TEST BANK For Human Development: A Life-
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Span View 9th Edition
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By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh Chapters 1 -
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v 16 Complete and verified answers
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,Table Of Contents
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1. ThevStudyvofvHumanvDevelopment.
PartvI:vPRENATALvDEVELOPMENT,vINFANCY,vANDvEARLYvCHILDHOOD.
2. BiologicalvFoundations:vHeredity,vPrenatalvDevelopment,vandvBirth.
3. ToolsvforvExploringvthevWorld:vPhysical,vPerceptual,vandvMotorvDevelopment.
4. ThevEmergencevofvThoughtvandvLanguage:vCognitivevDevelopmentvinvInfancyvandvEarlyvChildhood.
5. EnteringvthevSocialvWorld:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvInfancyvandvEarlyvChildhood.
PartvII:vSCHOOL-AGEvCHILDRENvANDvADOLESCENTS.
6. OffvtovSchool:vCognitivevandvPhysicalvDevelopmentvinvMiddlevChildhood.
7. ExpandingvSocialvHorizons:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvMiddlevChildhood.
8. RitesvofvPassage:vPhysicalvandvCognitivevDevelopmentvinvAdolescence.
9. MovingvIntovthevAdultvSocialvWorld:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvAdolescence.
PartvIII:vYOUNGvANDvMIDDLEvADULTHOOD.
10. BecomingvanvAdult:vPhysical,vCognitive,vandvPersonalityvDevelopmentvinvYoungvAdulthood.
11. BeingvWithvOthers:vFormingvRelationshipsvinvYoungvandvMiddlevAdulthood.
12. Work,vLeisure,vandvRetirement.
13. MakingvItvinvMidlife:vThevBiopsychosocialvChallengesvofvMiddlevAdulthood.
PartvIV:vLATEvADULTHOOD.
14. ThevPersonalvContextvofvLatervLife:vPhysical,vCognitive,vandvMentalvHealthvIssues.
15. SocialvAspectsvofvLatervLife:vPsychosocial,vRetirement,vRelationship,vandvSocietalvIssues.
16. ThevFinalvPassage:vDyingvandvBereavement.
, 1. The Study of Human Development.
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Thevscientificvstudyvofvhumanvdevelopmentvcanvbestvbevdescribedvas
ANSWER:a.vmultidisciplinary
b. focusedvonvgroupsvrathervthanvindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing v stability v over v change
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2. Whichvtermvdoesvnotvbelongvinvthisvgroup?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.vhereditary
3. Dr.vKimvtakesvavstrongvnaturevpositionvwithvregardvtovthevoriginsvofvintellectualv disab wq
ilities.vTherefore,vshevwouldvmostvlikelyvhypothesizevthatvhervson’svintellectuv alvdi wq
sabilityv(formallyvknownvasvmentalvretardation)visvduevto
a.vhervparentingvstyle ANSW
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ER:b.vhisvgenes
c.vhisvexposurevtovavtoxicvchemicalvpriorvtovbirth
w q w q d.vhisvexposurevtovRubellavprior
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4. Thevnotionvthatvdevelopmentvisvbestvdescribedvinvtermsvofvavseriesvofvabruptvsv wq
hiftsvinvbehaviorvbestvfitsvwithvthev approach. w q
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.vdiscontinuity
5. Cleo,vavdirectorvofvavdaycare,vusesvtermsvlikev“pre-K,”v“K-3,”vandvthev“upper-
w q w q elevmentary.”vThesevideasvarevmostvcompatiblevwithvav view. wq
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
ANSWER:d.vdiscontinuity
6. Dr.vFletchervisvattemptingvtovdeterminevwhethervadultvcriminalsvwerevrule-
breakversvthroughoutvtheirvchildhoodvorvwhethervtheyvsuddenlyvturnedvtovavlifevofvcri
wq w q w q
me.vHervresearchvisvmostvconcernedvwithvwhichvissuevofvhumanvdevelopment?
a. nature vversusv nurture wq
b. universal v versus v context-specific v development
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c. biological v versus v sociocultural v forces
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ANSWER:d.vcontinuityvversusvdiscontinuity
7. Mustafavisvinterestedvinvdeterminingvwhethervchildrenvdevelopvvirtuallyvthevsav w q w q w q
mevwayvinvAlgeriavasvtheyvdovinvothervpartsvofvthevworld.vMustafa’svresearchvdealsv wq
primarilyvwithvthe issuevofvhumanvdevelopment.
a. vpsychologicalvversusvbiologicalvforces
ANSWER:b.vuniversalv versusv context-
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specificv development c.vnaturevversusvnurture d.vconti
wq wq wq
nuityvversusvdiscontinuity
8. WhenvClarissevsays,v“Itvdoesn’tvmattervifvtheyvarevFrench,vSwedish,vorvChinese,v wq
kidsvarevkids,”vshevisvespousingva positionvconcerningvhumanvdevelopment. q
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a.vdiscontinuous AN wq
SWER:b.vuniversal c wq
.vnurture d.vcontex
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t-specific
9. Vivianav noticesvthatvchildrenv seemv tovmaturevsociallyvmuchvfasterv inv Costav Ricv av
wq wq wq wq wq wq wq
thanvinvthevCanada.vVivianavisvmostvlikelyvtovsupportvavpositionvregardingvhvuma nv wq
development.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c.vcontext-specific
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Span View 9th Edition
v v v
By Robert V. Kail; John C. Cavanaugh Chapters 1 -
v v v v v v v v v
v 16 Complete and verified answers
v
,Table Of Contents
v v
1. ThevStudyvofvHumanvDevelopment.
PartvI:vPRENATALvDEVELOPMENT,vINFANCY,vANDvEARLYvCHILDHOOD.
2. BiologicalvFoundations:vHeredity,vPrenatalvDevelopment,vandvBirth.
3. ToolsvforvExploringvthevWorld:vPhysical,vPerceptual,vandvMotorvDevelopment.
4. ThevEmergencevofvThoughtvandvLanguage:vCognitivevDevelopmentvinvInfancyvandvEarlyvChildhood.
5. EnteringvthevSocialvWorld:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvInfancyvandvEarlyvChildhood.
PartvII:vSCHOOL-AGEvCHILDRENvANDvADOLESCENTS.
6. OffvtovSchool:vCognitivevandvPhysicalvDevelopmentvinvMiddlevChildhood.
7. ExpandingvSocialvHorizons:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvMiddlevChildhood.
8. RitesvofvPassage:vPhysicalvandvCognitivevDevelopmentvinvAdolescence.
9. MovingvIntovthevAdultvSocialvWorld:vSocioemotionalvDevelopmentvinvAdolescence.
PartvIII:vYOUNGvANDvMIDDLEvADULTHOOD.
10. BecomingvanvAdult:vPhysical,vCognitive,vandvPersonalityvDevelopmentvinvYoungvAdulthood.
11. BeingvWithvOthers:vFormingvRelationshipsvinvYoungvandvMiddlevAdulthood.
12. Work,vLeisure,vandvRetirement.
13. MakingvItvinvMidlife:vThevBiopsychosocialvChallengesvofvMiddlevAdulthood.
PartvIV:vLATEvADULTHOOD.
14. ThevPersonalvContextvofvLatervLife:vPhysical,vCognitive,vandvMentalvHealthvIssues.
15. SocialvAspectsvofvLatervLife:vPsychosocial,vRetirement,vRelationship,vandvSocietalvIssues.
16. ThevFinalvPassage:vDyingvandvBereavement.
, 1. The Study of Human Development.
v v v v
Thevscientificvstudyvofvhumanvdevelopmentvcanvbestvbevdescribedvas
ANSWER:a.vmultidisciplinary
b. focusedvonvgroupsvrathervthanvindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizing v stability v over v change
wq w
q w
q
2. Whichvtermvdoesvnotvbelongvinvthisvgroup?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.vhereditary
3. Dr.vKimvtakesvavstrongvnaturevpositionvwithvregardvtovthevoriginsvofvintellectualv disab wq
ilities.vTherefore,vshevwouldvmostvlikelyvhypothesizevthatvhervson’svintellectuv alvdi wq
sabilityv(formallyvknownvasvmentalvretardation)visvduevto
a.vhervparentingvstyle ANSW
wq
ER:b.vhisvgenes
c.vhisvexposurevtovavtoxicvchemicalvpriorvtovbirth
w q w q d.vhisvexposurevtovRubellavprior
tovbirth
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4. Thevnotionvthatvdevelopmentvisvbestvdescribedvinvtermsvofvavseriesvofvabruptvsv wq
hiftsvinvbehaviorvbestvfitsvwithvthev approach. w q
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.vdiscontinuity
5. Cleo,vavdirectorvofvavdaycare,vusesvtermsvlikev“pre-K,”v“K-3,”vandvthev“upper-
w q w q elevmentary.”vThesevideasvarevmostvcompatiblevwithvav view. wq
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
ANSWER:d.vdiscontinuity
6. Dr.vFletchervisvattemptingvtovdeterminevwhethervadultvcriminalsvwerevrule-
breakversvthroughoutvtheirvchildhoodvorvwhethervtheyvsuddenlyvturnedvtovavlifevofvcri
wq w q w q
me.vHervresearchvisvmostvconcernedvwithvwhichvissuevofvhumanvdevelopment?
a. nature vversusv nurture wq
b. universal v versus v context-specific v development
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q wq wq
c. biological v versus v sociocultural v forces
wq wq wq
ANSWER:d.vcontinuityvversusvdiscontinuity
7. Mustafavisvinterestedvinvdeterminingvwhethervchildrenvdevelopvvirtuallyvthevsav w q w q w q
mevwayvinvAlgeriavasvtheyvdovinvothervpartsvofvthevworld.vMustafa’svresearchvdealsv wq
primarilyvwithvthe issuevofvhumanvdevelopment.
a. vpsychologicalvversusvbiologicalvforces
ANSWER:b.vuniversalv versusv context-
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specificv development c.vnaturevversusvnurture d.vconti
wq wq wq
nuityvversusvdiscontinuity
8. WhenvClarissevsays,v“Itvdoesn’tvmattervifvtheyvarevFrench,vSwedish,vorvChinese,v wq
kidsvarevkids,”vshevisvespousingva positionvconcerningvhumanvdevelopment. q
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a.vdiscontinuous AN wq
SWER:b.vuniversal c wq
.vnurture d.vcontex
wq
t-specific
9. Vivianav noticesvthatvchildrenv seemv tovmaturevsociallyvmuchvfasterv inv Costav Ricv av
wq wq wq wq wq wq wq
thanvinvthevCanada.vVivianavisvmostvlikelyvtovsupportvavpositionvregardingvhvuma nv wq
development.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c.vcontext-specific
