Test bank for human development a life span view 8th edition robert v kail john c cavanaug

TEST BANK For Human Development: A Life-Span View 9th
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Edition By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh Chapters 1 - 16
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Complete
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,TableOf Contents b b




1. The Studyof Human Development.
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Part I: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.
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2. BiologicalFoundations:Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth.
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3. Toolsfor Exploring the World:Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development.
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4. The Emergence ofThought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.
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5. Enteringthe Social World: Socioemotional Development inInfancy and EarlyChildhood.
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Part II: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
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6. Offto School:Cognitive and Physical Developmentin Middle Childhood.
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7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development inMiddle Childhood.
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8. Rites ofPassage: Physical and Cognitive Developmentin Adolescence.
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9. MovingInto the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Developmentin Adolescence.
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Part III: YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.
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10. Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood.
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11. Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood.
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12. Work,Leisure, and Retirement. b b b




13. Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges ofMiddle Adulthood.
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Part IV: LATE ADULTHOOD.
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14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental HealthIssues.
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15. SocialAspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and SocietalIssues.
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16. The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement.
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, 1. The Study of Human Development. b b b b




Thescientificstudyofhumandevelopmentcanbestbedescribedas
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ANSWER:a. multidisciplinary b




b. focusedongroupsratherthanindividuals b b b b b




c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing stability over change b b b




2. Whichtermdoesnotbelonginthisgroup?
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a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d. hereditary b




3. Dr. Kim takes a strong nature position with regard to the origins of intellectual
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disabilities. Therefore, she would most likely hypothesize that her son’s intellectu al
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disability(formallyknownasmentalretardation)isdueto
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a. her parenting style
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ANSWER:b.hisgenes b b




c. his exposure to a toxic chemical prior to birth
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d. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
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4. Thenotionthatdevelopment isbestdescribedin termsof aseriesof abrupts hifts in
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behaviorbestfitswiththe approach.
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a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d. discontinuity b




5.Cleo, a director of a daycare, uses terms like “pre-K,” “K-3,” and the “upper-ele
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mentary.”Theseideasaremostcompatiblewitha view.
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a. context-specificity
b. hereditary

, c. continuity
ANSWER:d. discontinuity b




6. Dr. Fletcherisattempting todeterminewhetheradultcriminals wererule-breakers
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throughout their childhood or whether they suddenly turned to a life of crime. Her
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researchismostconcernedwithwhichissueofhumandevelopment?
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a. nature versus nurture b b




b. universal versus context-specific development b b b




c. biological versus sociocultural forces b b b




ANSWER:d. continuity versus discontinuity b b b




7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develop virtually the sa me
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b way in Algeria as they do in other parts of the world. Mustafa’s research deals primarily
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b with the b issue of human development. b b b




a.psychologicalversusbiologicalforces
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ANSWER:b. universal versus context-specific development b b b b




c.natureversusnurture
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d. continuity versus discontinuity
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8. When Clarisse says, “It doesn’t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese, kids
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b are kids,” she is espousing a
b position concerning human development.
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a. discontinuous
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ANSWER:b.universal b




c. nurture
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d. context-specific
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9. Viviana notices that children seem to mature socially much faster in Costa Ric a
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than in the Canada. Viviana is most likely to support a position regarding h uman
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development.
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a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c. context-specific b