1. Gerontologists study:
A) evolution.
B) genes.
C) diseases of the ancient world.
D) aging.
2. What area of the lifespan did scientists study last?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development
3. Researchers studying development a century ago MOST likely would
focus on which life stage?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development
4. A developmental scientist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) parenting practices and how they affect normal child
development.
B) cross-cultural concepts about the right age to toilet train
children.
C) emotional development during adult life.
D) travel and its economic impact on a nation's wealth.
5. A developmentalist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) when children reach milestones such as walking or puberty.
B) what drugs work best for people with schizophrenia.
C) what happens to people after they reach retirement.
D) how an individual's personality may change over time.
6. Which is NOT a normative transition?
A) Mary begins kindergarten at age 5.
B) Sara has a child when she is in her twenties.
C) Josephine has a terrible car accident at age 18.
D) Manuel retires at age 65.
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, 7. Which is a normative transition?
A) puberty
B) divorce
C) sleeping in bed with a child
D) living through a recession
8. Which person's statement is referring to his or her cohort?
A) “We live in the same area of the country.”
B) “We play tennis together every week.”
C) “We were born around the same time.”
D) “We are of the same ethnic group.”
9. A cohort refers to a:
A) group of friends.
B) group of people who were born around the same time.
C) family group.
D) group of people who live in the same neighborhood.
10. When Aracelly tells you she is a baby boomer, Aracelly is referring
to her _____.
A) society
B) cohort
C) income
D) gender
11. Millennial, Generation X, and Baby Boomer are terms that refer to a
person's:
A) social class.
B) cohort.
C) society.
D) group of friends.
12. Which person is NOT a baby boomer?
A) Cesar, who was in college during the late 1960s
B) Callista, who is 65
C) Cami, who is 40
D) Corrine, who is about to retire
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,13. Which person MOST likely is a baby boomer?
A) Selma, who is about to turn 65
B) Kimiko, who is in her late seventies
C) Kevin, who became a grandpa last year
D) Tan, who just got his Ph.D.
14. All are true of the baby-boom cohort EXCEPT that they:
A) are larger size-wise than other living cohorts.
B) were born in the years after World War I.
C) changed society as they moved through life.
D) are now entering later life.
15. All are true of the baby boomers EXCEPT that they:
A) were teenagers during the late 1960s.
B) are entering their young-old years.
C) are an incredibly large cohort.
D) have had little impact on Western society.
16. Today, the baby-boom cohort is:
A) in the aging phase of life.
B) old-old.
C) almost completely dead.
D) all in middle age.
17. Which person is NOT a member of the baby-boom cohort?
A) David, who was born in 1946 after his dad returned from World
War II
B) Adrianna, who entered college at age 18, during the late 1960s
C) Lynnette who was born during the Great Depression
D) Liang, who retired in 2013 at age 63
18. A woman who says she is a baby boomer:
A) grew up during World War II.
B) grew up during the 1980s.
C) reached her teens during the 1960s or 1970s.
D) reached her teens in the 1980s.
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, 19. Childhood got longer because of:
A) schooling—the need for more education.
B) economic pressures—the need for kids to stay at home.
C) biology—children reaching puberty at younger ages.
D) family changes—more single-parent moms.
20. When José is explaining some historical facts about childhood, he
would MOST likely say that in previous centuries people:
A) cared more about nurturing children than people do today.
B) cared more about childhood education than people do today.
C) were defined as adults right after college.
D) engaged in activities viewed today as child abuse.
21. The modern “caring” view of childhood was NOT influenced by:
A) the writings Locke and Rousseau, who felt childhood was a
special period.
B) medical advances which dramatically reduced infant mortality.
C) the need for children to receive an education.
D) advances in birth control.
22. Over the centuries, childhood has become much:
A) longer.
B) more difficult
C) more stressful.
D) simpler.
23. For people born in the eighteenth century, all of the following are
true EXCEPT that they would:
A) be far more likely to die during early childhood than today.
B) be far less likely to go to school than today.
C) begin their “adult life” at a far younger age than today.
D) have an adolescence.
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A) evolution.
B) genes.
C) diseases of the ancient world.
D) aging.
2. What area of the lifespan did scientists study last?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development
3. Researchers studying development a century ago MOST likely would
focus on which life stage?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development
4. A developmental scientist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) parenting practices and how they affect normal child
development.
B) cross-cultural concepts about the right age to toilet train
children.
C) emotional development during adult life.
D) travel and its economic impact on a nation's wealth.
5. A developmentalist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) when children reach milestones such as walking or puberty.
B) what drugs work best for people with schizophrenia.
C) what happens to people after they reach retirement.
D) how an individual's personality may change over time.
6. Which is NOT a normative transition?
A) Mary begins kindergarten at age 5.
B) Sara has a child when she is in her twenties.
C) Josephine has a terrible car accident at age 18.
D) Manuel retires at age 65.
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, 7. Which is a normative transition?
A) puberty
B) divorce
C) sleeping in bed with a child
D) living through a recession
8. Which person's statement is referring to his or her cohort?
A) “We live in the same area of the country.”
B) “We play tennis together every week.”
C) “We were born around the same time.”
D) “We are of the same ethnic group.”
9. A cohort refers to a:
A) group of friends.
B) group of people who were born around the same time.
C) family group.
D) group of people who live in the same neighborhood.
10. When Aracelly tells you she is a baby boomer, Aracelly is referring
to her _____.
A) society
B) cohort
C) income
D) gender
11. Millennial, Generation X, and Baby Boomer are terms that refer to a
person's:
A) social class.
B) cohort.
C) society.
D) group of friends.
12. Which person is NOT a baby boomer?
A) Cesar, who was in college during the late 1960s
B) Callista, who is 65
C) Cami, who is 40
D) Corrine, who is about to retire
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,13. Which person MOST likely is a baby boomer?
A) Selma, who is about to turn 65
B) Kimiko, who is in her late seventies
C) Kevin, who became a grandpa last year
D) Tan, who just got his Ph.D.
14. All are true of the baby-boom cohort EXCEPT that they:
A) are larger size-wise than other living cohorts.
B) were born in the years after World War I.
C) changed society as they moved through life.
D) are now entering later life.
15. All are true of the baby boomers EXCEPT that they:
A) were teenagers during the late 1960s.
B) are entering their young-old years.
C) are an incredibly large cohort.
D) have had little impact on Western society.
16. Today, the baby-boom cohort is:
A) in the aging phase of life.
B) old-old.
C) almost completely dead.
D) all in middle age.
17. Which person is NOT a member of the baby-boom cohort?
A) David, who was born in 1946 after his dad returned from World
War II
B) Adrianna, who entered college at age 18, during the late 1960s
C) Lynnette who was born during the Great Depression
D) Liang, who retired in 2013 at age 63
18. A woman who says she is a baby boomer:
A) grew up during World War II.
B) grew up during the 1980s.
C) reached her teens during the 1960s or 1970s.
D) reached her teens in the 1980s.
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, 19. Childhood got longer because of:
A) schooling—the need for more education.
B) economic pressures—the need for kids to stay at home.
C) biology—children reaching puberty at younger ages.
D) family changes—more single-parent moms.
20. When José is explaining some historical facts about childhood, he
would MOST likely say that in previous centuries people:
A) cared more about nurturing children than people do today.
B) cared more about childhood education than people do today.
C) were defined as adults right after college.
D) engaged in activities viewed today as child abuse.
21. The modern “caring” view of childhood was NOT influenced by:
A) the writings Locke and Rousseau, who felt childhood was a
special period.
B) medical advances which dramatically reduced infant mortality.
C) the need for children to receive an education.
D) advances in birth control.
22. Over the centuries, childhood has become much:
A) longer.
B) more difficult
C) more stressful.
D) simpler.
23. For people born in the eighteenth century, all of the following are
true EXCEPT that they would:
A) be far more likely to die during early childhood than today.
B) be far less likely to go to school than today.
C) begin their “adult life” at a far younger age than today.
D) have an adolescence.
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