Test Bank For Child Development 9th
Edition
by Laura E7 Berk Chapters 1 - 15
,Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E7 Berk
Table of Contents
Part I: Theory and Research in Child Development
Chapter 1 History, Theory, and Applied Directions
Chapter 2 Research Strategies
Part II: Foundations of Development
Chapter 3 Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth
Chapter 4 Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual
Capacities
Chapter 5 Physical Growth
Part III: Cognitive and Language Development
Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, and
Vygotskian
Perspectives
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: An Information-Processing
Perspective
Chapter 8 Intelligence
,Chapter 9 Language Development
Part IV: Personality and Social Development
Chapter 10 Emotional Development
Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding
Chapter 12 Moral Development
Chapter 13 Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles
Part V: Contexts for Development
Chapter 14 The Family
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
, CHAPTER 1
HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) The field of child development
A) is devoted to understanding human constancy and change
throughout the lifespan7
B) is part of a larger, interdisciplinary field known as developmental
science7
C) focuses primarily on children’s physical and emotional
development7
D) focuses primarily on infants’ and children’s
social and cognitive development7 ANSWER: B
Page Ref: 4
2) The common goal of investigators who study child development is to
A) understand how physical growth and nutrition contribute to health
and well-being throughout the lifespan7
B) understand more about personality and social development7
C) analyze child-rearing practices and experiences that promote
children’s well-being7
D) describe and identify those factors that influence the
consistencies and changes in young people during the first two
decades of life7
ANSWER:
D
Page Ref: 4
3) Which of the following factors contributed to the study of child
development in the twentieth century?
A) The beginning of public education led to a demand for knowledge
Edition
by Laura E7 Berk Chapters 1 - 15
,Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E7 Berk
Table of Contents
Part I: Theory and Research in Child Development
Chapter 1 History, Theory, and Applied Directions
Chapter 2 Research Strategies
Part II: Foundations of Development
Chapter 3 Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth
Chapter 4 Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual
Capacities
Chapter 5 Physical Growth
Part III: Cognitive and Language Development
Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, and
Vygotskian
Perspectives
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: An Information-Processing
Perspective
Chapter 8 Intelligence
,Chapter 9 Language Development
Part IV: Personality and Social Development
Chapter 10 Emotional Development
Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding
Chapter 12 Moral Development
Chapter 13 Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles
Part V: Contexts for Development
Chapter 14 The Family
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
, CHAPTER 1
HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) The field of child development
A) is devoted to understanding human constancy and change
throughout the lifespan7
B) is part of a larger, interdisciplinary field known as developmental
science7
C) focuses primarily on children’s physical and emotional
development7
D) focuses primarily on infants’ and children’s
social and cognitive development7 ANSWER: B
Page Ref: 4
2) The common goal of investigators who study child development is to
A) understand how physical growth and nutrition contribute to health
and well-being throughout the lifespan7
B) understand more about personality and social development7
C) analyze child-rearing practices and experiences that promote
children’s well-being7
D) describe and identify those factors that influence the
consistencies and changes in young people during the first two
decades of life7
ANSWER:
D
Page Ref: 4
3) Which of the following factors contributed to the study of child
development in the twentieth century?
A) The beginning of public education led to a demand for knowledge
