Human Development Test Preparation
Course Introduction
This course provides an overview of human development across the lifespan, examining the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that occur from infancy through old age. Students will explore major theoretical perspectives, including those of Piaget, Erikson, and Vygotsky, and assess the impact of genetics, environment, and culture on development. Topics such as language acquisition, identity formation, moral development, and aging are covered, with special attention to the interplay between biological and environmental factors. Through readings, discussions, and applied projects, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how individuals grow and change throughout their lives.
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Experience Human Development 13th Edition by Diane E. Papalia
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Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
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Q1) _____ is the unfolding of a natural sequence of physical changes and behavior patterns.
A) Individual responses to the opportunities offered by one's culture
B) Environmental influences
C) Maturation
D) One's perception of the events in his/her life
Answer: C
Q2) A group of people who share a similar experience common to all of its members is called a
A) generation.
B) cohort.
C) culture.
D) peer group.
Answer: B
Q3) The "nature" part of the nature vs.nurture controversy can be described as
A) the prominent perspective in the controversy at the present time.
B) a socioeconomic and psychological perspective.
C) a biological and genetic perspective.
D) a psychological and environmental perspective.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Theory and Research
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Q1) Which American psychologist developed the bioecological perspective,which involves five interlocking contextual systems ranging from the most intimate to the most distant?
A) Lev Vygotsky
B) Ivan Pavlov
C) Urie Bronfenbrenner
D) Jean Piaget
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is NOT an example of a self-report technique?
A) Questionnaire
B) Diary or log
C) Interview
D) Observation
Answer: D
Q3) Cohort differences are a problem for which kind of studies?
A) Time-sampling
B) Cross-sectional
C) Sequential
D) Longitudinal
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Forming a New Life
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Q1) The thickened mass of cells on the blastocyst from which the baby will develop is called the
A) embryonic disk.
B) germinal disk.
C) amniotic thickening.
D) lateral ridge.
Answer: A
Q2) All of the following have been used to prevent,detect,and treat HIV in infants EXCEPT A) the drug AZT.
B) having a vaginal birth.
C) women with HIV not breastfeeding their babies.
D) use of drugs to treat AIDS-related pneumonia.
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following statements about persons with Down syndrome is TRUE?
A) Most are profoundly retarded.
B) Most have severe health problems and die before age 30.
C) Most require total care for life.
D) Most can function to some degree in society.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Birth and Physical Development During the First
Three Years
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Q1) Research shows that home births with a plan for hospitalization for emergencies can be
A) dangerous and should not be considered.
B) as safe as a hospital birth.
C) the best approach with all births to save money and tax dollars.
D) very risky and are not recommended by any professional organization.
Q2) Breast milk is almost always the best food for newborns and is recommended for at least the first __________ months.
A) 3
B) 6
C) 9
D) 12
Q3) List the five states of arousal in infancy and choose two to define.
Q4) The condition of a baby whose Apgar score is 3 is
A) very healthy
B) within normal range.
C) slightly below normal.
D) dangerous; the baby needs immediate resuscitation.
Q5) List and describe the stages of childbirth.
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development During the First Three Years
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Q1) Developmental test scores obtained during infancy are
A) very reliable and should be administered to all infants when they visit their pediatrician.
B) strong predictors of adult IQ.
C) good predictors of childhood IQ.
D) useful to detect early sensory and neurological deficits.
Q2) Michelle is shown a new mobile,and the amount of time she spends studying it is measured.This is a technique of which approach to intellectual development?
A) Behaviorist
B) Information processing
C) Piagetian
D) Psychometric
Q3) Infants first communicate their emotions by A) crying.
B) babbling.
C) imitating sounds.
D) using words.
Q4) Demonstrate how habituation and dishabituation are used to study infant cognitive abilities.
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Chapter 6: Psychosocial Development During the First
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Q1) Which of the following statements about the influence of daycare on cognitive development of toddlers is FALSE?
A) Children from disadvantaged families benefit most from a good daycare.
B) Children in a daycare often develop language skills faster than children raised at home.
C) Cognitive gains from daycare are present for several years after the daycare experience.
D) Daycare children demonstrate superior eye-hand coordination.
Q2) Fathers in which culture are more likely to provide direct infant care?
A) Huhot of Inner Mongolia
B) United States
C) Aka of Central Africa
D) Native Hawaiian Islanders
Q3) What it means to be male or female is included in the word
A) sexuality.
B) male.
C) female.
D) gender.
Q4) Discuss emotions in newborns and the roles of crying and smiling.
Q5) Compare and contrast stranger anxiety and separation anxiety.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) What is the second stage of Piaget's cognitive theory of development?
A) Concrete operational stage
B) Formal operational stage
C) Sensorimotor stage
D) Preoperational stage
Q2) Some children playing in the yard are pretending to bake cookies.One child gathers up some disk-shaped rocks and says,"Here are the cookies I made!" This child is engaged in
A) sensorimotor play.
B) deferred recognition.
C) pretend play.
D) conservational play.
Q3) Mr.Rogers is a kindergarten teacher.He observes that some of the children in his class use private speech more than others.Of the following,Mr.Rogers is MOST likely to say that the children who engage in private speech
A) have less self-regulation than the other children.
B) are more sociable than the other children.
C) do not talk to themselves when working out problems.
D) tend to think privately.
Q4) Examine the risks associated with parental smoking in the home.
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Chapter 8: Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Fears in early childhood are
A) abnormal and indicate child abuse.
B) more common in boys than girls.
C) likely to eventually disappear.
D) symptoms of a deeper psychological problem.
Q2) Parents of prosocial children tend to discipline them by A) reasoning.
B) scolding.
C) spanking.
D) withdrawing affection.
Q3) Demands,threats,denial of privileges,and spanking are considered ______________ forms of discipline.
A) withdrawal of love
B) power assertive
C) inductive
D) negatively reinforced
Q4) Identify the differences between the terms self-concept and self-esteem.Give examples to illustrate how caregivers can facilitate children's development of each of these areas.
Q5) List and define the social dimensions of play.
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) According to Gardner,Carolina,an aspiring gymnast,will rely most heavily on which type of intelligence while on the balance beam?
A) Musical
B) Bodily-kinesthetic
C) Interpersonal
D) Naturalist
Q2) Jamal just finished reading a passage from his history book and realized that he did not understand much of what he read the first time through.As a result,Jamal decides to reread the passage before moving on.Jamal is demonstrating A) metacognition.
B) the use of mnemonics.
C) interpersonal intelligence.
D) contextual intelligence.
Q3) Which memory strategy links items together in a story or scene?
A) Organization
B) Elaboration
C) Rehearsal
D) Retrieval
Q4) Define mnemonics and provide two strategies that can be used to improve memory.
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Chapter 10: Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Gunnar's mother wanted a good after-school program for him.She discovered that high-quality programs included the following characteristics EXCEPT
A) low child-staff ratio.
B) well-educated staff.
C) low enrollment.
D) school based.
Q2) All of the following determine sibling roles and relationships in nonindustrialized societies EXCEPT
A) number of siblings.
B) birth order.
C) family income.
D) gender.
Q3) Examine common adjustment issues associated with children whose parents divorce.
Q4) In addition to the usual issues of parenthood,adoptive parents also typically have to deal with all of the following EXCEPT
A) integrating the adopted child into the family.
B) helping the child develop a healthy sense of self.
C) explaining adoption to the child.
D) All of these
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Which statement is TRUE regarding the basis for educational practices in the United States?
A) Students are motivated to learn.
B) Students do not need practice to learn.
C) Students are inherently able to learn.
D) Students are more influenced by peers in schooling than parents.
Q2) As adolescents move into the stage of formal operations,they are able to make moral judgments and plan for the future.This means they are thinking
A) abstractly.
B) sophisticatedly.
C) realistically.
D) consistently.
Q3) At age 18,Terri is 25% underweight and has stopped menstruating.However,she is afraid of becoming fat.She is also overactive and obsessed with food.She is probably A) anorexic.
B) bulimic.
C) schizophrenic.
D) suicidal.
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Chapter 12: Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Genital herpes is A) incurable.
B) only mildly contagious.
C) associated with increased incidence of testicular cancer.
D) curable by injection of antiviral drugs.
Q2) Linus is struggling between keeping his part-time job where he has just become assistant manager or going to college.He is talking with his parents and friends,but just can't make up his mind.Marcia would place Linus in a state of A) identity diffusion.
B) identity foreclosure.
C) identity moratorium.
D) identity achievement.
Q3) The chief reasons for the high incidence of STIs in adolescence include all of the following EXCEPT
A) increased sex education in the public schools.
B) multiple partners.
C) the tendency to have sex with older partners.
D) failure to use condoms.
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood
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Q1) Generalizing from the text,which of the following young adults is most likely to suffer from high blood pressure?
A) Asian female
B) White male
C) Asian male
D) African-American male
Q2) An active engagement in a broad range of social relationships,activities,and roles is called
A) social integration.
B) social networking.
C) social support.
D) social obligations.
Q3) To act on emotions or emotional intelligence,people must make ______ judgments.
A) cognitive
B) sensitivity
C) expectation
D) value
Q4) Analyze the issues of infertility in both men and women during emerging adulthood.
Q5) Define emotional intelligence and evaluate its influence in the workplace.
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Chapter 14: Psychosocial Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood
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Q1) People who are shy,quiet,anxious,and dependable exhibit ______ personalities.
A) ego-resilient
B) ego-controlled
C) overcontrolled
D) undercontrolled
Q2) What is it called when two individuals live together in a sexual relationship without being married?
A) Domestication
B) Partnership
C) Abode sharing
D) Cohabitation
Q3) Romello confessed to his new girlfriend that he was still a little afraid of the dark.In terms of Sternberg's triangular theory of love,Romello is experiencing
A) intimacy.
B) passion.
C) commitment.
D) shyness.
Q4) Summarize the research on intimate partner violence.
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Q5) Discuss the five-factor model and provide one example of each personality trait.
Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) List and define two common visual problems and one common auditory problem associated with middle age.
Q2) Middle-aged adults are involved in education for what purpose?
A) Retraining for a different career
B) To reduce boredom related to retirement
C) To socialize with friends
D) To distance themselves from their spouses
Q3) Jim must hold a newspaper at arm's length to read it.He should be checked for A) nearsightedness.
B) glaucoma.
C) presbyopia.
D) myopia.
Q4) Shawn is good at perceiving relationships and forming concepts.When confronted with a new problem,he can usually solve it.According to Cattell and Horn,Shawn has high __________ intelligence.
A) fluid
B) crystallized
C) practical
D) integrative
Q5) Analyze the term midlife and the various definitions of middle adulthood.
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Chapter 16: Psychosocial Development in Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Define Piaget's concepts of identity assimilation,identity accommodation,and identity balance,and provide one example of each.
Q2) Homosexuals who do not come out until middle age may affect other aspects of their development,such as
A) difficulty establishing gay relationships.
B) challenges in experiencing generativity.
C) early establishment of identity.
D) tighter bonds with parents and siblings.
Q3) Define both Kahn and Antonucci's social convoy theory and Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory,and give one example of how both can improve their relationships with others but can also place demands on people that may be stressful.
Q4) Even in his forties,James continues to wear the same style sneakers he wore growing up,despite objections from his wife that he is too old to wear that style.Piaget would suggest that James is engaging in
A) identity assimilation.
B) identity accommodation.
C) identity balance.
D) All of these
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
Adulthood
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Q1) When John first bought his new house,he could mow the yard in the morning and then go for a run in the afternoon.John,who is now in his late fifties,finds that mowing the yard completely wipes him out for the day.John is experiencing a decline in his
A) reserve stamina.
B) reserve capacity.
C) reserve capability.
D) reserve oxygen supply.
Q2) The survival curve,the biological limit to the life span,demonstrates that
A) regardless of health and fitness, the maximum life span is not much higher than 80 years of age.
B) the rate of mortality decreases after 100.
C) the rate of mortality is significantly higher after 80.
D) mortality rates are dependent on too many factors to predict survival.
Q3) Ageism is
A) prejudice or discrimination, usually against young people.
B) prejudice or discrimination, usually against older people.
C) negated by studies showing that older adults are more competent than younger adults.
D) especially prevalent in Japan.
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Chapter 18: Psychosocial Development in Late Adulthood
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Q1) All of the following reasons have been cited to explain the growth of elderly single-person households EXCEPT
A) increased old-age benefits.
B) decreased old-age benefits that make assisted living unaffordable.
C) increased home ownership.
D) more availability of community support.
Q2) Researchers have found that personality traits _____ in late adulthood. A) become stable
B) do not change
C) continue to change D) remain stable
Q3) Most older adults in industrialized countries prefer A) to stay with their children.
B) to stay in an independent living facility.
C) to stay with relatives.
D) to stay in their own homes.
Q4) Compare the financial status of women and men in late adulthood and how that status is affected by the death of a spouse.
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Chapter 19: Dealing With Death and Bereavement
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Q1) When a person lives to be around the age of 100-close to the present limit of the life span-all of the following changes are expected to occur before death EXCEPT A) cognitive declines.
B) a loss of interest in eating and drinking.
C) delusional thoughts and behaviors.
D) functional declines.
Q2) The emotional loss that Anna felt when her son died kept her from eating,going to work,or caring for her other children.This emotional response is known as A) denial.
B) bereavement.
C) resolution.
D) grief.
Q3) Jasmine,a recent widow,can't seem to concentrate,can't sleep,and is feeling anxious a lot of the time.We would describe her reactions as A) normal.
B) abnormal.
C) a source of concern.
D) All of these
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