Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1...
HISTORY, THEORY,ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS IIll Il Il IIll IIll
MULTIPLE CHOICE IIll
1) The field of child development IIll IIll IIll IIll
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. Il Il IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
D) focuses primarilyon infants’ and children’s social and cognitive development. Il Il IIll IIll IIll IIll Il IIll IIll
IIll ANSWER: B IIll
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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. IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
B) understand more about personality and social development. IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
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
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IIll the first two decades of life.
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ANSWER:
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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
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IIll of different ages.
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size
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IIll on children’s well-being.
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C) Pediatricians were pressured byinsurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired IIll Il IIll Il IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
nutritional research.
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and
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behavior problems.
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ANSWER:
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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
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the
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combined efforts of people from many fields.
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C) Child development is the area of studydevoted to understanding constancy and change throughout
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the lifespan.
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D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical
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professionals. ANSWER: B
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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains? IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence IIll IIll IIll
B) social, cultural, and historical IIll IIll IIll
C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
D) biological,social,andintellectual Il Il Il
IIll ANSWER: C IIll
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