Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15

Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by
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Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15
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,Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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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 nn nn nn




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 nn nn nn




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 nn nn




Chapter 9 Language Development nn nn nn




Part IV: Personality and Social Development
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Chapter 10 Emotional Development nn nn nn




Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding
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Chapter 12 Moral Development nn nn nn




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 nn nn nn




Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS
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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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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
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during the first two decades of life.
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ANSWER:
D
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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
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children of different ages.
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family
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size on children’s well-being.
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C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties
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and behavior problems.
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ANSWER:
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, 4) Which of the n n n n n n n n following n n statements n n n n is n n n n true n n about n n the n n field n n n n of n n n n child
development?
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A) Scientific n n curiosity n n is n n the n n prevailing n n factor n n that n n led n n to n n the n n study n n of
n n children, n n and n n current researchers nn n n primarily n n answer n n questions n n of n n scientific
n n interest.
B) The n n field n n of n n child n n development n n is n n considered n n interdisciplinary n n because n n it
n n has n n grown n n through the nn n n combined n n efforts n n of n n people n n from n n many n n fields.
C) Child n n development n n is n n the n n area n n of n n study n n devoted n n to n n understanding
n n constancy n n and change nn n n throughout n n the n n lifespan.
D) Most n n of n n what n n we n n know n n about n n child n n development n n comes n n from
n n psychologists n n and n n medical professionals. n n n n ANSWER: n n B
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5) Development n n is n n often n n n n divided n n n n into n n which n n of n n n n the n n following n n three n n broad n n



domains?
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A) infancy, n n childhood, n n and n n adolescence
B) social, n n cultural, n n n n and n n historical
C) physical, n n cognitive, n n n n and n n n n emotional n n n n and n n social
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