Test Bank for Human Development A Life-Span View 9th Edition ( Robert V. Kail,2025) Latest Edition || All Chapters

1. Thescientificstudyofhumandevelopmentcanbestbedescribedas
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*a. multidisciplinary
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b. focusedongroups ratherthanindividuals
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c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability over change
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,2. Whichtermdoesnotbelonginthisgroup?h
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a. experiential
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3. Dr. Kim takes a strong nature position with regard to the origins of intellectual
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disabilities. Therefore, she would most likely hypothesize that her son‘s intellectu al di
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sability (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.hisexposure to Rubella prior to birth
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4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt sh
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ifts in behavior best fits with the
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a. nature
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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.‖ Theseideasaremostcompatiblewitha view.
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a. context-specificity
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6. Dr. Fletcherisattemptingtodeterminewhetheradultcriminals wererule-
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breake rs throughout their childhood or whether they suddenly turned to a life of cri
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me. Herresearchismostconcernedwithwhichissueofhumandevelopment?
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b. universal versus context-specific development bh b h b h




c. biological versus sociocultural forces bh b h bh




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

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10. Lotte is listening to a lecture in which her professor states, ―Genetic and cult ural f
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actors are important, but they alone cannot explain the development of human b
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eings.‖ Lotte‘sprofessor seems to be supporting the
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*a. biopsychosocial framework
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b. position that development is continuous b h b h bh b h




c. notion of universality bh bh




d. concept of discontinuity bh bh




11. BecauseDr.Bryantisinterestedinresearchinghowpeopleofdifferentages are a
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ffected by events, it would be most accurate to say that Dr. Bryant is most interest
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ed in studying
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12. WhenaskedwhyhersisterYvonneendedupinjail,Pennysays, ―Shewasal wa
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ys a mean, aggressive person. She really liked hurting people.‖ Penny is relying
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on forcesto explainYvonne‘sdevelopment.
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13. Benoit is interested in studying the effects of various biological forces on h
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u m an development.Whichtopicisprobablyof leastinteresttohim?
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c. menopause
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