Test Bank: Lifespan Development, Boyd & Bee 9th Ed Chapter 1-19

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Lifespan Development
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Denise Boyd, Houston Community College
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Helen Beew

, Test Bank for Lifespan Development, 9e
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 1 BasicwConceptswandwMethods 1

Chapter 2 TheorieswofwDevelopment 27

Chapter 3 PrenatalwDevelopmentwandwBirth 52

Chapter 4 Physical,wSensory,wandwPerceptualwDevelopmentwinwInfancy 74

Chapter 5 CognitivewDevelopmentwinwInfancy 98

Chapter 6 SocialwandwPersonalitywDevelopmentwinwInfancy 121

Chapter 7 PhysicalwandwCognitivewDevelopmentwinwEarlywChildhood 146

Chapter 8 SocialwandwPersonalitywDevelopmentwinwEarlywChildhood 171

Chapter 9 PhysicalwandwCognitivewDevelopmentwinwMiddlewChildhood 196

Chapter 10 SocialwandwPersonalitywDevelopmentwinwMiddlewChildhood 220

Chapter 11 PhysicalwandwCognitivewDevelopmentwinwAdolescence 244

Chapter 12 SocialwandwPersonalitywDevelopmentwinwAdolescence 267

Chapter 13 PhysicalwandwCognitivewDevelopmentwinwEarlywAdulthood 291

Chapter 14 SocialwandwPersonalitywDevelopmentwinwEarlywAdulthood 314

Chapter 15 PhysicalwandwCognitivewDevelopmentwinwMiddlewAdulthood 339

Chapter 16 SocialwandwPersonalitywDevelopmentwinwMiddlewAdulthood 363

Chapter 17 PhysicalwandwCognitivewDevelopmentwinwLatewAdulthood 388

Chapter 18 SocialwandwPersonalitywDevelopmentwinwLatewAdulthood 411

Chapter 19 Death,wDying,wandwBereavement 436

,TEST BANK
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CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS
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Multiple-ChoicewQuestions

TB_01_01_AnwIntroductionwtowHumanwDevelopment
wThe wfield wofw iswthewscientificwstudywofwage-relatedwchangeswinwbehavior,wthinking,wemotion,wandwpersonality.
A) neuroscience
B) psychology
C) humanwdevelopment
D) socialwpsycholog
ywAnswer:wC
Level:wEasy
Topic:wAnwIntroductionwtowHumanwDevelopmentw
Skill:wUnderstandwthewConcepts
LOw 1.1.1:wRecallwthewideaswaboutwhumanwdevelopmentwproposedwbywearlywphilosopherswandwscientists



TB_01_02_PhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoots
ThewChristianwdoctrinewofw
argueswthatwhumanwdevelopmentwoccurswaswawresultwofwhowwwellworwhowwpoorlywsomeonew
doeswatwovercomingwthewinbornwtendencywtowactwimmorally.
A) originalwsin
B) empiricism
C) behaviorism
D) innatewgoodnes
swAnswer:wA
Level:wEasy
Topic:wPhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoot
swSkill:wUnderstandwthewConcepts
LOw 1.1.1:wRecallwthewideaswaboutwhumanwdevelopmentwproposedwbywearlywphilosopherswandwscientists



TB_01_03_PhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoots
Whichwthinkerwarguedwthatwchildrenwarewbornwwithwawmindwthatwiswawblankwslate?
A) AugustinewofwHippo
B) CharleswDarwin
C) Jean-JacqueswRousseau
D) JohnwLock
ewAnswer:wDw
Level:wEasy
Topic:wPhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoot
swSkill:wUnderstandwthewConcepts
LOw 1.1.1:wRecallwthewideaswaboutwhumanwdevelopmentwproposedwbywearlywphilosopherswandwscientists



TB_01_04_PhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoots
Jean-
JacqueswRousseauwproposedwthatwallwhumanwbeingswarewnaturallywgoodwandwseekwoutwexperienceswthatwhelpwthemw
grow,wawconceptwthatwcamewtowbewknownwas

A) maturation.
B) innatewgoodness.
C) thewblankwslate.
D) originalwsin
.wAnswer:wBwL
evel:wEasy
Topic:wPhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoot
swSkill:wUnderstandwthewConcepts
LOw 1.1.1:wRecallwthewideaswaboutwhumanwdevelopmentwproposedwbywearlywphilosopherswandwscientists

, TB_01_05_PhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoots
Dr.wSardonicuswbelieveswthatwhumanswpossesswnowinbornwabilitieswandwthatwparentswcanwmoldwtheirwchildrenwintowwhateverwtheyw
wantwthemwtowbe.wWhichwdoctrinewwouldwbestwdescribewDr.wSardonicus‘wviews?
A) Empiricism
B) Innatewgoodness
C) Originalwsin
D) Darwinismw
Answer:wAwLe
vel:wDifficult
Topic:wPhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoot
swSkill:wApplywWhatwYouwKnow
LOw 1.1.1:wRecallwthewideaswaboutwhumanwdevelopmentwproposedwbywearlywphilosopherswandwscientists



TB_01_06_PhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoots
CharleswDarwinwandwotherwearlywevolutionarywthinkerswcompiledw
,wwhichwwerewdetailedwobservationswofwthewbehavio
rswofwanwindividualwinfant,winwthewhopewthatwtheywmightwbetterwunderstandwthewoverallwevolutionwofwthewhumanwspecies.
A) domainswofwdevelopment
B) babywbiographies
C) Gesellwscales
D) norm-
referencedwtestswAnswer
:wB
Level:w Difficult
Topic:wPhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoot
swSkill:wUnderstandwthewConcepts
LOw 1.1.1:wRecallwthewideaswaboutwhumanwdevelopmentwproposedwbywearlywphilosopherswandwscientists


TB_01_07_PhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoots
WhichwassertionwregardingwlifespanwdevelopmentwcanwbewattributedwtowbothwG.wStanleywHallwandwCharleswDarwin?
A) Humanwevolutionwrepresentswawuniquewoccurrencewinwnaturalwhistory.
B) Biologywdictateswhowwhumanwpersonalitywdevelops.
C) Environmentwdetermineswthewcoursewofwhealthywindividualwdevelopment.
D) Thewmilestoneswofwchildhoodwarewsimilarwtowthosewinwthewdevelopmentwofwthewhumanwspec
ies.wAnswer:wD
Level:wDifficult
Topic:wPhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoot
swSkill:wEvaluatewIt
LOw 1.1.1:wRecallwthewideaswaboutwhumanwdevelopmentwproposedwbywearlywphilosopherswandwscientists


TB_01_08_PhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoots
WhichwtermwdidwArnoldwGesellwusewtowdescribewgeneticallywprogrammedwsequentialwpatternswofwchange,wsuchwaswpubertyworwm
enopause?
A) Maturation
B) Growth
C) Socialwclock
D) Agewnormsw
Answer:wAwLev
el:wModerate
Topic:wPhilosophicalwandwScientificwRoot
swSkill:wUnderstandwthewConcepts
LOw 1.1.1:wRecallwthewideaswaboutwhumanwdevelopmentwproposedwbywearlywphilosopherswandwscientists


TB_01_09_ThewLifespanwPerspective
Whichw summarywbestwdescribeswthewcurrentwperspectivewonwhumanwdevelopment?
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