EDU 417, DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY BY BALOGUN

M.A.O (PLATO)
1. One of the following cannot influence a child prenatally A. peer group
B. diseases C. harmful drugs D. maternal nutrition
2. Human beings speak distinct language while animals use vocal
signaling to convey specific ideas A. True B. False C. No idea D. I’m
not sure
3. hereditary
____ set limits to how far we can go
envirmtdetermines the limits to which we can go
4. ____
5. One of the following cannot cause environmental hazard post natally.
A. Thalidomide B. Cigarette C. Measles D. Meningitis
6. Different aspects of development are ____ A. inter-related B. inter-
locked C. relations D. exhibits
7. DNA means ____ A. Dexyrobo nucleic acid B. Dyoxyribose nucleic
acid C. Deoxyribose nucleic acid D. acid deoxyriboses nucleous
8. The rate of growth changes at different periods is the focus of _____
A. discontinuity of growth B. cephalo-caudal trend C. asynchronous
growth D. proximo-distal trend
9. The first stage in which a child is able to associate alphabets with
corresponding words e.g A. for apple, B for ball is called ____ A. the
nursery stage B. the babbling stage C. the adult stage D. none of the
above
10. Human growth occurs throughout life A. True B. False C.
Undecided D. None of the above
11. ____ is the father of Psychoanalysis A. Freud B. Thorndike C. Pavlov
D. Skinner
12. According to Piaget, children before the age of 6 operate at the stage
of ____ A. moral realism B. concrete morality C. pre-conventional
morality D. conventional morality
13. The stage at which an individual should begin to operate at the Post
– conventional level coincides with the period of _____ A.
adolescence B. young adulthood C. late adulthood D. middle
adulthood
14. Dominant genes are described as ____ A. genes that show more
factures B. genes from the male C. genes from the female D. genes
from both parents
15. The principle which highlights the fact development takes place in a
head to tail direction is ____ A. cephalo-caudal principle B.
asynchronous principle C. proximo-distal principle D. discontinuity
of growth
16. All the following can influence a child post-natally except A. Child
rearing practice B. translocation C. peer group D. the school
17. Nature can be ____ A. nurtured B. determined C. predicted D.
futuristic
18. The egg sperm contains ____ A. 47 chromosomes B. 23 pairs of
chromosomes C. 23 chromosomes D. 46 pairs of chromosomes
19. Environmental factors can cause a child to be ____ A. deaf B. dumb
C. blind D. all of the above
20. Development is ____ at any given point in time A. cumulative
B. general C. fixed D. specific
21. The period of adolescence according to Jean Piaget is known as
____ A. Formal operational stage B. Pre-operational stage C.
Concrete operational stage D. Post –operational stage
22. The peri-natal stage begins at ____ A. the onset of labor B. the
head C. fertilization D. enzymes
23. The process of moral learning in the child starts at the age of
___ A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9
24. The word ‘moral’ comes from a ____ word A. latin B. greek C.
Spanish D. Hebrew
25. The emergence or unfolding of potential traits is called ____ A.
maturation B. growth C. development D. learning
26. Emotions present at birth are ____ A. fear, rage and love B.
fear, joy and love C. joy, love and anger D. anger, happiness and
sadness.
27. Cross sectional approach can be described as ____ A. sampling
of children of different ages are studied B. questionnaires are
designed about children for people to respond C. study of children
with similar personality characteristics D. specific types of behavior
are observed and characterized
28. Two commonly used methods of observation are _____ A.
directed and scholarly method B. directed and infused method C.
directed and antidote method D. directed and anecdotal method
29. It is said that ____ does affect the course of development A.
childhood B. reinforcement C. behavior D. experiences
30. ____ is not central to Developmental Psychology A. learning B.
maturation C. growth D. development
31. Which of the following is not true about the principle of growth A.
growth is qualitative in change B. growth is quantitative in change C.
every individual stops growing at some period in life D. every
individual grows at his own rate
32. Growth is caused by _____
gene
quantitative qualitative
33. Growth is ____, Development is ___ in nature
34. The focus of development shifts from one part of the body to
another at different times is called ____ A. asynchronous growth B.
proximo-distal principle C. cephalo –caudal principle D.
acephalocaudal principle
35. The approach of Psychology used to determine differences
within individuals A. Longitudinal study B. Cross sectional study C.
Case study D. Experimental study
36. ____ study is a bi-polar process A. Interview B. Questionnaire
C. Longitudinal D. Cross-sectional
37. The union of the ovum and the sperm results in a new fertilized
cell called ____ A. zygote B. embryo C. oviduct D. uterus
38. ____
gene is a basic unit of heredity
39. ____ is a person’s observable characteristics A. phenotype B.
genotype C. sex cell D. zygote
40. An individual who inherits two similar genes has a ___ and
____ that are the same
41. The major developmental stages of the unborn child includes the
following except ____ A. fertilization stage B. fetal stage C.
embryonic stage D. germinal stage
42. A male has ____ chromosomes A. one X and Y chromosome B.
XX chromosomes C. XY chromosomes D. YY chromosomes
43. In human development, nature is of ____ A. equal importance
as nurture B. lesser importance than nurture C. greater importance
than nurture D. no importance as nurture
44. The period of transition between childhood and adulthood is
____
45. ____ is the totality of the social experiences an individual is
subjected to, before, during and after birth A. Environment B.
Heredity C. Culture D. Education
46. Adolescence is the period that lies between the end of childhood
and the beginning of adulthood A. true B. false C. sometimes true D.
sometimes false
47. Resisting the recollection of painful memory in defense
mechanism is ____ A. Repression B. Regression C. Projection D.
Rationalization
48. Personality comes from a ___ word A. Latin B. Greek C.
English D. French
49. The period of childbirth is called ____
50. The period which begins with the onset of labor and ends with
the delivery of the placenta is called ____ A. Perinatal B. Pre-natal C.
Post-natal D. Re-natal
51. Old age loss of memory is called ____
52. Jean Piaget is a _____
53. ____ refers to the psychological process whereby the individual
progresses from the concrete level of thinking to the abstract A.
Mental development B. Moral development C. Moral instruction D.
Moral capability
54. According to Piaget, there are ____ stages of mental
development A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
55. Emotion is derived from which word A. Latin B. Greek C.
English D. French
56. The most common type of Mongolism is called ____ A.
Trisomy 21 B. Down syndrome C. Turner syndrome D. Mosaic 27
57. ____ determines how far one can go
58. All of the following are true about emotion except ____ A. it is
expressively perceived B. emotion is persistent C. emotion can be
aroused by thought D. emotion occur suddenly
59. Personality is from the word _____
60. Adolescence is from the latin word ____
61. Sensory motor stage is a concept of ______
62. Variation in individuals is called _____
63. ___ factors account for Siamese Twin
64. ____ occurs when for one reason or another a baby is
separated from the mother early in life
65. ______ refers to the condition in which the abilities of an
individual are below the normal level
66. Man learns through adjustment to his ____ and this result in
continuous change in behavior
67. The ____ individuals are those with IQ higher than those of
persons with average intelligence
68. Geniuses constitute at least 1% of any population A. True B.
False C. Partly D. Partly false
69. Development of a personality is a ____ process
70. The first scholar to identify with child rearing practices is ___
71. The oldest method of observation is called ____
72. Positive change in memory corresponding change in height
connotes ___ without ____
73. To _______, Personality is located in the brain
74. A single cell that starts life is called ____
75. Human growth occurs throughout life A. True B. False
76. ____ propounded psychoanalysis
77. Freud further group the Psychosexual stages into ____
78. Development is _____ at any given time
79. ____ affects cognitive development
80. Mongolism is a condition of extra chromosome in pair number
___ of the fertilized egg
81. Growth occurs when the number of ____ cell is greater than
____ cell
82. ______ postulated social learning theory
83. ____ is the father of intelligence
84. Another name for giftedness is called _____
85. According to Piaget, there are how many stages of cognitive
development
86. The process of moral learning begins from ____
87. The factors influencing moral development are ___, ___ and
___
88. The arrest of sexual impulses according to Freud is called ____
89. ____ and ___ are two factors affecting personality
development
90. Freud calls ____ the genital stage of development
91. ____ is a period of storm and stress
92. G. Stanley is a ______
93. ____ and ___ are single cells
94. The use of forceps in aiding child’s birth can result into ____
95. Birth defects can otherwise be called ____
96. ____ is the study of time, periods or stages in man’s life span
97. Full meaning of AIDS ________________________
98. The stage of the development of sexual characters according to
Freud is the ____ stage
99. ____ introduced the introversion-extroversion typology
100. ______ factors account for individual differences
101. The process of cell attachment to the uterine wall is called ____
102. A fertilized egg cell that result from the union of gametes is
called ____
103. The early developmental stage of an organism while in the
uterus of the mother is called ____
104. Female has ___ X chromosome
105. Human has ____ chromosome pairs

ANSWERS
1. A
2. A
3. Heredity
4. Environment
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. B
11. A
12.A
13.A
14.A
15. A
16.B
17. A
18. A
19.D
20. A
21.A
22. A
23. A
24. A
25. A
26. A
27. A
28. D
29. B
30. D
31.A
32. Gene
33. Quantitative, qualitative
34. A
35. A
36. A
37. A
38. Gene
39. A
40. –
41.A
42. A
43. A
44. A
45. A
46. A
47. A
48. A
49. Peri-natal
50. A
51. Senile Amnesia
52. Cognitivist
53. A
54. A
55. A
56. A
57. Heredity
58. A
59. Persona
60. Adolescence
61. Individual differences
62. Jean Piaget
63. Heredity
64. Maternal deprivation
65. Mental deficiency
66. Environment
67. Gifted
68. A
69. Gradual
70. Plato
71. Introspection
72. –
73. H. Murray
74. Gene
75. B
76. Freud
77. 5
78. –
79. Language
80. 21
81. New cells, old cells
82. Albert Bandura
83. Alfred Binet
84. Precociousness
85. 5
86. Childhood
87. Intelligence, Social interaction, Direct teaching
88. Fixation
89. Heredity, Environment
90. Adolescence
91. Adolescence
92. Child developmentalist
93. Ovum, sperm
94. Brain damage
95. Congenital abnormalities
96. Developmental Psychology
97. –
98. Phallic
99. Carl Jung
100. Heredity, Environment
101. Implantation
102. Zygote
103. Embryo
104. 2
105. 22
SECTION B
1. Highlights the stages of pre-natal development and explain major
development associated with each stages
2. Discuss ways in which heredity and environment can influence
human development
3. Identify and discuss principles of human development
4. According to the Freudian theory, Explain the Psychosexual stages
of human development
5. What are the factors responsible for the delinquent behaviours and
maladjustment of the adolescents