Test Bank for Exploring Lifespan Development 4th Edition by Laura E. Berk

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TABLElOFlCONTENT

History,lTheory,landlResearchlStrategies

GeneticlReproductivelChoiceslandlEnvironmentallFoundationslP

renatallDevelopment,lBirth,landlthelNewbornlBaby

PhysicallDevelopmentlinlInfancylandlToddlerhoodlC

ognitivelDevelopmentlinlInfancylandlToddlerhood

EmotionallandlSociallDevelopmentlinlInfancylandlToddlerhoodlP

hysicallandlCognitivelDevelopmentlinlEarlylChildhoodlEmotiona

llandl Sociall Developmentlinl EarlylChildhoodlPhysicallandlCognit

ivelDevelopmentlinlMiddlelChildhoodlEmotionallandlSociallDeve

lopmentlinlMiddlelChildhoodlPhysicall andl Cognitivel Developme

ntl inl AdolescencelEmotionallandlSociallDevelopmentlinlAdolesce

nce

PhysicallandlCognitivelDevelopmentlinlEarlylAdulthoodlEm

otionallandlSociallDevelopmentlinlEarlylAdulthoodlPhysical

andlCognitivelDevelopmentlinlMiddlelAdulthoodlEmotional
l




l andlSociallDevelopmentlinlMiddlelAdulthoodlPhysicallandl

CognitivelDevelopmentlinlLatelAdulthoodlEmotionallandlS

ociallDevelopmentlinlLatelAdulthoodlDeath,lDying,landlBer

eavement

,CHAPTERl1
HISTORY,lTHEORY,lANDlRESEARCHlSTRATEGIES

MULTIPLElCHOICE

Dr.lLangley’slworklisldevotedltolunderstandinglconstancylandlchangelthroughoutlthellifespan.lDr.lLan
gley’slfieldloflstudylis .
genetics
clinicallpsychologyladol
escentldevelopmentldeve
lopmentallscience

Answer:lD
PagelRef:l3
SkilllLevel:lApply
Objective:l1.1lWhatlisldevelopmentallscience,landlwhatlfactorslstimulatedlexpansionloflthelfield?lTop
ic:lAlScientific,lApplied,landlInterdisciplinarylField
DifficultylLevel:lModerate

Althoughlgreatldiversitylcharacterizeslthelinterestslandlconcernsloflinvestigatorslwholstudyldev
elopment,ltheylsharelalsinglelgoal:ltolidentify .
geneticlfactorslthatlcontributeltollongevity
environmentallfactorslthatlcontributeltoldiseaselandlillness
thoselfactorslthatlleadltolabnormalldevelopmentlinlchildrenlandladolescents
thoselfactorslthatlinfluencelconsistencieslandltransformationslinlpeoplelfromlconceptionltoldeath

Answer:lD
PagelRef:l3
SkilllLevel:lUnderstand
Objective:l1.1lWhatlisldevelopmentallscience,landlwhatlfactorslstimulatedlexpansionloflthelfield?lTop
ic:lAlScientific,lApplied,landlInterdisciplinarylField
DifficultylLevel:lModerate

Developmentallsciencelis
becauselitlhaslgrownlthroughlthelcombinedleffortsloflpeoplelfro
mlmanylfieldsloflstudy.
interdisciplinaryl
empiricallapplie
dltheoretical

Answer:lA
PagelRef:l3
SkilllLevel:lRemember
Objective:l1.1l Whatlisldevelopmentallscience,landlwhatlfactorslstimulatedlexpansionloflthelfield?lTop
ic:lAlScientific,lApplied,landlInterdisciplinarylField
DifficultylLevel:lEasy



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Altheorylofldevelopment
.lillustrate
slthelultimateltruthlaboutlhumanlbehaviorldescribes,l
explains,l andl predictsl behaviorlexplainslalllaspectsl
oflhumanlgrowth
doeslnotlrequirelscientificlverification

Answer:lB
PagelRef:l3
SkilllLevel:lUnderstand
Objective:l1.2lIdentifylthreelbasiclissueslonlwhichltheoriesloflhumanldevelopmentltakelalstand.lTopi
c:lBasiclIssues
DifficultylLevel:lModerate

Accordingltolthe
viewlofldevelopment,ltheldifferencelbetweenlthelimmaturelandlmaturelbei
nglislsimplyloneloflamountlorlcomplexity.
natureldiscont
inuouslnurture
lcontinuous




Answer:lD
PagelRef:l4
SkilllLevel:lRemember
Objective:l1.2lIdentifylthreelbasiclissueslonlwhichltheoriesloflhumanldevelopmentltakelalstand.lTopi
c:lBasiclIssues
DifficultylLevel:lModerate

Theldiscontinuouslviewlofldevelopmentlholdslthat .
infantslandlpreschoolerslrespondltolthelworldlinlmuchlthelsamelwayladultsldo
growthlislthelprocessloflgraduallylaugmentinglthelskillslthatlwerelpresentlfromlthelbeginninglinfa
ntslandlchildrenlhaveluniquelwaysloflthinking,lfeeling,landlbehaving
developmentlislalsmoothlprocessllimitedlonlylbylallackloflinformationlandlprecision

Answer:lC
PagelRef:l4
SkilllLevel:lUnderstand
Objective:l1.2lIdentifylthreelbasiclissueslonlwhichltheoriesloflhumanldevelopmentltakelalstand.lTopi
c:lBasiclIssues
DifficultylLevel:lDifficult

Dr.lKostellbelieveslthatldevelopmentltakeslplacelinlstages.lThislbelieflislconsistentlwithlthe
l

perspective.l
nurture
continuousldi
scontinuous

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