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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 uu uu uu
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 uu uu uu
Part III: Cognitive and Language Development
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, and Vygotskian
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Perspectives
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: An Information-Processing Perspective
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Chapter 8 Intelligence uu uu
Chapter 9 Language Development uu uu uu
Part IV: Personality and Social Development
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Chapter 10 Emotional Development uu uu uu
Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding
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Chapter 12 Moral Development uu uu uu
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 uu uu uu
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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,CHAPTER 1 uu
HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPLIED DIRECTIONS
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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 primarily on infants’ and children’s social and cognitive development.
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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.
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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
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during the first two decades of life.
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ANSWER:
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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
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children of different ages.
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family
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size on children’s well-being.
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C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties
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and behavior problems.
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ANSWER:
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, 4) Which of the u u u u u u u u following u u statements u u u u is u u u u true u u about u u the u u field u u u u of u u u u child
development?
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A) Scientific u u curiosity u u is u u the u u prevailing u u factor u u that u u led u u to u u the u u study u u of
u u children, u u and u u current researchers uu u u primarily u u answer u u questions u u of u u scientific
u u interest.
B) The u u field u u of u u child u u development u u is u u considered u u interdisciplinary u u because u u it
u u has u u grown u u through the uu u u combined u u efforts u u of u u people u u from u u many u u fields.
C) Child u u development u u is u u the u u area u u of u u study u u devoted u u to u u understanding
u u constancy u u and change uu u u throughout u u the u u lifespan.
D) Most u u of u u what u u we u u know u u about u u child u u development u u comes u u from
u u psychologists u u and u u medical professionals. u u u u ANSWER: u u B
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5) Development u u is u u often u u u u divided u u u u into u u which u u of u u u u the u u following u u three u u broad u u
domains?
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A) infancy, u u childhood, u u and u u adolescence
B) social, u u cultural, u u u u and u u historical
C) physical, u u cognitive, u u u u and u u u u emotional u u u u and u u social
D) biological, social, and uu uu
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