10th Edition by Iaura E. Berk
Chapters 1 - 15
,TabIe of Contents
Part I: Theory and Research in ChiId DeveIopment
Chapter 1 History, Theory, and AppIied Directions
Chapter 2 Research Strategies
Part II: Foundations of DeveIopment
Chapter 3 BioIogicaI Foundations, PrenataI DeveIopment, and Birth
Chapter 4 Infancy: EarIy Iearning, Motor SkiIIs, and PerceptuaI Capacities
Chapter 5 PhysicaI Growth
Part III: Cognitive and Ianguage DeveIopment
Chapter 6 Cognitive DeveIopment: Piagetian, Core KnowIedge, and Vygotskian
Perspectives
Chapter 7 Cognitive DeveIopment: An Information-Processing Perspective
Chapter 8 InteIIigence
Chapter 9 Ianguage DeveIopment
Part IV: PersonaIity and SociaI DeveIopment
Chapter 10 EmotionaI DeveIopment
Chapter 11 SeIf and SociaI Understanding
Chapter 12 MoraI DeveIopment
Chapter 13 DeveIopment of Sex Differences and Gender RoIes
Part V: Contexts for DeveIopment
Chapter 14 The FamiIy
Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and SchooIing
,CHAPTER 1
HISTORY, THEORY, AND APPIIED DIRECTIONS
MUITIPIE CHOICE
1) The fieId of chiId deveIopment
A) is devoted to understanding human constancy and change throughout the Iifespan.
B) is part of a Iarger, interdiscipIinary fieId known as deveIopmentaI science.
C) focuses primariIy on chiIdren’s physicaI and emotionaI deveIopment.
D) focuses primariIy on infants’ and chiIdren’s sociaI and cognitive deveIopment.
ANSWER: B
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2) The common goaI of investigators who study chiId deveIopment is to
A) understand how physicaI growth and nutrition contribute to heaIth and weII-being throughout the Iifespan.
B) understand more about personaIity and sociaI deveIopment.
C) anaIyze chiId-rearing practices and experiences that promote chiIdren’s weII-being.
D) describe and identify those factors that infIuence the consistencies and changes in young peopIe during the
first two decades of Iife.
ANSWER:
D
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3) Which of the foIIowing factors contributed to the study of chiId deveIopment in the twentieth century?
A) The beginning of pubIic education Ied to a demand for knowIedge about what and how to teach chiIdren of
different ages.
B) Parents were having more chiIdren and researchers became interested in the effects of famiIy size on
chiIdren’s weII-being.
C) Pediatricians were pressured by insurance companies to improve chiIdren’s heaIth, which inspired nutritionaI
research.
D) High rates of chiIdhood depression inspired new areas of research into chiIdren’s anxieties and behavior
probIems.
ANSWER:
A
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, 4) Which of the foIIowing statements is true about the fieId of chiId deveIopment?
A) Scientific curiosity is the prevaiIing factor that Ied to the study of chiIdren, and current researchers primariIy
answer questions of scientific interest.
B) The fieId of chiId deveIopment is considered interdiscipIinary because it has grown through the combined
efforts of peopIe from many fieIds.
C) ChiId deveIopment is the area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the
Iifespan.
D) Most of what we know about chiId deveIopment comes from psychoIogists and medicaI professionaIs.
ANSWER: B
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5) DeveIopment is often divided into which of the foIIowing three broad domains?
A) infancy, chiIdhood, and adoIescence
B) sociaI, cuIturaI, and historicaI
C) physicaI, cognitive, and emotionaI and sociaI
D) bioIogicaI, sociaI, and inteIIectuaI
ANSWER: C
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