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.   Focus on development in the first three years.
C.   Have been around a long time.
D.   Provide a framework for explaining development.
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.   True
B.   False
Question #3
A full term birth occurs at [___] weeks.
A.   36
B.   37
C.   40
D.   38
Question #4
Teratogens include:
A.   All of the options listed.
B.   Viruses and other diseases
C.   Poor nutrition
D.   Medicinal Drugs
E.   Chemicals
Question #5
Behavioral Teratogens can:
A.   Impair the mother's ability to parent.
B.   Do no harm to the developing organism.
C.   Harm the prenatal brain.
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.   clinical test
B.   experiment
C.   observation
D.   sampling
Question #7
Prenatal Development is composed of three periods or stages that occur in the following order:
A.   Embryonic, Germinal and Fetal
B.   Germinal, Embryonic and Fetal
C.   Germinal, Zygotic and Fraternal
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.   True
B.   False
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.   False
B.   True
Question #10
Very low birth weight refers to a body weight at birth of:
A.   Less than 5.5 lbs.
B.   Less than 7.8 lbs
C.   Less than 2 lbs. 3ozs.
D.   Less than 3lbs. 5 ozs.
Question #11
Polygenic refers to traits that are:
A.   Observable characteristics of a person.
B.   Influenced by many genes.
C.   A gene carried on more than one chromosome.
D.   Formed when the egg and sperm come together.
Question #12
Name one reflex babies are born with that supports survival:
A.   grasp reflex
B.   steeping reflex
C.   suck reflex
D.   rooting reflex
Question #13
The ______________ is the basic unit for the transmission of heredity.
A.   blood
B.   DNA
C.   molecule
D.   gene

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