TEST BANK
CHILDREN
A CHRONOLOGICAL APPROACH
7TH CANADIAN EDITION
CHAPTER 01: CHILD DEVELOPMENT: THEORIES AND THEMES
1. Viewing infants as tabula rasa suggests that
A) infants will develop naturally unless the environment interferes.
B) experience will mould infants into unique individuals.
C) nature is more important than nurture.
D) infants are born with a sense of morality.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-01
Answer: B) experience will mould infants into unique individuals.
2. The idea that the mind of the human infant is tabula rasa at birth reflects the belief that
A) experience moulds each person into a unique individual.
B) children should be left alone so that their good natures can unfold.
C) heredity plays a major role in an individual's development.
D) infants cannot think because their minds are blank.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-02
Answer: A) experience moulds each person into a unique individual.
3. If parents believe that children are tabula rasa at birth, they are likely to
A) leave their children alone so their virtuous natures can unfold.
B) be very permissive with their children.
C) assume that nothing they do will have any influence on their children's development.
D) plan their children's experiences from the moment of their birth.
,Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-03
Answer: D) plan their children's experiences from the moment of their birth.
4. The French philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, believed that
A) the human infant is born a tabula rasa.
B) infants are born with an innate sense of justice and morality.
C) experience moulds each human into a unique individual.
D) parents should teach their children rationality and self-control.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-04
Answer: B) infants are born with an innate sense of justice and morality.
5. Heather believes her 12-month-old daughter will develop optimally if Heather gives her
freedom to grow naturally and does not try to shape her development. Heather's beliefs about
child-rearing are most similar to those of
A) Sigmund Freud.
B) Urie Bronfenbrenner.
C) John Locke.
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-05
Answer: D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
6. When researchers classify research participants by race, it is argued that race, as a
variable, measures
A) socio-cultural groupings within races that can be very distinct.
B) socio-cultural groupings within races that can be very similar.
, C) socio-cultural groupings that are reliable.
D) socio-cultural groupings that are valid.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-06
Answer: A) socio-cultural groupings within races that can be very distinct.
7. The updated guidelines published by the American Psychological Association in 2019
focuses on the importance of which of the following when working with the concept of race?
A) Indigenous worldviews
B) social justice
C) poverty
D) educational attainment
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-07
Answer: B) social justice
8. An organized set of ideas that is designed to explain and make predictions about
development is referred to as a
A) theory.
B) critical period.
C) tabula rasa.
D) case history.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-08
Answer: A) theory.
9. Developmental theories are important to the field of psychology
A) to explain behaviour and make predictions about development.
, B) to explain behaviour of children in the classroom.
C) in order to understand how adults influence children through imitation.
D) to challenge Locke's theory of tabula rasa or blank slate.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-09
Answer: A) to explain behaviour and make predictions about development.
10. James Mark Baldwin, a psychologist in Canada more than 100 years ago, was an important
pioneer in the study of child development because
A) he believed that research should come before theories.
B) he established the first psychological laboratory in Canada.
C) he proposed studying the mind philosophically rather than empirically.
D) he worked closely with Jean Piaget.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-10
Answer: B) he established the first psychological laboratory in Canada.
11. Dr. Christopher Green at York University in Ontario, Canada, developed a website which
focuses on which of the following aspects of psychology in Canada?
A) history of psychology
B) child development research
C) neuroscience
D) theories of child development
Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-11
Answer: A) history of psychology
CHILDREN
A CHRONOLOGICAL APPROACH
7TH CANADIAN EDITION
CHAPTER 01: CHILD DEVELOPMENT: THEORIES AND THEMES
1. Viewing infants as tabula rasa suggests that
A) infants will develop naturally unless the environment interferes.
B) experience will mould infants into unique individuals.
C) nature is more important than nurture.
D) infants are born with a sense of morality.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-01
Answer: B) experience will mould infants into unique individuals.
2. The idea that the mind of the human infant is tabula rasa at birth reflects the belief that
A) experience moulds each person into a unique individual.
B) children should be left alone so that their good natures can unfold.
C) heredity plays a major role in an individual's development.
D) infants cannot think because their minds are blank.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-02
Answer: A) experience moulds each person into a unique individual.
3. If parents believe that children are tabula rasa at birth, they are likely to
A) leave their children alone so their virtuous natures can unfold.
B) be very permissive with their children.
C) assume that nothing they do will have any influence on their children's development.
D) plan their children's experiences from the moment of their birth.
,Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-03
Answer: D) plan their children's experiences from the moment of their birth.
4. The French philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, believed that
A) the human infant is born a tabula rasa.
B) infants are born with an innate sense of justice and morality.
C) experience moulds each human into a unique individual.
D) parents should teach their children rationality and self-control.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-04
Answer: B) infants are born with an innate sense of justice and morality.
5. Heather believes her 12-month-old daughter will develop optimally if Heather gives her
freedom to grow naturally and does not try to shape her development. Heather's beliefs about
child-rearing are most similar to those of
A) Sigmund Freud.
B) Urie Bronfenbrenner.
C) John Locke.
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-05
Answer: D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
6. When researchers classify research participants by race, it is argued that race, as a
variable, measures
A) socio-cultural groupings within races that can be very distinct.
B) socio-cultural groupings within races that can be very similar.
, C) socio-cultural groupings that are reliable.
D) socio-cultural groupings that are valid.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-06
Answer: A) socio-cultural groupings within races that can be very distinct.
7. The updated guidelines published by the American Psychological Association in 2019
focuses on the importance of which of the following when working with the concept of race?
A) Indigenous worldviews
B) social justice
C) poverty
D) educational attainment
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-07
Answer: B) social justice
8. An organized set of ideas that is designed to explain and make predictions about
development is referred to as a
A) theory.
B) critical period.
C) tabula rasa.
D) case history.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-08
Answer: A) theory.
9. Developmental theories are important to the field of psychology
A) to explain behaviour and make predictions about development.
, B) to explain behaviour of children in the classroom.
C) in order to understand how adults influence children through imitation.
D) to challenge Locke's theory of tabula rasa or blank slate.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-09
Answer: A) to explain behaviour and make predictions about development.
10. James Mark Baldwin, a psychologist in Canada more than 100 years ago, was an important
pioneer in the study of child development because
A) he believed that research should come before theories.
B) he established the first psychological laboratory in Canada.
C) he proposed studying the mind philosophically rather than empirically.
D) he worked closely with Jean Piaget.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-10
Answer: B) he established the first psychological laboratory in Canada.
11. Dr. Christopher Green at York University in Ontario, Canada, developed a website which
focuses on which of the following aspects of psychology in Canada?
A) history of psychology
B) child development research
C) neuroscience
D) theories of child development
Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-11
Answer: A) history of psychology
