Test Bank For Child Development 9th Edition by Laura Berk, ISBN 978-0205149766, Chapter 1-15, Complete Guide A+

,TestnBanknFornChildnDevelopmentn9thnEditionnbynLauranE.nBerk

TablenofnContents
PartnI:nTheorynandnResearchninnChildnDevelopment
Chaptern1nHistory,nTheory,nandnAppliednDirections
Chaptern2nResearchnStrategies
PartnII:nFoundationsnofnDevelopment
Chaptern3nBiologicalnFoundations,nPrenatalnDevelopment,nandnBirth
Chaptern4nInfancy:nEarlynLearning,nMotornSkills,nandnPerceptualnCapacities
Chaptern5nPhysicalnGrowth
PartnIII:nCognitivenandnLanguagenDevelopment
Chaptern6nCognitivenDevelopment:nPiagetian,nCorenKnowledge,nandnVygotskian
Perspectives
Chaptern7nCognitivenDevelopment:nAnnInformation-ProcessingnPerspective
Chaptern8nIntelligence
Chaptern9nLanguagenDevelopment
PartnIV:nPersonalitynandnSocialnDevelopment
Chaptern10nEmotionalnDevelopment
Chaptern11nSelfnandnSocialnUnderstanding
Chaptern12nMoralnDevelopment
Chaptern13nDevelopmentnofnSexnDifferencesnandnGendernRoles
PartnV:nContextsnfornDevelopment
Chaptern14nThenFamily
Chaptern15nPeers,nMedia,nandnSchooling

,CHAPTERn1
HISTORY,nTHEORY,nANDnAPPLIEDnDIRECTIONSn
MULTIPLEnCHOICE
1) Thenfieldnofnchildndevelopment
A) isndevotedntonunderstandingnhumannconstancynandnchangenthroughoutnthenlifespan.
B) isnpartnofnanlarger,ninterdisciplinarynfieldnknownnasndevelopmentalnscience.
C) focusesnprimarilynonnchildren’snphysicalnandnemotionalndevelopment.
D) focusesnprimarilynonninfants’nandnchildren’snsocialnandncognitivendevelopment.n
Answer:nB
PagenRef:n4
2) Thencommonngoalnofninvestigatorsnwhonstudynchildndevelopmentnisnto
A) understandnhownphysicalngrowthnandnnutritionncontributentonhealthnandnwell-beingnthroughoutnthenlifespan.
B) understandnmorenaboutnpersonalitynandnsocialndevelopment.
C) analyzenchild-rearingnpracticesnandnexperiencesnthatnpromotenchildren’snwell-being.
D) describenandnidentifynthosenfactorsnthatninfluencenthenconsistenciesnandnchangesninn youngnpeoplenduringnthenfi
rstntwondecadesnofnlife.
Answer:nDn
PagenRef:n4
3) Whichnofnthenfollowingnfactorsncontributedntonthenstudynofnchildndevelopmentninnthentwentiethncentury?
A) Thenbeginningnofnpublicneducationnledntonandemandnfornknowledgenaboutnwhatnandnhowntonteachnchildrennofndi
fferentnages.
B) Parentsnwerenhavingnmorenchildrennandnresearchersnbecameninterestedninntheneffectsnofnfamilynsizenonnc
hildren’snwell-being.
C) Pediatriciansnwerenpressurednbyninsurancencompaniesntonimprovenchildren’snhealth,nwhichninspirednnutritionalnr
esearch.
D) Highnratesnofnchildhoodndepressionninspirednnewnareasnofnresearchnintonchildren’snanxietiesnandnbehaviornp
roblems.
Answer:nAn
PagenRef:n4
4) Whichnofnthenfollowingnstatementsnisntruenaboutnthenfieldnofnchildndevelopment?
A) Scientificncuriositynisnthenprevailingnfactornthatnledntonthenstudynofnchildren,nandncurrentnresearchersnprimarilyna
nswernquestionsnofnscientificninterest.
B) Thenfieldnofnchildndevelopmentnisnconsideredninterdisciplinarynbecausenitnhasngrownnthroughnthencombinedne
ffortsnofnpeoplenfromnmanynfields.
C) Childndevelopmentnisnthenareanofnstudyndevotedntonunderstandingnconstancynandnchangenthroughoutnthenli
fespan.
D) Mostnofnwhatnwenknownaboutnchildndevelopmentncomesnfromnpsychologistsnandnmedicalnprofessionals.n
Answer:nB
PagenRef:n4
5) Developmentnisnoftenndividednintonwhichnofnthenfollowingnthreenbroadndomains?
A) infancy,nchildhood,nandnadolescence
B) social,ncultural,nandnhistorical
C) physical,ncognitive,nandnemotionalnandnsocial
D) biological,nsocial,nandnintellectualn
Answer:nC
PagenRef:n4

, 6) Thendomainsnofndevelopment
A) combineninnannintegrated,nholisticnfashion.
B) arennotninfluencednbyneachnother.
C) operatenindependentlynofnonenanother.
D) arendistinctnandnunrelated.n
Answer:nA
PagenRef:n4
7) Whatnperiodnofnhumanndevelopmentnbringsnthenmostnrapidntimenofnchange?
A) thenprenatalnperiod
B) infancynandntoddlerhood
C) earlynchildhood
D) adolescencen
Answer:nAnPag
enRef:n5
8) Duringnwhichnperiodnofndevelopmentndonchildrennformntheirnfirstnintimatentiesntonothers?
A) thenprenatalnperiod
B) infancynandntoddlerhood
C) earlynchildhood
D) middlenchildhoodn
Answer:nB
PagenRef:n5
9) Charlottenisnlongnandnlean.nShenengagesninnmake-
believenplaynandnhasnanblossomingnsensenofnmorality.nCharlottenisnprobablyninnwhichnperiodnofnhumannde
velopment?
A) thenprenatalnperiod
B) infancynandntoddlerhood
C) earlynchildhood
D) middlenchildhoodn
Answer:nC
PagenRef:n5–6
10) Petenparticipatesninnsoccernandnisnbeginningntonmasternfundamentalnreadingnandnmathnskills.nPetenisn
probablyninnwhichnperiodnofnhumanndevelopment?
A) adolescence
B) middlenchildhood
C) earlynchildhood
D) infancynandntoddlerhoodn
Answer:nB
PagenRef:n6
11) Duringnadolescence,
A) thoughtnandnlanguagenexpandnatnannastoundingnrate.
B) youngnpeoplenbeginntonmasternacademicnknowledgenandnskills.
C) youngnpeoplenfullynassumenadultnroles.
D) thoughtnbecomesnabstractnandnidealistic.n
Answer:nD
PagenRef:n6