TEST BANK For Human Development: A Life-Span View, 9th Edition By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh, (All Chapters 1-16) complete solution | ultimate guide graded A+.

,1. The scientific study of human development can best be described as
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*a. multidisciplinary
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b. focused on groups rather than individuals
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c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability over change
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,2. Which term does not belong in this group?
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a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
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3. Dr. Kim takes a strong nature position with regard to the origins of intellectual
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bf disabilities. Therefore, she would most likely hypothesize that her son‘s intellectu
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bf al disability (formally known as mental retardation) is due to
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a. her parenting style
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c. his exposure to a toxic chemical prior to birth
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d. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
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4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt
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shifts in behavior best fits with the approach.
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a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
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5. Cleo, a director of a daycare, uses terms like ―pre-K,‖ ―K-3,‖ and the ―upper-
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elementary.‖ These ideas are most compatible with a view.
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a. context-specificity
b. hereditary

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6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-
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breakers throughout their childhood or whether they suddenly turned to a life of
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crime. Her research is most concerned with which issue of human development?
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b. universal versus context-specific development bf bf bf




c. biological versus sociocultural forces bf bf bf




*d. continuity versus discontinuity
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7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develop virtually the sa
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bf me way in Algeria as they do in other parts of the world. Mustafa‘s research deals
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bf primarily with the issue of human development.
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a. psychological versus biological forces
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*b. universal versus context-specific development
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c. nature versus nurture
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d. continuity versus discontinuity
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8. When Clarisse says, ―It doesn‘t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese,
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bf kids are kids,‖ she is espousing a
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d. context-specific
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9. Viviana notices that children seem to mature socially much faster in Costa
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Ric a than in the Canada. Viviana is most likely to support a position regarding
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human development.
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