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,Test Bank for Human Development A Life-Span View 9th Edition By Robert V.
Kail, John C. Cavanaugh, ISBN-10: 0357657985 ISBN-13: 9780357657980,
ISBN-10: 0357658035 ISBN-13: 9780357658031, ISBN-10: 0357657950 ISBN-
13: 9780357657959
Table of Contents
1. The Study of Human Development.
Part I: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.
2. Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth.
3. Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development.
4. The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy
and Early Childhood.
5. Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early
Childhood.
Part II: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood.
7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood.
8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.
9. Moving Into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in
Adolescence.
Part III: YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.
10. Emerging and Established Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality
Development.
11. Being Connected: Relationships in Emerging, Established, and Middle
Adulthood.
12. Working and Relaxing.
13. Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood.
Part IV: LATE ADULTHOOD.
14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health
Issues.
15. Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and
Societal Issues.
16. The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement.
,1. The scientific study of human development can best be described as
*a. multidisciplina ry
b. focused on groups rather than individuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability o ver change
2. Which term does not belong in this group?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
*d. hereditary
3. Dr. Kim takes a stro ng na ture po sitio n with rega rd to the o rigins o f intellectua l
disabili ties. Therefo re, she would most li kely hypothesize tha t her son’s intellectu
al disability (formally known as mental retardation) is due to
a. her parenting style
*b. his genes
c. his expo sure to a to xic chemical prio r to birth
d. his expo sure to Rubella prio r to birth
4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt s
hifts in behavior best fits with the approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
*d. disco ntinuity
5.C leo , a directo r o f a da yca re, uses terms like “pre-K,” “K-3,” and the “upper-ele
mentary.” These ideas are most compatible with a view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
*d. disco ntinuity
6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-brea k
ers thro ugho ut their childho o d o r whether they suddenly turned to a life o f crime.
Her research is most concerned with which issue of human development?
a. nature versus nurture
b. universal versus co ntext-specific develo pment
c. bio lo gical versus so cio cultural fo rces
*d. co ntinuity versus disco ntinuity
7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develo p virtually the sa
me way in Algeria as they do in other parts of the world. Mustafa’s research deals
primarily with the issue of human development.
a. psychological versus biological forces
*b. universal versus co ntext-specific develo pment
c. nature versus nurture
d. co ntinuity versus disco ntinuity
8. When Clarisse says, “It doesn’t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese,
kids are kids,” she is espousing a po sitio n co ncerning human develo pment.
a. discontinuous
*b. universal
c. nurture
d. co ntext-specific
9. Viviana no tices tha t children seem to ma ture so cia lly much fa ster in Co sta Ric
a than in the Canada. Viviana is most likely to support a position regarding h
uman development.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
*c. co ntext-specific
