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, Test+|Bank+|For+|Child+|Development+|9th+|Edition+|by+|Laura+|E.+|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
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, 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+|lifespan.
B) is+|part+|of+|a+|larger,+|interdisciplinary+|field+|known+|as+|developmental+|science.
C) focuses+|primarily+|on+|children’s+|physical+|and+|emotional+|development.
D) focuses+|primarily+|on+|infants’+|and+|children’s+|social+|and+|cognitive+|developm
ent.+|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+|lifespan.
B) understand+|more+|about+|personality+|and+|social+|development.
C) analyze+|child-rearing+|practices+|and+|experiences+|that+|promote+|children’s+|well-being.
D) describe+|and+|identify+|those+|factors+|that+|influence+|the+|consistencies+|and+|changes+|in+|young+|people+|du
ring+|the+|first+|two+|decades+|of+|life.
ANSWER:+|
D+|
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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+|about+|what+|and+|how+|to+|teach+|ch
ildren+|of+|different+|ages.
B) Parents+|were+|having+|more+|children+|and+|researchers+|became+|interested+|in+|the+|effects+|of+|family+
|size+|on+|children’s+|well-being.
C) Pediatricians+|were+|pressured+|by+|insurance+|companies+|to+|improve+|children’s+|health,+|which+|inspired+|nutri
tional+|research.
D) High+|rates+|of+|childhood+|depression+|inspired+|new+|areas+|of+|research+|into+|children’s+|anxieties+|and+|be
havior+|problems.
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, ANSWER:+|
A+|
Page+|Ref:+|
4
4) Which+|of+|the+|following+|statements+|is+|true+|about+|the+|field+|of+|child+|development?
A) Scientific+|curiosity+|is+|the+|prevailing+|factor+|that+|led+|to+|the+|study+|of+|children,+|and+|current+|researchers+|p
rimarily+|answer+|questions+|of+|scientific+|interest.
B) The+|field+|of+|child+|development+|is+|considered+|interdisciplinary+|because+|it+|has+|grown+|through+|the+|co
mbined+|efforts+|of+|people+|from+|many+|fields.
C) Child+|development+|is+|the+|area+|of+|study+|devoted+|to+|understanding+|constancy+|and+|change+|throug
hout+|the+|lifespan.
D) Most+|of+|what+|we+|know+|about+|child+|development+|comes+|from+|psychologists+|and+|medical+|professi
onals.+|ANSWER:+|B
Page+|Ref:+|4
5) Development+|is+|often+|divided+|into+|which+|of+|the+|following+|three+|broad+|domains?
A) infancy,+|childhood,+|and+|adolescence
B) social,+|cultural,+|and+|historical
C) physical,+|cognitive,+|and+|emotional+|and+|social
D) biological,+|social,+|and+|intellectua
l+|ANSWER:+|C
Page+|Ref:+|4
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, Test+|Bank+|For+|Child+|Development+|9th+|Edition+|by+|Laura+|E.+|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
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, 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+|lifespan.
B) is+|part+|of+|a+|larger,+|interdisciplinary+|field+|known+|as+|developmental+|science.
C) focuses+|primarily+|on+|children’s+|physical+|and+|emotional+|development.
D) focuses+|primarily+|on+|infants’+|and+|children’s+|social+|and+|cognitive+|developm
ent.+|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+|lifespan.
B) understand+|more+|about+|personality+|and+|social+|development.
C) analyze+|child-rearing+|practices+|and+|experiences+|that+|promote+|children’s+|well-being.
D) describe+|and+|identify+|those+|factors+|that+|influence+|the+|consistencies+|and+|changes+|in+|young+|people+|du
ring+|the+|first+|two+|decades+|of+|life.
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+|about+|what+|and+|how+|to+|teach+|ch
ildren+|of+|different+|ages.
B) Parents+|were+|having+|more+|children+|and+|researchers+|became+|interested+|in+|the+|effects+|of+|family+
|size+|on+|children’s+|well-being.
C) Pediatricians+|were+|pressured+|by+|insurance+|companies+|to+|improve+|children’s+|health,+|which+|inspired+|nutri
tional+|research.
D) High+|rates+|of+|childhood+|depression+|inspired+|new+|areas+|of+|research+|into+|children’s+|anxieties+|and+|be
havior+|problems.
for any assistance email at
, ANSWER:+|
A+|
Page+|Ref:+|
4
4) Which+|of+|the+|following+|statements+|is+|true+|about+|the+|field+|of+|child+|development?
A) Scientific+|curiosity+|is+|the+|prevailing+|factor+|that+|led+|to+|the+|study+|of+|children,+|and+|current+|researchers+|p
rimarily+|answer+|questions+|of+|scientific+|interest.
B) The+|field+|of+|child+|development+|is+|considered+|interdisciplinary+|because+|it+|has+|grown+|through+|the+|co
mbined+|efforts+|of+|people+|from+|many+|fields.
C) Child+|development+|is+|the+|area+|of+|study+|devoted+|to+|understanding+|constancy+|and+|change+|throug
hout+|the+|lifespan.
D) Most+|of+|what+|we+|know+|about+|child+|development+|comes+|from+|psychologists+|and+|medical+|professi
onals.+|ANSWER:+|B
Page+|Ref:+|4
5) Development+|is+|often+|divided+|into+|which+|of+|the+|following+|three+|broad+|domains?
A) infancy,+|childhood,+|and+|adolescence
B) social,+|cultural,+|and+|historical
C) physical,+|cognitive,+|and+|emotional+|and+|social
D) biological,+|social,+|and+|intellectua
l+|ANSWER:+|C
Page+|Ref:+|4
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