Test Bank For Child Development
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10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Chapters 1 - 15 bb bb bb
,Table of Contents bb bb
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
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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
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Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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,CHAPTER 1 bb
HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS bb bb bb bb bb
MULTIPLE CHOICE bb
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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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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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
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the first two decades of life.
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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
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size
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C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritional
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior
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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
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the
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combined 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
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the lifespan.
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D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical
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professionals. ANSWER: B
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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains?
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A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence bb bb bb
B) social, cultural, and historical
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10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Chapters 1 - 15 bb bb bb
,Table of Contents bb bb
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
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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
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Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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,CHAPTER 1 bb
HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS bb bb bb bb bb
MULTIPLE CHOICE bb
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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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. bb bb bb bb bb bb
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
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the first two decades of life.
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ANSWER:
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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
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size
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bb on children’s well-being.
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C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritional
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior
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bb problems.
ANSWER:
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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
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the
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combined 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
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the lifespan.
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D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical
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professionals. ANSWER: B
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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains?
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A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence bb bb bb
B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social
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