Module 3

Issues on Human Development

Quiz!

Encircle your correct answer.

1. _____ is the natural growth resulting from heredity.

a. Development
b. Nature
c. Nurture
d. Change

2. _____ an in and through which the growing takes place.

a. Development
b. Nature
c. Nurture
d. Change

3. Human Nature is ____.

a. Good
b. Bad
c. Blank Slate
d. All of the above

4. ____ is the NURTURE aspect that contributes to a serial killer.

a. Child abuse, brain injury, poverty, violent pornography, cruelty to animals, bulling and fire setting
b. Parents with severe mental illness, womb experiences, hyper-sexuality, and brain dysfunctions
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b

5. ____ is the NATURE aspect that contributes to a serial killer.

a. Child abuse, brain injury, poverty, violent pornography, cruelty to animals, bulling and fire setting
b. Parents with severe mental illness, womb experiences, hyper-sexuality, and brain dysfunctions
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b

6. What is discontinuity theory?

a. A person cannot control their own destiny
b. Can be applied to every one
c. Continuous learning
d. Each stage has an end to learning

7. What is continuity theory?

a. Can only be applied to certain people
b. Continuous learning
c. Each stage has an end to learning
d. A person cannot control their own destiny

8. ____ is the ability of the body to repair itself.

a. Plasticity
b. Elasticity
c. Electricity
d. Availability

9. ____ is determined by genetics/biology.

a. Nurture
b. Nature
c. Change
d. Stability

10. ___ is how active, responsive or emotional an infant is influences in part determines their caregivers responses.
a. Aggression
b. Temperament
c. Gender
d. All of the above
11. ___ displaying aggressive behavior create particular responses from other people.
a. Aggression
b. Temperament
c. Gender
d. All of the above

12. ___ people tend to react differently to boys and girls due to expectations of masculine and feminine characteristics.
a. Aggression
b. Temperament
c. Gender
d. All of the above

13. ____ development involve gradual, cumulative change.

a. Discontinuity
b. Continuity
c. Change
d. Stability

14. The change is distinct changes happening and supported by Erickson’s psychosocial theory of human development.
a. Discontinuity
b. Continuity
c. Change
d. Stability

15. Modified by interactions with family, experience at school, and acculturation.

a. Discontinuity
b. Continuity
c. Change
d. Stability

16. This implies personality traits, present during infancy endure throughout the lifespan.
a. Discontinuity
b. Continuity
c. Change
d. Stability

17. One of the first psychologist to emphasize the critical nature of our early experiences for our later development.
a. John Locke
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Jean Piaget
d. Granville Stanley Hall

18. He described only children as “deficient on the social side”, “petted”, “humored”, “indulged” and “spoiled”.
a. John Locke
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Jean Piaget
e. Granville Stanley Hall

19. No studies have found out that only children are more narcissistic than anyone else.
a. True
b. False
c. Both a and b
d. All of the above

20. Our development is not 50%-50%. It must cooperate to each other.

a. True
b. False
c. Both a and b
d. All of the above