Chapter Eleven: The Developing Mind – Life-Span Development
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.How can cultures positively influence “emotion knowledge” development in their youth?
a. By focusing on information relevant to the self
b. By teaching broad aspects of information
c. By treating the extended family as a unit
d. By modeling the customary roles of children and adults
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Analyze REF: Prologue
OBJ: LO5
2.The study of human development considers changes in behavior ____.
a. due to genetic history c. due to experience
b. that correlate with growth or maturation d. that correlate with environmental factors
ANS:BPTS:1DIF:Remember
REF: What Does It Mean to Develop? OBJ: LO5
3.Contemporary views on human development focus on age-related changes that occur ____.
a. from infancy to puberty c. until the brain is fully developed
b. during childhood and adolescence d. across the life span
ANS:DPTS:1DIF:Remember
REF: What Does It Mean to Develop? OBJ: LO5
4.With regard to developmental outcomes, your text emphasizes ____.
a. the genetic heritage of individuals
b. the influence of families on behavior
c. the interactions between nature and nurture
d. the environmental influences on development
ANS:CPTS:1DIF:Remember
REF: What Does It Mean to Develop? OBJ: LO5
5.Which of the following is true?
a. Epigenetic tags continue to accumulate in response to ongoing experience throughout the life span.
b. Epigenetic tags remain consistent across the life span.
c. Epigenetic tags replace internal signals in driving physical growth after birth.
d. Most epigenetic tags that influence gene expression during prenatal development come from external influences such as the mother’s diet.
ANS:APTS:1DIF:Understand
REF: What Does It Mean to Develop? OBJ: LO5
6.In whose life have epigenetic processes likely played the most dominant role?
a. Five-year-old Blanca, who is a happy girl with many friends
b. Thirty-year-old Tristan, who grew up in a neighborhood of poverty and violence and went on to became a successful architect
c. Thirty-year-old Naomi, who is from a wealthy family that has experienced a number of tragedies
d. Sixty-five old Oliver, who has worked hard as a truck driver since he was 19 years old
ANS:DPTS:1DIF:Apply
REF: What Does It Mean to Develop? OBJ: LO5
7.Development is believed to ____.
a. proceed gradually and smoothly over time
b. be continuous in some aspects and discontinuous in others
c. be discontinuous in underlying processes and continuous in their observable aspect
d. proceed somewhat abruptly from one stage to the next
ANS:BPTS:1DIF:Understand
REF: What Does It Mean to Develop? OBJ: LO6
8.Which scenario best exemplifies an ecological approach to development?
a. Elias first walked on his own around the time of his first birthday.
b. Rowena was born at 40 weeks and weighed 7 pounds.
c. Liam was toilet trained at 18 months, a standard approach for his community.
d. As a newborn, Angelina would grasp her father’s finger when he placed it in her hand.
ANS:CPTS:1DIF:Analyze
REF: What Does It Mean to Develop? OBJ: LO5
9.Zygote is the term used to describe a ____.
a. developing organism between eight and approximately forty weeks following conception in humans
b. developing organism in the first two weeks following conception in humans
c. developing organism during the period of greatest growth and maturation in humans
d. developing organism between three and eight weeks following conception in humans
ANS:BPTS:1DIF:Understand
REF: How Do We Change Prenatally? OBJ: LO2
10.What term describes a developing organism between the three and eight weeks following conception in humans?
a. embryo c. zygote
b. fetus d. endoderm
ANS:APTS:1DIF:Remember
REF: How Do We Change Prenatally? OBJ: LO2
11.What term describes a developing organism between eight and approximately forty weeks following conception in humans?
a. zygote c. embryo
b. endoderm d. fetus
ANS:DPTS:1DIF:Remember
REF: How Do We Change Prenatally? OBJ: LO2
12.During which stage do cells begin to differentiate into three types: the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm?
a. gestational c. zygote
b. fetus d. embryo
ANS:CPTS:1DIF:Remember
REF: How Do We Change Prenatally? OBJ: LO2
13.The ectoderm develops into ____.
a. muscle and skeleton c. external sex organs
b. the nervous system d. internal organs
ANS:BPTS:1DIF:Understand
REF: How Do We Change Prenatally? OBJ: LO2
14.Marjorie is in her seventh month of pregnancy with her first child. Which of the following is true regarding her fetus’s development?
a. The fetus started having measurable REM sleep about three months ago.
b. The fetus has not yet had any exposure to food preferences.
c. The fetus is already within the range of a full term birth.
d. The fetus can hear and recognize Marjorie’s voice.
ANS:DPTS:1DIF:Analyze
REF: How Do We Change Prenatally? OBJ: LO2
15.Why does a 40-year-old woman have a greater probability of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome than a 25-year-old woman?
a. The body of a 40-year-old woman is more likely to produce a flawed egg.
b. The eggs of a 40-year-old woman. lack a complete set of chromosomes.
c. A 40-year-old woman has been exposed to more years of environmental influence, possibly including harmful factors, that can lead to faulty cell division.
d. A 40-year-old woman cannot produce eggs rapidly enough to be fully developed at the time of ovulation.
ANS:CPTS:1DIF:Understand
REF: How Do We Change Prenatally? OBJ: LO2
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