Test Bank for Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk All Chapters 1 – 15 fully covered

Test Bank for Child Development
9th Edition by Laura E. Berk
All Chapters 1 – 15 fully covered

,TestcBankcForcChildcDevelopmentc9thcEditioncbycLauracE.cBerk

TablecofcContents
PartcI:cTheorycandcResearchcincChildcDevelopment
Chapterc1cHistory,cTheory,candcAppliedcDirections
Chapterc2cResearchcStrategies
PartcII:cFoundationscofcDevelopment
Chapterc3cBiologicalcFoundations,cPrenatalcDevelopment,candcBirth
Chapterc4cInfancy:cEarlycLearning,cMotorcSkills,candcPerceptualcCapacities
Chapterc5cPhysicalcGrowth
PartcIII:cCognitivecandcLanguagecDevelopment
Chapterc6cCognitivecDevelopment:cPiagetian,cCorecKnowledge,candcVygotskian

Perspectives
Chapterc7cCognitivecDevelopment:cAncInformation-ProcessingcPerspective
Chapterc8cIntelligence
Chapterc9cLanguagecDevelopment
PartcIV:cPersonalitycandcSocialcDevelopment
Chapterc10cEmotionalcDevelopment
Chapterc11cSelfcandcSocialcUnderstanding
Chapterc12cMoralcDevelopment
Chapterc13cDevelopmentcofcSexcDifferencescandcGendercRoles
PartcV:cContextscforcDevelopment
Chapterc14cThecFamily
Chapterc15cPeers,cMedia,candcSchooling

,CHAPTERc1
HISTORY,cTHEORY,cANDcAPPLIEDcDIRECTIONSc


MULTIPLEcCHOICE
1) Thecfieldcofcchildcdevelopment
A) iscdevotedctocunderstandingchumancconstancycandcchangecthroughoutctheclifespan.
B) iscpartcofcaclarger,cinterdisciplinarycfieldcknowncascdevelopmentalcscience.
C) focusescprimarilyconcchildren’scphysicalcandcemotionalcdevelopment.
D) focusescprimarilyconcinfants’candcchildren’scsocialcandccognitivecdevelopment.c
ANSWER:cB
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2) Theccommoncgoalcofcinvestigatorscwhocstudycchildcdevelopmentciscto
A) understandchowcphysicalcgrowthcandcnutritionccontributectochealthcandcwell-beingcthroughoutctheclifespan.
B) understandcmorecaboutcpersonalitycandcsocialcdevelopment.
C) analyzecchild-rearingcpracticescandcexperiencescthatcpromotecchildren’scwell-being.
D) describecandcidentifycthosecfactorscthatcinfluencecthecconsistenciescandcchangescincyoungcpeoplecduringcth
ecfirstctwocdecadescofclife.
ANSWER:c
Dc
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3) Whichcofcthecfollowingcfactorsccontributedctocthecstudycofcchildcdevelopmentcincthectwentiethccentury?
A) Thecbeginningcofcpublicceducationcledctocacdemandcforcknowledgecaboutcwhatcandchowctocteachcchildrencofc
differentcages.
B) Parentscwerechavingcmorecchildrencandcresearcherscbecamecinterestedcinctheceffectscofcfamilycsizecon
c children’scwell-being.
C) Pediatricianscwerecpressuredcbycinsuranceccompaniesctocimprovecchildren’schealth,cwhichcinspiredcnutritional
c research.
D) Highcratescofcchildhoodcdepressioncinspiredcnewcareascofcresearchcintocchildren’scanxietiescandcbehaviorc
problems.
ANSWER:c
Ac
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, 4) Whichcofcthecfollowingcstatementscisctruecaboutcthecfieldcofcchildcdevelopment?
A) Scientificccuriosityciscthecprevailingcfactorcthatcledctocthecstudycofcchildren,candccurrentcresearcherscprimarilyc
answercquestionscofcscientificcinterest.
B) Thecfieldcofcchildcdevelopmentciscconsideredcinterdisciplinarycbecausecitchascgrowncthroughctheccombinedc
effortscofcpeoplecfromcmanycfields.
C) Childcdevelopmentciscthecareacofcstudycdevotedctocunderstandingcconstancycandcchangecthroughoutcth
eclifespan.
D) Mostcofcwhatcwecknowcaboutcchildcdevelopmentccomescfromcpsychologistscandcmedicalcprofessionals.c
ANSWER:cB
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5) Developmentciscoftencdividedcintocwhichcofcthecfollowingcthreecbroadcdomains?
A) infancy,cchildhood,candcadolescence
B) social,ccultural,candchistorical
C) physical,ccognitive,candcemotionalcandcsocial
D) biological,csocial,candcintellectualc
ANSWER:cC
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