Test Bank for Child Development 10th Edition by Laura E. Berk All Chapters 1-15 fully covered, 9780134412375

Test Bank for Child Development
10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
All Chapters 1-15 fully covered

,Table of Contents
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ParteI:eTheoryeandeResearcheineChildeDevelopment
Chaptere1eHistory,eTheory,eandeAppliedeDirections
Chaptere2eResearcheStrategies
ParteII:eFoundationseofeDevelopment
Chaptere3eBiologicaleFoundations,ePrenataleDevelopment,eandeBirth
Chaptere4eInfancy:eEarlyeLearning,eMotoreSkills,eandePerceptualeCapacities
Chaptere5ePhysicaleGrowth
ParteIII:eCognitiveeandeLanguageeDevelopment
Chaptere6eCognitiveeDevelopment:ePiagetian,eCoreeKnowledge,eandeVygotskian

Perspectives
Chaptere7eCognitiveeDevelopment:eAneInformation-ProcessingePerspective
Chaptere8eIntelligence
Chaptere9eLanguageeDevelopment
ParteIV:ePersonalityeandeSocialeDevelopment
Chaptere10eEmotionaleDevelopment
Chaptere11eSelfeandeSocialeUnderstanding
Chaptere12eMoraleDevelopment
Chaptere13eDevelopmenteofeSexeDifferenceseandeGendereRoles
ParteV:eContextseforeDevelopment
Chaptere14eTheeFamily
Chaptere15ePeers,eMedia,eandeSchooling

,CHAPTERe1
HISTORY,eTHEORY,eANDeAPPLIEDeDIRECTIONSe


MULTIPLEeCHOICE
1) Theefieldeofechildedevelopment
A) isedevotedetoeunderstandingehumaneconstancyeandechangeethroughoutetheelifespan.
B) iseparteofeaelarger,einterdisciplinaryefieldeknowneasedevelopmentalescience.
C) focuseseprimarilyeonechildren’sephysicaleandeemotionaledevelopment.
D) focuseseprimarilyeoneinfants’eandechildren’sesocialeandecognitiveedevelopment.e
ANSWER:eB
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2) Theecommonegoaleofeinvestigatorsewhoestudyechildedevelopmenteiseto
A) understandehowephysicalegrowtheandenutritionecontributeetoehealtheandewell-beingethroughoutetheelifespan.
B) understandemoreeaboutepersonalityeandesocialedevelopment.
C) analyzeechild-rearingepracticeseandeexperiencesethatepromoteechildren’sewell-being.
D) describeeandeidentifyethoseefactorsethateinfluenceetheeconsistencieseandechangeseineyoungepeopleeduringet
heefirstetwoedecadeseofelife.
ANSWER:e
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3) Whicheofetheefollowingefactorsecontributedetoetheestudyeofechildedevelopmenteinetheetwentiethecentury?
A) Theebeginningeofepubliceeducationeledetoeaedemandeforeknowledgeeaboutewhateandehowetoeteachechildreneo
fedifferenteages.
B) Parentsewereehavingemoreechildreneanderesearchersebecameeinterestedeinetheeeffectseofefamilyesizeeo
nechildren’sewell-being.
C) Pediatriciansewereepressuredebyeinsuranceecompaniesetoeimproveechildren’sehealth,ewhicheinspiredenutrition
aleresearch.
D) Higherateseofechildhoodedepressioneinspiredeneweareaseoferesearcheintoechildren’seanxietieseandebehavio
reproblems.
ANSWER:e
Ae
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, 4) Whicheofetheefollowingestatementseisetrueeaboutetheefieldeofechildedevelopment?
A) Scientificecuriosityeisetheeprevailingefactorethateledetoetheestudyeofechildren,eandecurrenteresearcherseprimarily
answerequestionseofescientificeinterest.
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B) Theefieldeofechildedevelopmenteiseconsideredeinterdisciplinaryebecauseeitehasegrownethroughetheecombine
deeffortseofepeopleefromemanyefields.
C) Childedevelopmenteisetheeareaeofestudyedevotedetoeunderstandingeconstancyeandechangeethroughoutet
heelifespan.
D) Mosteofewhateweeknoweaboutechildedevelopmentecomesefromepsychologistseandemedicaleprofessionals
.eANSWER:eB
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5) Developmenteiseoftenedividedeintoewhicheofetheefollowingethreeebroadedomains?
A) infancy,echildhood,eandeadolescence
B) social,ecultural,eandehistorical
C) physical,ecognitive,eandeemotionaleandesocial
D) biological,esocial,eandeintellectuale
ANSWER:eC
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