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,TEST BANK FOR A TOPICAL APPROACH TO
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT 11TH EDITION
BY JOHN SANTROCK
1
Student:
• Life-span development covers the period from to .
• birth; middle adulthood
• birth; old age
• conception; early adulthood
• conception; death
• Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists
describe "development"?
• growth and decline in skills and processes
• growth and decline in skills and processes from birth to adolescence
• growth in skills and processes
• decline in skills and processes
• Life-span development is the study of human development from conception to death.
Historically, however, most of the focus has been on which age group?
• children and adolescents
• young adults
• middle-aged adults
• the elderly
• The upper boundary of the human lifespan is years.
• 105
• 117
• 122
• 131
• Although the maximum life span of humans has not changed, during the twentieth
century, life expectancy
• in the U.S. has increased by 15 years.
• in the world has increased by 15 years.
• in the U.S. has increased by 30 years.
, • in the world has increased by 30 years.
• According to life-span development expert Paul Baltes, which age period dominates
development?
• infancy–childhood
• adolescence–early adulthood
• middle-aged to late adulthood
• No single age group dominates development.
• Diana feels that her human development course overemphasizes the changes that occur
from birth to adolescence and disregards the developmental issues of adulthood. Which
developmental perspective would address her concerns?
• traditional
• life-span
• ethological
• ecological
• Some professors want to teach about the life-span approach in a Human Development
course, whereas others want to keep the traditional developmental approach. They disagree
about
• the plasticity of development.
• the multidimensional nature of development.
• whether development is lifelong.
• whether development is multidirectional.
• Baltes describes development as multidirectional. What does this mean?
• Development is not dominated by any single age period.
• Development consists of biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions.
• Development is characterized by both growth and decline.
D Development needs psychologists, sociologists, biologists, and neuroscientists to work
together in
. unlocking the mysteries of development.
• Kathy believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering
biological, social, and cognitive aspects. Kathy believes that development is
• lifelong.
• multidirectional.
• multidimensional.
• plastic.
• Researchers increasingly study the development of adulthood. This implies that
development is
• lifelong.
• multidisciplinary.
,TEST BANK FOR A TOPICAL APPROACH TO
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT 11TH EDITION
BY JOHN SANTROCK
1
Student:
• Life-span development covers the period from to .
• birth; middle adulthood
• birth; old age
• conception; early adulthood
• conception; death
• Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists
describe "development"?
• growth and decline in skills and processes
• growth and decline in skills and processes from birth to adolescence
• growth in skills and processes
• decline in skills and processes
• Life-span development is the study of human development from conception to death.
Historically, however, most of the focus has been on which age group?
• children and adolescents
• young adults
• middle-aged adults
• the elderly
• The upper boundary of the human lifespan is years.
• 105
• 117
• 122
• 131
• Although the maximum life span of humans has not changed, during the twentieth
century, life expectancy
• in the U.S. has increased by 15 years.
• in the world has increased by 15 years.
• in the U.S. has increased by 30 years.
, • in the world has increased by 30 years.
• According to life-span development expert Paul Baltes, which age period dominates
development?
• infancy–childhood
• adolescence–early adulthood
• middle-aged to late adulthood
• No single age group dominates development.
• Diana feels that her human development course overemphasizes the changes that occur
from birth to adolescence and disregards the developmental issues of adulthood. Which
developmental perspective would address her concerns?
• traditional
• life-span
• ethological
• ecological
• Some professors want to teach about the life-span approach in a Human Development
course, whereas others want to keep the traditional developmental approach. They disagree
about
• the plasticity of development.
• the multidimensional nature of development.
• whether development is lifelong.
• whether development is multidirectional.
• Baltes describes development as multidirectional. What does this mean?
• Development is not dominated by any single age period.
• Development consists of biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions.
• Development is characterized by both growth and decline.
D Development needs psychologists, sociologists, biologists, and neuroscientists to work
together in
. unlocking the mysteries of development.
• Kathy believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering
biological, social, and cognitive aspects. Kathy believes that development is
• lifelong.
• multidirectional.
• multidimensional.
• plastic.
• Researchers increasingly study the development of adulthood. This implies that
development is
• lifelong.
• multidisciplinary.
