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1

The current view of childhood assumes that
A)children are similar to adults in most ways.
B)children are best treated as young adults.
C)childhood is basically a "waiting period."
D)childhood is a unique period of growth and change.
2

Which of the following is a concern for contemporary families?
A)need for both parents to work
B)increased importance of television
C)increase in single parent homes
D)both (a) and (c)
3

The period of development where children learn to become more self-sufficient and develop school readiness skills is
A)infancy.
B)early childhood.
C)middle and late childhood.
D)adolescence.
4

If the results of a study of cognitive development indicate that the change from concrete thinking to abstract thinking occurs abruptly, which of the following views has been supported?
A)continuity
B)stability
C)discontinuity
D)dialectical
5

Most psychologists believe that development is due
A)largely to nature.
B)largely to nurture.
C)to nature and nurture acting separately.
D)to an interaction of nature and nurture.





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