Child Development 135 - Child Growth and Development » Winter 2023 » Quiz I Chapters 1-4

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Question #1
Behaviorism, Cognitive Theory and Psychodynamic Theory are considered grand theories because they:
A.   Were developed by men.
B.   Have been around a long time.
C.   Provide a framework for explaining development.
D.   Focus on development in the first three years.
Question #2
Cross sequential research 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 #3
A full term birth occurs at [___] weeks.
A.   40
B.   36
C.   38
D.   37
Question #4
Teratogens include:
A.   Viruses and other diseases
B.   Poor nutrition
C.   Medicinal Drugs
D.   Chemicals
E.   All of the options listed.
Question #5
Behavioral Teratogens can:
A.   Impair the mother's ability to parent.
B.   Harm the prenatal brain.
C.   Do no harm to the developing organism.
D.   Impair prenatal development resulting in birth defects or death.
Question #6
What research methodology determines the cause and effect relationship between two variables?
A.   observation
B.   experiment
C.   clinical test
D.   sampling
Question #7
Prenatal Development is composed of three periods or stages that occur in the following order:
A.   Germinal, Embryonic and Fetal
B.   Germinal, Zygotic and Fraternal
C.   Embryonic, Germinal and Fetal
D.   Fetal, Germinal and Embryonic
Question #8
Epigenetic theory is an emergent theory of development that sees development resulting from the dynamic interaction between each person and the surrounding social and cultural forces.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #9
Anoxia refers to a condition in which a child has been exposed to alcohol before birth and shows signs of fetal alcohol syndrome.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #10
Very low birth weight refers to a body weight at birth of:
A.   Less than 3lbs. 5 ozs.
B.   Less than 5.5 lbs.
C.   Less than 7.8 lbs
D.   Less than 2 lbs. 3ozs.
Question #11
Polygenic refers to traits that are:
A.   Observable characteristics of a person.
B.   Influenced by many genes.
C.   Formed when the egg and sperm come together.
D.   A gene carried on more than one chromosome.
Question #12
Name one reflex babies are born with that supports survival:
A.   rooting reflex
B.   steeping reflex
C.   grasp reflex
D.   suck reflex
Question #13
The ______________ is the basic unit for the transmission of heredity.
A.   molecule
B.   gene
C.   DNA
D.   blood

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