Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk Chapters 1 - 15

,TestuBankuForuChilduDevelopmentu9thuEditionubyuLaurauE.uBerk

TableuofuContents
PartuI:uTheoryuanduResearchuinuChilduDevelopment
Chapteru1uHistory,uTheory,uanduApplieduDirections
Chapteru2uResearchuStrategies
PartuII:uFoundationsuofuDevelopment
Chapteru3uBiologicaluFoundations,uPrenataluDevelopment,uanduBirth
Chapteru4uInfancy:uEarlyuLearning,uMotoruSkills,uanduPerceptualuCapacities
Chapteru5uPhysicaluGrowth
PartuIII:uCognitiveuanduLanguageuDevelopment
Chapteru6uCognitiveuDevelopment:uPiagetian,uCoreuKnowledge,uanduVygotskian
Perspectives
Chapteru7uCognitiveuDevelopment:uAnuInformation-ProcessinguPerspective
Chapteru8uIntelligence
Chapteru9uLanguageuDevelopment
PartuIV:uPersonalityuanduSocialuDevelopment
Chapteru10uEmotionaluDevelopment
Chapteru11uSelfuanduSocialuUnderstanding
Chapteru12uMoraluDevelopment
Chapteru13uDevelopmentuofuSexuDifferencesuanduGenderuRoles
PartuV:uContextsuforuDevelopment
Chapteru14uTheuFamily
Chapteru15uPeers,uMedia,uanduSchooling

,CHAPTERu1
HISTORY,uTHEORY,uANDuAPPLIEDuDIRECTIONSu
MULTIPLEuCHOICE
1) Theufielduofuchildudevelopment
A) isudevotedutouunderstandinguhumanuconstancyuanduchangeuthroughoututheulifespan.
B) isupartuofuaularger,uinterdisciplinaryufielduknownuasudevelopmentaluscience.
C) focusesuprimarilyuonuchildren’suphysicaluanduemotionaludevelopment.
D) focusesuprimarilyuonuinfants’uanduchildren’susocialuanducognitiveudevelopment.u
Answer:uB
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2) Theucommonugoaluofuinvestigatorsuwhoustudyuchildudevelopmentuisuto
A) understanduhowuphysicalugrowthuandunutritionucontributeutouhealthuanduwell-beinguthroughoututheulifespan.
B) understandumoreuaboutupersonalityuandusocialudevelopment.
C) analyzeuchild-rearingupracticesuanduexperiencesuthatupromoteuchildren’suwell-being.
D) describeuanduidentifyuthoseufactorsuthatuinfluenceutheuconsistenciesuanduchangesuinuyoungupeopleuduringutheufi
rstutwoudecadesuofulife.
Answer:uDu
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3) Whichuofutheufollowingufactorsucontributedutoutheustudyuofuchildudevelopmentuinutheutwentiethucentury?
A) Theubeginninguofupublicueducationuledutouaudemanduforuknowledgeuaboutuwhatuanduhowutouteachuchildrenuofudi
fferentuages.
B) Parentsuwereuhavingumoreuchildrenuanduresearchersubecameuinteresteduinutheueffectsuofufamilyusizeuonuc
hildren’suwell-being.
C) Pediatriciansuwereupressuredubyuinsuranceucompaniesutouimproveuchildren’suhealth,uwhichuinspiredunutritionalur
esearch.
D) Highuratesuofuchildhoodudepressionuinspiredunewuareasuofuresearchuintouchildren’suanxietiesuandubehaviorup
roblems.
Answer:uAu
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4) Whichuofutheufollowingustatementsuisutrueuaboututheufielduofuchildudevelopment?
A) Scientificucuriosityuisutheuprevailingufactoruthatuledutoutheustudyuofuchildren,uanducurrenturesearchersuprimarilyua
nsweruquestionsuofuscientificuinterest.
B) Theufielduofuchildudevelopmentuisuconsidereduinterdisciplinaryubecauseuituhasugrownuthroughutheucombinedue
ffortsuofupeopleufromumanyufields.
C) Childudevelopmentuisutheuareauofustudyudevotedutouunderstandinguconstancyuanduchangeuthroughoututheuli
fespan.
D) Mostuofuwhatuweuknowuaboutuchildudevelopmentucomesufromupsychologistsuandumedicaluprofessionals.u
Answer:uB
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5) Developmentuisuoftenudivideduintouwhichuofutheufollowinguthreeubroadudomains?
A) infancy,uchildhood,uanduadolescence
B) social,ucultural,uanduhistorical
C) physical,ucognitive,uanduemotionaluandusocial
D) biological,usocial,uanduintellectualu
Answer:uC
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, 6) Theudomainsuofudevelopment
A) combineuinuanuintegrated,uholisticufashion.
B) areunotuinfluencedubyueachuother.
C) operateuindependentlyuofuoneuanother.
D) areudistinctuanduunrelated.u
Answer:uA
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7) Whatuperioduofuhumanudevelopmentubringsutheumosturapidutimeuofuchange?
A) theuprenataluperiod
B) infancyuandutoddlerhood
C) earlyuchildhood
D) adolescenceu
Answer:uAuPag
euRef:u5
8) Duringuwhichuperioduofudevelopmentudouchildrenuformutheirufirstuintimateutiesutouothers?
A) theuprenataluperiod
B) infancyuandutoddlerhood
C) earlyuchildhood
D) middleuchildhoodu
Answer:uB
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9) Charlotteuisulonguandulean.uSheuengagesuinumake-
believeuplayuanduhasuaublossomingusenseuofumorality.uCharlotteuisuprobablyuinuwhichuperioduofuhumanude
velopment?
A) theuprenataluperiod
B) infancyuandutoddlerhood
C) earlyuchildhood
D) middleuchildhoodu
Answer:uC
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10) Peteuparticipatesuinusocceruanduisubeginningutoumasterufundamentalureadinguandumathuskills.uPeteuisu
probablyuinuwhichuperioduofuhumanudevelopment?
A) adolescence
B) middleuchildhood
C) earlyuchildhood
D) infancyuandutoddlerhoodu
Answer:uB
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11) Duringuadolescence,
A) thoughtuandulanguageuexpanduatuanuastoundingurate.
B) youngupeopleubeginutoumasteruacademicuknowledgeuanduskills.
C) youngupeopleufullyuassumeuadulturoles.
D) thoughtubecomesuabstractuanduidealistic.u
Answer:uD
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