ch1 Flashcards
Which of the BEST describes the focus of the study of human development?
CHANGE
The principle that human development is adaptive means:
a. it is coherent and organized.
b. development proceeds from simple to complex
c. it is aimed at dealing with internal and external conditions of existence.
d. none of these
c. it is aimed at dealing with internal and external conditions of existence.
Which of the following activities improved student grades, reduced school absences, and resulted in fewer behavioral problems?
a. Increased physical activity
b. Increased amount of sleep
c. Free breakfast
d. Free tutoring programs
c. Free breakfast
When developmental scientists understand how language develops they can_________ when a child needs speech therapy.
a. intervene
b. describe
c. predict
d. explain
a. intervene
Life-span studies are based on which of the following ideas?
a. There is little continuity over the life span.
b. Development occurs early in life, not during adulthood.
c. Every portion of the life span is influenced by earlier events and will in turn affect later events.
d. There is no development that takes place in the late adulthood stage
c. Every portion of the life span is influenced by earlier events and will in turn affect later events.
Historically, the study of child development gained impetus from:
a. immunization to protect children from disease.
b. child labor laws.
c. scientific discoveries about the nature of conception.
d. all of these
d. all of these
The concept of a lifelong process of development that can be studied scientifically is known as what?
a. Childhood development
b. Longtime development
c. Life-span development
d. Social development
c. Life-span development
[explores how we change and grow from conception to death.]
Change and stability in mental abilities, such as learning, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, etc., would constitute which type of development?
a. physical
b. cognitive
c. psychosocial
d. physiological
b. cognitive
Which type of development is most involved in the growth of body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health?
a. cognitive
b. neurological
c. physical
d. psychosocial
c. physical
Which of the following is true about physical development?
a. It interacts with cognitive, personality, and social development at all ages.It becomes less important than personality and social development during adolescence.
b. Physical development occurs independently of cognitive development.
c. It becomes less important than personality and social development during adolescence.
d. One’s genetic makeup entirely controls one’s physical development.
a. It interacts with cognitive, personality, and social development at all ages.
Marcus is 14 months old and having great difficulty when left with the babysitter. His separation anxiety is an example of interaction between which two types of development?
a. Intellectual and physical
b. Cognitive and intellectual
c. Physical and emotional
d. Intellectual and social
d. Intellectual and social
Marlane is large for her age and does not have many friends. This is an example of interaction between which two types of development?
a. Physical and intellectual
b. Intellectual and social
c. Physical and social
d. Personality and social
c. Physical and social
A developmental scientist who studies brain development is studying the __________ domain of the self.
a. psychological
b. psychosocial
c. psychical
d. cognitive
c. psychical
Division of the life span into periods is a
a. psychical construction
b. cognitive construction
c. intellectual construction
d. social construction
d. social construction
A concept or practice that may appear natural and obvious to those who accept it, but in reality is an invention of a particular cultureis an example of
a. physical construction
b. cognitive construction
c. intellectual construction
d. social construction
d. social construction
