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Lifespan Development: Canadian Edition –
UV 7th Edition
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TEST BANK AP
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O Denise Boyd
J. Paul Johnson
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Helen Bee
D?
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
© Denise Boyd, J. Paul Johnson & Helen Bee
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lifespan Development: Canadian Edition – 7th
UV
Edition
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Denise Boyd, J. Paul Johnson & Helen Bee
AP
1. Basic Concepts and Methods
2. Theories of Development
3. Prenatal Development and Birth
PR
4. Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy
5. Cognitive Development in Infancy
6. Social and Personality Development in Infancy
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7. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
8. Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
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9. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
10.Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
11.Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
12.Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
D?
13.Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
14.Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
15.Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
16.Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
17.Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
18.Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
19.Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
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Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Developmental psychology is the scientific study of
thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities.
in our bodies, behaviour,
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A) maturity and stability
B) age-related changes
C) social and cultural norms
D) genetic and biological influences
Difficulty: 1
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Question ID: 01-1-01
Page-Reference: 2
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) age-related changes
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2. The belief that humans must seek redemption and lead a disciplined life to reduce the
influence of innate tendencies toward acting immorally is associated with the philosophical
doctrine of PR
A) innate goodness.
B) original sin.
C) empiricism.
D) blank slate.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 01-1-02
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
OV
Answer: B) original sin.
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3. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the philosopher Jean-Jacques
Rousseau would suggest that the basis for human development is
B) preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits.
C) the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption.
D) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
?
A) life experiences and external environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: D) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
4. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the English philosopher John Locke
would suggest that the basis for human development is
A) the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption.
B) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
C) preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits.
D) environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
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QuestionID: 01-1-04
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
UV
Answer: D) environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
5. Which scientist contributed the concept of developmental stages to the scientific study of
human development?
A) Charles Darwin
B) John Watson
C) Arnold Gesell
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D) G. Stanley Hall
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-1-05
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
AP
Answer: A) Charles Darwin
6.
A)
B)
Darwin's baby biographies
Gesell's studies of maturation
PR
are recognized as the first scientific studies of child development.
C) Hall's questionnaires and interviews OV
D) Piaget's cognitive theories
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Page-Reference: 5
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: C) Hall's questionnaires and interviews
ED
7. Early developmental psychology pioneer G. Stanley Hall believed that developmentalists
?
should identify to further the field's understanding of child development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmental stages
D) maturation processes
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Page-Reference: 5
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) norms
8. is the term used to describe the average age at which children reach developmental
milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation stage"
C) "Psycho-social developmental stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
Lifespan Development: Canadian Edition –
UV 7th Edition
IA_
TEST BANK AP
PR
O Denise Boyd
J. Paul Johnson
VE
Helen Bee
D?
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
© Denise Boyd, J. Paul Johnson & Helen Bee
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
,ST
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lifespan Development: Canadian Edition – 7th
UV
Edition
IA_
Denise Boyd, J. Paul Johnson & Helen Bee
AP
1. Basic Concepts and Methods
2. Theories of Development
3. Prenatal Development and Birth
PR
4. Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy
5. Cognitive Development in Infancy
6. Social and Personality Development in Infancy
O
7. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
8. Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
VE
9. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
10.Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
11.Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
12.Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
D?
13.Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
14.Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
15.Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
16.Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
17.Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
18.Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
19.Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
, ST
Chapter 01: Basic Concepts and Methods
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Developmental psychology is the scientific study of
thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities.
in our bodies, behaviour,
UV
A) maturity and stability
B) age-related changes
C) social and cultural norms
D) genetic and biological influences
Difficulty: 1
IA_
Question ID: 01-1-01
Page-Reference: 2
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) age-related changes
AP
2. The belief that humans must seek redemption and lead a disciplined life to reduce the
influence of innate tendencies toward acting immorally is associated with the philosophical
doctrine of PR
A) innate goodness.
B) original sin.
C) empiricism.
D) blank slate.
Difficulty: 1
Question ID: 01-1-02
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
OV
Answer: B) original sin.
ED
3. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the philosopher Jean-Jacques
Rousseau would suggest that the basis for human development is
B) preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits.
C) the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption.
D) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
?
A) life experiences and external environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: D) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
4. A developmental psychologist who espouses the ideas of the English philosopher John Locke
would suggest that the basis for human development is
A) the struggle between an individual's selfish/sinful nature and redemption.
B) an individual's effort to achieve his or her inborn potential.
C) preprogrammed sequential stages and genetically inherited traits.
D) environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
, ST
QuestionID: 01-1-04
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
UV
Answer: D) environmental influences that shape a "blank slate" malleable individual.
5. Which scientist contributed the concept of developmental stages to the scientific study of
human development?
A) Charles Darwin
B) John Watson
C) Arnold Gesell
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D) G. Stanley Hall
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-1-05
Page-Reference: 3
Skill: Knowledge
AP
Answer: A) Charles Darwin
6.
A)
B)
Darwin's baby biographies
Gesell's studies of maturation
PR
are recognized as the first scientific studies of child development.
C) Hall's questionnaires and interviews OV
D) Piaget's cognitive theories
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Page-Reference: 5
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: C) Hall's questionnaires and interviews
ED
7. Early developmental psychology pioneer G. Stanley Hall believed that developmentalists
?
should identify to further the field's understanding of child development.
A) milestones
B) norms
C) developmental stages
D) maturation processes
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Page-Reference: 5
Skill: Knowledge
Answer: B) norms
8. is the term used to describe the average age at which children reach developmental
milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation stage"
C) "Psycho-social developmental stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
