Life-span Developmental Psych Final Exam 2023
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The 35-year-old grandmother, the 65-year-old father of a preschooler, the 15-year
old surgeon, and the 70-year-old student, all serve to illustrate that:
old assumptions about the proper timing of life events no longer govern our lives.
_____ is a time of establishing personal and economic independence, career
development, and, for many, selecting a mate, learning to live with someone in an
intimate way, starting a family, and rearing children.
Early adulthood
On your first day of class, Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have
focused on the development of young children, especially infants. She argues
that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important. This
professor is articulating a(n) _____ approach.
life-span
Which of the following statements about the "young-old" is true?
They can develop strategies to cope with the gains and losses of aging.
Jessica spends a lot of time thinking about the choices she has made in her life
and the events she has witnessed. She is adjusting to decreasing strength and
health, and she has made several lifestyle changes as a result. Jessica is most
likely in the _____ period of development.
late adulthood
Sharon is a 30-year-old stay-at-home mother to a toddler. Life-span
developmentalists would consider her to be:
in the second age of prime adulthood
in the developmental period of early adulthood
Hidalgo, 8, is very good at addition and subtraction, but he has a hard time
understanding the complex algebraic problems that his 14-year-old sister does.
Hidalgo is currently in which of Jean Piaget's stages of development?
Concrete operational
Which of the following is a criticism of standardized tests?
They assume a person's behavior is consistent and stable.
Dr. McLean has designed a study to test the cognitive skills of people in their 30s,
50s, and 70s, where data is collected over the course of a day through a series of
tests. What type of research approach is Dr. McLean using?
Cross-sectional
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?
Adolescence
The cultural makeup of the U.S. population has changed over the past few years
due to immigration and other factors. Such long-term changes in the genetic and
cultural makeup of a population are part of:
normative historical change
, Piaget's four stages of cognitive development:
start at birth and continue through adulthood
By age 51, most women enter menopause. This is an example of how a biological
process can exert a _____ influence on development.
normative age-graded
Jessica, 16, is in the process of deciding what she wants to study in college. She
wants to be an engineer one day and a painter the next day. Erik Erikson would
say Jessica is in the _____ stage of development.
identity versus identity confusion
Sandrine is now able to use abstract thought as well as logic; Piaget would argue
that she is in the _____ stage of development.
formal operational
Ramada, 69, an avid golfer and fitness enthusiast, recently got a comprehensive
health exam done, and her physician remarked that her vital organs were in such
good shape that her _____ age was about 10 years less than her chronological
age.
biological
The term "generativity" as described in Erikson's seventh stage of development
primarily reflects a concern for:
helping the younger generation to develop and lead useful lives
According to life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes, the benefits conferred by
evolutionary selection decrease with age. Natural selection has not weeded out
many harmful conditions and nonadaptive characteristics that appear among
older adults. Why?
Natural selection operates primarily on characteristics that are tied to reproductive
fitness
Charlie is a cooperative, attentive child and is a favorite at home and school; and
he receives positive, instructive responses from adults. This is indicative of a(n):
evocative genotype-environment correlation
Brad is an athletic boy who is on every sport team in school. Stephen loves math
and is part of his school's math club. These instances reflect _____ correlations
that occur when children seek out environments that they find compatible and
stimulating
active (niche-picking) genotype-environment
Shakena is a 38-year-old single woman who works as a pharmaceutical
representative. She would like to adopt a child. Recent changes in adoption
requirements would mean that:
she would be considered as a candidate for adopting a child
As an alternative to "_____ evolutionism" presented in evolutionary psychology,
Albert Bandura proposed a _____ view.
one-sided; bidirectional
Early interest in the XYY syndrome focused on the belief that the extra Y
chromosome found in some males contributed to _____. However, subsequent
research has proved this to be _____.
aggression and violence; false
Which of the following statements is true?
Questions and Answers (Santrock) Solved 100%
The 35-year-old grandmother, the 65-year-old father of a preschooler, the 15-year
old surgeon, and the 70-year-old student, all serve to illustrate that:
old assumptions about the proper timing of life events no longer govern our lives.
_____ is a time of establishing personal and economic independence, career
development, and, for many, selecting a mate, learning to live with someone in an
intimate way, starting a family, and rearing children.
Early adulthood
On your first day of class, Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have
focused on the development of young children, especially infants. She argues
that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important. This
professor is articulating a(n) _____ approach.
life-span
Which of the following statements about the "young-old" is true?
They can develop strategies to cope with the gains and losses of aging.
Jessica spends a lot of time thinking about the choices she has made in her life
and the events she has witnessed. She is adjusting to decreasing strength and
health, and she has made several lifestyle changes as a result. Jessica is most
likely in the _____ period of development.
late adulthood
Sharon is a 30-year-old stay-at-home mother to a toddler. Life-span
developmentalists would consider her to be:
in the second age of prime adulthood
in the developmental period of early adulthood
Hidalgo, 8, is very good at addition and subtraction, but he has a hard time
understanding the complex algebraic problems that his 14-year-old sister does.
Hidalgo is currently in which of Jean Piaget's stages of development?
Concrete operational
Which of the following is a criticism of standardized tests?
They assume a person's behavior is consistent and stable.
Dr. McLean has designed a study to test the cognitive skills of people in their 30s,
50s, and 70s, where data is collected over the course of a day through a series of
tests. What type of research approach is Dr. McLean using?
Cross-sectional
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?
Adolescence
The cultural makeup of the U.S. population has changed over the past few years
due to immigration and other factors. Such long-term changes in the genetic and
cultural makeup of a population are part of:
normative historical change
, Piaget's four stages of cognitive development:
start at birth and continue through adulthood
By age 51, most women enter menopause. This is an example of how a biological
process can exert a _____ influence on development.
normative age-graded
Jessica, 16, is in the process of deciding what she wants to study in college. She
wants to be an engineer one day and a painter the next day. Erik Erikson would
say Jessica is in the _____ stage of development.
identity versus identity confusion
Sandrine is now able to use abstract thought as well as logic; Piaget would argue
that she is in the _____ stage of development.
formal operational
Ramada, 69, an avid golfer and fitness enthusiast, recently got a comprehensive
health exam done, and her physician remarked that her vital organs were in such
good shape that her _____ age was about 10 years less than her chronological
age.
biological
The term "generativity" as described in Erikson's seventh stage of development
primarily reflects a concern for:
helping the younger generation to develop and lead useful lives
According to life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes, the benefits conferred by
evolutionary selection decrease with age. Natural selection has not weeded out
many harmful conditions and nonadaptive characteristics that appear among
older adults. Why?
Natural selection operates primarily on characteristics that are tied to reproductive
fitness
Charlie is a cooperative, attentive child and is a favorite at home and school; and
he receives positive, instructive responses from adults. This is indicative of a(n):
evocative genotype-environment correlation
Brad is an athletic boy who is on every sport team in school. Stephen loves math
and is part of his school's math club. These instances reflect _____ correlations
that occur when children seek out environments that they find compatible and
stimulating
active (niche-picking) genotype-environment
Shakena is a 38-year-old single woman who works as a pharmaceutical
representative. She would like to adopt a child. Recent changes in adoption
requirements would mean that:
she would be considered as a candidate for adopting a child
As an alternative to "_____ evolutionism" presented in evolutionary psychology,
Albert Bandura proposed a _____ view.
one-sided; bidirectional
Early interest in the XYY syndrome focused on the belief that the extra Y
chromosome found in some males contributed to _____. However, subsequent
research has proved this to be _____.
aggression and violence; false
Which of the following statements is true?
