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.   gene
C.   nucleus
D.   blood
Question #2
What research methodology determines the cause and effect relationship between two variables?
A.   Culture
B.   Hypothesis
C.   Laboratory
D.   Experiment
Question #3
Prenatal Development is composed of three periods or stages that occur in the following order:
A.   Germinal, Embryonic and Fetal
B.   Fetal, Germinal and Embryonic
C.   Germinal, Zygotic, ad Fraternal
Question #4
The Apgar Scale is used to assess a newborn's health and measures:
A.   How quicly the newborn begins to cry after birth
B.   Color, heartbeat, reflexes, and muscle tone.
C.   Alcohol, drug or tobacco exposure
D.   Size including length and weight
Question #5
Human development can be characterized as being:
A.   Interdependence
B.   bicontextual
C.   multicontextual
D.   Behavioral
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.   True
B.   False
Question #7
Behavioral Teratogens can:
A.   Impair prenatal development resulting in birth defects or death.
B.   Impair the motor's ability to parent.
C.   Do no harm to the developing organism.
D.   Harm the prenatal brain.
Question #8
Polygenic refers to traits that are:
A.   A gene carried on more than one chromosome
B.   Influenced by many genes.
C.   Observable characteristics of a person.
D.   Formed when the egg and sperm come together
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.   Understand how and why people change or remain the same over time.
B.   Answer questions about development using observation techniques
C.   Divide the study of human development into three different domains.
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.   Medicinal Drugs
B.   Viruses and other diseases
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 3lbs. 5ozs.
B.   Less than 2 lbs. 3ozs.
C.   Less than 7.8 lbs.
D.   Less than 5.5 lbs.
Question #14
Behaviorism, Cognitive Theory and Psychodynamic Theory are considered grand theories because they:
A.   Have been around a long time.
B.   Provide a framework for explaining development.
C.   Were developed by men.
D.   Focus on development in the first three years

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