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Test Bank for Adult Development and Aging The Candian
Experience by Lori Happer, Donnie Dobbs A+
CHAPTER 1: Issues to Consider in the Study of Adult Development
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following describes Dr. McKinna, a scientist who specializes in the study of
aging?
a. gerontologist
b. geriatric psychiatrist
c. developmental psychologist
d. chronologist
ANS: A
RAT: The term gerontologist is used to refer to scientists who study aging. REF: p. 2 Historical
Aspects of the Study of Adult Development
BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
2. Dr. Li is writing a research paper that she plans to submit to a journal published by the
American Psychological Association. Dr. Li is describing a study she conducted where the
participants were between the ages of 55 and 75. Which of the following terms should Dr. Li use
to describe her participants?
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a. senior citizens
b. elderly persons
c. older adults
d. baby boomers
ANS: C
RAT: Older adult is preferred because it does not have negative connotations and can be used to
refer to older people from different generations.
REF: p. 2 A Word on Terminology BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
3. Which researcher is known for championing the study of development across the entire
lifespan rather than focusing on children and adolescents?
a. Gilligan
b. Vygotsky
c. Piaget
d. Baltes
ANS: D
RAT: Gilligan did not study development and Vygotsky and Piaget focused on development in
childhood and adolescence.
REF: p. 4 The Lifespan Developmental Perspective BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
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4. The fact that development involves both increases and decreases and that this varies
within people and between people reflects which of the key principles to the study of
development?
a. history and context
b. plasticity
c. multiple causality
d. multi-directionality
ANS: D
RAT: The term multi-directionality implies that a person may have gains in one area and losses
in another area as they develop.
REF: p. 4 What Influences Lifespan Development? BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
5. Norman was in a serious car accident when he was 20 years old. A developmental
psychologist would MOST likely classify this event as which of the following?
a. a normative age-graded influence
b. a normative history-graded influence
c. a non-normative influence
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d. an environmental influence
ANS: C
RAT: The accident would be considered a non-normative influence because it is a rare event not
linked to age or other people in Norman’s society.
REF: p. 4 What Influences Lifespan Development? BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
6. Which of the following is an example of a normative history-graded influence?
a. retiring at age 65
b. being in a single-car accident at age 30
c. getting married at age 25
d. experiencing Quebec’s ice storm at age 20
ANS: D
RAT: Many people of all ages experienced Quebec’s devastating ice storm in 1998, making it a
normative history-graded influence.
REF: p. 4 What Influences Lifespan Development? BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
7. What is the term for a person’s development based on the aging of various physical
systems?
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Test Bank for Adult Development and Aging The Candian
Experience by Lori Happer, Donnie Dobbs A+
CHAPTER 1: Issues to Consider in the Study of Adult Development
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following describes Dr. McKinna, a scientist who specializes in the study of
aging?
a. gerontologist
b. geriatric psychiatrist
c. developmental psychologist
d. chronologist
ANS: A
RAT: The term gerontologist is used to refer to scientists who study aging. REF: p. 2 Historical
Aspects of the Study of Adult Development
BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
2. Dr. Li is writing a research paper that she plans to submit to a journal published by the
American Psychological Association. Dr. Li is describing a study she conducted where the
participants were between the ages of 55 and 75. Which of the following terms should Dr. Li use
to describe her participants?
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a. senior citizens
b. elderly persons
c. older adults
d. baby boomers
ANS: C
RAT: Older adult is preferred because it does not have negative connotations and can be used to
refer to older people from different generations.
REF: p. 2 A Word on Terminology BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
3. Which researcher is known for championing the study of development across the entire
lifespan rather than focusing on children and adolescents?
a. Gilligan
b. Vygotsky
c. Piaget
d. Baltes
ANS: D
RAT: Gilligan did not study development and Vygotsky and Piaget focused on development in
childhood and adolescence.
REF: p. 4 The Lifespan Developmental Perspective BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
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4. The fact that development involves both increases and decreases and that this varies
within people and between people reflects which of the key principles to the study of
development?
a. history and context
b. plasticity
c. multiple causality
d. multi-directionality
ANS: D
RAT: The term multi-directionality implies that a person may have gains in one area and losses
in another area as they develop.
REF: p. 4 What Influences Lifespan Development? BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
5. Norman was in a serious car accident when he was 20 years old. A developmental
psychologist would MOST likely classify this event as which of the following?
a. a normative age-graded influence
b. a normative history-graded influence
c. a non-normative influence
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d. an environmental influence
ANS: C
RAT: The accident would be considered a non-normative influence because it is a rare event not
linked to age or other people in Norman’s society.
REF: p. 4 What Influences Lifespan Development? BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
6. Which of the following is an example of a normative history-graded influence?
a. retiring at age 65
b. being in a single-car accident at age 30
c. getting married at age 25
d. experiencing Quebec’s ice storm at age 20
ANS: D
RAT: Many people of all ages experienced Quebec’s devastating ice storm in 1998, making it a
normative history-graded influence.
REF: p. 4 What Influences Lifespan Development? BLM: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understand
7. What is the term for a person’s development based on the aging of various physical
systems?
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