1) Which of the following statements about development is accurate?
A) The process of development ends during early adulthood.
B) The process of development starts during early childhood.
C) Most development involves growth, although it also includes decline.
D) Most of the physical development happens during late adulthood.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Studying Children's Development
Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and identify
five areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
Bloom's: Understand
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APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
2) A researcher who wants to study the effect of parenting styles on development would need to
take into consideration the socioeconomic status and cultural settings of the families being
studied. These aspects are a part of the "________" of development.
A) goals
B) environment
C) domain
D) context
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Improving Children's Lives
Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and identify
five areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
,3) Which of the following terms refers to the behavior patterns, the beliefs, and all other products
of a specific group of people that are passed on from generation to generation?
A) associative context
B) culture
C) primary background
D) social class
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Improving Children's Lives
Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and identify
five areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
Bloom's: Remember
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APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
4) Madison grew up in a single-parent, poor, urban home with her mother and three siblings.
These factors represent the ________ of Madison's development.
A) context
B) reference
C) environment
D) domain
Answer: A
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Topic: Improving Children's Lives
Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and identify
five areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
Bloom's: Apply
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APA Outcome: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
, 5) Miyako considers herself to be a member of the Ainu tribe because she speaks their language,
follows their customs, practices their religion, and knows a lot about their history. Miyako's
membership in the Ainu tribe is an example of her
A) collective efficacy.
B) ethnicity.
C) dominant association.
D) primary conditioning.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Topic: Improving Children's Lives
Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and identify
five areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
Bloom's: Apply
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA Outcome: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
6) Which of the following is a benefit of cross-cultural studies?
A) They allow researchers to determine if cultural differences are real or imagined.
B) They allow researchers to collect information from childhood through adolescence.
C) They encourage researchers to ignore genetic similarities across cultures and focus more on
individual differences.
D) They allow researchers to determine areas in which development is similar across cultures or
specific to only a particular culture.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Improving Children's Lives
Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and identify
five areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
Bloom's: Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
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