Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15

Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition

by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15

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TableeofeContents

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) describeeandeidentifyethoseefactorsethateinfluenceetheeconsistencieseandechangeseineyoungepeopleeduringetheefir
stetwoedecadeseofelife.
ANSWER:
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3) Whicheofetheefollowingefactorsecontributedetoetheestudyeofechildedevelopmenteinetheetwentiethecentury?
A) Theebeginningeofepubliceeducationeledetoeaedemandeforeknowledgeeaboutewhateandehowetoeteachechildreneofedif
ferenteages.
B) Parentsewereehavingemoreechildreneanderesearchersebecameeinterestedeinetheeeffectseofefamilyesizeeonech
ildren’sewell-being.
C) Pediatriciansewereepressuredebyeinsuranceecompaniesetoeimproveechildren’sehealth,ewhicheinspiredenutritionalere
search.
D) Higherateseofechildhoodedepressioneinspiredeneweareaseoferesearcheintoechildren’seanxietieseandebehaviorepr
oblems.
ANSWER:
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, 4) Whicheofetheefollowingestatementseisetrueeaboutetheefieldeofechildedevelopment?
A) Scientificecuriosityeisetheeprevailingefactorethateledetoetheestudyeofechildren,eandecurrenteresearcherseprimarilyean
swerequestionseofescientificeinterest.
B) Theefieldeofechildedevelopmenteiseconsideredeinterdisciplinaryebecauseeitehasegrownethroughetheecombinedeef
fortseofepeopleefromemanyefields.
C) Childedevelopmenteisetheeareaeofestudyedevotedetoeunderstandingeconstancyeandechangeethroughoutetheelif
espan.
D) Mosteofewhateweeknoweaboutechildedevelopmentecomesefromepsychologistseandemedicaleprofessionals.eA
NSWER: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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