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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
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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 ci ci
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 Development
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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 ci ci ci
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS ci ci ci ci ic
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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.
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Answer: B ci
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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. ci ci ci ci ci ci
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 thef
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irst two decades of life.
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Answer: D ci ic
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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 of
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different ages. ci
B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size on
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children’s well-being. ci
C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritionalr
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esearch.
D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior
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problems.
Answer: A ci ic
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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 primarily
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answer questions of scientific interest.
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combined
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efforts of people from many fields.
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C) Child development is the area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout thel
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ifespan.
D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical professionals.
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Answer: B ci
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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains?ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence ci ci ci
B) social, cultural, and historical
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D) biological, social, and intellectual ci ci ci ic
Answer: C ci
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, 6) The domains of development
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A) combine in an integrated, holistic fashion. ci ci ci ci ci
B) are not influenced by each other.
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C) operate independently of one another.
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D) are distinct and unrelated.
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Answer: A ci
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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 ci ci
C) early childhood ci
D) adolescence ic
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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 ci ci
C) early childhood ci
D) middle childhood ci ic
Answer: B ci
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9) Charlotte is long and lean. She engages in make- ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
believe play and has a blossoming sense of morality.Charlotte is probably in which period of human de
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velopment?
A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood ci ci
C) early childhood ci
D) middle childhood ci ic
Answer: C ci
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10) Pete participates in soccer and is beginning to master fundamental reading and math skills. Pete is
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probably in which period of human development?
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A) adolescence
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C) early childhood ci
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Answer: B ci
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11) During adolescence, ci
A) thought and language expand at an astounding rate.
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B) young people begin to master academic knowledge and skills.
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C) young people fully assume adult roles.
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D) thought becomes abstract and idealistic.
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Answer: D ci
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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
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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 ci ci
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 Development
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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 ci ci ci
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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,CHAPTER 1 ci
HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS ci ci ci ci ic
MULTIPLE CHOICE ci
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.
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Answer: B ci
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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. ci ci ci ci ci ci
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 thef
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irst two decades of life.
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Answer: D ci ic
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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 of
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different ages. ci
B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size on
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children’s well-being. ci
C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritionalr
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esearch.
D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior
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problems.
Answer: A ci ic
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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 primarily
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answer questions of scientific interest.
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combined
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efforts of people from many fields.
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C) Child development is the area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout thel
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ifespan.
D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical professionals.
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Answer: B ci
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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains?ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence ci ci ci
B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social ci ci ci ci ci
D) biological, social, and intellectual ci ci ci ic
Answer: C ci
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, 6) The domains of development
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A) combine in an integrated, holistic fashion. ci ci ci ci ci
B) are not influenced by each other.
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C) operate independently of one another.
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D) are distinct and unrelated.
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Answer: A ci
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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 ci ci
C) early childhood ci
D) adolescence ic
Answer: A Pag ci ci
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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 ci ci
C) early childhood ci
D) middle childhood ci ic
Answer: B ci
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9) Charlotte is long and lean. She engages in make- ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
believe play and has a blossoming sense of morality.Charlotte is probably in which period of human de
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velopment?
A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood ci ci
C) early childhood ci
D) middle childhood ci ic
Answer: C ci
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10) Pete participates in soccer and is beginning to master fundamental reading and math skills. Pete is
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probably in which period of human development?
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A) adolescence
B) middle childhood ci
C) early childhood ci
D) infancy and toddlerhood ci ci ic
Answer: B ci
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11) During adolescence, ci
A) thought and language expand at an astounding rate.
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B) young people begin to master academic knowledge and skills.
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C) young people fully assume adult roles.
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D) thought becomes abstract and idealistic.
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Answer: D ci
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