Human Development: A Life-Span View 9th Edition (Kail, 2023) - Test Bank
TEST BANK
Human Development
A Life-Span View
Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh
9th Edition
, Human Development: A Life-Span View 9th Edition (Kail, 2023) - Test Bank
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Study of Human Development
Chapter 2. Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth
Chapter 3. Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development
Chapter 4. The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early
Childhood
Chapter 5. Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Chapter 6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Chapter 9. Moving into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
Chapter 10. Emerging and Established Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development
Chapter 11. Being Connected: Relationships in Emerging, Established, and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 12. Working and Relaxing
Chapter 13. Making it in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood
Chapter 14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues
Chapter 15. Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues
Chapter 16. Dying and Bereavement
, Human Development: A Life-Span View 9th Edition (Kail, 2023) - Test Bank
1. The scientific study of human development can best be described as
*a. multidisciplina ry
b. focused on groups rather than individuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability over change
2. Which term does not belong in this group?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
*d. hereditary
3. Dr. Kim takes a stro ng na ture positio n with rega rd to the origins o f intellectua l
disabilities. Therefo re, she would most likely hypothesize that her son’s intellectu
al disability (formally known as mental retardation) is due to
a. her parenting style
*b. his genes
c. his exposure to a toxic chemical prior to birth
d. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt s
hifts in behavior best fits with the approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
*d. disco ntinuity
5.C leo, a director o f a da yca re, uses terms like “pre-K,” “K-3,” and the “upper-ele
mentary.” These ideas are most compatible with a view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, Human Development: A Life-Span View 9th Edition (Kail, 2023) - Test Bank
c. continuity
*d. disco ntinuity
6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-brea k
ers throughout their childhoo d or whether they suddenly turned to a life of crime.
Her research is most concerned with which issue of human development?
a. nature versus nurture
b. universal versus co ntext-specific development
c. biolo gical versus so cio cultural forces
*d. continuity versus discontinuity
7. Mustafa is interested in determinin g whether children develop virtually the sa
me way in Algeria as they do in other parts of the world. Mustafa’s research deals
primarily with the issue of human development.
a. psychological versus biological forces
*b. universal versus co ntext-specific develo pment
c. nature versus nurture
d. continuity versus discontinuity
8. When Clarisse says, “It doesn’t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese,
kids are kids,” she is espousing a position concerning human development.
a. discontinuous
*b. universal
c. nurture
d. context-specific
9. Viviana no tices tha t children seem to ma ture so cia lly much fa ster in Costa Ric
a than in the Canada. Viviana is most likely to support a position regarding h
uman development.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
*c. co ntext-specific
TEST BANK
Human Development
A Life-Span View
Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh
9th Edition
, Human Development: A Life-Span View 9th Edition (Kail, 2023) - Test Bank
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Study of Human Development
Chapter 2. Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth
Chapter 3. Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development
Chapter 4. The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early
Childhood
Chapter 5. Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Chapter 6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Chapter 9. Moving into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
Chapter 10. Emerging and Established Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development
Chapter 11. Being Connected: Relationships in Emerging, Established, and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 12. Working and Relaxing
Chapter 13. Making it in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood
Chapter 14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues
Chapter 15. Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues
Chapter 16. Dying and Bereavement
, Human Development: A Life-Span View 9th Edition (Kail, 2023) - Test Bank
1. The scientific study of human development can best be described as
*a. multidisciplina ry
b. focused on groups rather than individuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability over change
2. Which term does not belong in this group?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
*d. hereditary
3. Dr. Kim takes a stro ng na ture positio n with rega rd to the origins o f intellectua l
disabilities. Therefo re, she would most likely hypothesize that her son’s intellectu
al disability (formally known as mental retardation) is due to
a. her parenting style
*b. his genes
c. his exposure to a toxic chemical prior to birth
d. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt s
hifts in behavior best fits with the approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
*d. disco ntinuity
5.C leo, a director o f a da yca re, uses terms like “pre-K,” “K-3,” and the “upper-ele
mentary.” These ideas are most compatible with a view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, Human Development: A Life-Span View 9th Edition (Kail, 2023) - Test Bank
c. continuity
*d. disco ntinuity
6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-brea k
ers throughout their childhoo d or whether they suddenly turned to a life of crime.
Her research is most concerned with which issue of human development?
a. nature versus nurture
b. universal versus co ntext-specific development
c. biolo gical versus so cio cultural forces
*d. continuity versus discontinuity
7. Mustafa is interested in determinin g whether children develop virtually the sa
me way in Algeria as they do in other parts of the world. Mustafa’s research deals
primarily with the issue of human development.
a. psychological versus biological forces
*b. universal versus co ntext-specific develo pment
c. nature versus nurture
d. continuity versus discontinuity
8. When Clarisse says, “It doesn’t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese,
kids are kids,” she is espousing a position concerning human development.
a. discontinuous
*b. universal
c. nurture
d. context-specific
9. Viviana no tices tha t children seem to ma ture so cia lly much fa ster in Costa Ric
a than in the Canada. Viviana is most likely to support a position regarding h
uman development.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
*c. co ntext-specific
