Human Development: A Life-Span View
Robert V. Kail, and John C. Cavanaugh
9th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 The Study of Human Development 1
Chapter 02 Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth 43
Chapter 03 Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development 84
Chapter 04 The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy
and Early Childhood 125
Chapter 05 Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early
Childhood 166
Chapter 06 Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood 206
Chapter 07 Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle
Childhood 247
Chapter 08 Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence 286
Chapter 09 Moving into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in
Adolescence 325
Chapter 10 Emerging and Established Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality
Development 365
Chapter 11 Being Connected: Relationships in Emerging, Established, and Middle
Adulthood 405
Chapter 12 Working and Relaxing 444
Chapter 13 Making it in Midlife: the Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood 483
Chapter 14 The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health
Issues 520
Chapter 15 Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and
Societal Issues 559
Chapter 16 Dying and Bereavement 599
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Test Bank - Human Development: A Life-Span View, 9th Edition (Kail, 2023)
Chapter 01 The Study of Human Development
True / False
1. The universal and context-specific developmental issue concerns whether there is just one path of development or
several.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 1.1 Thinking About Development
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.1 - Identify issues and biopsychosocial forces in the study of
lifespan development.
LPSY LO1.2.1 - Identify the three domains in the study of lifespan development.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
2. The continuity perspective suggests that development is best characterized as following a smooth progression.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 1.1 Thinking About Development
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.1 - Identify issues and biopsychosocial forces in the study of
lifespan development.
LPSY LO1.2.1 - Identify the three domains in the study of lifespan development.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
3. The influence of your racial identity on your behavior would be considered a sociocultural force.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 1.1 Thinking About Development
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.1 - Identify issues and biopsychosocial forces in the study of
lifespan development.
LPSY LO1.2.1 - Identify the three domains in the study of lifespan development.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
4. Neuroscience is the study of the brain and the nervous system in terms of brain-environmental relationships.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 1.1 Thinking About Development
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.1 - Identify issues and biopsychosocial forces in the study of
lifespan development.
LPSY LO1.2.1 - Identify the three domains in the study of lifespan development.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
5. The sequence of stages in Erikson’s theory is based on the epigenetic principle.
a. True
b. False
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Test Bank - Human Development: A Life-Span View, 9th Edition (Kail, 2023)
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 1.2 Developmental Theories
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.2 - Describe the theories used to the study of lifespan
psychology.
LPSY LO1.4.3 - Describe the psychodynamic perspective in the study of lifespan
psychology.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
6. Compared to punishment, reinforcement tends to result in quicker and longer-lasting learning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 1.2 Developmental Theories
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.2 - Describe the theories used to the study of lifespan
psychology.
LPSY LO1.4.3 - Describe the psychodynamic perspective in the study of lifespan
psychology.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. Piaget believed that children begin to construct knowledge in new ways at a few critical points in development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 1.2 Developmental Theories
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.2 - Describe the theories used to the study of lifespan
psychology.
LPSY LO1.4.3 - Describe the psychodynamic perspective in the study of lifespan
psychology.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
8. Information-processing theory rejects the notion of conceptualizing humans as having mental hardware and software.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: 1.2 Developmental Theories
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.2 - Describe the theories used to the study of lifespan
psychology.
LPSY LO1.4.3 - Describe the psychodynamic perspective in the study of lifespan
psychology.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
9. Vygotsky’s key insight was to view development as an apprenticeship in which children develop as they work with
skilled adults.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: 1.2 Developmental Theories
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KAIL.HDEV.09.1.2 - Describe the theories used to the study of lifespan
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