Child Development 135 - Child Growth and Development » Winter 2022 » Quiz I Chapters 1-4

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Question #1
The ____ is the basic unit for the transmission of heredity.
A.   DNA
B.   nucleus
C.   blood
D.   gene
Question #2
What research methodology determines the cause and effect relationship between two variables?
A.   Hypothesis
B.   Experiment
C.   Laboratory
D.   Culture
Question #3
Prenatal Development is composed of three periods or stages that occur in the following order:
A.   Fetal, Germinal and Embryonic
B.   Germinal, Embryonic and Fetal
C.   Germinal, Zygotic, ad Fraternal
Question #4
The Apgar Scale is used to assess a newborn's health and measures:
A.   Alcohol, drug or tobacco exposure
B.   Size including length and weight
C.   Color, heartbeat, reflexes, and muscle tone.
D.   How quicly the newborn begins to cry after birth
Question #5
Human development can be characterized as being:
A.   Behavioral
B.   Interdependence
C.   multicontextual
D.   bicontextual
Question #6
Cross sequential research design is a research design in which the one group of individuals are followed over time, as their development is repeatedly assessed.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #7
Behavioral Teratogens can:
A.   Harm the prenatal brain.
B.   Do no harm to the developing organism.
C.   Impair prenatal development resulting in birth defects or death.
D.   Impair the motor's ability to parent.
Question #8
Polygenic refers to traits that are:
A.   Influenced by many genes.
B.   Formed when the egg and sperm come together
C.   A gene carried on more than one chromosome
D.   Observable characteristics of a person.
Question #9
Anoxia refers to a condition in which a child has been exposed to alcohol before and shows sign of fetal alcohol syndrome.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
The science of human development seeks to:
A.   Divide the study of human development into three different domains.
B.   Answer questions about development using observation techniques
C.   Understand how and why people change or remain the same over time.
D.   Understand how socioeconomic status effects development.
Question #11
Genotype is an organisms entire genetic potential and is repeated in almost every cell.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #12
Teratogens include:
A.   Viruses and other diseases
B.   Medicinal Drugs
C.   Poor nutrition
D.   Chemicals
E.   All of the options listed.
Question #13
Very low birth weight refers to a body weight at birth of:
A.   Less than 5.5 lbs.
B.   Less than 2 lbs. 3ozs.
C.   Less than 3lbs. 5ozs.
D.   Less than 7.8 lbs.
Question #14
Behaviorism, Cognitive Theory and Psychodynamic Theory are considered grand theories because they:
A.   Provide a framework for explaining development.
B.   Were developed by men.
C.   Have been around a long time.
D.   Focus on development in the first three years

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