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Lifespan Development, Canadian Edition 7th
f f f f
f Edition
by Denise Boyd
f f
, Table of Contents
f f
Chapter f01: fBasic fConcepts fand fMethods
f Chapter f02: fTheories fof fDevelopment
f Chapter f03: fPrenatal fDevelopment fand fBirth1
Chapter f04: fPhysical, fSensory, fand fPerceptual fDevelopment fin fInfancy
f Chapter f05: fCognitive fDevelopment fin fInfancy
Chapter f06: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fInfancy1
f Chapter f07: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fEarly
f Childhood fChapter f08: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fEarly
f Childhood fChapter f09: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fMiddle
Childhood
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Chapter f10: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fMiddle fChildhood
f Chapter f11: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fAdolescence
f Chapter f12: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fAdolescence
f Chapter f13: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fEarly fAdulthood
f Chapter f14: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fEarly fAdulthood
f Chapter f15: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fMiddle fAdulthood
f Chapter f16: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fMiddle fAdulthood
f Chapter f17: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fLate fAdulthood
f Chapter f18: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fLate fAdulthood
f Chapter f19: fDeath, fDying, fand fBereavement
,Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
f f f f f
Multiple-Choice f Questions
1. Developmental f psychology f is f the f scientific f study f of in four fbodies, fbehaviour,
fthinking, f emotions, f social f relationships, f and f personalities.
A) maturity f and f stability
B) age-related f changes
C) social f and f cultural f norms
D) genetic f and f biological f influences
Difficulty: f1
Question fID: f01-1-01
Page-Reference: f2
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f B) fage-related fchanges
2. The f belief f that f humans f must f seek f redemption f and f lead f a f disciplined f life f to f reduce
f the finfluence f of f innate f tendencies f toward f acting f immorally f is f associated f with f the
f philosophical f doctrine fof
A) innate f goodness.
B) original f sin.
C) empiricism.
D) blank f slate.
Difficulty: f1
Question fID: f01-1-02
Page-Reference: f3
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f B) foriginal fsin.
3. A f developmental f psychologist f who f espouses f the f ideas f of f the f philosopher f Jean-
Jacques fRousseau f would f suggest f that f the f basis f for f human f development f is
A) life f experiences f and f external f environmental f influences f that f shape f a f "blank f slate" f malleable
f individual.
B) preprogrammed f sequential f stages f and f genetically f inherited f traits.
C) the f struggle f between f an f individual's f selfish/sinful f nature f and f redemption.
D) an f individual's f effort f to f achieve f his f or f her f inborn f potential.
Difficulty: f2
QuestionID: f 01-1-03
Page-Reference: f3
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f D) fan findividual's feffort fto fachieve fhis for fher finborn fpotential.
4. A f developmental f psychologist f who f espouses f the f ideas f of f the f English f philosopher f John
f Locke fwould f suggest f that f the f basis f for f human f development f is
A) the f struggle f between f an f individual's f selfish/sinful f nature f and f redemption.
B) an f individual's f effort f to f achieve f his f or f her f inborn f potential.
C) preprogrammed f sequential f stages f and f genetically f inherited f traits.
D) environmental f influences f that f shape f a f "blank f slate" f malleable f individual.
, QuestionID: f 01-1-04
Page-Reference: f3
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f D) fenvironmental finfluences fthat fshape fa f"blank fslate" fmalleable findividual.
5. Which f scientist f contributed f the f concept f of f developmental f stages f to f the f scientific
f study f of fhuman fdevelopment?
A) Charles f Darwin
B) John f Watson
C) Arnold f Gesell
D) G. f Stanley f Hall
Difficulty: f1
QuestionID: f 01-1-05
Page-Reference: f3
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f A) fCharles fDarwin
6. are f recognized f as f the f first f scientific f studies f of f child f development.
A) Darwin's f baby f biographies
B) Gesell's f studies f of f maturation
C) Hall's f questionnaires f and f interviews
D) Piaget's f cognitive f theories
Difficulty: f2
QuestionID: f 01-1-06
Page-Reference: f5
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f C) fHall's fquestionnaires fand finterviews
7. Early f developmental f psychology f pioneer f G. f Stanley f Hall f believed f that
f developmentalists fshould f identify to f further f the f field's f understanding f of f child
f development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmental f stages
D) maturation f processes
Difficulty: f2
QuestionID: f 01-1-07
Page-Reference: f5
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f B) fnorms
8. is f the f term f used f to f describe f the f average f age f at f which f children f reach
f developmental f milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation f stage"
C) "Psycho-social f developmental f stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
f
Lifespan Development, Canadian Edition 7th
f f f f
f Edition
by Denise Boyd
f f
, Table of Contents
f f
Chapter f01: fBasic fConcepts fand fMethods
f Chapter f02: fTheories fof fDevelopment
f Chapter f03: fPrenatal fDevelopment fand fBirth1
Chapter f04: fPhysical, fSensory, fand fPerceptual fDevelopment fin fInfancy
f Chapter f05: fCognitive fDevelopment fin fInfancy
Chapter f06: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fInfancy1
f Chapter f07: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fEarly
f Childhood fChapter f08: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fEarly
f Childhood fChapter f09: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fMiddle
Childhood
f
Chapter f10: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fMiddle fChildhood
f Chapter f11: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fAdolescence
f Chapter f12: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fAdolescence
f Chapter f13: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fEarly fAdulthood
f Chapter f14: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fEarly fAdulthood
f Chapter f15: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fMiddle fAdulthood
f Chapter f16: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fMiddle fAdulthood
f Chapter f17: fPhysical fand fCognitive fDevelopment fin fLate fAdulthood
f Chapter f18: fSocial fand fPersonality fDevelopment fin fLate fAdulthood
f Chapter f19: fDeath, fDying, fand fBereavement
,Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
f f f f f
Multiple-Choice f Questions
1. Developmental f psychology f is f the f scientific f study f of in four fbodies, fbehaviour,
fthinking, f emotions, f social f relationships, f and f personalities.
A) maturity f and f stability
B) age-related f changes
C) social f and f cultural f norms
D) genetic f and f biological f influences
Difficulty: f1
Question fID: f01-1-01
Page-Reference: f2
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f B) fage-related fchanges
2. The f belief f that f humans f must f seek f redemption f and f lead f a f disciplined f life f to f reduce
f the finfluence f of f innate f tendencies f toward f acting f immorally f is f associated f with f the
f philosophical f doctrine fof
A) innate f goodness.
B) original f sin.
C) empiricism.
D) blank f slate.
Difficulty: f1
Question fID: f01-1-02
Page-Reference: f3
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f B) foriginal fsin.
3. A f developmental f psychologist f who f espouses f the f ideas f of f the f philosopher f Jean-
Jacques fRousseau f would f suggest f that f the f basis f for f human f development f is
A) life f experiences f and f external f environmental f influences f that f shape f a f "blank f slate" f malleable
f individual.
B) preprogrammed f sequential f stages f and f genetically f inherited f traits.
C) the f struggle f between f an f individual's f selfish/sinful f nature f and f redemption.
D) an f individual's f effort f to f achieve f his f or f her f inborn f potential.
Difficulty: f2
QuestionID: f 01-1-03
Page-Reference: f3
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f D) fan findividual's feffort fto fachieve fhis for fher finborn fpotential.
4. A f developmental f psychologist f who f espouses f the f ideas f of f the f English f philosopher f John
f Locke fwould f suggest f that f the f basis f for f human f development f is
A) the f struggle f between f an f individual's f selfish/sinful f nature f and f redemption.
B) an f individual's f effort f to f achieve f his f or f her f inborn f potential.
C) preprogrammed f sequential f stages f and f genetically f inherited f traits.
D) environmental f influences f that f shape f a f "blank f slate" f malleable f individual.
, QuestionID: f 01-1-04
Page-Reference: f3
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f D) fenvironmental finfluences fthat fshape fa f"blank fslate" fmalleable findividual.
5. Which f scientist f contributed f the f concept f of f developmental f stages f to f the f scientific
f study f of fhuman fdevelopment?
A) Charles f Darwin
B) John f Watson
C) Arnold f Gesell
D) G. f Stanley f Hall
Difficulty: f1
QuestionID: f 01-1-05
Page-Reference: f3
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f A) fCharles fDarwin
6. are f recognized f as f the f first f scientific f studies f of f child f development.
A) Darwin's f baby f biographies
B) Gesell's f studies f of f maturation
C) Hall's f questionnaires f and f interviews
D) Piaget's f cognitive f theories
Difficulty: f2
QuestionID: f 01-1-06
Page-Reference: f5
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f C) fHall's fquestionnaires fand finterviews
7. Early f developmental f psychology f pioneer f G. f Stanley f Hall f believed f that
f developmentalists fshould f identify to f further f the f field's f understanding f of f child
f development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmental f stages
D) maturation f processes
Difficulty: f2
QuestionID: f 01-1-07
Page-Reference: f5
Skill: fKnowledge
Answer: f B) fnorms
8. is f the f term f used f to f describe f the f average f age f at f which f children f reach
f developmental f milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation f stage"
C) "Psycho-social f developmental f stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
