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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
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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 ti ti ti




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 ti ti




Chapter 9 Language Development
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Part IV: Personality and Social Development
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Chapter 10 Emotional Development
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Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding
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Chapter 12 Moral Developmentti ti ti




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 ti ti ti




Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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,CHAPTER 1 ti


HISTORY, THEORY, ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS ti ti ti ti ti


MULTIPLE CHOICE ti


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.A
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nswer: B ti


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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. ti ti ti ti ti ti


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 during thefir
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st two decades of life.
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Answer: D ti ti


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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 children ofdif
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ferent ages. ti


B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size onchi
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ldren’s well-being. ti


C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritionalre
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search.
D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behaviorpr
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oblems.
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4) Which of the following statements is true about the field of child development?
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A) Scientific curiosity is the prevailing factor that led to the study of children, and current researchers primarilyan
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swer questions of scientific interest.
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combinedeff
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orts of people from many fields.
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C) Child development is the area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout thelif
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espan.
D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical professionals.A
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nswer: B ti


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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains? ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti


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Answer: C ti


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, 6) The domains of development
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B) are not influenced by each other.
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C) operate independently of one another. ti ti ti ti


D) are distinct and unrelated.
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Answer: A ti


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7) What period of human development brings the most rapid time of change?
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A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood ti ti


C) early childhood ti


D) adolescence ti


Answer: A Pag ti ti


e Ref: 5
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8) During which period of development do children form their first intimate ties to others?
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A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood ti ti


C) early childhood ti


D) middle childhood ti ti


Answer: B ti


Page Ref: 5
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9) Charlotte is long and lean. She engages in make- ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti


believe play and has a blossoming sense of morality.Charlotte is probably in which period of human deve
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lopment?
A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood ti ti


C) early childhood ti


D) middle childhood ti ti


Answer: C ti


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10) Pete participates in soccer and is beginning to master fundamental reading and math skills. Pete ispr
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obably in which period of human development?
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A) adolescence
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C) early childhood ti


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Answer: B ti


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11) During adolescence, ti


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B) young people begin to master academic knowledge and skills.
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Answer: D ti


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Publisher: 2015 ISBN: 9780205878482 Edition: Unknown

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