Solutions and Test Bank HDEV 6th Edition By
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Human Growth and Development (University of East London)
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Chap 01_HDEV6
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. In the context of experiments, experimental outcomes reflect the chance factors and not treatment.
a. True
b. False
2. Strong arguments or reference to authority figures are commonly used as scientific evidence.
a. True
b. False
3. Stage theories consider development as a continuous process.
a. True
b. False
4. Case study involves detailing an account of the behavior of multiple subjects.
a. True
b. False
5. Extinction results from repeated performance of operant behavior without punishment.
a. True
b. False
6. John Locke believed that children should be treated as property and servants.
a. True
b. False
7. Fixed action patterns are learned behaviors.
a. True
b. False
8. Jean‐Jacques Rousseau believed that children were born inherently good.
a. True
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b. False
9. The nervous systems of most, and perhaps all, animals are “prewired” to respond to most situations in
general ways.
a. True
b. False
10. Piaget’s cognitive‐developmental theory suggests that children actively learn about and take charge of
their environments.
a. True
b. False
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