Week 1 Quiz
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Week 1 Quiz
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Question 1 of 30
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Which one of the following statements reflects what developmentalists mean by the term maturation?
A.Changes related specifically to children’s physical development
B.Changes related specifically to children’s emotional development
C.Changes that reflect increasingly appropriate social behavior
D.Developmental changes that are controlled largely by heredity
Answer Key: D
Question 2 of 30
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Many developmental theorists are interested in the influence of “nature versus nurture” in child development. The term nurture refers to:
A.A child’s characteristics at birth
B.Genetically controlled maturational changes
C.Environmental conditions that influence development.
D.The loving bonds that exist between children and their parents
Answer Key: C
Question 3 of 30
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Three of the following statements are true regarding the interplay between heredity and environment in child development. Which statement is false?
A.Certain environmental experiences may have a greater impact at some ages than at others.
B.Inherited predispositions have a large influence in some aspects of development, whereas environment is more influential in other aspects.
C.Children’s inherited tendencies may make them more or less susceptible to particular environmental conditions.
D.Heredity is more influential when children live in extremely impoverished circumstances than when they have good nutrition and other environmental supports
Answer Key: D
Question 4 of 30
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Only one of the following statements is true about stage theories. Which one?
A.As children make the transition from one developmental stage to the next, they are apt to display characteristics of both stages for a short period.
B.The order in which children progress through various stages of development differs from one child to the next.
C.Stage theories largely describe
Week 1 Quiz
Part 1 of 1 -
22.5 Points
Question 1 of 30
0.5 Points
Which one of the following statements reflects what developmentalists mean by the term maturation?
A.Changes related specifically to children’s physical development
B.Changes related specifically to children’s emotional development
C.Changes that reflect increasingly appropriate social behavior
D.Developmental changes that are controlled largely by heredity
Answer Key: D
Question 2 of 30
0.5 Points
Many developmental theorists are interested in the influence of “nature versus nurture” in child development. The term nurture refers to:
A.A child’s characteristics at birth
B.Genetically controlled maturational changes
C.Environmental conditions that influence development.
D.The loving bonds that exist between children and their parents
Answer Key: C
Question 3 of 30
0.5 Points
Three of the following statements are true regarding the interplay between heredity and environment in child development. Which statement is false?
A.Certain environmental experiences may have a greater impact at some ages than at others.
B.Inherited predispositions have a large influence in some aspects of development, whereas environment is more influential in other aspects.
C.Children’s inherited tendencies may make them more or less susceptible to particular environmental conditions.
D.Heredity is more influential when children live in extremely impoverished circumstances than when they have good nutrition and other environmental supports
Answer Key: D
Question 4 of 30
0.5 Points
Only one of the following statements is true about stage theories. Which one?
A.As children make the transition from one developmental stage to the next, they are apt to display characteristics of both stages for a short period.
B.The order in which children progress through various stages of development differs from one child to the next.
C.Stage theories largely describe