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1. Life-spanldevelopmentlcoverslthelperiodlfrom to .

A. birth;lmiddleladulthood

B. birth;loldlage

C. conception;learlyladulthood

D. conception;ldeath

2. WhichloflthelfollowinglgiveslthelBESTldescriptionloflhowllife-
spanlpsychologistsldescribel"development"?

A. growthlandldeclinelinlskillslandlprocesses

B. growthlandldeclinelinlskillslandlprocesseslfromlbirthltoladolescence

C. growthlinlskillslandlprocesses

D. declinelinlskillslandlprocesses

3. Life-
spanldevelopmentlislthelstudyloflhumanldevelopmentlfromlconceptionltoldeath.lHistorically,lho
wever,lmostloflthelfocuslhaslbeenlonlwhichlagelgroup?

A. childrenlandladolescents

B. youngladults

C. middle-agedladults

D. thelelderly

4. Thelupperlboundaryloflthelhumanllifespanlisyears.lA.

105

B. 117

C. 122

D. 131

5. Althoughlthelmaximumllifelspanloflhumanslhaslnotlchanged,lduringltheltwentiethlcen
tury,llifelexpectancy

A. inlthelU.S.lhaslincreasedlbyl15l years.


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B. inlthelworldlhaslincreasedlbyl15l years.

C. inlthelU.S.lhaslincreasedlbyl30l years.

D. inlthelworldlhaslincreasedlbyl30l years.

6. Accordingltollife-
spanldevelopmentlexpertlPaullBaltes,lwhichlagelperiodldominatesldevelopment?

A. infancy–childhood

B. adolescence–earlyladulthood

C. middle-agedltollateladulthood

D. Nolsinglelagelgroupldominatesldevelopment.

7. Dianalfeelslthatlherlhumanldevelopmentlcourseloveremphasizeslthelchangeslthatloccurlfro
mlbirthltoladolescencelandldisregardsltheldevelopmentallissueslofladulthood.lWhichldevelopment
allperspectivelwouldladdresslherlconcerns?

A. traditional

B. life-span

C. ethological

D. ecological



8. Somelprofessorslwantltolteachlaboutlthellife-
spanlapproachlinlalHumanlDevelopmentlcourse,lwhereaslotherslwantltolkeepltheltraditionalldevelop
mentallapproach.lTheyldisagreelabout

A. thelplasticitylofldevelopment.

B. thelmultidimensionallnaturelofldevelopment.

C. whetherldevelopmentlisllifelong.

D. whetherldevelopmentlislmultidirectional.

9. Baltesldescribesldevelopmentlaslmultidirectional.lWhatldoeslthislmean?

A. Developmentlislnotldominatedlbylanylsinglelagelperiod.

B. Developmentlconsistsloflbiological,lcognitive,landlsocioemotionalldimensions.

C. Developmentlislcharacterizedlbylbothlgrowthlandldecline.
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DlDevelopmentlneedslpsychologists,lsociologists,lbiologists,landlneuroscientistsltolworkltog
etherlin

.lunlockinglthelmysterieslofldevelopment.

10. Kathylbelieveslthatllife-
spanldevelopmentlcannotlbelstudiedlwithoutlconsideringlbiological,lsocial,landlcognitivelaspects.lK
athylbelieveslthatldevelopmentlis

A. lifelong.

B. multidirectional.

C. multidimensional.

D. plastic.

11. Researcherslincreasinglylstudyltheldevelopmentlofladulthood.lThislimplieslthatlde
velopmentlis

A. lifelong.

B. multidisciplinary.

C. multidirectional.

D. contextual.

12. WhichloflthelfollowinglislNOTloneloflPaullBaltes'leightlcharacteristicsloflthellife-
spanlperspectivelonldevelopment?

A. lifelonglandlmultidirectional

B. multidimensionallandlplastic

C. contextual

D. unidirectional

13. Manylolderladultslbecomelwiserlbylcallinglonlexperientiallknowledge,lyetltheylper
formlpoorlylonlcognitivelspeedltests.lThislislanlexampleloflhowldevelopmentlis

A. plastic.

B. contextual.

C. multidimensional.

D. multidirectional.

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