TEST BANK For Child Development, 10th Edition by Laura E. Berk, Verified Chapters 1 - 15, Complete Newest Version

Test Bank For Child Development
10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
Chapters 1 - 15

,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
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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
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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 XE XE




Chapter 9 Language Development
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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
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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 XE XE XE




Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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HISTORY, THEORY, ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS XE XE XE XE XE




MULTIPLE CHOICE XE




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. A
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NSWER: B XE




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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. XE XE XE XE XE XE




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 the
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first two decades of life.
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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 d
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ifferent ages. XE




B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size on
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children’s well-being. XE




C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritional r
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esearch.
D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior p
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roblems.
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, 4) Which of the following statements is true about the field of child development?
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A) Scientific curiosity is the prevailing factor that led to the study of children, and current researchers primarily a
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nswer questions of scientific interest.
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combined e
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fforts of people from many fields.
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C) Child development is the area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the
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lifespan.
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D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical professionals.
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ANSWER: B XE




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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains?
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A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence XE XE XE




B) social, cultural, and historicalXE XE XE




C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social XE XE XE XE XE




D) biological, social, and intellectual XE XE XE XE




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