TEST BANK For Human Development: A Life-Span View
9th Edition By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh
Chapters - 6 Complete
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,Table Of Contents
1. The Study of Human Development.
Part I: PRENATALSDEVELOPMENT, 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 theSSocial 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. Becoming anSAdult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood.
11. Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood.
12. Work, Leisure, and Retirement.
13. Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of MiddleSAdulthood.
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 Study of Human Development.
S S S S
The scientific study of human development can best be described as
ANSWER:a.multidisciplinary
b. focused on groups rather than individuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability over change
2. Which term does not belong in this group?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d. hereditary
3. Dr. Kim takesSa strong natureSposition with regard to theSorigins of intellectual dis
abilities. Therefore, she would most likely hypothesize that Sher son’s intellectu al dis
ability (formally known as mental retardation) is due to
a. her parenting style
ANSWER:b. his genes
c. his exposure to a toxic chemical prior to birth
d. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt shif
ts in behavior best fits with the approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d. discontinuity
5. Cleo, a director of a daycare, uses terms likeS“pre-K,” “K-3,” and the “upper-
elementary.” These ideas are most compatible with a view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
ANSWER:d. discontinuity
6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-
breakers throughout their childhood or whether they suddenly turned to a life of crim
e. Her research is most concerned with which issue of human development?
a. nature versus nurture
b. universal versus context-specific development
c. biological versus sociocultural forces
ANSWER:d. continuity versus discontinuity
7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develop virtually the sa me
way in Algeria as they doSin other parts of the world. Mustafa’s research deals primari
ly with the issue of human development.
a. psychological versus biological forces
ANSWER:b. universal versus context-specific development
c. nature versus nurture
d. continuity versus discontinuity
8. When Clarisse says, “It doesn’t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese, kid
s are kids,” she is espousingSa position concerning human development.
a. discontinuous
ANSWER:b. universal
c. nurture
d. context-specific
9. Viviana notices thatS children seem to mature socially much faster in Costa Ric a t
han in the Canada. Viviana is most likely to support a position regarding human dev
elopment.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c. context-specific
