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

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Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by
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Laura E. BerkChapters 1 - 15
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,TestBankFor ChildDevelopment9th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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TableofContentsy y




PartI:Theory and Research in Child Development
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Chapter 1History, Theory,andAppliedDirections
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Chapter 2ResearchStrategies y y y




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 y y y




PartIII:Cognitive and Language Development
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Chapter6CognitiveDevelopment:Piagetian,CoreKnowledge,andVygotskian
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Perspectives

Chapter7CognitiveDevelopment:AnInformation-ProcessingPerspective
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Chapter 8 Intelligence y y




Chapter 9LanguageDevelopment y y y




PartIV:Personality and SocialDevelopment
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Chapter 10EmotionalDevelopment y y y




Chapter 11SelfandSocial Understanding
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Chapter 12MoralDevelopment y y y




Chapter 13Development ofSex Differences andGender Roles
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PartV:Contextsfor Development
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Chapter 14TheFamily y y y




Chapter 15Peers,Media, andSchooling
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,CHAPTER 1 y




HISTORY,THEORY,ANDAPPLIEDDIRECTIONS y y y y y




MULTIPLE CHOICE y




1) Thefield of child development
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A) is devoted to understandinghuman constancyand change throughout the lifespan.
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B) ispart ofalarger, interdisciplinaryfield knownas developmentalscience.
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C) focusesprimarilyon children’sphysical and emotional development.
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D) focusesprimarilyoninfants’andchildren’ssocialandcognitivedevelopment.
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yANSWER: B y




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2) Thecommon goal of investigators who studychild development is to
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A) understandhowphysical growth and nutrition contributeto health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
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B) understand moreabout personalityand social development. y y y y y y




C) analyzechild-rearingpracticesandexperiencesthatpromotechildren’s well-being.
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D) describeandidentifythosefactorsthat influencetheconsistenciesand changes in youngpeople duringthe first two
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ydecades of life. y y




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 for knowledgeabout what and how to teach children of different
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yages.
B) Parents werehavingmore children andresearchers became interested intheeffectsoffamilysize on
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ychildren’s well-being. y




C) Pediatricianswerepressuredbyinsurance companies toimprovechildren’shealth,whichinspirednutritional y y y y y y y y y y y y




yresearch.
D) Highratesofchildhooddepressioninspirednewareas ofresearchintochildren’sanxietiesandbehavior
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yproblems.
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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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yquestions of scientific interest.
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B) Thefield ofchilddevelopmentisconsidered interdisciplinarybecauseit hasgrownthrough thecombined efforts
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yof people from many fields.
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C) Child development istheareaof studydevoted to understandingconstancyand change throughoutthe
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ylifespan.
D) Mostofwhat weknowaboutchilddevelopment comesfrompsychologistsandmedicalprofessionals.
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yANSWER: B y




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




A) infancy,childhood,andadolescence y y y




B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional andsocial y y y y y




D) biological,social,andintellectual y y y




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