Test Bank For Child Development { 10th Edition }By Laura E. Berk | All Chapters 1 to 15 |

Test Bank For Child Development

10th Edition by Laura E. Berk

Chapters 1 - 15

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PartjI:jTheoryjandjResearchjinjChildjDevelopment

Chapterj1jHistory,jTheory,jandjAppliedjDirections

Chapterj2jResearchjStrategies

PartjII:jFoundationsjofjDevelopment

Chapterj3jBiologicaljFoundations,jPrenataljDevelopment,jandjBirth

Chapterj4jInfancy:jEarlyjLearning,jMotorjSkills,jandjPerceptualjCapacities

Chapterj5jPhysicaljGrowth

PartjIII:jCognitivejandjLanguagejDevelopment

Chapterj6jCognitivejDevelopment:jPiagetian,jCorejKnowledge,jandjVygotskian

Perspectives

Chapterj7jCognitivejDevelopment:jAnjInformation-ProcessingjPerspective

Chapterj8jIntelligence

Chapterj9jLanguagejDevelopment

PartjIV:jPersonalityjandjSocialjDevelopment

Chapterj10jEmotionaljDevelopment

Chapterj11jSelfjandjSocialjUnderstanding

Chapterj12jMoraljDevelopment

Chapterj13jDevelopmentjofjSexjDifferencesjandjGenderjRoles

PartjV:jContextsjforjDevelopment

Chapterj14jThejFamily

Chapterj15jPeers,jMedia,jandjSchooling

,CHAPTERj1
HISTORY,jTHEORY,jANDjAPPLIEDjDIRECTIONSj


MULTIPLEjCHOICE
1) Thejfieldjofjchildjdevelopment
A) isjdevotedjtojunderstandingjhumanjconstancyjandjchangejthroughoutjthejlifespan.
B) isjpartjofjajlarger,jinterdisciplinaryjfieldjknownjasjdevelopmentaljscience.
C) focusesjprimarilyjonjchildren’sjphysicaljandjemotionaljdevelopment.
D) focusesjprimarilyjonjinfants’jandjchildren’sjsocialjandjcognitivejdevelopment.jAN
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2) Thejcommonjgoaljofjinvestigatorsjwhojstudyjchildjdevelopmentjisjto
A) understandjhowjphysicaljgrowthjandjnutritionjcontributejtojhealthjandjwell-beingjthroughoutjthejlifespan.
B) understandjmorejaboutjpersonalityjandjsocialjdevelopment.
C) analyzejchild-rearingjpracticesjandjexperiencesjthatjpromotejchildren’sjwell-being.
D) describejandjidentifyjthosejfactorsjthatjinfluencejthejconsistenciesjandjchangesjinjyoungjpeoplejduringjthejfirstjt
wojdecadesjofjlife.
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3) Whichjofjthejfollowingjfactorsjcontributedjtojthejstudyjofjchildjdevelopmentjinjthejtwentiethjcentury?
A) Thejbeginningjofjpublicjeducationjledjtojajdemandjforjknowledgejaboutjwhatjandjhowjtojteachjchildrenjofjdiffere
ntjages.
B) Parentsjwerejhavingjmorejchildrenjandjresearchersjbecamejinterestedjinjthejeffectsjofjfamilyjsizejonjchildr
en’sjwell-being.
C) Pediatriciansjwerejpressuredjbyjinsurancejcompaniesjtojimprovejchildren’sjhealth,jwhichjinspiredjnutritionaljresea
rch.
D) Highjratesjofjchildhoodjdepressionjinspiredjnewjareasjofjresearchjintojchildren’sjanxietiesjandjbehaviorjprobl
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, 4) Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjisjtruejaboutjthejfieldjofjchildjdevelopment?
A) Scientificjcuriosityjisjthejprevailingjfactorjthatjledjtojthejstudyjofjchildren,jandjcurrentjresearchersjprimarilyjanswe
rjquestionsjofjscientificjinterest.
B) Thejfieldjofjchildjdevelopmentjisjconsideredjinterdisciplinaryjbecausejitjhasjgrownjthroughjthejcombinedjeffort
sjofjpeoplejfromjmanyjfields.
C) Childjdevelopmentjisjthejareajofjstudyjdevotedjtojunderstandingjconstancyjandjchangejthroughoutjthejlifesp
an.
D) Mostjofjwhatjwejknowjaboutjchildjdevelopmentjcomesjfromjpsychologistsjandjmedicaljprofessionals.jANS
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5) Developmentjisjoftenjdividedjintojwhichjofjthejfollowingjthreejbroadjdomains?
A) infancy,jchildhood,jandjadolescence
B) social,jcultural,jandjhistorical
C) physical,jcognitive,jandjemotionaljandjsocial
D) biological,jsocial,jandjintellectualj
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