Test Bank for Child Development, 10th Edition by Laura E. Berk – Complete Chapters 1-15

Test Bank For Child Development
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10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Chapters 1 - 15 b b b

,Table of Contents
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PartbI:bTheorybandbResearchbinbChildbDevelopment
Chapterb1bHistory,bTheory,bandbAppliedbDirections
Chapterb2bResearchbStrategies
PartbII:bFoundationsbofbDevelopment
Chapterb3bBiologicalbFoundations,bPrenatalbDevelopment,bandbBirth
Chapterb4bInfancy:bEarlybLearning,bMotorbSkills,bandbPerceptualbCapacities
Chapterb5bPhysicalbGrowth
PartbIII:bCognitivebandbLanguagebDevelopment
Chapterb6bCognitivebDevelopment:bPiagetian,bCorebKnowledge,bandbVygotskian

Perspectives
Chapterb7bCognitivebDevelopment:bAnbInformation-ProcessingbPerspective
Chapterb8bIntelligence
Chapterb9bLanguagebDevelopment
PartbIV:bPersonalitybandbSocialbDevelopment
Chapterb10bEmotionalbDevelopment
Chapterb11bSelfbandbSocialbUnderstanding
Chapterb12bMoralbDevelopment
Chapterb13bDevelopmentbofbSexbDifferencesbandbGenderbRoles
PartbV:bContextsbforbDevelopment
Chapterb14bThebFamily
Chapterb15bPeers,bMedia,bandbSchooling

,CHAPTERb1
HISTORY,bTHEORY,bANDbAPPLIEDbDIRECTIONSb


MULTIPLEbCHOICE
1) Thebfieldbofbchildbdevelopment
A) isbdevotedbtobunderstandingbhumanbconstancybandbchangebthroughoutbtheblifespan.
B) isbpartbofbablarger,binterdisciplinarybfieldbknownbasbdevelopmentalbscience.
C) focusesbprimarilybonbchildren’sbphysicalbandbemotionalbdevelopment.
D) focusesbprimarilybonbinfants’bandbchildren’sbsocialbandbcognitivebdevelopment.bAN
SWER:bB
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2) Thebcommonbgoalbofbinvestigatorsbwhobstudybchildbdevelopmentbisbto
A) understandbhowbphysicalbgrowthbandbnutritionbcontributebtobhealthbandbwell-beingbthroughoutbtheblifespan.
B) understandbmorebaboutbpersonalitybandbsocialbdevelopment.
C) analyzebchild-rearingbpracticesbandbexperiencesbthatbpromotebchildren’sbwell-being.
D) describebandbidentifybthosebfactorsbthatbinfluencebthebconsistenciesbandbchangesbinbyoungbpeoplebduringbthebfir
stbtwobdecadesbofblife.
ANSWER:b
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3) Whichbofbthebfollowingbfactorsbcontributedbtobthebstudybofbchildbdevelopmentbinbthebtwentiethbcentury?
A) Thebbeginningbofbpublicbeducationbledbtobabdemandbforbknowledgebaboutbwhatbandbhowbtobteachbchildrenbofbd
ifferentbages.
B) Parentsbwerebhavingbmorebchildrenbandbresearchersbbecamebinterestedbinbthebeffectsbofbfamilybsizebonbc
hildren’sbwell-being.
C) Pediatriciansbwerebpressuredbbybinsurancebcompaniesbtobimprovebchildren’sbhealth,bwhichbinspiredbnutritionalbrese
arch.
D) Highbratesbofbchildhoodbdepressionbinspiredbnewbareasbofbresearchbintobchildren’sbanxietiesbandbbehaviorbp
roblems.
ANSWER:b
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4) Whichbofbthebfollowingbstatementsbisbtruebaboutbthebfieldbofbchildbdevelopment?
A) Scientificbcuriositybisbthebprevailingbfactorbthatbledbtobthebstudybofbchildren,bandbcurrentbresearchersbprimarilybans

, werbquestionsbofbscientificbinterest.
B) Thebfieldbofbchildbdevelopmentbisbconsideredbinterdisciplinarybbecausebitbhasbgrownbthroughbthebcombinedbeff
ortsbofbpeoplebfrombmanybfields.
C) Childbdevelopmentbisbthebareabofbstudybdevotedbtobunderstandingbconstancybandbchangebthroughoutbthebli
fespan.
D) Mostbofbwhatbwebknowbaboutbchildbdevelopmentbcomesbfrombpsychologistsbandbmedicalbprofessionals.bAN
SWER:bB
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5) Developmentbisboftenbdividedbintobwhichbofbthebfollowingbthreebbroadbdomains?
A) infancy,bchildhood,bandbadolescence
B) social,bcultural,bandbhistorical
C) physical,bcognitive,bandbemotionalbandbsocial
D) biological,bsocial,bandbintellectualb
ANSWER:bC
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