Test Bank For Child Development 10th Edition by Laura E. Berk

Test Bank For Child Development
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10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Chapters 1 - 15 n n n

,Table of Contents
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PartnI:nTheorynandnResearchninnChildnDevelopment
Chaptern1nHistory,nTheory,nandnAppliednDirections
Chaptern2nResearchnStrategies
PartnII:nFoundationsnofnDevelopment
Chaptern3nBiologicalnFoundations,nPrenatalnDevelopment,nandnBirth
Chaptern4nInfancy:nEarlynLearning,nMotornSkills,nandnPerceptualnCapacities
Chaptern5nPhysicalnGrowth
PartnIII:nCognitivenandnLanguagenDevelopment
Chaptern6nCognitivenDevelopment:nPiagetian,nCorenKnowledge,nandnVygotskian

Perspectives
Chaptern7nCognitivenDevelopment:nAnnInformation-ProcessingnPerspective
Chaptern8nIntelligence
Chaptern9nLanguagenDevelopment
PartnIV:nPersonalitynandnSocialnDevelopment
Chaptern10nEmotionalnDevelopment
Chaptern11nSelfnandnSocialnUnderstanding
Chaptern12nMoralnDevelopment
Chaptern13nDevelopmentnofnSexnDifferencesnandnGendernRoles
PartnV:nContextsnfornDevelopment
Chaptern14nThenFamily
Chaptern15nPeers,nMedia,nandnSchooling

,CHAPTERn1
HISTORY,nTHEORY,nANDnAPPLIEDnDIRECTIONSn


MULTIPLEnCHOICE
1) Thenfieldnofnchildndevelopment
A) isndevotedntonunderstandingnhumannconstancynandnchangenthroughoutnthenlifespan.
B) isnpartnofnanlarger,ninterdisciplinarynfieldnknownnasndevelopmentalnscience.
C) focusesnprimarilynonnchildren’snphysicalnandnemotionalndevelopment.
D) focusesnprimarilynonninfants’nandnchildren’snsocialnandncognitivendevelopment.nAN
SWER:nB
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2) Thencommonngoalnofninvestigatorsnwhonstudynchildndevelopmentnisnto
A) understandnhownphysicalngrowthnandnnutritionncontributentonhealthnandnwell-beingnthroughoutnthenlifespan.
B) understandnmorenaboutnpersonalitynandnsocialndevelopment.
C) analyzenchild-rearingnpracticesnandnexperiencesnthatnpromotenchildren’snwell-being.
D) describenandnidentifynthosenfactorsnthatninfluencenthenconsistenciesnandnchangesninnyoungnpeoplenduringnthenfir
stntwondecadesnofnlife.
ANSWER:n
Dn
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3) Whichnofnthenfollowingnfactorsncontributedntonthenstudynofnchildndevelopmentninnthentwentiethncentury?
A) Thenbeginningnofnpublicneducationnledntonandemandnfornknowledgenaboutnwhatnandnhowntonteachnchildrennofndi
fferentnages.
B) Parentsnwerenhavingnmorenchildrennandnresearchersnbecameninterestedninntheneffectsnofnfamilynsizenonnch
ildren’snwell-being.
C) Pediatriciansnwerenpressurednbyninsurancencompaniesntonimprovenchildren’snhealth,nwhichninspirednnutritionalnrese
arch.
D) Highnratesnofnchildhoodndepressionninspirednnewnareasnofnresearchnintonchildren’snanxietiesnandnbehaviornpr
oblems.
ANSWER:n
An
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4) Whichnofnthenfollowingnstatementsnisntruenaboutnthenfieldnofnchildndevelopment?
A) Scientificncuriositynisnthenprevailingnfactornthatnledntonthenstudynofnchildren,nandncurrentnresearchersnprimarilynans

, wernquestionsnofnscientificninterest.
B) Thenfieldnofnchildndevelopmentnisnconsideredninterdisciplinarynbecausenitnhasngrownnthroughnthencombinedneff
ortsnofnpeoplenfromnmanynfields.
C) Childndevelopmentnisnthenareanofnstudyndevotedntonunderstandingnconstancynandnchangenthroughoutnthenlif
espan.
D) Mostnofnwhatnwenknownaboutnchildndevelopmentncomesnfromnpsychologistsnandnmedicalnprofessionals.nAN
SWER:nB
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5) Developmentnisnoftenndividednintonwhichnofnthenfollowingnthreenbroadndomains?
A) infancy,nchildhood,nandnadolescence
B) social,ncultural,nandnhistorical
C) physical,ncognitive,nandnemotionalnandnsocial
D) biological,nsocial,nandnintellectualn
ANSWER:nC
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