Child Psych FINAL Questions With
Complete Solutions
Why do parents and teachers study children? Correct Answers
The study of child development raises some intriguing and
provocative issues.
Responsibility for children is or will be a part of their everyday
lives.
The study will help them understand their own individual
histories.
(All of these)
The pattern of change that begins at conception and continues
throughout the life span is Correct Answers development.
The setting in which development occurs and that is influenced
by historical, economic, social, and cultural factors defines
Correct Answers context.
A preschooler is growing up in an upper-middle-class home
with parents who both have advanced degrees. She lives in a
thriving suburb. The preschool she attends is rated the best in the
state. These settings in which her development occurs are
referred to as Correct Answers contexts
A child's development occurs in (a) ________________
context(s). Correct Answers numerous
,_______________ refers to the behavior patterns, beliefs, and
all other products of a particular group of people that are passed
on from generation to generation. Correct Answers culture
André is of Mexican American and African slave ancestry, and
aligns himself with the traditions and history of Mexican
Americans. This reflects his Correct Answers ethnicity
A cross-cultural concern for women includes Correct Answers
inadequate educational opportunities
mental health issues
violence
(all of these)
The pattern of human development is strongly related to Correct
Answers socioemotional development.
biology
cognition
(all of these)
What is the first developmental period? Correct Answers
prenatal
Which activity is characteristic of infancy? Correct Answers
beginning language
coordination of sensations and physical actions
thinking with symbols
(all of these)
During what developmental period is independence and identity
the central theme? Correct Answers adolescence
,A group of people born at a similar point in history and share
similar experiences is a description of a.. Correct Answers
cohort
Nurture is to experience as nature is to Correct Answers
maturation
Scientific research is Correct Answers objective
systematic
testable
(all of these)
. ____________________ theory describes development as
primarily unconscious and colored by emotion. Correct
Answers psychoanalytic
Due to her knowledge of psychoanalysis, Julie is aware that her
9-month-old daughter is in the Correct Answers oral
psychosexual stage
Erikson is noted for his theory of ________ stages. Correct
Answers psychosocial
One of the major differences between Erikson's and Freud's
approaches to human development involves Erikson's emphasis
on Correct Answers development across the life span
Two-year-old Benjamin asserts his independence and realizes
his will. He tests his parents' boundaries. Based on Erikson's
, psychosocial theory, if he is restrained or punished too harshly,
he is likely to develop Correct Answers shame and doubt
When teachers work with children in Erikson's industry versus
inferiority stage, the fifth stage of psychosocial development,
they should Correct Answers help children find out that they
can do things that they never thought they could do.
Stagnation means Correct Answers the feeling of having done
nothing to help the next generation.
Three-year-old Hannah represents the world with words,
images, and drawings. She still lacks internalized mental
actions. What cognitive stage is she in? Correct Answers
preoperational
According to Piaget, if 10-year-old André is in the concrete
operational stage of development, he cannot engage in
________ thought. Correct Answers abstract
Breast feeding can have the positive effect on the child for
Correct Answers less infections
reduced obesity
fewer allergies
(all of the above)
Which of the following statements about breast feeding is true?
Correct Answers It helps immunize the newborn from disease
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