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Multiple Choice WGU C217 Exam Questions
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When psychologists speak of life-span development, they are referring to an approach that
emphasizes
A) child development, specifically.
B) humanity's historical development.
C) only the periods of the human life span involving growth.
D) the periods of the human life span involving both growth and decline - Answer✔D) the
periods of the human life span involving both growth and decline
The upper boundary of the human life span has historically been, and continues to be,
__________ years.
A) 78
B) 100
C) 110
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D) 122 - Answer✔D) 122
During the 20th century, life expectancy increased _________ years.
A) 15
B) 20
C) 30
D) 35 - Answer✔C) 30
Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual's life and are usually not
applicable to many people are called
A) non-normative life events.
B) normative history-graded influences.
C) normative age-graded influences.
D) normative life events. - Answer✔A) non-normative life events.
Baltes and his colleagues assert that the mastery of life often involves conflicts and competition
among three goals of human development:
A) influences, life events, and plasticity.
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B) growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss.
C) growth, decline, and plasticity.
D) influences, growth, and regulation of loss - Answer✔B) growth, maintenance, and regulation
of loss.
In 2006, _____ of U.S. children were living in families below the poverty line.
A) 19.2%
B) 17.4%
C) 16.4%
D) 22.8% - Answer✔B) 17.4%
The Minnesota Family Investment Program was designed to
A) provide parents with education on parenting young children.
B) primarily influence the behavior of adults, through employment.
C) primarily influence the behavior of children, through early childhood education.
D) primarily influence the behavior of the family, through family therapy. - Answer✔B)
primarily influence the behavior of adults, through employment.
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The process we refer to when we speak of changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and
language is the
A) cognitive process.
B) socioemotional process.
C) intellectual process.
D) conceptual process. - Answer✔A) cognitive process.
Life-span developmentalists who focus on adult development and aging describe life-span
development in terms of four "ages." The third age comprises those ___________ years of age.
A) 40-59
B) 50-69
C) 60-79
D) 70-89 - Answer✔C) 60-79
A person's age in terms of his or her physical health is called
A) psychological age.
B) biological age.
C) chronological age.
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Multiple Choice WGU C217 Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
When psychologists speak of life-span development, they are referring to an approach that
emphasizes
A) child development, specifically.
B) humanity's historical development.
C) only the periods of the human life span involving growth.
D) the periods of the human life span involving both growth and decline - Answer✔D) the
periods of the human life span involving both growth and decline
The upper boundary of the human life span has historically been, and continues to be,
__________ years.
A) 78
B) 100
C) 110
1
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D) 122 - Answer✔D) 122
During the 20th century, life expectancy increased _________ years.
A) 15
B) 20
C) 30
D) 35 - Answer✔C) 30
Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual's life and are usually not
applicable to many people are called
A) non-normative life events.
B) normative history-graded influences.
C) normative age-graded influences.
D) normative life events. - Answer✔A) non-normative life events.
Baltes and his colleagues assert that the mastery of life often involves conflicts and competition
among three goals of human development:
A) influences, life events, and plasticity.
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B) growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss.
C) growth, decline, and plasticity.
D) influences, growth, and regulation of loss - Answer✔B) growth, maintenance, and regulation
of loss.
In 2006, _____ of U.S. children were living in families below the poverty line.
A) 19.2%
B) 17.4%
C) 16.4%
D) 22.8% - Answer✔B) 17.4%
The Minnesota Family Investment Program was designed to
A) provide parents with education on parenting young children.
B) primarily influence the behavior of adults, through employment.
C) primarily influence the behavior of children, through early childhood education.
D) primarily influence the behavior of the family, through family therapy. - Answer✔B)
primarily influence the behavior of adults, through employment.
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The process we refer to when we speak of changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and
language is the
A) cognitive process.
B) socioemotional process.
C) intellectual process.
D) conceptual process. - Answer✔A) cognitive process.
Life-span developmentalists who focus on adult development and aging describe life-span
development in terms of four "ages." The third age comprises those ___________ years of age.
A) 40-59
B) 50-69
C) 60-79
D) 70-89 - Answer✔C) 60-79
A person's age in terms of his or her physical health is called
A) psychological age.
B) biological age.
C) chronological age.
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