Katie Jacobs, Ph.D.
University of Central Missouri
Children and Their
Development
Seventh Edition
Robert V. Kail
Purdue University
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, Chapter 1
The Science of Child Development
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.1 Viewing infants as tabula rasas suggests that
a. infants will develop naturally unless the environment interferes.
b. experience will mold infants into unique individuals.
c. nature is more important than nurture.
d. infants are born with a sense of morality.
Module: Setting the Stage
Answer: b Page ref: 4 Skill: Remember the Facts Level: 1-Easy
Rationale: Locke’s tabula rasa is the idea that infants are blank slates on which experience writes.
LO1: What ideas did philosophers have about children and childhood?
1.2 The idea that the mind of the human infant is a tabula rasa at birth reflects the belief that
a. experience molds each person into a unique individual.
b. children should be left alone so that their good natures can unfold.
c. heredity plays a major role in an individual’s development.
d. infants cannot think because their minds are blank.
Module: Setting the Stage
Answer: a Page ref: 4 Skill: Understand the Concepts Level: 2-Medium
Rationale: Locke’s tabula rasa is the idea that infants are blank slates on which experience writes.
LO1: What ideas did philosophers have about children and childhood?
1.3 If parents believe that children are tabula rasas at birth, they are likely to
a. leave their children alone so their virtuous natures can unfold.
b. be very permissive with their children.
c. assume that nothing they do will have any influence on their children’s development.