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Table fdof fdContents
Part fdI: fdTheory fdand fdResearch fdin fdChild fdDevelopment
Chapter fd1 fdHistory, fdTheory, fdand fdApplied fdDirections
Chapter fd2 fdResearch fdStrategies
Part fdII: fdFoundations fdof fdDevelopment
Chapter fd3 fdBiological fdFoundations, fdPrenatal fdDevelopment, fdand fdBirth
Chapter fd4 fdInfancy: fdEarly fdLearning, fdMotor fdSkills, fdand fdPerceptual fdCapacities
Chapter fd5 fdPhysical fdGrowth
Part fdIII: fdCognitive fdand fdLanguage fdDevelopment
Chapter fd6 fdCognitive fdDevelopment: fdPiagetian, fdCore fdKnowledge, fdand fdVygotskian
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Chapter fd7 fdCognitive fdDevelopment: fdAn fdInformation-Processing fdPerspective
Chapter fd8 fdIntelligence
Chapter fd9 fdLanguage fdDevelopment
Part fdIV: fdPersonality fdand fdSocial fdDevelopment
Chapter fd10 fdEmotional fdDevelopment
Chapter fd11 fdSelf fdand fdSocial fdUnderstanding
Chapter fd12 fdMoral fdDevelopment
Chapter fd13 fdDevelopment fdof fdSex fdDifferences fdand fdGender fdRoles
Part fdV: fdContexts fdfor fdDevelopment
Chapter fd14 fdThe fdFamily
Chapter fd15 fdPeers, fdMedia, fdand fdSchooling
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HISTORY, fdTHEORY, fdAND fdAPPLIED fdDIRECTIONS
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B) is fdpart fdof fda fdlarger, fdinterdisciplinary fdfield fdknown fdas fddevelopmental fdscience.
C) focuses fdprimarily fdon fdchildren’s fdphysical fdand fdemotional fddevelopment.
D) focuses fdprimarily fdon fdinfants’ fdand fdchildren’s fdsocial fdand fdcognitive
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fd lifespan.
B) understand fdmore fdabout fdpersonality fdand fdsocial fddevelopment.
C) analyze fdchild-rearing fdpractices fdand fdexperiences fdthat fdpromote fdchildren’s fdwell-being.
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4) Which fdof fdthe fdfollowing fdstatements fdis fdtrue fdabout fdthe fdfield fdof fdchild fddevelopment?
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fd primarily fdanswer fdquestions fdof fdscientific fdinterest.
B) The fdfield fdof fdchild fddevelopment fdis fdconsidered fdinterdisciplinary fdbecause fdit fdhas fdgrown fdthrough fdthe
fd combined fdefforts fdof fdpeople fdfrom fdmany fdfields.
C) Child fddevelopment fdis fdthe fdarea fdof fdstudy fddevoted fdto fdunderstanding fdconstancy fdand fdchange
fd throughout fdthe fdlifespan.
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5) Development fdis fdoften fddivided fdinto fdwhich fdof fdthe fdfollowing fdthree fdbroad fddomains?
A) infancy, fdchildhood, fdand fdadolescence
B) social, fdcultural, fdand fdhistorical
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