Test Bank For Child Development
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10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Chapters 1 - 15 w w w
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Part I: Theory and Research in Child Development
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Chapter 1History, Theory, andApplied Directions
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Chapter 2 Research Strategies
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Part II: Foundationsof Development
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Chapter 3Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, andBirth
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Chapter 4Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, andPerceptual Capacities
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Chapter 5 Physical Growth
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PartIII: Cognitive and Language Development
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, CoreKnowledge, andVygotskian
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Perspectives
Chapter7Cognitive Development: AnInformation-Processing Perspective
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Chapter 8 Intelligence
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Chapter 9 Language Development
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PartIV: Personality and Social Development
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Chapter 10 Emotional Development
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Chapter 11Self and Social Understanding
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Chapter 12Moral Development
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Chapter 13 Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles
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Part V: Contextsfor Development
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Chapter 14 The Family
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Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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HISTORY,THEORY,ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS w w w w w
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1) Thefield of child development
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A) is devoted to understanding human constancy and change throughout the lifespan.
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B) is part of alarger, interdisciplinary field known as developmental science.
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C) focusesprimarilyon children’s physical and emotional development.
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D) focusesprimarilyon infants’and children’ssocialand cognitive development.
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2) Thecommon goal of investigators who study child development is to
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A) understand how physical growth and nutrition contribute to health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
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B) understand more about personality and social development. w w w w w w
C) analyze child-rearingpractices and experiences that promotechildren’s well-being.
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D) describe and identifythose factors that influencethe consistencies and changes in young people during the first
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3) Whichof thefollowing factors contributed to the study of child development in the twentieth century?
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A) Thebeginning of public education led to a demand for knowledge about what and how to teach children of
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of familysize on
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C) Pediatricians werepressured byinsurance companies toimprovechildren’s health, which inspired nutritional w w w w w w w w w w w w
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D) High ratesofchildhood depression inspired newareas ofresearch into children’s anxieties and behavior
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, 4) Which of thefollowing statements is true about the field of child development?
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A) Scientific curiosity is the prevailing factor that led to the study of children, and current researchers primarily answer
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B) Thefield of child development is considered interdisciplinarybecause it has grown through the combined efforts
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C) Child development is thearea of studydevoted to understanding constancyand change throughout the
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D) Most ofwhat we know about child development comesfrom psychologists and medical professionals.
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w ANSWER: B w
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5) Development is often divided intowhich of thefollowing threebroad domains?
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A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence w w w
B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social w w w w w
D) biological,social,andintellectual w w w
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10th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Chapters 1 - 15 w w w
,Tableof Contents w w
Part I: Theory and Research in Child Development
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Chapter 1History, Theory, andApplied Directions
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Chapter 2 Research Strategies
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Part II: Foundationsof Development
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Chapter 3Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, andBirth
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Chapter 4Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, andPerceptual Capacities
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Chapter 5 Physical Growth
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PartIII: Cognitive and Language Development
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Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, CoreKnowledge, andVygotskian
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Perspectives
Chapter7Cognitive Development: AnInformation-Processing Perspective
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Chapter 8 Intelligence
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Chapter 9 Language Development
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PartIV: Personality and Social Development
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Chapter 10 Emotional Development
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Chapter 11Self and Social Understanding
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Chapter 12Moral Development
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Chapter 13 Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles
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Part V: Contextsfor Development
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Chapter 14 The Family
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Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling
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HISTORY,THEORY,ANDAPPLIED DIRECTIONS w w w w w
MULTIPLE CHOICE w
1) Thefield of child development
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A) is devoted to understanding human constancy and change throughout the lifespan.
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B) is part of alarger, interdisciplinary field known as developmental science.
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C) focusesprimarilyon children’s physical and emotional development.
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D) focusesprimarilyon infants’and children’ssocialand cognitive development.
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w ANSWER: B w
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2) Thecommon goal of investigators who study child development is to
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A) understand how physical growth and nutrition contribute to health and well-being throughout the lifespan.
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B) understand more about personality and social development. w w w w w w
C) analyze child-rearingpractices and experiences that promotechildren’s well-being.
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D) describe and identifythose factors that influencethe consistencies and changes in young people during the first
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w two decades of life.
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ANSWER:
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3) Whichof thefollowing factors contributed to the study of child development in the twentieth century?
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A) Thebeginning of public education led to a demand for knowledge about what and how to teach children of
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B) Parents were having more children and researchers became interested in the effects of familysize on
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w children’s well-being. w
C) Pediatricians werepressured byinsurance companies toimprovechildren’s health, which inspired nutritional w w w w w w w w w w w w
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D) High ratesofchildhood depression inspired newareas ofresearch into children’s anxieties and behavior
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w problems.
ANSWER:
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, 4) Which of thefollowing statements is true about the field of child development?
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A) Scientific curiosity is the prevailing factor that led to the study of children, and current researchers primarily answer
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B) Thefield of child development is considered interdisciplinarybecause it has grown through the combined efforts
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C) Child development is thearea of studydevoted to understanding constancyand change throughout the
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w lifespan.
D) Most ofwhat we know about child development comesfrom psychologists and medical professionals.
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w ANSWER: B w
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5) Development is often divided intowhich of thefollowing threebroad domains?
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A) infancy, childhood, and adolescence w w w
B) social, cultural, and historical
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C) physical, cognitive, and emotional and social w w w w w
D) biological,social,andintellectual w w w
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