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Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The story of Ted Kaczynski and Alice Walker is told to draw attention to the fact that
A. some children grow up unable to pick up the pieces of a life shattered by tragedy and become unhinged
by life and stress.
B. children with difficult childhoods are always destined to have difficult adulthoods.
C. children with easygoing childhoods are always destined to have easygoing adulthoods.
D. None of these.
2. Why do parents and teachers study children?
A. Responsibility for children is or will be a part of their everyday lives.
B. The study will help them understand their own individual histories.
C. The study of child development raises some intriguing and provocative issues.
D. All of these.
3. The pattern of change that begins at conception and continues throughout the life span is
A. context.
B. comprehension.
C. development.
D. determination.
4. Luis Vargas, a clinical psychologist, is involved in work including the
A. assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families.
B. training mental health professionals to provide culturally responsive mental health services.
C. training mental health professionals to provide developmentally appropriate mental health service.
D. All of these.
5. Parents want their children to grow up to be socially mature individuals, but they often are not sure about
what to do to help their children with this goal. Why are they confused?
A. They say they want the best for their children, but they don't follow through.
B. They often get conflicting information on what they should do for their child.
C. They believe in a permissive environment.
D. They believe in strict controls in the home.
6. The setting in which development occurs and that is influenced by historical, economic, social, and
cultural factors defines
A. culture.
B. ethnicity.
C. context.
D. gender.
7. 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
A. cultures.
B. matrixes.
C. contexts.
D. scenarios.
8. A child's development occurs in (a) ________________ context(s).
A. singular
B. numerous
C. strictly positive
D. strictly negative
,9. Which is not a context for a child's development?
A. culture
B. ethnicity
C. language development
D. gender
10. _______________ refers to the behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a particular group of
people that are passed on from generation to generation.
A. Ethnicity
B. Context
C. Open forum
D. Culture
11. A sense of membership in an ethnic group based upon shared language, religion, customs, values, history,
and race defines
A. race.
B. nationality.
C. ethnicity.
D. ethnocentricity.
12. André is of Mexican American and African slave ancestry, and aligns himself with the traditions and
history of Mexican Americans. This reflects his
A. culture.
B. context.
C. ethnicity.
D. gender.
13. As a college student, you are studying ethnicity. Which scenario should not be considered?
A. a 5-year-old and his bilingual abilities
B. a 10-year-old and her religious beliefs
C. a 12-year-old and his observance of Passover
D. a 4-year-old and her home located in a poverty-stricken area
14. ______________ is based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion, and
language.
A. Ethnicity
B. Context
C. Open forum
D. Culture
15. The acronym SES stands for
A. secondary ethnic sector.
B. solitary ethnic sector.
C. socioeconomic status.
D. social ethnic status.
16. Which statement(s) related to the meaning of the words gender and sex are true?
A. Gender involves the psychological and sociocultural dimensions of being female or male.
B. Sex involves the psychological and sociocultural dimensions of being female or male.
C. Sex refers to the biological dimensions of being female or male.
D Gender involves the psychological and sociocultural dimensions of being female or male, and sex refers
. to the biological dimensions of being female or male.
17. A cross-cultural concern for women includes
A. inadequate educational opportunities.
B. violence.
C. mental health issues.
D. All of these.
,18. Resilience in relation to children means that
A. some children develop confidence in their abilities despite negative stereotypes about their gender.
B. some children develop confidence in their abilities despite negative stereotypes about their ethnic
group.
C. some children triumph over poverty or other adversities.
D. All of these.
19. Certain characteristics make children resilient. Analysis of research shows that which of the following
does not apply to resiliency?
A. good intellectual functioning
B. close relationship with a caring parent
C. parents with outgoing personalities
D. bonds to extrafamilial people
20. What is social policy?
A. an individual's way of interacting with others in his or her ecosystem
B. a global philosophy based on the premise of equity and equality for all
C. any law designed to limit the behavior of individuals within a population
D. a government's course of action to promote the welfare of its citizens
21. The Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) was designed in the 1990s primarily to affect the
behavior of adults. How did this affect most children whose parents were in the program?
A. School achievement improved.
B. Behavior problems decreased in school.
C. Children improved only with outside treatment help in addition to the parent's additional income.
D. School achievement improved, and behavior problems decreased.
22. The pattern of human development is strongly related to
A. biology.
B. cognition.
C. socioemotional development.
D. All of these.
23. The _____________________ processes produce changes in an individual's body.
A. cognitive
B. biological
C. socioemotional
D. cultural
24. The ____________________ processes refer to changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and
language.
A. cognitive
B. biological
C. socioemotional
D. cultural
25. The ___________________ processes involve changes in an individual's relationships with other people,
changes in emotions, and changes in personality.
A. cognitive
B. biology
C. socioemotional
D. cultural
26. The child who is best thought of as engaging in a cognitive process is the one who is
A. gripping his bottle.
B. drooling on his bib.
C. learning to speak Spanish.
D. expressing anger that she could not be in the play.
, 27. When he was 6 years old, Ron could recite the Pledge of Allegiance from memory. When Ron was 9
years old, he began to understand what the terms pledge and republic meant. Finally, at age 12, Ron
realized the political importance of this pledge. This illustrates the concept of
A. cognitive development.
B. kinesthetic development.
C. biological development.
D. socioemotional development.
28. At the parent/teacher conference in school, Ms. Johnson wants to share information about Meredith's
socioemotional development with her parents. What topic will she not include?
A. her height and weight changes since the beginning of school
B. her relationships with peers on the playground
C. her ability to work collaboratively on a group project
D. her leadership skills within her small peer group
29. The most widely used classification of development periods describes a child's development in terms of
the following sequence:
A. infancy, prenatal, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, late childhood
B. prenatal, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, late childhood, adulthood
C. prenatal, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, late childhood, adolescence
D. pre-infancy, toddler, early childhood, late childhood, adolescence, middle childhood
30. What is the first developmental period?
A. birth
B. infancy
C. prenatal
D. conception
31. Which activity is characteristic of infancy?
A. beginning language
B. coordination of sensations and physical actions
C. thinking with symbols
D. All of these.
32. As a 3- to5-year-old preschooler, Brittany would most accurately be described as being in what period of
development?
A. infancy
B. early childhood
C. middle childhood
D. late childhood
33. Early childhood is sometimes called
A. the preschool years.
B. the elementary school years.
C. the most difficult time of development.
D. puberty.
34. Helen is learning to read, write, and do mathematics. She is also very interested in doing these activities
well. Based on this information, which stage of development is Helen most likely in?
A. infancy
B. preschool
C. middle childhood
D. adolescence
35. During what developmental period is independence and identity the central theme?
A. early childhood
B. middle childhood
C. late childhood
D. adolescence
