Human Development: A Life-Span View (8th Edition) – Complete Test Bank by Kail & Cavanaugh

1. Thescientificstudyofhumandevelopment canbest bedescribedas
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*a. multidisciplinary
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b. focusedongroups ratherthanindividuals
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c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability over change
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,2. Whichterm does notbelonginthisgroup?
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a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
*d.hereditary
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3. Dr. Kim takes a strong nature position with regard to the origins of intellectual
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x disabilities. Therefore, she would most likely hypothesize that her son‘sintellectu
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x aldisability (formally knownasmentalretardation) isdue to
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a.herparentingstyle
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*b.hisgenes
c.hisexposuretoatoxicchemicalpriortobirth
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d.hisexposuretoRubellapriortobirth x x x x x




4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of
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x abrupt shiftsin behavior best fits with the
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a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
*d.discontinuityx




5. Cleo, a director of a daycare, uses terms like ―pre-K,‖ ―K-3,‖ and the ―upper-
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x elementary.‖ Theseideasaremost compatiblewitha view.
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a. context-specificity
b. hereditary

, c. continuity
*d.discontinuity
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6. Dr.Fletcherisattempting todeterminewhetheradult criminalswererule-
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breakers throughouttheirchildhood or whether theysuddenly turned to alifeof
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crime. Herresearchismostconcernedwithwhichissueofhumandevelopment?
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a. nature versus nurture x x




b. universal versus context-specific development x x x




c. biological versus sociocultural forces x x x




*d.continuity versusdiscontinuity
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7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develop virtually the sa
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x me way in Algeria as they do in other parts of the world. Mustafa‘s research deals
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x primarily with the issue ofhuman development.
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a.psychologicalversusbiologicalforces b
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*b.universalx versus context-specific development x x x




c.natureversusnurture
d. continuity versusdiscontinuity x x




8. WhenClarisse says, ―Itdoesn‘tmatteriftheyareFrench,Swedish,orChinese,
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x kids are kids,‖ she is espousing a
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a.discontinuous
*b.universal
c. nurture
d. context-specific


9. Viviana notices that children seem to mature socially much faster in
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x Costa Ric a than in the Canada. Viviana is most likely to support a position
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x regarding human development. x x




a. nature
b. discontinuous
*c. context-specific
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, d.continuous



10. Lotte is listening to a lecture in which her professor states, ―Genetic and cult
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x ural factors are important, but they alone cannot explain the development
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x of humanbeings.‖ Lotte‘s professorseemstobesupportingthe
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*a. biopsychosocial framework
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b. position that development is continuous x x x x




c. notion of universality x x




d. conceptofdiscontinuity x x




11. BecauseDr.Bryantisinterestedinresearchinghowpeopleofdifferentages are
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x affected by events, it would be most accurate to say that Dr. Bryant is most
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x interested in studying forces. x x x




a. psychological
b. biological
*c.life-cycle
d. sociocultural
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12. WhenaskedwhyhersisterYvonneendedupinjail,Pennysays,―Shewasal x




x ways a mean, aggressive person. She really liked hurting people.‖ Penny is
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x relyingon forces toexplainYvonne‘sdevelopment.
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a. sociocultural
b. normative age-graded x




c. normative history-graded
*d.psychological



13. Benoit is interested in studying the effects of various biological forces on
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x humandevelopment.Whichtopicisprobablyof leastinteresttohim? x b
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*a.cognition
b. brain maturation x




c. menopause
d. exercise