Human Growth and Development Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Human Growth and Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that occur throughout the human lifespan, from conception to old age. This course examines major theories and research findings related to developmental milestones, influences of genetics and environment, and the impact of family, culture, and society on human growth. Students will analyze how individuals adapt to challenges and transitions in each life stage and apply developmental concepts to real-world scenarios in fields such as education, psychology, healthcare, and social work.
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Lifespan Development 5th Canadian Edition by Denise Boyd
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Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Methods
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Q1) Canadian psychologists were very active during World War II, performing numerous consultation and training functions for the British government and the war effort that included all of the following EXCEPT
A) personnel selection
B) recruitment
C) public opinion management
D) discipline strategies
Answer: D
Q2) The term "development" now encompasses the entire lifespan rather than just childhood and adolescence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Examples of atypical development consist of developmental delay, mental illness, aggressiveness, and the like.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Theories of Development
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Q1) According to Piaget, it is in the ________ stage of cognitive development that a child can manipulate ideas as well as concrete objects or events. In this stage, a child can think about abstract ideas and hypothetical situations.
A) equilibration
B) information processing
C) formal operations
D) concrete operations
Answer: C
Q2) An individual's own unique genetic blueprint is his or her A) genome.
B) phenotype.
C) genotype.
D) genetic inheritance.
Answer: C
Q3) Piaget's theory of cognitive development has been tremendously valuable in developmental research.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
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Q1) The strength of a newborn's grip is tested and scored in the Apgar scale.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Due to mounting legal, health, and ethical concerns, Canada has new legislation to regulate most aspects of assisted human reproduction (AHR) and related research, except for donor sperm/egg identity anonymity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) An autosomal disorder that typically does not show symptoms until adulthood is A) sickle-cell disease.
B) phenylketonuria.
C) Huntington's disease.
D) Tay-Sachs disease.
Answer: C
Q4) An analgesic is administered during labour in order to reduce anxiety.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy
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Q1) Which of the following activities becomes possible as a result of the myelinization of the reticular formation?
A) dexterity in manipulation of small objects, such as a needle and thread
B) judgment in decision-making, such as evaluating various options
C) concentration in thinking, such as focusing attention on a task
D) speed and agility in motor skills, such as running to catch a ball
Q2) Post-term babies have higher rates of fetal and neonatal mortalities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is the best example of a child's manipulative skills?
A) Chio navigates around the table by holding onto each chair as she moves.
B) Nigel uses his thumb and forefinger to carefully pick up and eat a small piece of cereal.
C) While her mother shops at the grocery store, two-year-old Allison sits contentedly in the child carrier seat of the grocery cart.
D) Rosita and her father sit on the floor and roll the ball back and forth to each other.
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) B. F. Skinner's theoretical perspective on children's language development was based on the idea that
A) children make rule-governed rather than random errors when learning language.
B) the naming explosion will not occur if the child has suffered impaired hearing due to repeated respiratory infections.
C) children are born with an innate language processor that contains the grammatical structure of all human language.
D) the principles of operant conditioning underlie all aspects of human learning, including language.
Q2) Children's earliest simple two- or three-word sentences are called telegraphic speech.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Infants as young as 2 months old are capable of imitating observed behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q4) "Sst" is a word if a child consistently uses it to refer to her sister.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy
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Q1) Poor quality attachment is a better predictor of sexual dysfunction in adulthood than childhood sexual abuse.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When infants use facial expressions to help them understand what to do in new situations, they are engaging in what researchers call
A) social referencing.
B) deferred imitation.
C) schematic learning.
D) cross-modal transfer.
Q3) Studies of parent-child interactions suggest that the crucial ingredients for a secure attachment are
A) caregivers who are emotionally available and contingently responsive to a child's cues.
B) an intact family structure (two adults) and sufficient financial resources.
C) an infant who is physically and neurologically healthy and caregivers who are loving and caring.
D) parents who are firm and consistent in their discipline and give the child undivided attention.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Research has definitively proven that trauma results in emotional and psychological harm, but there are no neurobiological or brain-function impacts.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The correlation between children's test scores and their current or later grades in school is strong-about .50 to .60. This means
A) children with high test scores will be more likely to have low grades.
B) children with high test scores will be more likely to have high grades.
C) children with low test scores will be more likely to have high grades.
D) there is no relationship between test scores and grades in school.
Q3) Which of the following statements about the stability of children's IQ scores is NOT correct?
A) Younger children often seem more intelligent than they are, and IQ scores on later tests typically move down to a more accurate stable level.
B) Many children show quite wide fluctuations in their IQ scores.
C) IQ scores can fluctuate as a result of stresses, such as parental divorce, change in schools, or birth of a sibling.
D) The older the child, the more stable the IQ score.
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Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) When 4-year-old Muhammed thinks of activities, behaviours, or personal characteristics as being "for mommy" or "for daddy," he is using A) gender schema.
B) gender concepts.
C) gender stereotypes.
D) sex-typing.
Q2) The parenting style that is most likely to use inductive discipline is the authoritarian type.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The optimum family structure for children's development is
A) any structure that meets the child's needs.
B) a structure that contains at least one biological parent.
C) undetermined due to lack of research.
D) two natural parents.
Q4) Children who show relatively more empathy and altruism are also those who A) had specific kinds of child-rearing.
B) regulate their own emotions well.
C) are more popular with their peers.
D) all of the above
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Writing tests in their home language is a legitimate educational support for LEP students in their transition to English-only instruction.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a cognitive function that improves significantly as a result of brain growth and development in middle childhood?
A) selective attention
B) information-processing speed
C) logic
D) person perception
Q3) According to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, intrapersonal intelligence is the ability to understand oneself.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research has shown that the submersion style of education is the most effective approach to help LEP students to quickly become proficient in English.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Heavy TV viewing tends to
A) be associated with lower academic scores.
B) cause an increase in violence.
C) lead to desensitization.
D) all of the above
Q2) Which of the following is characteristic of peer group interactions during the elementary school years?
A) having a variety of friends that includes both boys and girls
B) a lack of shared interests and activities
C) the development of social skills useful for interactions with both girls and boys
D) gender segregation
Q3) Which of the following children would be most likely to be rejected or neglected by peers in middle childhood?
A) Abraham, who is very shy
B) Juan, who loves to write and perform various types of music
C) Elizabeth, who is very smart and every teacher's favourite student
D) Shah Rukh, who is taller than his peers and very handsome
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) A universal ingredient in the suicides of adolescents is
A) a preference for music with violent themes.
B) a knowledge of suicide committed by a friend or peer.
C) a history of abuse or abandonment.
D) some form of significant psychopathology, such as depression.
Q2) What type of cognitive ability dramatically increases in adolescence, which results in teens benefitting from training more than younger children?
A) reasoning
B) metamemory
C) metacognitive
D) processing
Q3) In Canada, the group with the highest suicide rate is
A) adolescent girls in rural areas.
B) First Nations adolescents.
C) all adolescent males.
D) all adolescent girls.
Q4) In females, menarche is the signal that puberty has begun.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the four basic sex-role types identified by researchers?
A) womanly
B) incomplete C) masculine
D) asexual
Q2) Which of the following is most consistent with the concept of a crisis, as defined by James Marcia?
A) For the past two years, Juan has had thoughts of suicide, and recently he was diagnosed with depressive disorder.
B) When Iman failed her calculus test, her parents grounded her for two weeks and imposed a requirement of two hours of supervised study every school night until the next exam.
C) Since she was a child, Lola had planned to become a physician when she grew up. Recently, however, she has become very interested in physics, and now she is evaluating related career options such as engineering.
D) Torrential rains in the Prairies caused major flooding, and thousands of people were displaced from their homes and lost their possessions and livelihoods.
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) What is the context for most of the sexual violence in Canada?
A) social or romantic relationships
B) stalking of the victim by an unknown person
C) an unpremeditated attack by a stranger
D) marital rape
Q2) To truly measure the health status of a population, aggregate health indicators that measure quality of life must be assessed.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Relativism is a way of thinking that involves recognition and acceptance of paradox and uncertainty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) T cells are an element of the immune system that defend the body against internal threats such as cancer cells or HIV/AIDS.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early
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Q1) Parental investment theory suggests that women choose mates after only carefully screening their commitment to parenting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Researchers suggest that reframing the situation for yourself in a way that identifies the positive elements is the most helpful overall strategy for coping with conflict between work and family roles.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If a marriage is to be stable and long-lasting, the couple must minimize conflict and arguments.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Robert Sternberg's view of love, the intimacy component of love includes feelings of sexuality and eroticism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) In early adulthood, the gender difference in disease rate can be largely attributed to health problems associated with child-bearing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Compared to men, women in middle adulthood are more likely NOT to describe themselves as
A) in poor health.
B) having a chronic health condition.
C) in good health.
D) limited in their daily activities.
Q3) Research studies find no connection between menopausal status and a rise in depression or other psychological symptoms.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The leading cause of death of Canadians in middle and old age is cardiovascular diseases.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle
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Q1) Which of the following is most consistent with ideas about development at mid-life?
A) The developmental tasks of mid-life are likely to cause a crisis when an individual's ability to cope is overwhelmed.
B) Individuals whose life transitions are congruent with the social clock are able to more effectively adapt to the challenges of mid-life.
C) There is little variation in the personality characteristics of an individual at the age of 25, 50, 75, or 100.
D) A primary task of adulthood is to assist the next generation in developing into mature and competent individuals.
Q2) Individuals caught in the "sandwich generation" are giving assistance to both younger and older family members.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Neuroticism is the personality trait associated with the need for order in the environment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) If you were to serve a platter of freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies to a group of older individuals, which of the following comments would you be most likely to hear?
A) "The flavours of food seem to be so strong, so I really don't care for anything sweet."
B) "I can't smell a thing, dear."
C) "These smell so good. They really make my mouth water!"
D) "These cookies smell and taste delicious!"
Q2) Ninety-year-old Mrs. Johnston is no longer able to manage tasks such as bathing or using the toilet by herself. A gerontologist most likely would determine that Mrs. Johnston needs help with
A) her independence skills.
B) both her activities of daily living and her instrumental activities of daily living.
C) self-care and grooming skills.
D) only her instrumental activities of daily living.
Q3) Dementia can be caused by hypothyroidism.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late
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Q1) The degree to which seniors maintain cognitive functioning is linked in large part to education.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The positive effects of religious faith have more to do with a general attitude of _____________ than on any particular set of doctrines or teachings.
A) health
B) spirituality
C) well-being
D) social support
Q3) Canadian seniors have several potential sources of income in retirement.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The majority of older adult couples are still sexually active and may be somewhat more sexually adventurous than younger adults.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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Q1) Which statement is a common belief shared by the Jewish scriptures, the Christian Bible, and the Muslim Quran and is an example of a comforting "death story" designed to help people cope with loss?
A) You will be punished for your sins and rewarded for your good deeds.
B) Death comes when one's purpose in life has been fulfilled.
C) Death is random and we have no control over it.
D) The death of an individual is unimportant given the larger divine plan.
Q2) Which of the following represents the most typical effect(s) that occur as result of widowhood?
A) increased incidence of cardiovascular disease and substance abuse disorder
B) increased mortality
C) increased likelihood of suicide
D) negative impact upon immune system functioning and increased incidence of depression
Q3) When considering Kübler-Ross's theory of dying, researchers could verify depression as a common stage among the dying but not the other four stages.
A)True
B)False
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