A Child’s World: Infancy Through
Adolescence – 12th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Diane E. Papalia
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Ruth Duskin Feldman
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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© Diane E. Papalia & Ruth Duskin Feldman
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All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Child’s World: Infancy Through Adolescence – 12th Edition
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Diane E. Papalia & Ruth Duskin Feldman
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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
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5. Birth and the Newborn Baby
6. Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years
7. Cognitive Development During the First Three Years
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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
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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
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16.Cognitive Development in Adolescence
17.Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
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, Test Bank for A Child's World Infancy Through Adolescence 12e Diane Papalia
Ruth Duskin Feldman (Answers At The End of Each Chapter)
Chapter 01
Student:
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.
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C. develop social relationships.
D. learn language skills.
2. Historically, the study of child development gained impetus from
A. the discovery of vaccines.
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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
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B. the establishment of research institutes at Berkeley and Yale
C. Arnold Gesell's studies on motor development
D. all of the above
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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
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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
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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
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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
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, 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.
9. Who was the first to identify adolescence as a separate stage of development?
A. John Watson
B. G. Stanley Hall
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C. Arnold Gesell
D. Lewis Terman
10. Marsha is taking a class in human development. This class addresses the study of humans
A. from conception to adolescence.
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B. throughout childhood.
C. from adolescence through older adulthood and death.
D. from conception through older adulthood and death.
11. designed a longitudinal study that traced the development of unusually intelligent
children.
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A. G. Stanley Hall
B. John Dewey
C. Jean Piaget
D. Lewis M. Terman
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12. Human development studies are based on which of the following ideas?
A. There is little continuity over the life span.
B. Development occurs early in life, not during adulthood.
C. Every portion of the life span is influenced by earlier events and will in turn affect later events.
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D. The domains of development are not interrelated.
13. Physical, cognitive, psychosocial development are what social scientists call the three of the
self.
A. aspects
B. domains
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C. both of the above
D. none of the above
14. Annette started crawling, then standing, and is now taking her first steps. This aspect of Annette's
development is best categorized as
A. physical development.
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B. cognitive development.
C. psychosocial development.
D. none of the above
15. When she was one year old, Suzi had a vocabulary of 10 words. Now, at two years of age, she has a
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vocabulary of over 100 words. This reflects a(n) developmental change.
A. physical
B. cognitive
C. psychosocial
D. neurological
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16. Which of these characteristics describe psychosocial development occurring during the adolescent stage
of development?
A. Altruism, aggression, and fearfulness are common
B. Self-awareness develops
C. Search for identity predominates
D. Self-esteem is global
Adolescence – 12th Edition
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TEST BANK
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Diane E. Papalia
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Ruth Duskin Feldman
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
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© Diane E. Papalia & Ruth Duskin Feldman
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All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
©STUDYSTREAM
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Child’s World: Infancy Through Adolescence – 12th Edition
ST
Diane E. Papalia & Ruth Duskin Feldman
UV
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
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5. Birth and the Newborn Baby
6. Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years
7. Cognitive Development During the First Three Years
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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
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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
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16.Cognitive Development in Adolescence
17.Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
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©STUDYSTREAM
, Test Bank for A Child's World Infancy Through Adolescence 12e Diane Papalia
Ruth Duskin Feldman (Answers At The End of Each Chapter)
Chapter 01
Student:
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.
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C. develop social relationships.
D. learn language skills.
2. Historically, the study of child development gained impetus from
A. the discovery of vaccines.
UV
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
IA
B. the establishment of research institutes at Berkeley and Yale
C. Arnold Gesell's studies on motor development
D. all of the above
_A
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.
PP
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
RO
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
VE
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
D?
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.
9. Who was the first to identify adolescence as a separate stage of development?
A. John Watson
B. G. Stanley Hall
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C. Arnold Gesell
D. Lewis Terman
10. Marsha is taking a class in human development. This class addresses the study of humans
A. from conception to adolescence.
UV
B. throughout childhood.
C. from adolescence through older adulthood and death.
D. from conception through older adulthood and death.
11. designed a longitudinal study that traced the development of unusually intelligent
children.
IA
A. G. Stanley Hall
B. John Dewey
C. Jean Piaget
D. Lewis M. Terman
_A
12. Human development studies are based on which of the following ideas?
A. There is little continuity over the life span.
B. Development occurs early in life, not during adulthood.
C. Every portion of the life span is influenced by earlier events and will in turn affect later events.
PP
D. The domains of development are not interrelated.
13. Physical, cognitive, psychosocial development are what social scientists call the three of the
self.
A. aspects
B. domains
RO
C. both of the above
D. none of the above
14. Annette started crawling, then standing, and is now taking her first steps. This aspect of Annette's
development is best categorized as
A. physical development.
VE
B. cognitive development.
C. psychosocial development.
D. none of the above
15. When she was one year old, Suzi had a vocabulary of 10 words. Now, at two years of age, she has a
D?
vocabulary of over 100 words. This reflects a(n) developmental change.
A. physical
B. cognitive
C. psychosocial
D. neurological
??
16. Which of these characteristics describe psychosocial development occurring during the adolescent stage
of development?
A. Altruism, aggression, and fearfulness are common
B. Self-awareness develops
C. Search for identity predominates
D. Self-esteem is global
