Test bank for human development a life span view 8th edition robert v kail john c cavanaugh

TEST BANK For Human Development: A Life-Span View
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9th Edition By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh

Chapters 1 - 16 Complete
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1. The Study of Human Development.
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PartI:PRENATALSDEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.
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2. BiologicalFoundations:Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth.
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3. Toolsfor Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development.
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4. The Emergence ofThought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.
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5. Entering theSSocial World: Socioemotional Development inInfancy and EarlyChildhood.
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Part II: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
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6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood.
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7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in MiddleChildhood.
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8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.
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9. Moving Into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence.
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Part III: YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.
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10. Becoming anSAdult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood.
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11. Being WithOthers: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood.
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12. Work, Leisure, and Retirement. b b b




13. Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges ofMiddleSAdulthood.
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Part IV: LATE ADULTHOOD.
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14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues.
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15. Social Aspectsof Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and SocietalIssues.
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16. The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement.
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, 1. The Study of Human Development. S S S S




Thescientificstudyofhumandevelopmentcanbestbedescribedas
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ANSWER:a.multidisciplinary b




b. focusedongroupsratherthanindividuals b b b b b




c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability over change b b b




2. Whichtermdoesnotbelonginthisgroup?
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a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.hereditary b




3. Dr. Kim takesSa strong natureSposition with regard to theSorigins of intellectual dis
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b abilities. Therefore, she would most likely hypothesize thatSher son‘s intellectu al dis
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b ability(formallyknownasmentalretardation)isdueto
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a. her parenting style b b




ANSWER:b.hisgenes b b




c. his exposure to a toxic chemical priorto birth
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d. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
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4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt shif
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tsinbehaviorbestfitswiththe approach.
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a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d. discontinuity b




5. Cleo, a director of a daycare, uses terms likeS―pre-K,‖ ―K-3,‖ and the ―upper-
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b elementary.‖Theseideasaremostcompatiblewitha view. b b b b b b b b




a. context-specificity
b. hereditary

, c. continuity
ANSWER:d. discontinuity b




6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-
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breakers throughout their childhood or whether they suddenly turned to a life of crim
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e. Herresearchismostconcernedwithwhichissueofhumandevelopment?
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a. nature versus nurture b b




b. universal versus context-specific development b b b




c. biological versus sociocultural forces b b b




ANSWER:d. continuity versus discontinuity b b b




7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develop virtually the sa me way in
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b Algeria as they doSin other parts of the world. Mustafa‘s research deals primari ly with the
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issue of human development.b b b




a. psychologicalversusbiologicalforces b b b




ANSWER:b. universal versus context-specific development b b b b




c. natureversusnurture b b




d. continuity versus discontinuity b b




8. WhenClarissesays,―Itdoesn‘tmatteriftheyareFrench,Swedish,orChinese,kids are
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b kids,‖ she is espousingSa
b positionconcerninghumandevelopment.
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a. discontinuous
ANSWER:b.universal b




c. nurture
d. context-specific



9. Viviana notices thatS children seem to mature socially much faster in Costa Ric at haninthe
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Canada.Vivianaismostlikelytosupporta positionregardinghuman development.
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a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c. context-specific b