Understanding Human Development MCQs
Understanding Human Development MCQs
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1: An approach to studying human development that examines ways in which individuals grow, change, and stay the same throughout their lives, from conception to death is known as
A. Life span human development
B. Physical development
C. Non physical development
D. Death span development
2: Body maturation, including body size, proportion, appearance, health, and perceptual abilities is called
A. Life span human development
B. Physical development
C. Non physical development
D. Death span development
3: Maturation of mental processes and tools individuals use to obtain knowledge, think, and solve problems is called
A. Life span human development
B. Cognitive development
C. Non physical development
D. Death span development
4: Maturation of social and emotional functioning, which includes changes in personality, emotions, personal perceptions, social skills, and interpersonal relationships is called
A. Life span human development
B. Socioemotional development
C. Non physical development
D. Death span development
5: ____ is malleability, or openness to change in response to experience.
A. Resilience
B. Plasticity
C. Elasticity
D. Centricity
6: The ability to adapt to serious adversity is called
A. Resilience
B. Plasticity
C. Elasticity
D. Centricity
7: Unique conditions in which a person develops, including aspects of the physical and social environment such as family, neighborhood, culture, and historical time period is called culture
A. True
B. False
8: ____ is a set of customs, knowledge, attitudes, and values shared by a group of people and learned through interactions with group members.
A. Culture
B. Context
C. Cohort
D. All of these
9: A generation of people born at the same time, influenced by the same historical and cultural conditions is called
A. Culture
B. Context
C. Cohort
D. All of these
10: The view that development consists of gradual cumulative changes in existing skills and capacities is called.
A. Continuous
B. Discontinuous
C. Constant
D. Both constant and discontinuous
11: The view that growth entails abrupt transformations in abilities and capacities in which new ways of interacting with the world emerge is called
A. Continuous
B. Discontinuous
C. Constant
D. Both constant and discontinuous
12: A debate within the field of human development regarding whether development is caused by nature (genetics or heredity) or nurture (the physical and social environment) is called nature nurture issue
A. True
B. False
13: An organized set of observations to describe, explain, and predict a phenomenon is called theory
A. True
B. False
14: A proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested is called
A. Hypothesis
B. Theory
C. Law
D. Principle
15: A perspective introduced by Freud that development and behavior is stagelike and influenced by inner drives, memories, and conflicts of which an individual is unaware and cannot control is known as psychoanalytic theory
A. True
B. False
16: Behaviorism is a theoretical approach that studies how observable behavior is controlled by the physical and ______ environment through condition is called behaviorism
A. Social
B. Non social
C. Physical
D. Noisy
17: A form of learning in which an environmental stimulus becomes associated with stimuli that elicit reflex responses is called
A. Physical conditioning
B. Classical conditioning
C. Musical conditioning
D. All of these
18: A form of learning in which behavior increases or decreases based on environmental consequences is called
A. Physical conditioning
B. Classical conditioning
C. Musical conditioning
D. Operant conditioning
19: In operant conditioning, the process by which a behavior is followed by a desirable outcome increases the likelihood of a response is _____
A. Punishment
B. Reinforcement
C. Determinism
D. None of these
20: In operant conditioning, the process by which a behavior is followed by a desirable outcome increases the likelihood of a response is _____
A. Punishment
B. Reinforcement
C. Determinism
D. None of these
21: In operant conditioning, the process of punishment is in which a behavior is followed by an aversive or unpleasant outcome that decreases the likelihood of a response.
A. True
B. False
22: An approach that emphasizes the role of modelling and observational learning over people’s behavior in addition to reinforcement and punishment is science learning theory
A. True
B. False
23: Learning that occurs by watching and imitating models, as posited by social learning theory is called
A. Observational learning
B. Physical learning
C. Experiential learning
D. All of these
24: A perspective positing that individuals and the environment interact and influence each other is ____ determinism
A. Reciprocal
B. Physical
C. Interaction
D. All of these
25: Cognitive developmental perspective is posited by Piaget that views individuals as active explorers of their world, learning by interacting with the world around them and describes cognitive development as progressing through stages.
A. True
B. False
26: A mental representation, such as concepts, ideas, and ways of interacting with the world is known as schemas
A. True
B. False
27: A perspective that uses a computer analogy to describe how the mind receives information and manipulates, stores, recalls, and uses it to solve problems is called
A. Information processing theory
B. Information non-processing theory
C. Processing theory
D. Information theory
28: Vygotsky’s perspective that individuals acquire culturally relevant ways of thinking through social interactions with members of their ______ is called sociocultural theory
A. Culture
B. Tradition
C. Family
D. Relatives
29: A theory introduced by Bronfenbrenner that emphasizes the role of context in development, positing that contexts are organized into a series of systems in which individuals are embedded and that interact with one another and the person to influence development is called bioecological system theory
A. True
B. False
30: In bioecological systems theory, the innermost level of context, which includes an individual’s immediate physical and social environment is called
A. Microsystem
B. Mesosystem
C. Macrosystem
D. None of above
31: In bioecological systems theory, the relations and interactions among microsystems is called
A. Microsystem
B. Mesosystem
C. Macrosystem
D. None of above
32: _______ system in bioecological systems theory, social settings in which an individual does not participate but have an indirect influence on development.
A. Microsystem
B. Exosystem
C. Macrosystem
D. None of above
33: _______ system in bioecological systems theory, the sociohistorical context—cultural values, laws, and cultural values—in which the microsystem, mesosystem, and exosystem are embedded, posing indirect influences on individuals.
A. Microsystem
B. Exosystem
C. Macrosystem
D. None of above
34: In bioecological systems theory, refers to how the people and contexts change over time is called
A. Microsystem
B. Exosystem
C. Macrosystem
D. Chronosystem
35: A perspective that emphasizes the evolutionary basis of behavior and its adaptive value in ensuring survival of a species is called ethology theory
A. True
B. False
36: A perspective that applies principles of evolution and scientific knowledge about the interactive influence of genetic and environmental mechanisms to understand the adaptive value of developmental changes that are experienced with age is called evolutionary development theory
A. True
B. False
37: Refers to changes in how we understand and interact with others, as well as changes in how we understand ourselves and our roles as members of society is known as
A. Psychosocial development
B. Non psychosocial development
C. Evolutionary development
D. Non-Evolutionary development
38: Refers to changes in how we understand and interact with others, as well as changes in how we understand ourselves and our roles as members of society is known as
A. Psychosocial development
B. Non psychosocial development
C. Evolutionary development
D. Non-Evolutionary development
39: A field that studies lifespan interactions between individuals and the contexts in which they live and applies research findings to real-world settings, such as to influence social policy and create interventions is called applied developmental science
A. True
B. False
40: The process of forming and answering questions using _________ and gathering information is called scientific method.
A. Systematic observations
B. Non systematic observations
C. Real observation
D. None of above
41: A research method in which a researcher asks a participant questions using a flexible, conversational style and may vary the order of questions, probe, and ask followup questions based on the participant’s responses is called
A. Open ended interview
B. Close ended interview
C. Job interview
D. None of above
42: Structured interview is a research method in which each participant is asked the same set of questions in the same way.
A. True
B. False
43: A research method in which researchers use a survey or set of questions to collect data from large samples of people is called questionnaire
A. True
B. False
44: A research method in which a researcher views and records an individual’s behavior in natural, real-world settings is called naturalistic observation
A. True
B. False
45: An observational measure in which an individual’s behavior is viewed and recorded in a _________ a situation created by the experimenter is called structured observation
A. Controlled environment
B. Un controlled environment
C. Proper environment
D. Friendly environment
46: A _________ that measures relationships among participants’ measured characteristics, behaviors, and development is called correlational research
A. Research design
B. Scientific design.
C. Experimental design
D. None of above
47: A _________ that permits inferences about cause and effect by exerting control, systematically manipulating a variable, and studying the effects on measured variables is called experimental design
A. Research design
B. Scientific design.
C. Experimental design
D. None of above
48: The behavior under study in an experiment; it is expected to be affected by changes in the independent variable is known as
A. Dependent variable
B. Constant variable
C. Independent variable
D. All of above
49: The factor proposed to change the behavior under study in an experiment; it is systematically manipulated during an experiment is known as
A. Dependent variable
B. Constant variable
C. Independent variable
D. All of above
50: Random assignment is a method of assigning participants that ensures each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to the experimental group or control group.
A. True
B. False
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