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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 mj mj
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 mj mj mj
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTION mj mj mj mj
SMULTIPLE CHOICE
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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 developme
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nt.Answer: B
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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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thefirst 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 childre
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onchildren’s well-being.
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behav
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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 prim
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arilyanswer questions of scientific interest.
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nedefforts 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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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains?
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, 6) The domains of development
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A) combine in an integrated, holistic fashion.
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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 unrelate
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d.Answer: A
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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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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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D) middle childhoo mj
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9) Charlotte is long and lean. She engages in make-
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believe play and has a blossoming sense of morality. Charlotte is probably in which period of hum
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10) Pete participates in soccer and is beginning to master fundamental reading and math skills. Pe
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te is probably in which period of human development?
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11) During adolescence, mj
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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
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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 mj mj
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 mj mj mj
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTION mj mj mj mj
SMULTIPLE CHOICE
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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 developme
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nt.Answer: B
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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. mj mj mj mj mj mj
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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thefirst 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 childre
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n ofdifferent ages.
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size
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onchildren’s well-being.
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C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritio
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nalresearch.
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behav
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iorproblems.
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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 prim
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arilyanswer questions of scientific interest.
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combi
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nedefforts 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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D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical profession
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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 mj mj mj
B) social, cultural, and historical mj mj mj
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, 6) The domains of development
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A) combine in an integrated, holistic fashion.
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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 unrelate
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d.Answer: A
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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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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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9) Charlotte is long and lean. She engages in make-
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an development?
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A) the prenatal period
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10) Pete participates in soccer and is beginning to master fundamental reading and math skills. Pe
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te is probably in which period of human development?
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A) adolescence
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C) early childhood mj
D) infancy and toddlerhoo mj mj
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11) During adolescence, mj
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
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