TEST BANK FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW 8TH EDITION ROBERT V. KAIL JOHN C. CAVANAUGH

TEST BANK For Human Development: A Life-Span View
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m/y 9th Edition By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh Chapters 1
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1. The Study of Human Development.
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Part I: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.
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2. Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth. m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y




3. Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development.
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4. The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.
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5. Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.
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Part II: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
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6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood.
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7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood. m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y




8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.
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9. Moving Into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence.
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Part III: YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.
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10. Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood. m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y m/y




11. Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood.
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12. Work, Leisure, and Retirement. m/y m/y m/y




13. Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood.
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Part IV: LATE ADULTHOOD.
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14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues.
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15. Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues.
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16. The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement.
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Thescientificstudyofhumandevelopmentcanbestbedescribedas
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ANSWER:a. multidisciplinary m/y




b. focusedongroupsratherthanindividuals y
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c. non-theoretical
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2. Whichtermdoesnotbelonginthisgroup?
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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
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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. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
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4. Thenotion thatdevelopment isbest described in terms of aseries of abrupt shifts in
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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-ele
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mentary.” These ideas are most compatible with a view.
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a. context-specificity
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, c. continuity
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6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-breakers
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throughout their childhood or whether they suddenly turned to a life of crime. Her
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research is most concerned with which issue of human development?
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a. nature versus nurture m / y m / y




b. universal versus context-specific development m / y m / y m / y




c. biological versus sociocultural forces m / y m / y m / y




ANSWER:d. continuity versus discontinuity m / y m / y m / y




7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develop virtually the sa
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m/ y me way in Algeria as they do in other parts of the world. Mustafa’s research deals
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m/ y primarily with the issue of human development.
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a.psychologicalversusbiologicalforces
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c.natureversusnurture
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d. continuity versus discontinuity
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8. When Clarisse says, “It doesn’t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese, kids
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a. discontinuous
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d. context-specific
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9. Viviana notices that children seem to mature socially much faster in Costa
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m / Ric a than in the Canada. Viviana is most likely to support a position regarding h uman
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