Test Bank For Discovery Series Introduction to Lifespan 1st Edition by Rathus
ISBN-10: 0840030061, ISBN-13: 9780840030061
Chapter 1: What is Lifespan Development?
TRUE/FALSE
- In ancient times and in the Middle Ages, children often were valued for their contributions to the home.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Understand
REF: 1.1 Theories of Development, Textbook
OBJ: LO1: Relate the history of the study of human development
MSC: TYPE: Medium
- Behaviorism is the discipline that studies the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of humans.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 1.1 Theories of Development, Textbook
OBJ: LO2: Discuss Freud’s theory of psychosexual development
MSC: TYPE: Easy
- Negative reinforcers decrease the frequency of behaviors when they are removed.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 1.1 Theories of Development, Textbook | Animation, Negative Reinforcers, Online
OBJ: LO3: Discuss the behaviorist perspective on development
MSC: TYPE: Easy
- In social cognitive theory, the people after whom we pattern our own behavior are termed models.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 1.1 Theories of Development, Textbook
OBJ: LO4: Discuss the social cognitive perspective on development
MSC: TYPE: Easy
- Social cognitive theorists focus on people’s mental processes.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 1.1 Theories of Development, Textbook
OBJ: LO5: Discuss Piaget’s concepts and his stages of cognitive development
MSC: TYPE: Easy
- The exosystem involves the interaction of children with the beliefs, values, expectations, and lifestyles of their cultural settings.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom’s: Remember
REF: 1.1 Theories of Development, Textbook
OBJ: LO6: Discuss Bronfenbrenner’s ecological perspective on the development
MSC: TYPE: Medium
