A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence, 9/e

Diane E. Papalia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman

Studying a Child's World: Then and Now

Multiple Choice


1	The English naturalist who originated the theory of evolution, which held that all species developed through natural selection was
		A)	G. Stanley Hall
		B)	John Locke
		C)	Charles Darwin
		D)	Alfred Binet


2	Qualitative change involves change in
		A)	amount
		B)	kind
		C)	both amount and kind
		D)	either amount or kind, depending on the specific situation


3	The study of development can be viewed through the 'nature' side - or genetics, while the 'nurture' side refers to
		A)	biology
		B)	experience
		C)	heredity
		D)	none of the above


4	The prenatal stage is defined as lasting until
		A)	the pregnant woman "feels life"
		B)	the fetus's basic body structures and organs are formed
		C)	the fetus's brain develops
		D)	birth


5	Culture appears to exert a strong influence on
		A)	the age at which babies learn to walk
		B)	the sequence of learning to talk
		C)	sentence structure
		D)	none of the above


6	Which of the following is an example of a normative history-graded influence?
		A)	puberty
		B)	a disabling accident
		C)	the end of the Cold War
		D)	retirement


7	The unfolding of a natural sequence of physical and behavioral changes, including readiness to master new abilities refers to
		A)	heredity
		B)	environment
		C)	acculturation
		D)	maturation


8	An early, influential baby biography was written by
		A)	Charles Darwin
		B)	Lewis Terman
		C)	John Locke
		D)	Jean Jacques Rousseau

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