Assignment: Child Development Questions
Assignment: Child Development Questions
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1. The “frog in the well” analogy illustrates:
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1. a. that frogs start life as tadpoles.
2. b. that frogs are limited in perspective when trapped in a well, but once freed, they can see the whole world.
3. c. frogs change and evolve throughout their lives.
4. d. humans evolved from frogs.
2. The way people grow and change across the life span is referred to as ____.
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1. a. development
2. b. evolution
3. c. change
4. d. growth
3. What is the pattern of a group’s customs, beliefs, art, and technology?
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1. a. clan
2. b. society
3. c. culture
4. d. beliefs
4. ____ is the pattern of a group’s customs, beliefs, art, and technology.
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1. a. Culture
2. b. Ethnicity
3. c Race
4. d Nationality
6. Who did developmental researchers focus on studying because they assumed that the processes of development were universal?
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1. a. Mexicans
2. b. Europeans
3. c. Canadians
4. d. Americans
7. Which study would provide the best picture of worldwide developmental growth patterns?
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1. a. Examining patterns of friendship in each grade level at an elementary school in Tokyo.
2. b. Watching a newborn turn into an adult.
3. c. Comparing children raised in Bangladesh to those raised in the United States.
4. d. Every two years, looking at a set group of subjects across 50 randomly chosen countries from birth to death.
8. What did the text define as the increasing connections between different parts of the world in trade, travel, migration, and communication?
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1. a. globalization
2. b. social networks
3. c. the Internet
4. d. small world syndrome
9. Globalization is ____.
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1. a. the number of births per woman
2. b. the ways people grow and change across the life span
3. c. the total pattern of a group’s customs, beliefs, art, and technology
4. d. the increasing connections between different parts of the world in trade, travel, migration, and communication
10. Which is the BEST example of globalization?
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1. a. Jane immigrated from China to the United States.
2. b. Rita participates in a course online in which she is in daily contact with people all over the world.
3. c. The SARS virus spread from Southeast Asia to North America.
4. d. 19.4% of the world`s population lives in China.
11. According to the text, for most of history the total human population was under ______.
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1. a. 1 million
2. b. 10 million
3. c. 100 million
4. d. 1 billion
12. For most of human history how many children did women typically birth?
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1. a. 1 to 2
2. b. 4 to 8
3. c. 10 to 12
4. d. 13 to 15
13. The human population began to increase noticeably around 10,000 years ago. What has been hypothesized as the reason for the population increase at that time?
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1. a. the discovery of medicine
2. b. the development of agriculture and domestication of animals
3. c. an increase in the size of women’s pelvic openings that assisted in labor
4. d. construction techniques that allowed for stronger homes that were better heated
14. When did the human population reach 500 million people?
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1. a. 400 years ago
2. b. 1,000 years ago
3. c. 4,000 years ago
4. d. 10,000 years ago
15. How long did it take the human population to double from 500 million to 1 billion?
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1. a. 150 years
2. b. 300 years
3. c. 450 years
4. d. 600 years
16. The human population doubled from 1 to 2 billion between 1800 and 1930. What led to this increase in population?
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1. a. government-controlled farming
2. b. globalization and shared resources
3. c. medical advances that eliminated many diseases
4. d. people had more children
17. Which of the following fields had the greatest impact on the Earth’s population explosion in the last 10,000 years?
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1. a. Medical
2. b. Agriculture
3. c. Architecture
4. d. Domesticity
18. The total fertility rate (TFR) is defined as the number of ____.
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1. a. births per woman
2. b. conceptions per woman
3. c. fetuses that were spontaneously aborted
4. d. women on fertility drugs
19. What is the current total fertility rate (TFR) worldwide?
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1. a. 1.4
2. b. 2.8
3. c. 4.2
4. d. 5.6
20. What total fertility rate (TFR) is referred to as replacement rate?
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1. a. 1.4
2. b. 2.1
3. c. 2.8
4. d. 3.2
21. If a country wanted to decrease population, it would want which rate pattern to be in effect?
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1. a. The world total fertility rate (TFR) to be equal to the country`s replacement rate.
2. b. The world total fertility rate (TFR) to be less than the country`s replacement rate.
3. c. The country`s replacement rate must be above 2.1
4. d. The country`s replacement rate must be below 2.1
22. If current trends continue, when will the worldwide total fertility rate (TFR) reach replacement rate?
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1. a. 2020
2. b. 2050
3. c. 2080
4. d. 3010
23. ____ is the number of births per woman.
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1. a. Total fertility rate
2. b. Expressive births
3. c. Implicit calculation of replacement
4. d. The sum of replacement
24. Nearly all of the population growth in the decades to come will take place in ____.
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1. a. developed countries
2. b. developing countries
3. c. emerging countries
4. d. South American countries
25. What will happen to the populations of developed countries during the next few decades and beyond? They will _____.
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1. a. increase more than developing countries
2. b. remain stable in population
3. c. decrease
4. d. increase slowly
26. What term is used in the text to refer to the most affluent countries in the world?
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1. a. affluent countries
2. b. developed countries
3. c. developing countries
4. d. population-rich countries
27. What term is used in the text to refer to countries, which have less wealth, but are experiencing rapid economic growth?
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1. a. impoverished countries
2. b. developed countries
3. c. developing countries
4. d. population-rich countries
28. If a study randomly selected 100 participants from a global pool, where would the majority of participants come from?
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1. a. A developing country
2. b. A developed country
3. c. A declining country
4. d. It could not be determined.
29. What percent of the current world’s population lives in the most affluent countries?
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1. a. 18%
2. b. 34%
3. c. 51%
4. d. 68%
30. ____ refers to the most affluent countries in the world.
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1. a. Developed countries
2. b. Developing countries
3. c. Collective cultures
4. d. Individualistic cultures
