HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
By Robert V. Kail & John C. Cavanaugh Author(s)
10th Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
Part 1: Prenatal Development, Infancy, and Early Childhood
Chapter 2: Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth
Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development
Chapter 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early
Childho
Chapter 5: Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Part 2: School-Age Children and Adolescents
Chapter 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 7: Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Chapter 9: Moving into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
Part 3: Young and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 10: Emerging and Established Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development
Chapter 11: Being Connected: Relationships in Emerging, Established, and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 12: Working and Relaxing
Chapter 13: Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood
Part 4: Late Adulthood
Chapter 14: The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues
Chapter 15: Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issue
Chapter 16: Dying and Bereavement
,TEST BANK
Human Development, 10th Edition
Robert V. Kail & John C. Cavanaugh
CHAPTER 1: The Study of Human Development
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The systematic study of how and why people change over time is called:
A) Social psychology
B) Human development
C) Gerontology
D) Cognitive science
Answer: B
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the three fundamental domains of human development?
A) Physical
B) Cognitive
C) Socioemotional
D) Spiritual
Answer: D
3. The belief that development is a continuous, gradual process is most closely associated with:
A) Discontinuity
B) Nature
C) Continuity
D) Nurture
Answer: C
4. The "nature-nurture" debate concerns:
, A) Whether development is continuous or discontinuous
B) The relative contributions of heredity and environment to development
C) Whether early or late experiences are more important
D) The universality of developmental stages
Answer: B
5. A researcher who believes that development occurs in distinct stages would most likely endorse the
concept of:
A) Continuity
B) Discontinuity
C) Stability
D) Plasticity
Answer: B
6. The idea that development is shaped by the interaction of biological, psychological, and social forces
is known as the:
A) Psychoanalytic perspective
B) Biopsychosocial framework
C) Ecological systems theory
D) Information-processing approach
Answer: B
7. In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, the layer that includes the child's immediate
environment (family, school, peers) is the:
A) Macrosystem
B) Exosystem
C) Mesosystem
D) Microsystem
Answer: D
By Robert V. Kail & John C. Cavanaugh Author(s)
10th Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
Part 1: Prenatal Development, Infancy, and Early Childhood
Chapter 2: Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth
Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development
Chapter 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early
Childho
Chapter 5: Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Part 2: School-Age Children and Adolescents
Chapter 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 7: Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Chapter 9: Moving into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
Part 3: Young and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 10: Emerging and Established Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development
Chapter 11: Being Connected: Relationships in Emerging, Established, and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 12: Working and Relaxing
Chapter 13: Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood
Part 4: Late Adulthood
Chapter 14: The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues
Chapter 15: Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issue
Chapter 16: Dying and Bereavement
,TEST BANK
Human Development, 10th Edition
Robert V. Kail & John C. Cavanaugh
CHAPTER 1: The Study of Human Development
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The systematic study of how and why people change over time is called:
A) Social psychology
B) Human development
C) Gerontology
D) Cognitive science
Answer: B
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the three fundamental domains of human development?
A) Physical
B) Cognitive
C) Socioemotional
D) Spiritual
Answer: D
3. The belief that development is a continuous, gradual process is most closely associated with:
A) Discontinuity
B) Nature
C) Continuity
D) Nurture
Answer: C
4. The "nature-nurture" debate concerns:
, A) Whether development is continuous or discontinuous
B) The relative contributions of heredity and environment to development
C) Whether early or late experiences are more important
D) The universality of developmental stages
Answer: B
5. A researcher who believes that development occurs in distinct stages would most likely endorse the
concept of:
A) Continuity
B) Discontinuity
C) Stability
D) Plasticity
Answer: B
6. The idea that development is shaped by the interaction of biological, psychological, and social forces
is known as the:
A) Psychoanalytic perspective
B) Biopsychosocial framework
C) Ecological systems theory
D) Information-processing approach
Answer: B
7. In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, the layer that includes the child's immediate
environment (family, school, peers) is the:
A) Macrosystem
B) Exosystem
C) Mesosystem
D) Microsystem
Answer: D
