Chapter 01 Student: 1. Child development is the scientific study of the processes that human beings undergo from the moment of conception through adolescence. The main focus of study is how children A. change. B. develop physically. C. develop social relationships. D. learn language skills. 2. Historically, the study of child development gained impetus from A. the discovery of vaccines. B. the enactment of child labor laws. C. scientific discoveries about the nature of conception. D. all of the above 3. Which of the following helped to pioneer the study of child development as a true science? A. G. Stanley Hall's book Adolescence B. the establishment of research institutes at Berkeley and Yale C. Arnold Gesell's studies on motor development D. all of the above 4. Five-year-old Tara does not make friends easily. She is shy and anxious in new situations. Since this behavior has persisted over time, it is a demonstration of developmental A. instability. B. resilience. C. constancy. D. awkwardness. 5. first emphasized the developmental nature of behavior by publishing a record of his son's sensory, motor, language, and emotional milestones during his first years of life. A. Charles Darwin B. John B. Watson C. Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard D. John Dewey 6. Dietrich Tiedemann and Charles Darwin used the information obtained from to support their early theories about child development. A. baby biographies B. teachers C. doctors D. mothers' diaries 7. Professor Hughes insists that his students study the origins of human beings in order to fully understand child development. Which of the following theorists would most agree with Professor Hughes's perspective? A. John Locke B. Charles Darwin C. John Watson D. Alfred Binet