TEST BANK For Human Development: A Life-Span View
9th Edition By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh
Chapters 1 - 16 Complete
,Table Of Contents
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1. ThesStudysofsHumansDevelopment.
PartsI:sPRENATALsDEVELOPMENT,sINFANCY,sANDsEARLYsCHILDHOOD.
2. BiologicalsFoundations:sHeredity,sPrenatalsDevelopment,sandsBirth.
3. ToolssforsExploringsthesWorld:sPhysical,sPerceptual,sandsMotorsDevelopment.
4. ThesEmergencesofsThoughtsandsLanguage:sCognitivesDevelopmentsinsInfancysandsEarlysChildhood.
5. EnteringsthesSocialsWorld:sSocioemotionalsDevelopmentsinsInfancysandsEarlysChildhood.
PartsII:sSCHOOL-AGEsCHILDRENsANDsADOLESCENTS.
6. OffstosSchool:sCognitivesandsPhysicalsDevelopmentsinsMiddlesChildhood.
7. ExpandingsSocialsHorizons:sSocioemotionalsDevelopmentsinsMiddlesChildhood.
8. RitessofsPassage:sPhysicalsandsCognitivesDevelopmentsinsAdolescence.
9. MovingsIntosthesAdultsSocialsWorld:sSocioemotionalsDevelopmentsinsAdolescence.
PartsIII:sYOUNGsANDsMIDDLEsADULTHOOD.
10. BecomingsansAdult:sPhysical,sCognitive,sandsPersonalitysDevelopmentsinsYoungsAdulthood.
11. BeingsWithsOthers:sFormingsRelationshipssinsYoungsandsMiddlesAdulthood.
12. Work,sLeisure,sandsRetirement.
13. MakingsItsinsMidlife:sThesBiopsychosocialsChallengessofsMiddlesAdulthood.
PartsIV:sLATEsADULTHOOD.
14. ThesPersonalsContextsofsLatersLife:sPhysical,sCognitive,sandsMentalsHealthsIssues.
15. SocialsAspectssofsLatersLife:sPsychosocial,sRetirement,sRelationship,sandsSocietalsIssues.
16. ThesFinalsPassage:sDyingsandsBereavement.
, 1. The Study of Human Development.
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Thesscientificsstudysofshumansdevelopmentscansbestsbesdescribedsas
ANSWER:a.smultidisciplinary
b. focusedsonsgroupssrathersthansindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizings stabilitys overs change
2. Whichstermsdoessnotsbelongsinsthissgroup?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.shereditary
3. Dr.sKimstakessasstrongsnaturespositionswithsregardstosthesoriginssofsintellectualsdis
abilities.sTherefore,ssheswouldsmostslikelyshypothesizesthatshersson’ssintellectusalsdis
abilitys(formallysknownsassmentalsretardation)sissduesto
a.s hersparentings style
ANSWER:b.shissgenes
c.shissexposures tos astoxics chemicals priors tos birth
d.s hiss exposures tos Rubellas priors tos birth
4. Thesnotionsthatsdevelopmentsissbestsdescribedsinstermssofsasseriessofsabruptssshif
tssinsbehaviorsbestsfitsswithsthes approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.s discontinuity
5. Cleo,sasdirectorsofsasdaycare,susesstermsslikes“pre-K,”s“K-3,”sandsthes“upper-
elesmentary.”sThesesideassaresmostscompatibleswithsas view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
ANSWER:d.s discontinuity
6. Dr.sFletchersissattemptingstosdetermineswhethersadultscriminalssweresrule-
breakserssthroughoutstheirschildhoodsorswhetherstheyssuddenlysturnedstosaslifesofscrim
e.sHersresearchsissmostsconcernedswithswhichsissuesofshumansdevelopment?
a. natures versuss nurture
b. universals versuss context-specifics development
c. biologicals versuss socioculturals forces
ANSWER:d.s continuitys versuss discontinuity
7. Mustafasissinterestedsins determinings whetherschildrens developsvirtuallys thes sasme
swaysinsAlgeriasasstheysdosinsotherspartssofsthesworld.sMustafa’ssresearchsdealssprimar
ilys withs the issuesofshumansdevelopment.
a.spsychologicalsversussbiologicalsforces
ANSWER:b.s universals versuss context-specifics development
c.snaturesversussnurture
d.s continuitys versuss discontinuity
8. WhensClarissessays,s“Itsdoesn’tsmattersifstheysaresFrench,sSwedish,sorsChinese,skid
ssareskids,”sshesissespousingsa positions concernings humans development.
a.sdiscontinuous
ANSWER:b.suniversal
c.snurture
d.scontext-specific
9. Vivianas noticess thats childrens seems tos matures sociallys muchs fasters ins Costas Ricsast
hansinsthesCanada.sVivianasissmostslikelystossupportsaspositionsregardingshsumansdev
elopment.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c.scontext-specific