Test Bank for Children, 15th Edition – John W. Santrock & Jennifer Lansford | Latest 2025/2026 Update

TEST BANK Children, 15th Edition
Chapters 1 – 16 CompleteBy John Santrock,
Jennifer Lansford and Kirby Deater-Deckard

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1: The Nature of Children’s Development
Chapter 1: Introduction
Section 2: Beginnings
Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings
Chapter 3: Prenatal Development
Chapter 4: Birth
Section 3: Infancy
Chapter 5: Physical Development in Infancy
Chapter 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy
Chapter 7: Socioemotional Development in Infancy
Section 4: Early Childhood
Chapter 8: Physical Development in Early Childhood
Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
Section 5: Middle and Late Childhood
Chapter 11: Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood
Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood
Chapter 13: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood
Section 6: Adolescence
Chapter 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Chapter 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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1) Which of the following statements about development is accurate?
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A) The process of development ends during early adulthood.
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B) The process of development starts during early childhood.
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C) Most development involves growth, although it also includes decline.
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D) Most of the physical development happens during late adulthood.
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Answer: C S


Difficulty: 2
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Topic: Studying Children's Development
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Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and
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identifyfive areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
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Bloom's: Understand S


Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation S S


APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
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2) A researcher who wants to study the effect of parenting styles on development
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would need totake into consideration the socioeconomic status and cultural settings
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of the families being studied. These aspects are a part of the "
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A) goals
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Difficulty: 2
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Topic: Improving Children's Lives
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Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and
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identifyfive areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
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Bloom's: Understand S


Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation S S


APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
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, 3) Which of the following terms refers to the behavior patterns, the beliefs, and all other
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productsof a specific group of people that are passed on from generation to
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generation?
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B) culture
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Answer: B S


Difficulty: 1
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Topic: Improving Children's Lives
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Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and
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identifyfive areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
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Bloom's: Remember S


Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation S S


APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
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psychology
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4) Madison grew up in a single-parent, poor, urban home with her mother and
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three siblings.These factors represent the
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A) context
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Difficulty: 3
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Topic: Improving Children's Lives
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Learning Objective: Explain why it is important to study children's development, and
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identifyfive areas in which children's lives need to be improved.
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Bloom's: Apply S


Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation S S


APA Outcome: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
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