Test Bank for Lifespan Development, 9th Edition by Denise Boyd - 2025 Published (All Chapters included)

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Thed5fieldd5of isd5thed5scientificd5studyd5ofd5age-relatedd5changesd5ind5behavior,d5thinking,d5emotion,d5andd5personality.
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D) sociald5psycholog
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Level:d5Easy
Topic:d5And5Introductiond5tod5Humand5Develop
mentd5Skill:d5Understandd5thed5Concepts
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TB_01_02_Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5 Roots
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arguesd5thatd5humand5developmentd5occursd5asd5ad5resultd5ofd5howd5welld5ord5howd5poorlyd
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A) originald5sin
B) empiricism
C) behaviorism
D) innated5goodnes
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Level:d5Easy
Topic:d5Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5R
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TB_01_03_Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5 Roots
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C) Jean-Jacquesd5Rousseau
D) Johnd5Lock
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TB_01_04_Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5 Roots
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, TB_01_05_Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5 Roots
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TB_01_06_Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5 Roots
Charlesd5Darwind5andd5otherd5earlyd5evolutionaryd5thinkersd5compiledd5
,d5whichd5wered5detailedd5observationsd5ofd5thed5be
haviorsd5ofd5and5individuald5infant,d5ind5thed5hoped5thatd5theyd5mightd5betterd5understandd5thed5overalld5evolutiond5ofd5thed5h
umand5species.
A) domainsd5ofd5development
B) babyd5biographies
C) Geselld5scales
D) norm-
referencedd5testsd5Answe
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Level:d 5 Difficult
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TB_01_07_Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5 Roots
Whichd5assertiond5regardingd5lifespand5developmentd5cand5bed5attributedd5tod5bothd5G.d5Stanleyd5Halld5andd5Charlesd5Darwin?
A) Humand5evolutiond5representsd5ad5uniqued5occurrenced5ind5naturald5history.
B) Biologyd5dictatesd5howd5humand5personalityd5develops.
C) Environmentd5determinesd5thed5coursed5ofd5healthyd5individuald5development.
D) Thed5milestonesd5ofd5childhoodd5ared5similard5tod5thosed5ind5thed5developmentd5ofd5thed5h
umand5species.d5Answer:d5D
Level:d5Difficult
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ootsd5Skill:d5Evaluated5It
LOd51.1.1:d5Recalld5thed5ideasd5aboutd5humand5developmentd5proposedd5byd5earlyd5philosophersd5andd5scientists


TB_01_08_Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5 Roots
Whichd5termd5didd5Arnoldd5Geselld5used5tod5described5geneticallyd5programmedd5sequentiald5patternsd5ofd5change,d5suchd5asd5p
ubertyd5ord5menopause?
A) Maturation
B) Growth
C) Sociald5clock
D) Aged5normsd
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Topic:d5Philosophicald5andd5Scientificd5R
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LOd51.1.1:d5Recalld5thed5ideasd5aboutd5humand5developmentd5proposedd5byd5earlyd5philosophersd5andd5scientists


TB_01_09_Thed5Lifespand5Perspective
Whichd 5 summaryd5bestd5describesd5thed5currentd5perspectived5ond5humand5development?
A) Humand5developmentd5beginsd5atd5conceptiond5andd5continuesd5throughoutd5thed5lifespan.
B) Humand5developmentd5beginsd5atd5birthd5andd5becomesd5relativelyd5stabled5byd5adolescence.