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Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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,Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk1i 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i
Table of Contents
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Part I: Theory and Research in Child Development
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Chapter 1 History, Theory, and Applied Directions
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Chapter 2 Research Strategies
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Part II: Foundations of Development
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Chapter 3 Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth
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Chapter 4 Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual Capacities
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Chapter 5 Physical Growth
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Part III: Cognitive and Language Development
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, and Vygotskian
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Perspectives
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: An Information-Processing Perspective
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Chapter 8 Intelligence 1i 1i
Chapter 9 Language Development
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Part IV: Personality and Social Development
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Chapter 10 Emotional Development
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Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding
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Chapter 12 Moral Development
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Chapter 13 Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles
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Part V: Contexts for Development
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Chapter 14 The Family 1i 1i 1i
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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,CHAPTER 1 1i
HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 1i
1) The field of child development
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A) is devoted to understanding human constancy and change throughout the lifespan.
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B) is part of a larger, interdisciplinary field known as developmental science.
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C) focuses primarily on children’s physical and emotional development.
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D) focuses primarily on infants’ and children’s social and cognitive development.
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Answer: B 1i
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2) The common goal of investigators who study child development is to
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A) understand how physical growth and nutrition contribute to health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
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B) understand more about personality and social development.
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C) analyze child-rearing practices and experiences that promote children’s well-being.
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D) describe and identify those factors that influence the consistencies and changes in young people during the
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first two decades of life.
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Answer: D 1i i
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3) Which of the following factors contributed to the study of child development in the twentieth century?
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A) The beginning of public education led to a demand for knowledge about what and how to teach children of
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different ages. 1i
B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size on
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children’s well-being. 1i
C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritional
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research.
D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior
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problems.
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4) Which of the following statements is true about the field of child development?
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A) Scientific curiosity is the prevailing factor that led to the study of children, and current researchers primaril
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yanswer questions of scientific interest.
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combined
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efforts of people from many fields.
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C) Child development is the area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the
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lifespan.
D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical professionals.
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Answer: B 1i
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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains?
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A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence 1i 1i 1i
B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social
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D) biological, social, and intellectual 1i 1i 1i 1i
Answer: C 1i
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, 6) The domains of development
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B) are not influenced by each other.
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C) operate independently of one another. 1i 1i 1i 1i
D) are distinct and unrelated
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.Answer: A
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7) What period of human development brings the most rapid time of change?
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A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood 1i 1i
C) early childhood 1i
D) adolescence i
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Answer: A Pa 1i 1i
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8) During which period of development do children form their first intimate ties to others?
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A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood 1i 1i
C) early childhood 1i
D) middle childhood 1i 1i
Answer: B 1i
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9) Charlotte is long and lean. She engages in make- 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i
believe play and has a blossoming sense of morality.Charlotte is probably in which period of human de
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velopment?
A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood 1i 1i
C) early childhood 1i
D) middle childhood 1i 1i
Answer: C 1i
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10) Pete participates in soccer and is beginning to master fundamental reading and math skills. Pete is
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probably in which period of human development?
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A) adolescence
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C) early childhood 1i
D) infancy and toddlerhoo 1i 1i
dAnswer: B
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11) During adolescence, 1i
A) thought and language expand at an astounding rate.
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B) young people begin to master academic knowledge and skills.
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C) young people fully assume adult roles.
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D) thought becomes abstract and idealistic. 1i 1i 1i 1i 1i
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