TESToBANKoForoHumanoDevelopment:oAoLife-
SpanoViewo9thoEditionoByoRobertoV.oKail;oJohnoC.oCavanaughoChapterso1o-o16oComplete
,TableoOfoContents
1. TheoStudyoofoHumanoDevelopment.
PartoI:oPRENATALoDEVELOPMENT,oINFANCY,oANDoEARLYoCHILDHOOD.
2. BiologicaloFoundations:oHeredity,oPrenataloDevelopment,oandoBirth.
3. ToolsoforoExploringotheoWorld:oPhysical,oPerceptual,oandoMotoroDevelopment.
4. TheoEmergenceoofoThoughtoandoLanguage:oCognitiveoDevelopmentoinoInfancyoandoEarlyoChildhood.
5. EnteringotheoSocialoWorld:oSocioemotionaloDevelopmentoinoInfancyoandoEarlyoChildhood.
PartoII:oSCHOOL-AGEoCHILDRENoANDoADOLESCENTS.
6. OffotooSchool:oCognitiveoandoPhysicaloDevelopmentoinoMiddleoChildhood.
7. ExpandingoSocialoHorizons:oSocioemotionaloDevelopmentoinoMiddleoChildhood.
8. RitesoofoPassage:oPhysicaloandoCognitiveoDevelopmentoinoAdolescence.
9. MovingoIntootheoAdultoSocialoWorld:oSocioemotionaloDevelopmentoinoAdolescence.
PartoIII:oYOUNGoANDoMIDDLEoADULTHOOD.
10. BecomingoanoAdult:oPhysical,oCognitive,oandoPersonalityoDevelopmentoinoYoungoAdulthood.
11. BeingoWithoOthers:oFormingoRelationshipsoinoYoungoandoMiddleoAdulthood.
12. Work,oLeisure,oandoRetirement.
13. MakingoItoinoMidlife:oTheoBiopsychosocialoChallengesoofoMiddleoAdulthood.
PartoIV:oLATEoADULTHOOD.
14. TheoPersonaloContextoofoLateroLife:oPhysical,oCognitive,oandoMentaloHealthoIssues.
15. SocialoAspectsoofoLateroLife:oPsychosocial,oRetirement,oRelationship,oandoSocietaloIssues.
16. TheoFinaloPassage:oDyingoandoBereavement.
, 1. TheoStudyoofoHumanoDevelopment.
Theoscientificostudyoofohumanodevelopmentocanobestobeodescribedoas
ANSWER:a.omultidisciplinary
b. focusedoonogroupsoratherothanoindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizingo stabilityo overo change
2. Whichotermodoesonotobelongoinothisogroup?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.ohereditary
3. Dr.oKimotakesoaostrongonatureopositionowithoregardotootheooriginsoofointellectualodisabilities.oTh
erefore,osheowouldomostolikelyohypothesizeothatoheroson’sointellectuoalodisabilityo(formallyoknowno
asomentaloretardation)oisodueoto
a.o heroparentingostyle
ANSWER:b.ohisogenes
c.ohisoexposureotooaotoxicochemicalopriorotoobirth
d.o hisoexposureotooRubellaopriorotoobirth
4. Theonotionothatodevelopmentoisobestodescribedoinotermsoofoaoseriesoofoabruptosohiftsoinobehavi
orobestofitsowithotheo approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.o discontinuity
5. Cleo,oaodirectoroofoaodaycare,ousesotermsolikeo“pre-K,”o“K-3,”oandotheo“upper-
eleomentary.”oTheseoideasoareomostocompatibleowithoao view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
ANSWER:d.o discontinuity
6. Dr.oFletcheroisoattemptingotoodetermineowhetheroadultocriminalsowereorule-
breakoersothroughoutotheirochildhoodoorowhetherotheyosuddenlyoturnedotooaolifeoofocrime.oHeroresea
rchoisomostoconcernedowithowhichoissueoofohumanodevelopment?
a. natureo versuso nurture
b. universalo versuso context-specifico development
c. biologicalo versuso socioculturalo forces
ANSWER:d.o continuityo versusodiscontinuity
7. MustafaoisointerestedoinodeterminingowhetherochildrenodevelopovirtuallyotheosaomeowayoinoAlg
eriaoasotheyodooinootheropartsoofotheoworld.oMustafa’soresearchodealsoprimarilyo witho the
issueoofohumanodevelopment.
a.opsychologicaloversusobiologicaloforces
ANSWER:b.o universalo versuso context-specifico development
c.onatureoversusonurture
d.o continuityo versusodiscontinuity
8. WhenoClarisseosays,o“Itodoesn’tomatteroifotheyoareoFrench,oSwedish,ooroChinese,okidsoareokids,
”osheoisoespousingoa positiono concerningo humano development.
a.odiscontinuous
ANSWER:b.ouniversal
c.onurture
d.ocontext-specific
9. Vivianao noticeso thato childreno seemo too matureo sociallyo mucho fastero ino Costao RicoaothanoinotheoC
anada.oVivianaoisomostolikelyotoosupportoaopositionoregardingohoumanodevelopment.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c.ocontext-specific
SpanoViewo9thoEditionoByoRobertoV.oKail;oJohnoC.oCavanaughoChapterso1o-o16oComplete
,TableoOfoContents
1. TheoStudyoofoHumanoDevelopment.
PartoI:oPRENATALoDEVELOPMENT,oINFANCY,oANDoEARLYoCHILDHOOD.
2. BiologicaloFoundations:oHeredity,oPrenataloDevelopment,oandoBirth.
3. ToolsoforoExploringotheoWorld:oPhysical,oPerceptual,oandoMotoroDevelopment.
4. TheoEmergenceoofoThoughtoandoLanguage:oCognitiveoDevelopmentoinoInfancyoandoEarlyoChildhood.
5. EnteringotheoSocialoWorld:oSocioemotionaloDevelopmentoinoInfancyoandoEarlyoChildhood.
PartoII:oSCHOOL-AGEoCHILDRENoANDoADOLESCENTS.
6. OffotooSchool:oCognitiveoandoPhysicaloDevelopmentoinoMiddleoChildhood.
7. ExpandingoSocialoHorizons:oSocioemotionaloDevelopmentoinoMiddleoChildhood.
8. RitesoofoPassage:oPhysicaloandoCognitiveoDevelopmentoinoAdolescence.
9. MovingoIntootheoAdultoSocialoWorld:oSocioemotionaloDevelopmentoinoAdolescence.
PartoIII:oYOUNGoANDoMIDDLEoADULTHOOD.
10. BecomingoanoAdult:oPhysical,oCognitive,oandoPersonalityoDevelopmentoinoYoungoAdulthood.
11. BeingoWithoOthers:oFormingoRelationshipsoinoYoungoandoMiddleoAdulthood.
12. Work,oLeisure,oandoRetirement.
13. MakingoItoinoMidlife:oTheoBiopsychosocialoChallengesoofoMiddleoAdulthood.
PartoIV:oLATEoADULTHOOD.
14. TheoPersonaloContextoofoLateroLife:oPhysical,oCognitive,oandoMentaloHealthoIssues.
15. SocialoAspectsoofoLateroLife:oPsychosocial,oRetirement,oRelationship,oandoSocietaloIssues.
16. TheoFinaloPassage:oDyingoandoBereavement.
, 1. TheoStudyoofoHumanoDevelopment.
Theoscientificostudyoofohumanodevelopmentocanobestobeodescribedoas
ANSWER:a.omultidisciplinary
b. focusedoonogroupsoratherothanoindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizingo stabilityo overo change
2. Whichotermodoesonotobelongoinothisogroup?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.ohereditary
3. Dr.oKimotakesoaostrongonatureopositionowithoregardotootheooriginsoofointellectualodisabilities.oTh
erefore,osheowouldomostolikelyohypothesizeothatoheroson’sointellectuoalodisabilityo(formallyoknowno
asomentaloretardation)oisodueoto
a.o heroparentingostyle
ANSWER:b.ohisogenes
c.ohisoexposureotooaotoxicochemicalopriorotoobirth
d.o hisoexposureotooRubellaopriorotoobirth
4. Theonotionothatodevelopmentoisobestodescribedoinotermsoofoaoseriesoofoabruptosohiftsoinobehavi
orobestofitsowithotheo approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.o discontinuity
5. Cleo,oaodirectoroofoaodaycare,ousesotermsolikeo“pre-K,”o“K-3,”oandotheo“upper-
eleomentary.”oTheseoideasoareomostocompatibleowithoao view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
ANSWER:d.o discontinuity
6. Dr.oFletcheroisoattemptingotoodetermineowhetheroadultocriminalsowereorule-
breakoersothroughoutotheirochildhoodoorowhetherotheyosuddenlyoturnedotooaolifeoofocrime.oHeroresea
rchoisomostoconcernedowithowhichoissueoofohumanodevelopment?
a. natureo versuso nurture
b. universalo versuso context-specifico development
c. biologicalo versuso socioculturalo forces
ANSWER:d.o continuityo versusodiscontinuity
7. MustafaoisointerestedoinodeterminingowhetherochildrenodevelopovirtuallyotheosaomeowayoinoAlg
eriaoasotheyodooinootheropartsoofotheoworld.oMustafa’soresearchodealsoprimarilyo witho the
issueoofohumanodevelopment.
a.opsychologicaloversusobiologicaloforces
ANSWER:b.o universalo versuso context-specifico development
c.onatureoversusonurture
d.o continuityo versusodiscontinuity
8. WhenoClarisseosays,o“Itodoesn’tomatteroifotheyoareoFrench,oSwedish,ooroChinese,okidsoareokids,
”osheoisoespousingoa positiono concerningo humano development.
a.odiscontinuous
ANSWER:b.ouniversal
c.onurture
d.ocontext-specific
9. Vivianao noticeso thato childreno seemo too matureo sociallyo mucho fastero ino Costao RicoaothanoinotheoC
anada.oVivianaoisomostolikelyotoosupportoaopositionoregardingohoumanodevelopment.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c.ocontext-specific
