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Under the care of Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, Victor (the Wild Boy of Aveyron. developed |
| | A) | the ability to discriminate sensory experiences. |
| | B) | age-appropriate language skills |
| | C) | empathy. |
| | D) | social responsiveness. |
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Which of the following is not one of the four goals of human development? |
| | A) | description |
| | B) | explanation |
| | C) | prediction |
| | D) | control |
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Changes in Aisha's language abilities and moral reasoning would be classified under which developmental domain? |
| | A) | physical |
| | B) | cognitive |
| | C) | psychosocial |
| | D) | cultural |
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The concept of adolescence |
| | A) | is universal |
| | B) | has been well established in most American Indian groups. |
| | C) | is a recent one in industrial societies. |
| | D) | has dropped in and out of existence over the history of the human species. |
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Henry is beginning to use symbols, such as language and pretend play. As a normal child, Henry would be in which age group? |
| | A) | one to two years old |
| | B) | two to three years old |
| | C) | three to six years old |
| | D) | five to seven years old |
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Rozee is having problems with her memory and her search for meaning in life has become extremely important. If Rozee is typical of other adults her age, she is in which age range? |
| | A) | 20-40 |
| | B) | 40-65 |
| | C) | 65 and over |
| | D) | There is not enough information to say which age group Rozee is in. |
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Dr. Charon is studying the effects of socioeconomic status (SES. on development. In his research in ten different neighborhoods within the United States, he is investigating the two most powerful aspects of SES of neighborhood effects on development, which are |
| | A) | ethnicity and religion. |
| | B) | family composition and income. |
| | C) | ratio of schools to number of children and average neighborhood income. |
| | D) | average neighborhood income and human capital. |
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Anne started school at age 5, began college at age 18, got married at age 23, and retired from a long career with a utility company at age 62. These events in Anne's life would be classified as which type of developmental influences? |
| | A) | normative age-graded |
| | B) | normative history-graded |
| | C) | nonnormative |
| | D) | typical |
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In his research on the effects of economic stress on development, Glen Elder found |
| | A) | families experiencing economic stress became more cohesive. |
| | B) | fathers in economically stressed families took on extra jobs to make ends meet. |
| | C) | in families experiencing economic stress, boys who got jobs were better able than girls to escape family stress. |
| | D) | adults who had experienced economic stress as adolescents tended to encourage independence in their children. |
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The cases of Genie and the Wild Boy of Aveyron |
| | A) | demonstrate that language must be developed during the first six years of life or it will never develop properly. |
| | B) | are too complicated to permit conclusive judgments about language development. |
| | C) | demonstrate that even if deprived of interpersonal interaction early in life, children are highly resilient and can acquire basic language skills later in life. |
| | D) | offer little help for understanding whether there is a critical period for language acquisition. |
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Paul Baltes and his colleagues have identified each of the following as key principles of the lifespan developmental approach except |
| | A) | development is influenced more by biological factors than by cultural context. |
| | B) | development is lifelong. |
| | C) | relative influences of biology and culture shift over the lifespan. |
| | D) | development is modifiable. |
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