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

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

, Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Table of Contents u u




Part I: Theory and Research in Child Development
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Chapter 1 History, Theory, and Applied Directions
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Chapter 2 Research Strategies u u u




Part II: Foundations of Development
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Chapter 3 Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth
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Chapter 4 Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual Capacities
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Chapter 5 Physical Growth u u u




Part III: Cognitive and Language Development
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, and Vygotskian
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Perspectives
Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: An Information-Processing Perspective
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Chapter 8 Intelligence u u




Chapter 9 Language Development u u u




Part IV: Personality and Social Development
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Chapter 10 Emotional Development u u u




Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding
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Chapter 12 Moral Development u u u




Chapter 13 Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles
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Part V: Contexts for Development
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Chapter 14 The Family u u u




Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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CHAPTER 1 u




HISTORY, THEORY, ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1) The field of child development
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A) is devoted to understanding human constancy and change throughout the lifespan.
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,B) is part of a larger, interdisciplinary field known as developmental science.
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C) focuses primarily on children’s physical and emotional development.
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D) focuses primarily on infants’ and children’s social and cognitive development.
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2) The common goal of investigators who study child development is to
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A) understand how physical growth and nutrition contribute to health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
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B) understand more about personality and social development. u u u u u u




C) analyze child-rearing practices and experiences that promote children’s well-being.
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D) describe and identify those factors that influence the consistencies and changes in young people during the first
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3) Which of the following factors contributed to the study of child development in the twentieth century?
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A) The beginning of public education led to a demand for knowledge about what and how to teach children of
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of family size on
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C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve children’s health, which inspired nutritional
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D) High rates of childhood depression inspired new areas of research into children’s anxieties and behavior
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4) Which of the following statements is true about the field of child development?
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A) Scientific curiosity is the prevailing factor that led to the study of children, and current researchers primarily
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B) The field of child development is considered interdisciplinary because it has grown through the combined
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C) Child development is the area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the
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D) Most of what we know about child development comes from psychologists and medical professionals.
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5) Development is often divided into which of the following three broad domains? u u u u u u u u u u u




A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence u u u




B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social u u u u u




D) biological, social, and intellectual u u u




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6) The domains of development
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A) combine in an integrated, holistic fashion. u u u u u




B) are not influenced by each other.
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C) operate independently of one another. u u u u




D) are distinct and unrelated.
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7) What period of human development brings the most rapid time of change?
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A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood u u




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D) adolescence
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8) During which period of development do children form their first intimate ties to others?
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A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood u u




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D) middle childhood u




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9) Charlotte is long and lean. She engages in make-believe play and has a blossoming sense of morality.
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u Charlotte is probably in which period of human development?
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A) the prenatal period
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B) infancy and toddlerhood u u




C) early childhood u




D) middle childhood u




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