TEST BANK Human Development: A
Life-Span View 8th Edition by Robert
Kail & John Cavanaugh
ALL CHAPTERS 1-16 INCLUDED
WITH EXPERT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS(*)
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, Table of Contents
1. The Study of Human Development.
Part I: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.
2. Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth.
3. Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development.
4. The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.
5. Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.
Part II: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood.
7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood.
8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.
9. Moving Into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence.
Part III: YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.
10. Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood.
11. Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood.
12. Work, Leisure, and Retirement.
13. Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood.
Part IV: LATE ADULTHOOD.
14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues.
15. Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues.
16. The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement.
Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development.
1. The scientific study of human development can best be described as
*a. multidisciplinary
b. focused on groups rather than individuals
c. non-theoretical
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d. emphasizing stability over change
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,2. Which term does not belong in this group?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
*d. hereditary
3. Dr. Kim takes a strong nature position with regard to the origins of intellectual disabilities. Therefore, she would
most likely hypothesize that her son‘s intellectual disability (formally known as mental retardation) is due to
a. her parenting style
*b. his genes
c. his exposure to a toxic chemical prior to birth
d. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt shifts in behavior best fits with the
approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
*d. discontinuity
5. Cleo, a director of a daycare, uses terms like ―pre-K,‖ ―K-3,‖ and the ―upper-elementary.‖ These ideas are most
compatible with a view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
c. continuity
*d. discontinuity
6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-breakers throughout their childhood or
whether they suddenly turned to a life of crime. Her research is most concerned with which issue of human
development?
a. nature versus nurture
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b. universal versus context-specific development
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, c. biological versus sociocultural forces
*d. continuity versus discontinuity
7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develop virtually the same way in Algeria as they do in
other parts of the world. Mustafa‘s research deals primarily with the issue of human development.
a. psychological versus biological forces
*b. universal versus context-specific development
c. nature versus nurture
d. continuity versus discontinuity
8. When Clarisse says, ―It doesn‘t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese, kids are kids,‖ she is espousing a
position concerning human development.
a. discontinuous
*b. universal
c. nurture
d. context-specific
9. Viviana notices that children seem to mature socially much faster in Costa Rica than in the Canada. Viviana is
most likely to support a position regarding human development.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
*c. context-specific
d. continuous
10. Lotte is listening to a lecture in which her professor states, ―Genetic and cultural factors are important, but they
alone cannot explain the development of hum an beings.‖ Lotte‘s professor seems to be supporting the
*a. biopsychosocial framework
b. position that development is continuous
c. notion of universality
d. concept of discontinuity
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Life-Span View 8th Edition by Robert
Kail & John Cavanaugh
ALL CHAPTERS 1-16 INCLUDED
WITH EXPERT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS(*)
TB
Ac
Page 1 of 610
er
, Table of Contents
1. The Study of Human Development.
Part I: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.
2. Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth.
3. Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development.
4. The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.
5. Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.
Part II: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood.
7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood.
8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.
9. Moving Into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence.
Part III: YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.
10. Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood.
11. Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood.
12. Work, Leisure, and Retirement.
13. Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood.
Part IV: LATE ADULTHOOD.
14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues.
15. Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues.
16. The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement.
Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development.
1. The scientific study of human development can best be described as
*a. multidisciplinary
b. focused on groups rather than individuals
c. non-theoretical
TB
d. emphasizing stability over change
Ac
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,2. Which term does not belong in this group?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
*d. hereditary
3. Dr. Kim takes a strong nature position with regard to the origins of intellectual disabilities. Therefore, she would
most likely hypothesize that her son‘s intellectual disability (formally known as mental retardation) is due to
a. her parenting style
*b. his genes
c. his exposure to a toxic chemical prior to birth
d. his exposure to Rubella prior to birth
4. The notion that development is best described in terms of a series of abrupt shifts in behavior best fits with the
approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
*d. discontinuity
5. Cleo, a director of a daycare, uses terms like ―pre-K,‖ ―K-3,‖ and the ―upper-elementary.‖ These ideas are most
compatible with a view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
c. continuity
*d. discontinuity
6. Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-breakers throughout their childhood or
whether they suddenly turned to a life of crime. Her research is most concerned with which issue of human
development?
a. nature versus nurture
TB
b. universal versus context-specific development
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, c. biological versus sociocultural forces
*d. continuity versus discontinuity
7. Mustafa is interested in determining whether children develop virtually the same way in Algeria as they do in
other parts of the world. Mustafa‘s research deals primarily with the issue of human development.
a. psychological versus biological forces
*b. universal versus context-specific development
c. nature versus nurture
d. continuity versus discontinuity
8. When Clarisse says, ―It doesn‘t matter if they are French, Swedish, or Chinese, kids are kids,‖ she is espousing a
position concerning human development.
a. discontinuous
*b. universal
c. nurture
d. context-specific
9. Viviana notices that children seem to mature socially much faster in Costa Rica than in the Canada. Viviana is
most likely to support a position regarding human development.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
*c. context-specific
d. continuous
10. Lotte is listening to a lecture in which her professor states, ―Genetic and cultural factors are important, but they
alone cannot explain the development of hum an beings.‖ Lotte‘s professor seems to be supporting the
*a. biopsychosocial framework
b. position that development is continuous
c. notion of universality
d. concept of discontinuity
TB
Ac
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