a) sensitive
b) critical
c) continuous
d) discontinuous
9. Oscar’swroomwiswalwayswawmess.w“Youwmustwhavewbeenwraisedwinwawpigwpen,”wsaidwFelix.w“
Nowway,”wrespondedwOscar,w“Iwwaswbornwthiswway!”wThewfriendswarewdebatingwthewissuewof
a) continuouswversuswdiscontinuouswdevelopment.
b) criticalwversuswsensitivewperiods.
c) naturewversuswnurture.
d) culturalwversuswsocialwdevelopment.
10. “EverywdaywIwreadwanotherwarticlewwithwadvicewaboutwraisingwmywchildren,”wsayswonewne
wwparent.w“HowwcanwIwknowwwhatwiswtrue?”wOnewpiecewofwgoodwadvicewforwthiswnewwparent
wis
a) justwdowwhateverwyourwparentswdid.
b) askwfriendswforwadvice.
c) maintainwawhealthywdosewofwskepticism.
d) stopwreadingwconflictingwadvice.
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1. Answer:wd
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SkillwLevel:wRememberwthewFacts
APAwLearningwObjective:w1.1wDescribewkeywconcepts,wprinciples,wandwoverarchingwthemeswinwpsy
chology.
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dwstabilitywthatwoccurwfromwconceptionwthroughwadolescence.wAlthoughwlargewgroupswofwchildrenw
maywbewstudied,wtheywarewnotwstudiedwexclusively,wnorwarewchildwdevelopmentwresearcherswconcer
nedwonlywwithwthewperiodwfromwadolescencewtowadulthood.wChildwdevelopmentwdoeswusewtheory,wb
utwfindingswarewgroundedwinwscientificwresearch,wnotwphilosophicalwbeliefs.
2. Answer:wb
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ntwtopicwarea.
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periodswofwdevelopment.wThesewtimewperiodsw(prenatal,winfantwandwtoddlerhood,wearlywchildhood,w
middlewchildhoodwandwadolescence)warewdeterminedwbywarbitrary,wbutwagreedwon,wdesignatedwage
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