SPAN3fVIEW3f8TH3fEDITION3fROBERT3fV.3fKAIL3fJOHN3fC.3 f CAVANAUGHISBN-10:1337554839
ISBN-13:9781337554831
TableOf3fContents
1. The3fStudyofHuman3fDevelopment.
Part 3fI: 3fPRENATALDEVELOPMENT, 3fINFANCY, AND 3fEARLYCHILDHOOD. pq
2. Biological Foundations:Heredity,Prenatal3fDevelopment,3fand Birth.
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3. Tools for3fExploring the3fWorld:Physical, 3fPerceptual,3fand3fMotor3fDevelopment.
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4. The 3fEmergenceofThoughtand 3fLanguage: 3fCognitive 3fDevelopment 3fin Infancyand3fEarlyChildhood.
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5. Entering the3fSocial 3fWorld: 3fSocioemotional 3fDevelopmentinInfancyand 3fEarlyChildhood.
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Part3fII:3fSCHOOL-AGECHILDRENANDADOLESCENTS.
6. Off to 3fSchool:Cognitiveand 3fPhysical3fDevelopment in Middle 3fChildhood.
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7. Expanding 3fSocial3fHorizons:3fSocioemotional3fDevelopment3fin Middle3fChildhood. pq
8. RitesofPassage: 3fPhysical and Cognitive3fDevelopmentin 3fAdolescence.
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9. Moving Into 3fthe3f AdultSocial3fWorld:Socioemotional 3fDevelopmentin 3fAdolescence.
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Part3fIII:3fYOUNGANDMIDDLEADULTHOOD.
10. Becoming an Adult: Physical,3fCognitive, 3fand 3fPersonalityDevelopmentinYoung 3fAdulthood.
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11. BeingWith Others: Forming3fRelationships in Young3fand3fMiddle3fAdulthood.
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12. Work,Leisure,3fand3fRetirement.
13. MakingIt in Midlife:3fThe 3fBiopsychosocial 3fChallengesofMiddle 3fAdulthood.
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Part3fIV:3fLATEADULTHOOD.
14. The3fPersonal Context of3fLater 3fLife:3fPhysical,3fCognitive,3fand Mental3fHealthIssues.
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15. SocialAspectsof 3fLater3fLife:3fPsychosocial,3fRetirement,3fRelationship, and3fSocietalIssues. pq
16. The3fFinal3fPassage:Dying and Bereavement. pq
,1. Thescientificstudyofhumandevelopmentcanbestbedescribedas
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*a.3fmultidisciplinary
b. focusedongroupsratherthanindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing3 f stability3 f over3 f change
2. Whichtermdoesnotbelonginthisgroup?
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a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
*d.hereditary
3. Dr.3fKim3ftakes3fa3fstrong3fnature3fposition3fwith3fregard3fto3fthe3forigins3fof3fintelle
ctual3fdisabilities.3fTherefore,3fshe3fwould3fmost3flikely3fhypothesize3fthat3fher3fson‘s3fi
ntellectu3fal3fdisability(formallyknownasmentalretardation)isdueto
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a.3fher3fparenting3fstyle
*b.hisgenes
c.3fhis3fexposure3fto3fa3ftoxic3fchemical3fprior3fto3fbirth
d.3fhis3fexposure3fto3fRubella3fprior3fto3fbirth
4. Thenotionthatdevelopmentisbestdescribedintermsofaseriesofabruptshiftsin3fb
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ehaviorbest fitswiththe3 f approach.
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a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
*d.3fdiscontinuity
5. Cleo,3fa3fdirector3fof3fa3fdaycare,3fuses3fterms3flike3f―pre-K,‖ 3f―K-
3,‖ 3fand3fthe3f―upper-3felementary.‖ Theseideasaremostcompatiblewitha3 f view.
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a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
*d.3fdiscontinuity
6. Dr.Fletcherisattemptingtodeterminewhetheradultcriminalswererule-
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breakers3 f 3 f throughout3ftheir3fchildhood3forwhetherthey3fsuddenly3fturnedtoa3flif
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e3fofcrime.3fHer3fresearchismostconcernedwithwhichissueofhumandevelopment?
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a. nature3f versus3 f nurture
b. universal3 f versus3 f context-specific3 f development
c. biological3fversus3fsociocultural3fforces
*d.3fcontinuity3f versus3fdiscontinuity
7. Mustafa3fis3finterested3fin3fdetermining3fwhether3fchildren3fdevelop3fvirtually3fthe3fs
a3fme3fway3fin3fAlgeriaasthey3fdoinother3fpartsof3ftheworld.3fMustafa‘sresearchdeals3 f pr
imarily3fwith3fthe issueofhumandevelopment.
a.psychologicalversusbiologicalforces
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*b.3funiversal3fversus3fcontext-specific3fdevelopment
c.natureversusnurture
d. continuity3 f versus3fdiscontinuity
8. When3fClarisse3fsays,3f―It doesn‘t3fmatter3fif3ftheyare3fFrench,3fSwedish,3for3fChinese,3fkid
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s3fare3fkids,‖ 3fshe3fisespousing3fa
position3fconcerning3fhuman3fdevelopment.
a.discontinuous
*b.universal
c.3fnurture
d.3fcontext-specific
9. Viviana3fnotices3fthat3fchildren3fseem3fto3fmature3fsocially3fmuch3ffaster3fin3fCosta
3fRic3fa3fthan3fin3fthe3fCanada.3fViviana3fis3fmost3flikely3fto3fsupport3fa3fposition3fregardi
ng3fh3fuman3fdevelopment.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
*c.3fcontext-specific