Essentials Of Human Development: a Life-
Span View Second Edition Instructor's
Edition
by Robert V. Kail (Author), John C. Cavanaugh (Author)
2nd Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The Study of Human Development
Part 1. Prenatal Development, Infancy, and Early Childhood
3. Tools for Exploring the World
4. The Emergence of Thought and Language
5. Entering The Social World
Part 2. School-Age Children and Adolescents
6. Off To School
7. Expanding Social Horizons
8. Rites of Passage
9. Moving Into the Adult Social World
Part 3. Young and Middle Adulthood
10. Becoming an Adult
11. Being With Others
12. Work
13. Making It in Midlife
Part 4. Late Adulthood
15. Social Aspects of Later Life
16. The Final Passage
,Test Bank: Essentials of Human Development: A Life-Span View, 2nd
Edition (Kail, 2017)
Chapters 1–16
CHAPTER 1: THE STUDY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Multiple Choice
1. Human development is best described as the study of:
a) How children grow physically from birth to adolescence
b) How and why people change or remain the same over time
c) Abnormal behavior across the lifespan
d) How diseases affect the aging process
Answer: b
Rationale: Human development is a multidisciplinary science that examines how people change and
remain the same across the entire lifespan.
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major forces in human development identified in the
biopsychosocial framework?
a) Biological
b) Psychological
c) Spiritual
d) Life-cycle
Answer: c
Rationale: The four forces are biological, psychological, sociocultural, and life-cycle.
3. The nature-nurture issue concerns:
a) How heredity and environment jointly influence development
b) Whether development occurs in stages or continuously
, c) Whether development is universal or context-specific
d) The role of critical periods in development
Answer: a
Rationale: The nature-nurture issue is one of the fundamental themes in developmental science,
addressing the interplay of heredity and environment.
4. Dr. Martinez believes that development is a gradual, continuous process. Dr. Chen believes
development occurs in distinct stages. This disagreement reflects the:
a) Nature-nurture issue
b) Continuity-discontinuity issue
c) Universal vs. context-specific issue
d) Active-passive issue
Answer: b
Rationale: The continuity-discontinuity issue asks whether development is smooth and gradual or
proceeds in a series of abrupt stages.
5. Erikson's psychosocial theory proposes:
a) Five stages of psychosexual development
b) Eight stages of psychosocial development across the lifespan
c) Four stages of cognitive development
d) Development that occurs only during childhood
Answer: b
Rationale: Erikson proposed eight stages of psychosocial development, each with a unique crisis to
resolve, spanning the entire life.
6. According to Piaget, children in the concrete operational stage can:
a) Think abstractly and hypothetically
Span View Second Edition Instructor's
Edition
by Robert V. Kail (Author), John C. Cavanaugh (Author)
2nd Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The Study of Human Development
Part 1. Prenatal Development, Infancy, and Early Childhood
3. Tools for Exploring the World
4. The Emergence of Thought and Language
5. Entering The Social World
Part 2. School-Age Children and Adolescents
6. Off To School
7. Expanding Social Horizons
8. Rites of Passage
9. Moving Into the Adult Social World
Part 3. Young and Middle Adulthood
10. Becoming an Adult
11. Being With Others
12. Work
13. Making It in Midlife
Part 4. Late Adulthood
15. Social Aspects of Later Life
16. The Final Passage
,Test Bank: Essentials of Human Development: A Life-Span View, 2nd
Edition (Kail, 2017)
Chapters 1–16
CHAPTER 1: THE STUDY OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Multiple Choice
1. Human development is best described as the study of:
a) How children grow physically from birth to adolescence
b) How and why people change or remain the same over time
c) Abnormal behavior across the lifespan
d) How diseases affect the aging process
Answer: b
Rationale: Human development is a multidisciplinary science that examines how people change and
remain the same across the entire lifespan.
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major forces in human development identified in the
biopsychosocial framework?
a) Biological
b) Psychological
c) Spiritual
d) Life-cycle
Answer: c
Rationale: The four forces are biological, psychological, sociocultural, and life-cycle.
3. The nature-nurture issue concerns:
a) How heredity and environment jointly influence development
b) Whether development occurs in stages or continuously
, c) Whether development is universal or context-specific
d) The role of critical periods in development
Answer: a
Rationale: The nature-nurture issue is one of the fundamental themes in developmental science,
addressing the interplay of heredity and environment.
4. Dr. Martinez believes that development is a gradual, continuous process. Dr. Chen believes
development occurs in distinct stages. This disagreement reflects the:
a) Nature-nurture issue
b) Continuity-discontinuity issue
c) Universal vs. context-specific issue
d) Active-passive issue
Answer: b
Rationale: The continuity-discontinuity issue asks whether development is smooth and gradual or
proceeds in a series of abrupt stages.
5. Erikson's psychosocial theory proposes:
a) Five stages of psychosexual development
b) Eight stages of psychosocial development across the lifespan
c) Four stages of cognitive development
d) Development that occurs only during childhood
Answer: b
Rationale: Erikson proposed eight stages of psychosocial development, each with a unique crisis to
resolve, spanning the entire life.
6. According to Piaget, children in the concrete operational stage can:
a) Think abstractly and hypothetically
