UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN

FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES EDUCATION
2020/2021 ACADEMIC SESSION: CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
EDU 417: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Department:_________________ Matric Number:____________ Date:________

Instruction: Circle all the correct Answers Time: 20 Minutes

1. Developmental Psychology is the study of _ (a)Time (b)Age (c)Stage (d)a,b & c

2. Emotion refers to the state of the body resulting from ______ changes.
(a)Intellectual (b)Psychological (c)Physical (d)Social
3. Changes at adolescences begins at __ age (a)Old (b)Middle (c)Puberty (d)Youth
4. Adolescence is from ____ word (a)English (b)Spanish (c)Greek (d)Latin
5. _____ can affect the baby during the perinatal stage. (a)Disease (b)Forceps
(c)Drugs (d)Nutrition
6. One of the emotions is present at birth.(a)Guilt (b)Anger (c)Rage (d)Anxiety
7. At birth, every child is _____ (a)Non-moral (b)Immoral (c)Moral (d)Pre-moral
8. Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral levels have ______ stages. (a)2 (b)3 (c)4 (d)6
9. The best method for enhancing children’s moral development is through ___
(a)direct teaching (b) personal modeling (c) Punishment (d) reinforcement
10. The 2nd to the 8th week of prenatal development is known as the _____ Period.
(a)Germinal (b)Embryonic (c)Fetal (d)Gestation
11. Every normal cell comprises _____ Chromosomes. (a)23 (b)45 (c)46 (d)47
12. The gifted individuals are those with higher _________
13. Maternal Rubella can affect the foetus during the _______ stage
14. Man’s internal organs, which are moved by emotions to react in different ways are
called the ________ (a)Viscerea (b)Viscera (c)Viscaera (d)Visceara
15. Not everybody can reach the highest level of moral reasoning because it is relative
to _________ (a)Environment (b)Heredity (c)Intelligence (d)Socialisation
16. The study that strictly involves relationship is known as ______ Study. (a)Case
(b)Correlational (c)Observational (d)Tests
17. The type of test used to measure human natural ability to do something is known
as _______ Test. (a)Developmental (b)Maturational (c)Aptitude (d)Personality
18. Down’s Syndrome is an example of _____ hazards. (a)Genetic (b)Environmental
(c)Hereditary (d)Sex-linked
19. The period of child birth is called ___ (a)Pre-natal (b)Peri-natal (c)Post-natal (d)Delivery
20. Fertilization takes place in the: (a)Ovary (b)Fallopian tube (c)Uterus (d)Cervix