Question 1

Identify and describe the three topical areas of child development.

Accepted Answer

A good answer would include the following key points: 
1. The field of child development includes three major topical areas. These are physical development, cognitive development, and social and personality development. 
2. Physical development examines the ways in which the body's makeup-the brain, nervous system, muscles and senses, and the need for food, drink and sleep-helps determine behavior. 
3. Cognitive development involves the ways that growth and change in intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior. 
4. Personality development involves the ways that the enduring characteristics differentiate one person from another. Social development focuses on the ways in which an individual's interactions with others and his or her social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the life span.

Question 2

Entry into adolescence depends on __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the personality of the child
B)   the cultural traditions
C)   the child's decision
D)   achievement of sexual maturity D

Question 3

Children who are bullied are at risk for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   weight loss
B)   anxiety
C)   influenza
D)   schizophrenia B

Question 4

Richard, a preschool teacher, believes that children who are aggressive preschoolers will become aggressive adults. Richard is referring to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   physical development
B)   cognitive development
C)   personality development
D)   social development

Question 5

Dr. Chen counsels children in middle childhood. She primarily sees children in which age range?

Accepted Answer

A)   ages 6 to 12 years
B)   ages 12 to 20 years
C)   ages birth to 3 years
D)   ages 3 to 6 years

Question 6

Dr. Del Bosque's research on programs designed to assist at-risk children in overcoming poverty's effects on intelligence suggests that these programs are successful and therefore should be expanded. Dr. Del Bosque would most likely take the position that development is largely due to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   nature
B)   destiny
C)   critical period exposures
D)   nurture

Question 7

Research that supports the view that children's intelligence is mostly due to the genes that children inherit from their parents implies that this development is primarily the result of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   nature
B)   nurture
C)   continuous change
D)   discontinuous change

Question 8

__________ is an example of a large-scale, systematic, and ongoing examination of children and their development.

Accepted Answer

A)   Darwin's baby biography
B)   The Stanford Studies of Gifted Children
C)   The Montessori preschool
D)   G. Stanley Hall's Adolescence

Question 9

Which of the following people opened a preschool in the early 1900s based on theories of how children learn?

Accepted Answer

A)   Leta Stetter Hollingworth
B)   Maria Montessori
C)   G. Stanley Hall
D)   Alfred Binet

Question 10

In addition to topical areas, child development is organized by chronological periods based on __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   legal events, such as getting a driver's license
B)   arbitrary but designated age ranges
C)   biological events, such as digestion and elimination
D)   clear and precise age ranges that are consistent for everyone

Question 11

Dr. Jeffrey Arnett argues that adolescence extends into __________, a period beginning in the late teenage years and continuing into the mid-20s.

Accepted Answer

A)   emerging childhood
B)   emerging middle childhood
C)   emerging adolescence
D)   emerging adulthood

Question 12

Outline the major points of the critical versus sensitive periods issue encompassing the field of child development today.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Societies that tend to have an individualistic orientation focus on __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the uniqueness of the individual
B)   the uniqueness of the culture
C)   the interdependence among members of the society
D)   the specific subcultures in the society

Question 14

Which of the following may be subject to sensitive periods?

Accepted Answer

A)   language development
B)   prenatal development of lungs
C)   prenatal development of fingers and toes
D)   color blindness

Question 15

Dr. Arcia studies the development of emotions. He has observed that children do not develop a sense of guilt until they are in preschool. Dr. Arcia is interested in __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   physical development
B)   cognitive development
C)   personality development
D)   social development

Question 16

Mr. Espinoza, a first-grade teacher, tells his student teacher that when the children begin school they seem very immature; that is, they cannot yet read, write, or do simple calculations, nor can they maintain attention for long periods of time. However, at the end of the school year they seem more mature; that is, they can read, write, and do simple calculations, and they can maintain attention for long periods of time. Mr. Espinoza is referring to what aspect of development?

Accepted Answer

A)   physical development
B)   cognitive development
C)   personality development
D)   social development

Question 17

Most children in the United States enter into some sort of formal education between the ages of 5 and 7 years. This is referred to as a(n) __________ event.

Accepted Answer

A)   special
B)   cohort
C)   age-graded
D)   history-graded

Question 18

A psychologist believes that children are born without specific characteristics or knowledge. The psychologist may have been influenced by __________ perspective on children.

Accepted Answer

A)   John Locke's
B)   Jean-Jacques Rousseau's
C)   Charles Darwin's
D)   Alfred Binet's

Question 19

Sara and her friends reached adolescence at the peak of AIDS awareness, and for that reason they are more aware of how AIDS is transmitted relative to their parents' generation. This is an example of a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   composite
B)   clique
C)   cohort
D)   gang

Question 20

List three strategies for assessing information in the field of child development.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 1: An Introduction to Child Development

Identify and describe the three topical areas of child development.

Entry into adolescence depends on __________.

Children who are bullied are at risk for __________.

Richard, a preschool teacher, believes that children who are aggressive preschoolers will become aggressive adults. Richard is referring to __________.

Dr. Chen counsels children in middle childhood. She primarily sees children in which age range?

Dr. Del Bosque's research on programs designed to assist at-risk children in overcoming poverty's effects on intelligence suggests that these programs are successful and therefore should be expanded. Dr. Del Bosque would most likely take the position that development is largely due to __________.

Research that supports the view that children's intelligence is mostly due to the genes that children inherit from their parents implies that this development is primarily the result of __________.

__________ is an example of a large-scale, systematic, and ongoing examination of children and their development.

Which of the following people opened a preschool in the early 1900s based on theories of how children learn?

In addition to topical areas, child development is organized by chronological periods based on __________.

Dr. Jeffrey Arnett argues that adolescence extends into __________, a period beginning in the late teenage years and continuing into the mid-20s.

Outline the major points of the critical versus sensitive periods issue encompassing the field of child development today.

Societies that tend to have an individualistic orientation focus on __________.

Which of the following may be subject to sensitive periods?

Dr. Arcia studies the development of emotions. He has observed that children do not develop a sense of guilt until they are in preschool. Dr. Arcia is interested in __________.

Most children in the United States enter into some sort of formal education between the ages of 5 and 7 years. This is referred to as a(n) __________ event.

A psychologist believes that children are born without specific characteristics or knowledge. The psychologist may have been influenced by __________ perspective on children.

Sara and her friends reached adolescence at the peak of AIDS awareness, and for that reason they are more aware of how AIDS is transmitted relative to their parents' generation. This is an example of a __________.

List three strategies for assessing information in the field of child development.