MDC Chp 1-3 Test Review

What is "nature" in child development?

• outside

• landscapes

• biology/ genes/ heredity

• environment

What is "nurture" in child development?

• biology/ genes/ heredity

• environment

• personal development

What is the best way to learn about children?

• reading textbooks

• having children

• observation

Any activity that arouses a baby's sense of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell is called_________.

• Responding

• Stimulation

• Activities

What is the period between childhood and adulthood?

• adolescence

• teenager

• middlehood

Young adulthood is considered to be ages ____ to _____.

• 18-28

• 30-39

• 20-29

Middle age is considered to be ages _____ to ______.

• 30-50

• 40-55

• 55-75

Late adulthood is considered to be ages _____ to ______.

• 55-75

• 40-55

• above age 75

Piaget's theory had four stages of learning.

• True

• False

Vygotsky believes that children's ability to learn is NOT influenced by biological development and cultural experience.

• True

• False