SpanmViewm9thmEditionmBymRobertmV.mKail;mJohnmC.mCavanaughmChaptersm1m-m16mComplete
,TablemOfmContents
1. ThemStudymofmHumanmDevelopment.
PartmI:mPRENATALmDEVELOPMENT,mINFANCY,mANDmEARLYmCHILDHOOD.
2. BiologicalmFoundations:mHeredity,mPrenatalmDevelopment,mandmBirth.
3. ToolsmformExploringmthemWorld:mPhysical,mPerceptual,mandmMotormDevelopment.
4. ThemEmergencemofmThoughtmandmLanguage:mCognitivemDevelopmentminmInfancymandmEarlymChildhood.
5. EnteringmthemSocialmWorld:mSocioemotionalmDevelopmentminmInfancymandmEarlymChildhood.
PartmII:mSCHOOL-AGEmCHILDRENmANDmADOLESCENTS.
6. OffmtomSchool:mCognitivemandmPhysicalmDevelopmentminmMiddlemChildhood.
7. ExpandingmSocialmHorizons:mSocioemotionalmDevelopmentminmMiddlemChildhood.
8. RitesmofmPassage:mPhysicalmandmCognitivemDevelopmentminmAdolescence.
9. MovingmIntomthemAdultmSocialmWorld:mSocioemotionalmDevelopmentminmAdolescence.
PartmIII:mYOUNGmANDmMIDDLEmADULTHOOD.
10. BecomingmanmAdult:mPhysical,mCognitive,mandmPersonalitymDevelopmentminmYoungmAdulthood.
11. BeingmWithmOthers:mFormingmRelationshipsminmYoungmandmMiddlemAdulthood.
12. Work,mLeisure,mandmRetirement.
13. MakingmItminmMidlife:mThemBiopsychosocialmChallengesmofmMiddlemAdulthood.
PartmIV:mLATEmADULTHOOD.
14. ThemPersonalmContextmofmLatermLife:mPhysical,mCognitive,mandmMentalmHealthmIssues.
15. SocialmAspectsmofmLatermLife:mPsychosocial,mRetirement,mRelationship,mandmSocietalmIssues.
16. ThemFinalmPassage:mDyingmandmBereavement.
, 1. ThemStudymofmHumanmDevelopment.
Themscientificmstudymofmhumanmdevelopmentmcanmbestmbemdescribedmas
ANSWER:a.mmultidisciplinary
b. focusedmonmgroupsmrathermthanmindividuals
c. non-theoretical
d. emphasizingm stabilitym overm change
2. Whichmtermmdoesmnotmbelongminmthismgroup?
a. experiential
b. nurture
c. environmental
ANSWER:d.mhereditary
3. Dr.mKimmtakesmamstrongmnaturempositionmwithmregardmtomthemoriginsmofmintellectualmdisabilitie
s.mTherefore,mshemwouldmmostmlikelymhypothesizemthatmhermson’smintellectumalmdisabilitym(formall
ymknownmasmmentalmretardation)mismduemto
a.m hermparentingmstyle
ANSWER:b.mhismgenes
c.mhismexposuremtomamtoxicmchemicalmpriormtombirth
d.m hismexposuremtomRubellampriormtombirth
4. Themnotionmthatmdevelopmentmismbestmdescribedminmtermsmofmamseriesmofmabruptmsmhiftsminmb
ehaviormbestmfitsmwithmthem approach.
a. nature
b. nurture
c. continuity
ANSWER:d.m discontinuity
5. Cleo,mamdirectormofmamdaycare,musesmtermsmlikem“pre-K,”m“K-3,”mandmthem“upper-
elemmentary.”mThesemideasmaremmostmcompatiblemwithmam view.
a. context-specificity
b. hereditary
, c. continuity
ANSWER:d.m discontinuity
6. Dr.mFletchermismattemptingmtomdeterminemwhethermadultmcriminalsmweremrule-
breakmersmthroughoutmtheirmchildhoodmormwhethermtheymsuddenlymturnedmtomamlifemofmcrime.mHermr
esearchmismmostmconcernedmwithmwhichmissuemofmhumanmdevelopment?
a. naturem versusm nurture
b. universalm versusm context-specificm development
c. biologicalm versusm socioculturalm forces
ANSWER:d.m continuitym versusm discontinuity
7. Mustafamisminterestedminmdeterminingmwhethermchildrenmdevelopmvirtuallymthemsammemwaymin
mAlgeriamasmtheymdominmothermpartsmofmthemworld.mMustafa’smresearchmdealsmprimarilym withm the
issuemofmhumanmdevelopment.
a.mpsychologicalmversusmbiologicalmforces
ANSWER:b.m universalm versusm context-specificm development
c.mnaturemversusmnurture
d.m continuitymversusmdiscontinuity
8. WhenmClarissemsays,m“Itmdoesn’tmmattermifmtheymaremFrench,mSwedish,mormChinese,mkidsmarem
kids,”mshemismespousingma positionm concerningm humanm development.
a.mdiscontinuous
ANSWER:b.muniversal
c.mnurture
d.mcontext-specific
9. Vivianam noticesm thatm childrenm seemm tom maturem sociallym muchm fasterm inm Costam Ricmamthanminm
themCanada.mVivianamismmostmlikelymtomsupportmampositionmregardingmhmumanmdevelopment.
a. nature
b. discontinuous
ANSWER:c.mcontext-specific