10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
Chapters 1 - 15
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PartwwI:wwTheorywwandwwResearchwwinwwChildwwDevelopment
Chapterww1wwHistory,wwTheory,wwandwwAppliedwwDirections
Chapterww2wwResearchwwStrategies
PartwwII:wwFoundationswwofwwDevelopment
Chapterww3wwBiologicalwwFoundations,wwPrenatalwwDevelopment,wwandwwBirth
Chapterww4wwInfancy:wwEarlywwLearning,wwMotorwwSkills,wwandwwPerceptualwwCapacities
Chapterww5wwPhysicalwwGrowth
PartwwIII:wwCognitivewwandwwLanguagewwDevelopment
Chapterww6wwCognitivewwDevelopment:wwPiagetian,wwCorewwKnowledge,wwandwwVygotskian
Perspectives
Chapterww7wwCognitivewwDevelopment:wwAnwwInformation-ProcessingwwPerspective
Chapterww8wwIntelligence
Chapterww9wwLanguagewwDevelopment
PartwwIV:wwPersonalitywwandwwSocialwwDevelopment
Chapterww10wwEmotionalwwDevelopment
Chapterww11wwSelfwwandwwSocialwwUnderstanding
Chapterww12wwMoralwwDevelopment
Chapterww13wwDevelopmentwwofwwSexwwDifferenceswwandwwGenderwwRoles
PartwwV:wwContextswwforwwDevelopment
Chapterww14wwThewwFamily
Chapterww15wwPeers,wwMedia,wwandwwSchooling
,CHAPTERww1
HISTORY,wwTHEORY,wwANDwwAPPLIEDwwDIRECTIONSww
MULTIPLEwwCHOICE
1) Thewwfieldwwofwwchildwwdevelopment
A) iswwdevotedwwtowwunderstandingwwhumanwwconstancywwandwwchangewwthroughoutwwthewwlifespan.
B) iswwpartwwofwwawwlarger,wwinterdisciplinarywwfieldwwknownwwaswwdevelopmentalwwscience.
C) focuseswwprimarilywwonwwchildren’swwphysicalwwandwwemotionalwwdevelopment.
D) focuseswwprimarilywwonwwinfants’wwandwwchildren’swwsocialwwandwwcognitivewwdev
elopment.wwANSWER:wwB
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2) Thewwcommonwwgoalwwofwwinvestigatorswwwhowwstudywwchildwwdevelopmentwwiswwto
A) understandwwhowwwphysicalwwgrowthwwandwwnutritionwwcontributewwtowwhealthwwandwwwell-
beingwwthroughoutwwthewwlifespan.
B) understandwwmorewwaboutwwpersonalitywwandwwsocialwwdevelopment.
C) analyzewwchild-rearingwwpracticeswwandwwexperienceswwthatwwpromotewwchildren’swwwell-being.
D) describewwandwwidentifywwthosewwfactorswwthatwwinfluencewwthewwconsistencieswwandwwchangeswwinwwyoungww
peoplewwduringwwthewwfirstwwtwowwdecadeswwofwwlife.
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3) Whichwwofwwthewwfollowingwwfactorswwcontributedwwtowwthewwstudywwofwwchildwwdevelopmentwwinwwthewwtwenti
ethwwcentury?
A) Thewwbeginningwwofwwpublicwweducationwwledwwtowwawwdemandwwforwwknowledgewwaboutwwwhatwwandwwhowww
towwteachwwchildrenwwofwwdifferentwwages.
B) Parentswwwerewwhavingwwmorewwchildrenwwandwwresearcherswwbecamewwinterestedwwinwwthewweffectsww
ofwwfamilywwsizewwonwwchildren’swwwell-being.
C) Pediatricianswwwerewwpressuredwwbywwinsurancewwcompanieswwtowwimprovewwchildren’swwhealth,wwwhichwwinspi
redwwnutritionalwwresearch.
D) Highwwrateswwofwwchildhoodwwdepressionwwinspiredwwnewwwareaswwofwwresearchwwintowwchildren’swwanxieti
eswwandwwbehaviorwwproblems.
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4) Whichwwofwwthewwfollowingwwstatementswwiswwtruewwaboutwwthewwfieldwwofwwchildwwdevelopment?
A) Scientificwwcuriositywwiswwthewwprevailingwwfactorwwthatwwledwwtowwthewwstudywwofwwchildren,wwandwwcurrentwwre
searcherswwprimarilywwanswerwwquestionswwofwwscientificwwinterest.
B) Thewwfieldwwofwwchildwwdevelopmentwwiswwconsideredwwinterdisciplinarywwbecausewwitwwhaswwgrownwwthroug
hwwthewwcombinedwweffortswwofwwpeoplewwfromwwmanywwfields.
C) Childwwdevelopmentwwiswwthewwareawwofwwstudywwdevotedwwtowwunderstandingwwconstancywwandwwchang
ewwthroughoutwwthewwlifespan.
D) Mostwwofwwwhatwwwewwknowwwaboutwwchildwwdevelopmentwwcomeswwfromwwpsychologistswwandwwmedica
lwwprofessionals.wwANSWER:wwB
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5) Developmentwwiswwoftenwwdividedwwintowwwhichwwofwwthewwfollowingwwthreewwbroadwwdomains?
A) infancy,wwchildhood,wwandwwadolescence
B) social,wwcultural,wwandwwhistorical
C) physical,wwcognitive,wwandwwemotionalwwandwwsocial
D) biological,wwsocial,wwandwwintellect
ualwwANSWER:wwC
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