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

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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 bh bh bh




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 bh bh bh




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 bh bh




Chapter 9 Language Developmentbh bh bh




Part IV: Personality and Social Development
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Chapter 10 Emotional Development
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Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding
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Chapter 12 Moral Development bh bh bh




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 bh bh bh




Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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,CHAPTER 1 bh




HISTORY, THEORY,ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS bh bh bh bh




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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 primarilyon 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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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 during
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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 children of
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size
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C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspiredbh bh bh bh bh bh bh bh bh bh bh




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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and
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A) Scientific b h curiosity b h is b h the b h prevailing b h factor b h that b h led b h to b h the b h study b h of
b h children, b h and b h current researchers bh b h primarily b h answer b h questions b h of b h scientific
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B) The b h field b h of b h child b h development b h is b h considered b h interdisciplinary b h because b h it b h has
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C) Child b h development b h is b h the b h area b h of b h study b h devoted b h to b h understanding
b h constancy b h and change bh b h throughout b h the b h lifespan.
D) Most b h of b h what b h we b h know b h about b h child b h development b h comes b h from b h psychologists
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5) Development b h is b h often b h b h divided b h b h into b h which b h of b h b h the b h following b h three b h broad b h b h domains?
A) infancy, b h childhood, b h and b h adolescence
B) social, b h cultural, b h b h and b h historical
C) physical, b h cognitive, b h b h and b h b h emotional b h b h and b h social
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