Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition
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by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15
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,Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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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 ll ll ll
Part III: Cognitive and Language Development
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, andVygotskian
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Perspectives
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: AnInformation-Processing Perspective
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Chapter 8 Intelligence ll ll
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 Developmentll ll ll
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 ll ll ll
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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HISTORY, THEORY,ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS ll l l ll ll
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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 primarilyon infants’ and children’s social and cognitive development.
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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. ll ll ll ll ll ll
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 the
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first two decades of life.
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ANSWER:
D
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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 children of
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different ages.
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size on
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children’s well-being.
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C) Pediatricians were pressured byinsurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritional
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research.
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior
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problems.
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ANSWER:
A
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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 primarily
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answer questions of scientific interest.
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combined
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efforts of people from many fields.
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C) Child development is the area of studydevoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the
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lifespan.
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D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical professionals.
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ANSWER: B
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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 ll ll ll
B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social ll ll ll ll ll
D) biological,social,andintellectual l l l
ANSWER: C
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by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15
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,Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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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 ll ll ll
Part III: Cognitive and Language Development
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, andVygotskian
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Perspectives
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: AnInformation-Processing Perspective
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Chapter 8 Intelligence ll ll
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 Developmentll ll ll
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 ll ll ll
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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,CHAPTER 1 ll
HISTORY, THEORY,ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS ll l l ll ll
MULTIPLE CHOICE ll
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 primarilyon infants’ and children’s social and cognitive development.
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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. ll ll ll ll ll ll
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 the
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first two decades of life.
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ANSWER:
D
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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 children of
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different ages.
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size on
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children’s well-being.
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C) Pediatricians were pressured byinsurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritional
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research.
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior
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problems.
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ANSWER:
A
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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 primarily
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answer questions of scientific interest.
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combined
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efforts of people from many fields.
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C) Child development is the area of studydevoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the
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lifespan.
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D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical professionals.
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ANSWER: B
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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 ll ll ll
B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social ll ll ll ll ll
D) biological,social,andintellectual l l l
ANSWER: C
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