PSYC 255 QUIZ 5 FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Losing eyesight after a car accident Answer: Which of the following
is an example of a nonnormative life event?
⫸ Plasticity Answer: ______ means the capacity for change.
⫸ Traditional Answer: The _____Blank approach to the study of
development emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence,
especially during infancy, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in
old age.
⫸ It is not a reliable predictor of an individual's health Answer: Which
of the following statements is true regarding chronological age?
⫸ Forethought Answer: According to Bandura, when engaging in
_____, individuals guide and motivate themselves by creating action
plans, formulating goals, and visualizing positive outcomes of their
actions.
⫸ Despair Answer: Roger looks back on his life and feels that he failed
to reach his potential, squandered opportunities, and hurt a lot of people.
At 82 years of age, he knows it is too late to make amends. Roger is
slipping into
,⫸ Normal aging Answer: The developmental pattern experienced by
most people in which psychological functioning peaks in early middle
age and starts to decline in the early 80s is called
⫸ Social policy Answer: _____ is a government's course of action
designed to promote the welfare of its citizens
⫸ Multidirectional Answer: Many individuals become wiser as they
age, but their performance on tasks that require speed in processing
information starts to decline. This illustrates how throughout life, some
dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink—in
other words, how development is
⫸ The oldest-old Answer: ______ show considerable loss in cognitive
skills, experience increase rates of chronic stress, and are more frail.
⫸ Adolescence Answer: Joey has shot up in height over the past year,
has developed a deeper voice, and is starting to grow facial hair. He is
preoccupied with the pursuit of independence and identity and is
spending more time with friends and less with family. Which of the
following periods of development is Joey in?
⫸ Organization and adaption Answer: According to Piaget's theory,
which two processes underlie children's cognitive construction of the
world?
, ⫸ Begins at conception and continues through the human lifespan
Answer: Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or
change that
⫸ Eclectic theoretical orientation Answer: The idea that no singular
theory can explain lifespan development as a whole, but that each theory
plays an important role, is referred to as a(n)
⫸ Culture and social interaction Answer: Vygotsky's theory emphasizes
how _____ guide cognitive development.
⫸ Infancy Answer: Daniel is 10 months old and is completely
dependent on his parents. He is just beginning to acquire language and
develop symbolic thought. In this scenario, which of the following
developmental periods is Daniel most likely in?
⫸ Imprinting Answer: Konrad Lorenz performed research with goslings
and found that many, upon hatching, identified him as their mother. He
called this form of attachment
⫸ Control Answer: In an experimental study, the _____ group serves as
a baseline against which the effects of the manipulated condition can be
compared.
⫸ Psychoanalytic Answer: _____ theories describe development as
primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotion.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Losing eyesight after a car accident Answer: Which of the following
is an example of a nonnormative life event?
⫸ Plasticity Answer: ______ means the capacity for change.
⫸ Traditional Answer: The _____Blank approach to the study of
development emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence,
especially during infancy, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in
old age.
⫸ It is not a reliable predictor of an individual's health Answer: Which
of the following statements is true regarding chronological age?
⫸ Forethought Answer: According to Bandura, when engaging in
_____, individuals guide and motivate themselves by creating action
plans, formulating goals, and visualizing positive outcomes of their
actions.
⫸ Despair Answer: Roger looks back on his life and feels that he failed
to reach his potential, squandered opportunities, and hurt a lot of people.
At 82 years of age, he knows it is too late to make amends. Roger is
slipping into
,⫸ Normal aging Answer: The developmental pattern experienced by
most people in which psychological functioning peaks in early middle
age and starts to decline in the early 80s is called
⫸ Social policy Answer: _____ is a government's course of action
designed to promote the welfare of its citizens
⫸ Multidirectional Answer: Many individuals become wiser as they
age, but their performance on tasks that require speed in processing
information starts to decline. This illustrates how throughout life, some
dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink—in
other words, how development is
⫸ The oldest-old Answer: ______ show considerable loss in cognitive
skills, experience increase rates of chronic stress, and are more frail.
⫸ Adolescence Answer: Joey has shot up in height over the past year,
has developed a deeper voice, and is starting to grow facial hair. He is
preoccupied with the pursuit of independence and identity and is
spending more time with friends and less with family. Which of the
following periods of development is Joey in?
⫸ Organization and adaption Answer: According to Piaget's theory,
which two processes underlie children's cognitive construction of the
world?
, ⫸ Begins at conception and continues through the human lifespan
Answer: Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or
change that
⫸ Eclectic theoretical orientation Answer: The idea that no singular
theory can explain lifespan development as a whole, but that each theory
plays an important role, is referred to as a(n)
⫸ Culture and social interaction Answer: Vygotsky's theory emphasizes
how _____ guide cognitive development.
⫸ Infancy Answer: Daniel is 10 months old and is completely
dependent on his parents. He is just beginning to acquire language and
develop symbolic thought. In this scenario, which of the following
developmental periods is Daniel most likely in?
⫸ Imprinting Answer: Konrad Lorenz performed research with goslings
and found that many, upon hatching, identified him as their mother. He
called this form of attachment
⫸ Control Answer: In an experimental study, the _____ group serves as
a baseline against which the effects of the manipulated condition can be
compared.
⫸ Psychoanalytic Answer: _____ theories describe development as
primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotion.
