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

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,TestBankFor ChildDevelopment9th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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TableofContentsc c




PartI:Theory andResearch inChild Development
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Chapter 1History, Theory,andAppliedDirections
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Chapter 2ResearchStrategies c c c




PartII:Foundationsof Development
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Chapter 3BiologicalFoundations, PrenatalDevelopment, andBirth
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Chapter4Infancy:Early Learning,MotorSkills, andPerceptualCapacities
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Chapter 5Physical Growth c c c




PartIII:CognitiveandLanguage Development
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Chapter6CognitiveDevelopment:Piagetian,CoreKnowledge,andVygotskian
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Perspectives

Chapter7CognitiveDevelopment:AnInformation-ProcessingPerspective
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Chapter 8Intelligence c c




Chapter 9LanguageDevelopment c c c




PartIV:Personality and SocialDevelopment
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Chapter 10EmotionalDevelopment c c c




Chapter 11SelfandSocial Understanding
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Chapter 12MoralDevelopment c c c




Chapter 13Development ofSex DifferencesandGender Roles
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PartV:Contextsfor Development
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Chapter 14TheFamily c c c




Chapter 15Peers,Media, andSchooling
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,CHAPTER 1 c




HISTORY,THEORY,ANDAPPLIEDDIRECTIONS c c c c c




MULTIPLE CHOICE c




1) Thefield of child development
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A) is devoted to understandinghuman constancyand change throughout the lifespan.
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B) ispartofalarger, interdisciplinaryfield knownas developmentalscience.
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C) focusesprimarilyon children’sphysical andemotional development.
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D) focusesprimarilyoninfants’andchildren’ssocialandcognitivedevelopment.
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c ANSWER: B c




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2) Thecommon goal of investigators who studychild development is to
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A) understandhowphysical growth andnutrition contributeto health and well-being throughout the lifespan.c c c c c c c c c c c c c




B) understand moreabout personalityand social development. c c c c c c




C) analyzechild-rearingpracticesandexperiencesthatpromotechildren’swell-being.
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D) describeandidentifythosefactorsthat influencetheconsistenciesand changes in youngpeopleduringthe first two
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c decades of life. c c




ANSWER:
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3) Whichof thefollowingfactors contributed tothestudy of child developmentinthe twentieth century?
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A) Thebeginningofpublic education ledto a demand forknowledgeabout what andhow to teachchildren of different
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c ages.
B) Parents werehavingmore childrenandresearchersbecame interested intheeffectsoffamilysize on
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c children’s well-being. c




C) Pediatricianswerepressuredbyinsurancecompaniestoimprovechildren’shealth,whichinspirednutritional c c c c c c c c c c c c




c research.
D) Highratesofchildhooddepressioninspirednewareasofresearchintochildren’sanxietiesandbehavior
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c problems.
ANSWER:
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, 4) Whichof thefollowingstatements is trueaboutthefield of childdevelopment?
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A) Scientific curiosityis the prevailing factor that led to the studyof children, and current researchers primarily answer
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c questions of scientific interest.
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B) Thefield ofchilddevelopmentisconsidered interdisciplinarybecauseit hasgrownthrough thecombined efforts
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c of people from many fields.
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C) Child development istheareaof studydevoted to understandingconstancyand change throughoutthe
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c lifespan.
D) Mostofwhat weknowaboutchilddevelopment comesfrompsychologistsandmedicalprofessionals.
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c ANSWER: B c




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5) Developmentisoften divided intowhich of thefollowingthreebroad domains? c c c c c c c c c c c




A) infancy,childhood,andadolescence c c c




B) social,cultural, andhistorical c c c




C) physical,cognitive, and emotional andsocial c c c c c




D) biological,social,andintellectual c c c




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