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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Title
1 Studying a Child's World
2 A Child's World: How We Discover It
3 Forming a New Life: Conception, Heredity, and Environment
4 Pregnancy and Prenatal Development
5 Birth and the Newborn Baby
6 Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years
7 Cognitive Development During the First Three Years
8 Psychosocial Development During the First Three Years
9 Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
10 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
11 Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
12 Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
13 Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
14 Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
15 Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
16 Cognitive Development in Adolescence
17 Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
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CHAPTER 1: Studying a Child's World
1. Child development is the scientific study of the processes that human beings undergo from the moment
of conception through adolescence. The main focus of study is how children
A. change.
B. develop physically.
C. develop social relationships.
D. learn language skills.
2. Historically, the study of child development gained impetus from
A. the discovery of vaccines.
B. the enactment of child labor laws.
C. scientific discoveries about the nature of conception.
D. all of the above
3. Which of the following helped to pioneer the study of child development as a true science?
A. G. Stanley Hall's book Adolescence
B. the establishment of research institutes at Berkeley and Yale
C. Arnold Gesell's studies on motor development
D. all of the above
4. Five-year-old Tara does not make friends easily. She is shy and anxious in new situations. Since this
behavior has persisted over time, it is a demonstration of developmental
A. instability.
B. resilience.
C. constancy.
D. awkwardness.
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5. first emphasized the developmental nature of behavior by publishing a record of his son's sensory,
motor, language, and emotional milestones during his first years of life.
A. Charles Darwin
B. John B. Watson
C. Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
D. John Dewey
6. Dietrich Tiedemann and Charles Darwin used the information obtained from to support their early
theories about child development.
A. baby biographies
B. teachers
C. doctors
D. mothers' diaries
7. Professor Hughes insists that his students study the origins of human beings in order to fully
understand child development. Which of the following theorists would most agree with Professor
Hughes's perspective?
A. John Locke
B. Charles Darwin
C. John Watson
D. Alfred Binet
8. Adolescence has been considered a separate stage of development since
A. early in the fifteenth century.
B. the twentieth century.
C. Freud mentioned it in his writings on child development.
D. Bandura mentioned it in his theory on child development.
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TEST BANK for A Child's World: Infancy through
Adolescence, 12th Edition by Diane Papalia, Sally
Olds, Ruth Feldman
All Chapters Included 1-17| Verified Questions & 100%
Accurate Answers for Exam Preparations| A+ GRADED
Page | 1
, Franklyn A Plus Pass
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Title
1 Studying a Child's World
2 A Child's World: How We Discover It
3 Forming a New Life: Conception, Heredity, and Environment
4 Pregnancy and Prenatal Development
5 Birth and the Newborn Baby
6 Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years
7 Cognitive Development During the First Three Years
8 Psychosocial Development During the First Three Years
9 Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
10 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
11 Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
12 Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
13 Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
14 Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
15 Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
16 Cognitive Development in Adolescence
17 Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
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CHAPTER 1: Studying a Child's World
1. Child development is the scientific study of the processes that human beings undergo from the moment
of conception through adolescence. The main focus of study is how children
A. change.
B. develop physically.
C. develop social relationships.
D. learn language skills.
2. Historically, the study of child development gained impetus from
A. the discovery of vaccines.
B. the enactment of child labor laws.
C. scientific discoveries about the nature of conception.
D. all of the above
3. Which of the following helped to pioneer the study of child development as a true science?
A. G. Stanley Hall's book Adolescence
B. the establishment of research institutes at Berkeley and Yale
C. Arnold Gesell's studies on motor development
D. all of the above
4. Five-year-old Tara does not make friends easily. She is shy and anxious in new situations. Since this
behavior has persisted over time, it is a demonstration of developmental
A. instability.
B. resilience.
C. constancy.
D. awkwardness.
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5. first emphasized the developmental nature of behavior by publishing a record of his son's sensory,
motor, language, and emotional milestones during his first years of life.
A. Charles Darwin
B. John B. Watson
C. Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
D. John Dewey
6. Dietrich Tiedemann and Charles Darwin used the information obtained from to support their early
theories about child development.
A. baby biographies
B. teachers
C. doctors
D. mothers' diaries
7. Professor Hughes insists that his students study the origins of human beings in order to fully
understand child development. Which of the following theorists would most agree with Professor
Hughes's perspective?
A. John Locke
B. Charles Darwin
C. John Watson
D. Alfred Binet
8. Adolescence has been considered a separate stage of development since
A. early in the fifteenth century.
B. the twentieth century.
C. Freud mentioned it in his writings on child development.
D. Bandura mentioned it in his theory on child development.
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