Multiple Choice Questions
- A person’s life is influenced by
a. biological events.
b. neighborhoods and families in which one lives.
c. historical events.
d. all of these.
- _ is the scientific study of the patterns of change and stability that occur as we move from conception to death.
a. Human development
b. Social psychology
c. Comparative psychology
d. Sociology
- Human development is the scientific study of the patterns of change and stability that occur as we move from
a. birth to adulthood.
b. conception through adolescence.
c. conception to death.
d. birth to death.
- People use information about development to
a. understand themselves.
b. distinguish between normal and abnormal behaviors.
c. cope with social problems.
d. do all of these.
- During the Middle Ages, the most prominent belief regarding the childrearing involved the notion
a. of tabula rasa.
b. of original sin.
c. of innate goodness.
d. that we are all products of our environments.
- According to __, children were inherently bad, and that harsh discipline and moral training were needed to purge them of evil.
a. the doctrine of original sin
b. John Locke
c. the doctrine of tabula rasa
d. Jean Jacques Rousseau
- __ proposed the doctrine of tabula rasa.
a. The religious leaders during the Middle Ages
b. John Locke
c. William James
d. Jean Jacques Rousseau
- According to the _, we are all products of our environments, and that changing the negative influences of environments is the best way to change the course of development.
a. doctrine of tabula rasa
b. doctrine of original sin
c. doctrine of innate goodness
d. theory of “storm and stress”
- Matthew’s father believes that children come into this world basically neutral to be molded by the experiences that their parents provide them. So, Matthew’s father provides his son with numerous educational experiences. The type of childrearing advocated by Matthew’s father would be most similar to the teachings of
a. Jean Jacques Rousseau.
b. John Locke.
c. Abraham Maslow.
d. the philosophers of the Middle Ages.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau proposed which theory of childrearing?
a. the doctrine of tabula rasa
b. the doctrine of original sin
c. the doctrine of innate goodness
d. the theory of “storm and stress”