Test Bank
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
A Thematic Approach
SIXTH Edition

Danuta Bukatko
College of the Holy Cross
Marvin W. Daehler
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Preface
This Test Bank, accompanying Child Development: A Thematic Approach, Sixth Edition, by Danuta Bukatko and Marvin W. Daehler, contains approximately 2,400 multiple-choice questions—about 150 for each chapter of the text. For this edition, questions have been broken down into two types: conceptual questions ask the student to formulate an answer based on his or her understanding of a concept and applied questions introduce a real-life scenario and ask the student to apply his or her acquired knowledge to make a choice. The sequence of questions follows the order in which the information appears in the text. The format of the items follows basic principles of test construction, and the level of difficulty is purposely varied. In addition to the multiple-choice questions, there are true/false, short answer, and essay questions located at the end of each chapter.
Each multiple-choice and true/false item in the Test Bank has a notation like the following:
TYPE: A = application; C = concept
ANS: B
DIF: E = easy; M = moderate; D = difficult
REF: page reference
OBJ: learning objective
WWW: key questions for the Web (15 per chapter)
The short answer and essay questions have the following notations:
ANS: Possible responses included
OBJ: learning objective
The information provided in the key can be used in several ways. By systematically choosing items according to the learning objectives, an instructor can ensure that a test assesses the breadth of students’ understanding of the course material. By varying the proportion of items that are conceptual, factual, or applied, the instructor can manipulate the extent to which a test assesses the depth of students’ understanding of the material.

Contents
Preface	
CHAPTER 1 - Themes and Theories	1
CHAPTER 2 - Studying Child Development	29
CHAPTER 3 - Genetics and Heredity	57
CHAPTER 4 - The Prenatal Period and Birth	87
CHAPTER 5 - Brain, Motor Skill, and Physical Development	119
CHAPTER 6 - Basic Learning and Perception	145
CHAPTER 7 - Language	173
CHAPTER 8 - Cognition	201
CHAPTER 9 – Social Cognition	227
CHAPTER 10 - Achievement	255
CHAPTER 11 - Emotion	283
CHAPTER 12 - Self and Values	311
CHAPTER 13 - Gender	339
CHAPTER 14 - The Family	367
CHAPTER 15 - Peers	395
CHAPTER 16 - Beyond Family and Peers	423