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Overview of Test Items
Chapter 1 Introduction to Child Development 1
Chapter 2 Research and Assessment 16
Chapter 3 Family, Culture, and Society 30
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Chapter 4 Biological Beginnings 48
Chapter 5 Physical Development 58
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky 70
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: Cognitive Processes 91
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Chapter 8 Intelligence 110
Chapter 9 Language Development 127
Chapter 10 Development in the Academic Domains 145
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Chapter 11 Emotional Development 162
Chapter 12 Self and Social Understanding 180
Chapter 13 Self-Regulation and Motivation 196
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Chapter 14 Moral Development 217
Chapter 15 Peers, Schools, and Society 230
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Answer Keys 246
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, Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Which one of the following best illustrates physical development as a developmental
domain?
a. Mark can watch a basketball player and critique his movements.
b. Tammy can hold and use a pencil more easily than she could last year.
c. Timothy is increasingly able to understand other people’s points of view.
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d. Thomas learns how to count by practicing counting with a variety of household
objects.
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2. Which one of the following best illustrates social-emotional development as a
developmental domain?
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a. Pamela has decided to get a fashionable new haircut.
b. Annika cries in pain when she steps on a sharp pebble.
c. Carlos is learning how to play cooperatively with his preschool classmates.
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d. Thomas used to think that the earth was flat, but now he knows that it’s round.
3. Many psychologists are interested in the ways in which nature and nurture interact to
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influence development. Which one of the following examples illustrates the influence of
nature?
a. Fourteen-year-old Deborah is starting to grow pubic hair, and she’s just had her
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first menstrual period.
b. Two-year-old Sophia is learning to speak two languages because her parents
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speak Spanish at home but everyone at her preschool speaks English.
c. Ten-year-old Bart loves being outdoors. As far back as he can remember, his
family has gone camping almost every weekend during the summer months.
d. Eight-year-old Yannie goes to his Aunt Jane’s house after school every day. As
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he watches television, Jane gives him as much candy and other sweets as he
wants, and so he is becoming increasingly overweight.
4. Which one of the following statements reflects what developmentalists mean by the
term maturation?
a. Changes related specifically to children’s physical development
b. Changes related specifically to children’s emotional development
c. Changes that reflect increasingly appropriate social behavior
d. Developmental changes that are controlled largely by heredity
Child Development and
Education
FOR MORE AFFORDABLE FILES CHECK OUT US ON: WWW.MEDTESTBANKS.COM
Teresa M. McDevitt 7th Edition
ALL CHAPTERS ORIGINAL FROM PUBLISHER PDF DOWNLOAD
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Test Bank
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For
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Child Development and Education
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Seventh Edition
Teresa M. McDevitt
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Jeanne Ellis Ormrod
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EU
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, CONTENTS
Overview of Test Items
Chapter 1 Introduction to Child Development 1
Chapter 2 Research and Assessment 16
Chapter 3 Family, Culture, and Society 30
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Chapter 4 Biological Beginnings 48
Chapter 5 Physical Development 58
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky 70
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: Cognitive Processes 91
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Chapter 8 Intelligence 110
Chapter 9 Language Development 127
Chapter 10 Development in the Academic Domains 145
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Chapter 11 Emotional Development 162
Chapter 12 Self and Social Understanding 180
Chapter 13 Self-Regulation and Motivation 196
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Chapter 14 Moral Development 217
Chapter 15 Peers, Schools, and Society 230
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Answer Keys 246
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, Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Which one of the following best illustrates physical development as a developmental
domain?
a. Mark can watch a basketball player and critique his movements.
b. Tammy can hold and use a pencil more easily than she could last year.
c. Timothy is increasingly able to understand other people’s points of view.
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d. Thomas learns how to count by practicing counting with a variety of household
objects.
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2. Which one of the following best illustrates social-emotional development as a
developmental domain?
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a. Pamela has decided to get a fashionable new haircut.
b. Annika cries in pain when she steps on a sharp pebble.
c. Carlos is learning how to play cooperatively with his preschool classmates.
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d. Thomas used to think that the earth was flat, but now he knows that it’s round.
3. Many psychologists are interested in the ways in which nature and nurture interact to
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influence development. Which one of the following examples illustrates the influence of
nature?
a. Fourteen-year-old Deborah is starting to grow pubic hair, and she’s just had her
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first menstrual period.
b. Two-year-old Sophia is learning to speak two languages because her parents
EU
speak Spanish at home but everyone at her preschool speaks English.
c. Ten-year-old Bart loves being outdoors. As far back as he can remember, his
family has gone camping almost every weekend during the summer months.
d. Eight-year-old Yannie goes to his Aunt Jane’s house after school every day. As
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he watches television, Jane gives him as much candy and other sweets as he
wants, and so he is becoming increasingly overweight.
4. Which one of the following statements reflects what developmentalists mean by the
term maturation?
a. Changes related specifically to children’s physical development
b. Changes related specifically to children’s emotional development
c. Changes that reflect increasingly appropriate social behavior
d. Developmental changes that are controlled largely by heredity
