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TABLE OF CONTENT h1 h1
History, Theory, and Research Strategies
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Genetic Reproductive Choices and Environmental Foundations Pren
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atal Development, Birth, and the Newborn Baby
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Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Cogni
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tive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
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Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhoo
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d Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood E
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motional and Social Development in Early Childhood Physic
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al and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Emotion
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al and Social Development in Middle Childhood Physical and
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h1 Cognitive Development in Adolescence Emotional and Soci
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al Development in Adolescence
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Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
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Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood P
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hysical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
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Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood
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Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
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Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood D
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eath, Dying, and Bereavement
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HISTORY, THEORY, AND RESEARCH STRATEGIES h1 h1 h1 h1
MULTIPLE CHOICE h1
Dr. Langley‘s work is devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the lifespan.
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Dr. Langley‘s field of study is
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genetics
clinical psychology ad h1 h1
olescent development d h1 h1
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Answer: D h1
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Skill Level: Apply h1 h1
Objective: 1.1 What is developmental science, and what factors stimulated expansion of the field
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? Topic: A Scientific, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Field
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Difficulty Level: Moderate h1 h1
Although great diversity characterizes the interests and concerns of investigators who stu
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dy development, they share a single goal: to identify
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genetic factors that contribute to longevity
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environmental factors that contribute to disease and illness h1 h1 h1 h1 h1 h1 h1
those factors that lead to abnormal development in children and adolescents
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those factors that influence consistencies and transformations in people from conception to death
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Answer: D h1
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Skill Level: Understand
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Objective: 1.1 What is developmental science, and what factors stimulated expansion of the field
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? Topic: A Scientific, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Field
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Difficulty Level: Moderate h1 h1
Developmental science is h1 h1
because it has grown through the combined efforts of peopl
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e from many fields of study.
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interdisciplinary
empirical appli
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ed theoretical
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Skill Level: Remember
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Objective: 1.1 What is developmental science, and what factors stimulated expansion of the field
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? Topic: A Scientific, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Field
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Difficulty Level: Easy h1 h1
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, Test Bank for Berk, Exploring Lifespan Development,
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A theory of development
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es the ultimate truth about human behavior descri
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bes, explains, and predicts behavior explains all
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aspects of human growth
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does not require scientific verification
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Answer: B h1
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Skill Level: Understand
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Objective: 1.2 Identify three basic issues on which theories of human development take a stand.
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Topic: Basic Issues h1 h1
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view of development, the difference between the immature and matur h1 h1 h1 h1 h1 h1 h1 h1 h1
e being is simply one of amount or complexity.
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Skill Level: Remember
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Objective: 1.2 Identify three basic issues on which theories of human development take a stand.
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Topic: Basic Issues h1 h1
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The discontinuous view of development holds that
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infants and preschoolers respond to the world in much the same way adults do
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growth is the process of gradually augmenting the skills that were present from the beginning in
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fants and children have unique ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
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development is a smooth process limited only by a lack of information and precision
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Answer: C h1
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Skill Level: Understand
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Objective: 1.2 Identify three basic issues on which theories of human development take a stand.
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Topic: Basic Issues h1 h1
Difficulty Level: Difficult h1 h1
Dr. Kostel believes that development takes place in stages. This belief is consistent with the
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perspective.
nurture
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