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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

A CULTURAL APPROACH

Second Edition David Hurford Dorothy Marsil Nicole Martin 1 / 4

3 Section 1 Human Development Today and Its Origins

Test Item File Multiple Choice Questions

• The way people grow and change across the lifespan is referred to as ____.
• development
• evolution
• change
• growth

Answer: A

Difficulty: 1

Page: 3

Skill: F

Learning Objective: 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

% correct 86 a= 86 b= 6 c= 7 d= 1 r = .19

• What is the total pattern of a group’s customs, beliefs, art, and technology?
• clan
• society

Incorrect. A society refers to a group of people.

• culture

Correct. A group’s customs refers to culture.

• beliefs

Answer: C

Difficulty: 1

Page: 3

Skill: C

Learning Objective: 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Understand

• ____ is the total pattern of a group’s customs, beliefs, art, and technology.
• Culture
• Ethnicity

c Race d Nationality

Answer: A

Page: 3

Skill: F

Learning Objective: 1.1

Difficulty: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

• Human beings everywhere have essentially the same biological constitution, yet their

paths through the life span are remarkably different depending on ____.a their genetic lineage

• their culture 2 / 4

Chapter 1, Section 1 Test Item File 4 Correct. Culture is the varying factor.

• the strength of their id
• the expression of their phenotype

Incorrect. Phenotype is one’s complete genetic makeup; culture is a much stronger contributor to differences in individuals’ lives.

Answer: B

Page: 3

Skill: C

Learning Objective: 1.1

Difficulty: 1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Understand

% correct 82 a= 12 b= 82 c= 0 d= 6 r = .62

• According to the text, for most of history the total human population was under ______.
• 1 million
• 10 million
• 100 million
• 1 billion

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2

Page: 4

Skill: F

Learning Objective: 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

• For most of human history how many children did women typically birth?
• 1 to 2
• 4 to 8
• 10 to 12
• 13 to 15

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2

Page: 4

Skill: F

Learning Objective: 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

• The human population began to increase noticeably around 10,000 years ago. What has

been hypothesized as the reason for the population increase at that time?

• the discovery of medicine
• the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals

Correct. Agriculture and the domestication of animals both contributed to the increase in population. But after this increase in the population, the growth rate was very slow for thousands of years.

• an increase in the size of women’s pelvic openings that assisted in labor

Incorrect. Women’s pelvic openings did not change during this time and have remained the same.

• construction techniques that allowed for stronger homes that were better heated

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2

Page: 4 3 / 4

Chapter 1, Section 1 Test Item File 5

Skill: C

Learning Objective: 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Understand

% correct 76 a= 20 b= 76 c= 4 d= 0 r = .51

• When did the human population reach 500 million people?
• 400 years ago
• 1,000 years ago
• 4,000 years ago
• 10,000 years ago

Answer: A

Difficulty: 3

Page: 4

Skill: F

Learning Objective: 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

• How long did it take the human population to double from 500 million to 1 billion?
• 150 years
• 300 years
• 450 years
• 600 years

Answer: A

Difficulty: 3

Page: 4–5

Skill: F

Learning Objective: 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

• Which of the following most contributed to the large increase in world population that

occurred around the 1800s to 1900s?

• Families increased the average number of children per household from one to

three children.

• Less women were dying in childbirth because they waited longer to have

children.

• The domestication of animals provided a larger food supply.

Incorrect. Agriculture and the domestication of animals both contributed to the increase in population 10,000 years ago. But after this increase in the population, the growth rate was very slow for thousands of years.

• More people lived due to the discovery of vaccinations and medical treatments

for deadly diseases.Correct. Major medical advances kept people alive and healthy.

Answer: D

Difficulty: 3

Page: 5

Skill: C

Learning Objective: 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Understand

• The human population doubled from 1 to 2 billion between 1800 and 1930. What led to

this increase in population?

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