Test Bank for Children: A Chronological Approach 6th Canadian Edition 6ce by Robert V. Kail. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 16
Child Development: Theories and Themes
Research in Child Development
Genetic Bases of Child Development
Prenatal Development and Birth
Physical ...
Test Bank Children: A Chronological Approach 6th Canadian Edition Kail
All Chapters test bank included Chap 1 to 16
Chapter 01: Child Development: Theories and Themes
1. Viewing infants as tabula rasa suggests that
A) infants will develop naturally unless the environment interferes.
B) experience will mould infants into unique individuals.
C) nature is more important than nurture.
D) infants are born with a sense of morality.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-01
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Answer: B) experience will mould infants into unique individuals.
2. The idea that the mind of the human infant is tabula rasa at birth reflects the belief that
A) experience moulds 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.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-02
Page-Reference: 2
Answer: A) experience moulds each person into a unique individual.
3. If parents believe that children are tabula rasa 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.
D) plan their children's experiences from the moment of their birth.
Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-03
Page-Reference: 2
Answer: D) plan their children's experiences from the moment of their birth.
4. The French philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, believed that
A) the human infant is born a tabula rasa.
B) infants were born with an innate sense of justice and morality.
C) experience moulds each human into a unique individual.
D) parents should teach their children rationality and self-control.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-04
Page-Reference: 2
Answer: B) infants were born with an innate sense of justice and morality.
5. Heather believes her 12-month-old daughter will develop optimally if Heather gives her freedom to grow
naturally and does not try to shape her development. Heather's beliefs about child-rearing are most similar to
those of
A) Sigmund Freud.
B) Urie Bronfenbrenner.
C) John Locke.
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
6. An organized set of ideas that is designed to explain development is referred to as a
A) theory.
B) critical period.
C) tabula rasa.
D) case history.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-06
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Answer: A) theory.
7. James Mark Baldwin, a psychologist in Canada more than 100 years ago, was an important pioneer in the
study of child development because
A) he believed that research should come before theories.
B) he established the first psychological laboratory inCanada.
C) he proposed studying the mind philosophically rather than empirically.
D) he worked closely with Jean Piaget.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-07
Page-Reference: 3
Answer: B) he established the first psychological laboratory inCanada.
8. Developmental theories are important to the field of psychology
A) to explain behaviour and make predictions about development.
B) to explain behaviour of children in the classroom.
C) in order to understand how adults influence children through imitation.
D) to challenge Locke's theory of tabula rasa or blank slate.
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-08
Page-Reference: 2
Answer: A) to explain behaviour and make predictions about development.
9. Dr. Christopher Green at York University in Ontario, Canada, developed a website which focuses on which of
the following aspects of psychology in Canada?
A) history of psychology
B) child development research
C) neuroscience
D) theories of child development
Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-09
Page-Reference: 3
Answer: A) history of psychology
10. What population did Hall use to compile empirical data for his research?
A) children and school personnel
B) baby chicks during the 'critical period'
C) parents and children
D) a variety of bird species
Difficulty: 1
2
,QuestionID: 01-10
Page-Reference: 3, 4
Answer: A) children and school personnel
11. Which of the following is not true of G. Stanley Hall, the earliest researcher to empirically study and describe
children's development?
A) His goal was to reconstruct the study of psychology to include the study of children.
B) He studied about 100 000 children.
C) He aimed to describe the "normal" child.
D) He based his work on the physical sciences.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-11
Page-Reference: 3, 4
Answer: D) He based his work on the physical sciences.
12. According to Darwin, the ________ offspring reproduce in an ongoing process of natural selection.
A) most intelligent
B) best adapted
C) strongest and fastest
D) most normal
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-12
Page-Reference: 4
Answer: B) best adapted
13. Darwin's ideas had the most dramatic impact on scientists who took which approach to understanding
development?
A) psychodynamic
B) environmental
C) biological
D) learning
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-13
Page-Reference: 4
Answer: C) biological
14. ________ theory states that child development occurs according to a prearranged scheme or plan within the
body.
A) Psychodynamic
B) Ecological
C) Maturational
D) Cognitive developmental
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-14
Page-Reference: 4
Answer: C) Maturational
15. Gesell's maturational theory most closely fits with the ideas of
A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
B) Urie Bronfenbrenner.
C) John Locke.
D) John Watson.
16. Which of the following theories has a biological perspective?
A) Freud's psychosexual theory
B) Bandura's social cognitive theory
C) Gesell's maturational theory
D) Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-16
Page-Reference: 4
Answer: C) Gesell's maturational theory
17. An evolutionary perspective is most closely associated with which of the following theories?
A) ecological
B) psychodynamic
C) maturational
D) ethological
18. When a particular type of learning can take place only during a specific time period, not before or after that
period, there is a(n) ________ for learning that behaviour.
A) instinct
B) critical period
C) blank slate
D) emotional bond
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-18
Page-Reference: 4
Answer: B) critical period
19. According to ethologists, some behaviours can only be learned
A) when the behaviour is reinforced and opposing behaviours are punished.
B) through observational learning.
C) during a critical period when the organism is biologically programmed to learn that behaviour.
D) when the conflict between biological drives and society's standards is resolved.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-19
Page-Reference: 4
Answer: C) during a critical period when the organism is biologically programmed to learn that behaviour.
20. Raeanne believes that babies are born with tendencies to form emotional bonds with their caregivers because
it makes them more likely to survive. Raeanne's beliefs fit most closely with ________ theory.
A) maturational
B) psychodynamic
C) learning
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