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, Test Bank for Exploring Lifespan Development 4th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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TABLE OF CONTENT X@ X@




History, Theory, and Research Strategies
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Genetic Reproductive Choices and Environmental Foundations Pre
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natal Development, Birth, and the Newborn Baby
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Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Cog
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nitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
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Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerho
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od Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood Ph
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ysical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Em
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otional and Social Development in Middle Childhood Physic
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al and Cognitive Development in Adolescence Emotional a
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nd Social Development in Adolescence
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Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthoo
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d Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthoo
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d Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulth
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ood Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adul
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thood Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adu
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lthood Emotional and Social Development in Late Adult
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hood Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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HISTORY, THEORY, AND RESEARCH STRATEGIES X@ X@ X@ X@




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Dr. Langley‘s work is devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the lifespan.
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Dr. Langley‘s field of study is
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genetics
clinical psychology ad
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Skill Level: Apply
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Objective: 1.1 What is developmental science, and what factors stimulated expansion of the fie
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ld? Topic: A Scientific, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Field
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Although great diversity characterizes the interests and concerns of investigators who st
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udy development, they share a single goal: to identify
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genetic factors that contribute to longevity
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environmental factors that contribute to disease and illness
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those factors that lead to abnormal development in children and adolescents
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those factors that influence consistencies and transformations in people from conception to death
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Skill Level: Understand
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Objective: 1.1 What is developmental science, and what factors stimulated expansion of the fie
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ld? Topic: A Scientific, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Field
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because it has grown through the combined efforts of peo
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ple from many fields of study.
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interdisciplinary
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Skill Level: Remember
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d? Topic: A Scientific, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Field
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A theory of development
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es the ultimate truth about human behavior desc
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ribes, explains, and predicts behavior explains
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all aspects of human growth
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does not require scientific verification
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Objective: 1.2 Identify three basic issues on which theories of human development take a stan
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ure being is simply one of amount or complexity.
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d. Topic: Basic Issues
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The discontinuous view of development holds that
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infants and preschoolers respond to the world in much the same way adults do
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growth is the process of gradually augmenting the skills that were present from the beginning
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@infants and children have unique ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving
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development is a smooth process limited only by a lack of information and precision
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Dr. Kostel believes that development takes place in stages. This belief is consistent with the
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