TEST BANK For Human Development: A Life-
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Span View 9th Edition
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By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh Chapters 1 -
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v 16 Complete and verified answers
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,Table Of Contents
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1. ThevStudyvofvHumanvDevelopment.
PartvI:vPRENATALvDEVELOPMENT,vINFANCY,vANDvEARLYvCHILDHOOD.
2. BiologicalvFoundations:vHeredity,vPrenatalvDevelopment,vandvBirth.
3. ToolsvforvExploringvthevWorld:vPhysical,vPerceptual,vandvMotorvDevelopment.
4. ThevEmergencevofvThoughtvandvLanguage:vCognitivevDevelopmentvinvInfancyvandvEarlyvChildhood
.
5. EnteringvthevSocialvWorld:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvInfancyvandvEarlyvChildhood.
PartvII:vSCHOOL-AGEvCHILDRENvANDvADOLESCENTS.
6. OffvtovSchool:vCognitivevandvPhysicalvDevelopmentvinvMiddlevChildhood.
7. ExpandingvSocialvHorizons:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvMiddlevChildhood.
8. RitesvofvPassage:vPhysicalvandvCognitivevDevelopmentvinvAdolescence.
9. MovingvIntovthevAdultvSocialvWorld:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvAdolescence.
PartvIII:vYOUNGvANDvMIDDLEvADULTHOOD.
10. BecomingvanvAdult:vPhysical,vCognitive,vandvPersonalityvDevelopmentvinvYoungvAdulthood.
11. BeingvWithvOthers:vFormingvRelationshipsvinvYoungvandvMiddlevAdulthood.
12. Work,vLeisure,vandvRetirement.
13. MakingvItvinvMidlife:vThevBiopsychosocialvChallengesvofvMiddlevAdulthood.
PartvIV:vLATEvADULTHOOD.
14. ThevPersonalvContextvofvLatervLife:vPhysical,vCognitive,vandvMentalvHealthvIssues.
15. SocialvAspectsvofvLatervLife:vPsychosocial,vRetirement,vRelationship,vandvSocietalvIssues.
16. ThevFinalvPassage:vDyingvandvBereavement.
, 1. The Study of Human Development.
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Thevscientificvstudyvofvhumanvdevelopmentvcanvbestvbevdescribedvas
ANSWER:a.vmultidisciplinary
b. focusedvonvgroupsvrathervthanvindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizingvstabilityvovervchange
2. Whichvtermvdoesvnotvbelongvinvthisvgroup?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.vhereditary
3. Dr.vKimvtakesvavstrongvnaturevpositionvwithvregardvtovthevoriginsvofvintellectu
alv
disabilities.vTherefore,vshevwouldvmostvlikelyvhypothesizevthatvhervson’svintel
lectuv alvdisabilityv(formallyvknownvasvmentalvretardation)visvduevto
a.vhervparentingvstyle
ANSWER:b.vhisvgenes
c.vhisvexposurevtovavtoxicvchemicalvpriorvtovbirth
d.vhisvexposurevtovRubellavpriorvtovbirth
4. Thevnotionvthatvdevelopmentvisvbestvdescribedvinvtermsvofvavseriesvofvabruptvs
v hiftsvinvbehaviorvbestvfitsvwithvthev approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.vdiscontinuity
5. Cleo,vavdirectorvofvavdaycare,vusesvtermsvlikev“pre-K,”v“K-
3,”vandvthev“upperelementary.”v vThesevideasvarevmostvcompatiblevwithvav
view.
, a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.vdiscontinuity
6. Dr.vFletchervisvattemptingvtovdeterminevwhethervadultvcriminalsvwerevrulebre
akversvthroughoutvtheirvchildhoodvorvwhethervtheyvsuddenlyvturnedvtovavlifevo
fvcri
me.vHervresearchvisvmostvconcernedvwithvwhichvissuevofvhumanvdevelopment?
a. naturevversusvnurture
b. universalvversusvcontext-specificvdevelopment
c. biologicalvversusvsocioculturalvforces
ANSWER:d.vcontinuityvversusvdiscontinuity
7. Mustafavisvinterestedvinvdeterminingvwhethervchildrenvdevelopvvirtuallyvthevs
av
mevwayvinvAlgeriavasvtheyvdovinvothervpartsvofvthevworld.vMustafa’svresearchvd
ealsv primarilyvwithvthe issuevofvhumanvdevelopment.
a.vpsychologicalvversusvbiologicalvforces
ANSWER:b.vuniversalvversusvcontext-specificvdevelopment
c.vnaturevversusvnurture
d.vcontinuityvversusvdiscontinuity
8. WhenvClarissevsays,v“Itvdoesn’tvmattervifvtheyvarevFrench,vSwedish,vorvChines
e,v kidsvarevkids,”vshevisvespousingva positionvconcerningvhumanvdevelopment.
a.vdiscontinuous
ANSWER:b.vuniversal
c.vnurture
d.vcontext-specific
9. VivianavnoticesvthatvchildrenvseemvtovmaturevsociallyvmuchvfastervinvCostavRi
cv
avthanvinvthevCanada.vVivianavisvmostvlikelyvtovsupportvavpositionvregardingvhu
mav nvdevelopment.
v v v v v v
Span View 9th Edition
v v v
By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh Chapters 1 -
v v v v v v v v v
v 16 Complete and verified answers
v
,Table Of Contents
v v
1. ThevStudyvofvHumanvDevelopment.
PartvI:vPRENATALvDEVELOPMENT,vINFANCY,vANDvEARLYvCHILDHOOD.
2. BiologicalvFoundations:vHeredity,vPrenatalvDevelopment,vandvBirth.
3. ToolsvforvExploringvthevWorld:vPhysical,vPerceptual,vandvMotorvDevelopment.
4. ThevEmergencevofvThoughtvandvLanguage:vCognitivevDevelopmentvinvInfancyvandvEarlyvChildhood
.
5. EnteringvthevSocialvWorld:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvInfancyvandvEarlyvChildhood.
PartvII:vSCHOOL-AGEvCHILDRENvANDvADOLESCENTS.
6. OffvtovSchool:vCognitivevandvPhysicalvDevelopmentvinvMiddlevChildhood.
7. ExpandingvSocialvHorizons:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvMiddlevChildhood.
8. RitesvofvPassage:vPhysicalvandvCognitivevDevelopmentvinvAdolescence.
9. MovingvIntovthevAdultvSocialvWorld:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvAdolescence.
PartvIII:vYOUNGvANDvMIDDLEvADULTHOOD.
10. BecomingvanvAdult:vPhysical,vCognitive,vandvPersonalityvDevelopmentvinvYoungvAdulthood.
11. BeingvWithvOthers:vFormingvRelationshipsvinvYoungvandvMiddlevAdulthood.
12. Work,vLeisure,vandvRetirement.
13. MakingvItvinvMidlife:vThevBiopsychosocialvChallengesvofvMiddlevAdulthood.
PartvIV:vLATEvADULTHOOD.
14. ThevPersonalvContextvofvLatervLife:vPhysical,vCognitive,vandvMentalvHealthvIssues.
15. SocialvAspectsvofvLatervLife:vPsychosocial,vRetirement,vRelationship,vandvSocietalvIssues.
16. ThevFinalvPassage:vDyingvandvBereavement.
, 1. The Study of Human Development.
v v v v
Thevscientificvstudyvofvhumanvdevelopmentvcanvbestvbevdescribedvas
ANSWER:a.vmultidisciplinary
b. focusedvonvgroupsvrathervthanvindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizingvstabilityvovervchange
2. Whichvtermvdoesvnotvbelongvinvthisvgroup?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.vhereditary
3. Dr.vKimvtakesvavstrongvnaturevpositionvwithvregardvtovthevoriginsvofvintellectu
alv
disabilities.vTherefore,vshevwouldvmostvlikelyvhypothesizevthatvhervson’svintel
lectuv alvdisabilityv(formallyvknownvasvmentalvretardation)visvduevto
a.vhervparentingvstyle
ANSWER:b.vhisvgenes
c.vhisvexposurevtovavtoxicvchemicalvpriorvtovbirth
d.vhisvexposurevtovRubellavpriorvtovbirth
4. Thevnotionvthatvdevelopmentvisvbestvdescribedvinvtermsvofvavseriesvofvabruptvs
v hiftsvinvbehaviorvbestvfitsvwithvthev approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.vdiscontinuity
5. Cleo,vavdirectorvofvavdaycare,vusesvtermsvlikev“pre-K,”v“K-
3,”vandvthev“upperelementary.”v vThesevideasvarevmostvcompatiblevwithvav
view.
, a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.vdiscontinuity
6. Dr.vFletchervisvattemptingvtovdeterminevwhethervadultvcriminalsvwerevrulebre
akversvthroughoutvtheirvchildhoodvorvwhethervtheyvsuddenlyvturnedvtovavlifevo
fvcri
me.vHervresearchvisvmostvconcernedvwithvwhichvissuevofvhumanvdevelopment?
a. naturevversusvnurture
b. universalvversusvcontext-specificvdevelopment
c. biologicalvversusvsocioculturalvforces
ANSWER:d.vcontinuityvversusvdiscontinuity
7. Mustafavisvinterestedvinvdeterminingvwhethervchildrenvdevelopvvirtuallyvthevs
av
mevwayvinvAlgeriavasvtheyvdovinvothervpartsvofvthevworld.vMustafa’svresearchvd
ealsv primarilyvwithvthe issuevofvhumanvdevelopment.
a.vpsychologicalvversusvbiologicalvforces
ANSWER:b.vuniversalvversusvcontext-specificvdevelopment
c.vnaturevversusvnurture
d.vcontinuityvversusvdiscontinuity
8. WhenvClarissevsays,v“Itvdoesn’tvmattervifvtheyvarevFrench,vSwedish,vorvChines
e,v kidsvarevkids,”vshevisvespousingva positionvconcerningvhumanvdevelopment.
a.vdiscontinuous
ANSWER:b.vuniversal
c.vnurture
d.vcontext-specific
9. VivianavnoticesvthatvchildrenvseemvtovmaturevsociallyvmuchvfastervinvCostavRi
cv
avthanvinvthevCanada.vVivianavisvmostvlikelyvtovsupportvavpositionvregardingvhu
mav nvdevelopment.
