test bank for Children and Their Development Canadian 5th Edition by Robert V. Kail
Chapter 01-The Science of Child Development.doc
Chapter 02-Genetic Bases of Child Development.doc
Chapter 03-Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn.doc
Chapter 04-Growth and Health.doc
Chapter 05-Perceptual and Motor Development.doc
Chapter 06-Theories of Cognitive Development.doc
Chapter 07-Cognitive Processes and Academic Skills.doc
Chapter 08-Intelligence and Individual Differences in Cognition.doc
Chapter 09-Language and Communication.doc
Chapter 10-Emotional Development.doc
Chapter 11-Understanding Self and Others.doc
Chapter 12-Moral Understanding and Behaviour.doc
Chapter 13-Gender and Development.doc
Chapter 14-Social Influences.doc
kail_barnfield_5ce_tb_fm_final.doc
Chapter 01: The Science of Child Development
Chapter 01 Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Viewing infants as tabula rasa suggests that
A) infants will develop naturally unless the environment interferes.
B) experience will mould infants into unique individuals.
C) nature is more important than nurture.
D) infants are born with a sense of morality.
QuestionID: 01-1-01
Page-Reference: 3
Topic: Setting the Stage
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1.1 What ideas did philosophers have about children and childhood?
Answer: B) experience will mould infants into unique individuals.
2. The idea that the mind of the human infant is a tabula rasa at birth reflects the belief that
A) experience moulds each person into a unique individual.
B) children should be left alone so that their good natures can unfold.
C) heredity plays a major role in an individual’s development.
D) infants cannot think because their minds are blank.
QuestionID: 01-1-02
Page-Reference: 3
Topic: Setting the Stage
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 1.1.1 What ideas did philosophers have about children and childhood?
Answer: A) experience moulds each person into a unique individual.
3. If parents believe that children are tabula rasa at birth, they are likely to
A) leave their children alone so their virtuous natures can unfold.
B) be very permissive with their children.
C) assume that nothing they do will have any influence on their children’s development.
D) plan their children’s experiences from the moment of their birth.
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Page-Reference: 3
Topic: Setting the Stage
Skill: Applied
Objective: 1.1.1 What ideas did philosophers have about children and childhood?
Answer: D) plan their children’s experiences from the moment of their birth.
