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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Events are characterized as normative if they are important to the individual but do not happen to most people.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
2. Informed consent involves gaining permission from the participant before collecting data and telling the participant about
any potential risks and benefits.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. When participants begin but do not finish a longitudinal assessment or study, there may be a problem with dropout.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. Gerontology is the study of aging from maturity through older age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
5. When a person is asked to write down their responses to a set of questions, they are completing a questionnaire.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
6. When one cannot determine which of two or more variables is responsible for an observed behavior or outcome, the results
are said to be uncorrelated.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. An index variable is a variable that is used to represent the complex interrelated influences on people over time, such as
chronological age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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8. Intelligence and memory abilities are examples of your social age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. Reliability is an indication that a measure is actually assessing what it was designed to measure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
10. In a case study, a single person is examined in great detail.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. A cohort is a collection of people born in the same time period and/or who experience the same historical events.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. Secondary aging refers to normal, disease-free development in adulthood.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
13. The life-span perspective divides human development into an early phase and a later phase.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
14. Culture can be defined as shared basic value orientations, norms, beliefs, and customary habits, and ways of living.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
15. Development is said to have plasticity when there is more than one path to successful aging.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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16. Discrimination against older people simply because they are older is called ageism.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
17. When a participant cannot give informed consent, such as in the case of a participant with advanced Alzheimer’s disease,
then a family member may give consent.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
18. A meta-analysis allows researchers to synthesize the results of many studies to estimate relations between variables.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
19. What is the time frame of testing participants in Schaie’s sequential design?
a. Three years
b. Five years
c. Seven years
d. One year
ANSWER: c
20. The procedures used in research to ensure that participants are treated fairly and with care are known as
a. ethical principles.
b. psychological principles.
c. psychometrics.
d. debriefing.
ANSWER: a
21. The age at which one begins their first marriage or retires from a career are
a. normative age-graded events.
b. normative history-graded events.
c. normative individual-graded events.
d. nonnormative events.
ANSWER: a
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22. A human resources director only schedules interviews with applicants under age 60. This is an example of
a. ageism.
b. gerontology.
c. life-span perspective.
d. age effects.
ANSWER: a
23. A resident of an assisted living center experiencing a marked decline in intellectual abilities in the years directly
preceding death, known as terminal drop, is an example of which type of aging?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Biopsychosocial
ANSWER: c
24. Which of the following factors will likely discourage potential participants to participate in the research?
a. Participants must be told the purpose of the project.
b. Participants must be warned about potential risks or harm.
c. Participants must be told whether they are free to discontinue participation at any time without penalty.
d. Participants must be deceived during the recruitment process.
ANSWER: d
25. What involves a rapid loss that occurs just before death?
a. Primary aging
b. Secondary aging
c. Tertiary aging
d. Pathological aging
ANSWER: c
26. A key premise of the life-span perspective is that
a. biological changes are the most important.
b. events that happen in older adulthood are more important than earlier experiences.
c. social changes are the most important.
d. aging is a lifelong process that begins at conception and ends at death.
ANSWER: d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Events are characterized as normative if they are important to the individual but do not happen to most people.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
2. Informed consent involves gaining permission from the participant before collecting data and telling the participant about
any potential risks and benefits.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. When participants begin but do not finish a longitudinal assessment or study, there may be a problem with dropout.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. Gerontology is the study of aging from maturity through older age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
5. When a person is asked to write down their responses to a set of questions, they are completing a questionnaire.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
6. When one cannot determine which of two or more variables is responsible for an observed behavior or outcome, the results
are said to be uncorrelated.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. An index variable is a variable that is used to represent the complex interrelated influences on people over time, such as
chronological age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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8. Intelligence and memory abilities are examples of your social age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
9. Reliability is an indication that a measure is actually assessing what it was designed to measure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
10. In a case study, a single person is examined in great detail.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. A cohort is a collection of people born in the same time period and/or who experience the same historical events.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. Secondary aging refers to normal, disease-free development in adulthood.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
13. The life-span perspective divides human development into an early phase and a later phase.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
14. Culture can be defined as shared basic value orientations, norms, beliefs, and customary habits, and ways of living.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
15. Development is said to have plasticity when there is more than one path to successful aging.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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16. Discrimination against older people simply because they are older is called ageism.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
17. When a participant cannot give informed consent, such as in the case of a participant with advanced Alzheimer’s disease,
then a family member may give consent.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
18. A meta-analysis allows researchers to synthesize the results of many studies to estimate relations between variables.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
19. What is the time frame of testing participants in Schaie’s sequential design?
a. Three years
b. Five years
c. Seven years
d. One year
ANSWER: c
20. The procedures used in research to ensure that participants are treated fairly and with care are known as
a. ethical principles.
b. psychological principles.
c. psychometrics.
d. debriefing.
ANSWER: a
21. The age at which one begins their first marriage or retires from a career are
a. normative age-graded events.
b. normative history-graded events.
c. normative individual-graded events.
d. nonnormative events.
ANSWER: a
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22. A human resources director only schedules interviews with applicants under age 60. This is an example of
a. ageism.
b. gerontology.
c. life-span perspective.
d. age effects.
ANSWER: a
23. A resident of an assisted living center experiencing a marked decline in intellectual abilities in the years directly
preceding death, known as terminal drop, is an example of which type of aging?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Biopsychosocial
ANSWER: c
24. Which of the following factors will likely discourage potential participants to participate in the research?
a. Participants must be told the purpose of the project.
b. Participants must be warned about potential risks or harm.
c. Participants must be told whether they are free to discontinue participation at any time without penalty.
d. Participants must be deceived during the recruitment process.
ANSWER: d
25. What involves a rapid loss that occurs just before death?
a. Primary aging
b. Secondary aging
c. Tertiary aging
d. Pathological aging
ANSWER: c
26. A key premise of the life-span perspective is that
a. biological changes are the most important.
b. events that happen in older adulthood are more important than earlier experiences.
c. social changes are the most important.
d. aging is a lifelong process that begins at conception and ends at death.
ANSWER: d
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