TEST BANK FOR A TOPICAL APPROACH TO LIFESP
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AN DEVELOPMENT 11TH EDITION BY JOHN SANTR
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1. Life-spankdevelopmentkcoverskthekperiodkfrom to .
A. birth;kmiddlekadulthood
B. birth;koldkage
C. conception;kearlykadulthood
D. conception;kdeath
2. WhichkofkthekfollowingkgiveskthekBESTkdescriptionkofkhowklife-
spankpsychologistskdescribek"development"?
A. growthkandkdeclinekinkskillskandkprocesses
B. growthkandkdeclinekinkskillskandkprocesseskfromkbirthktokadolescence
C. growthkinkskillskandkprocesses
D. declinekinkskillskandkprocesses
3. Life-
spankdevelopmentkiskthekstudykofkhumankdevelopmentkfromkconceptionktokdeath.kHistorically,k
however,kmostkofkthekfocuskhaskbeenkonkwhichkagekgroup?
A. childrenkandkadolescents
B. youngkadults
C. middle-agedkadults
D. thekelderly
4. Thekupperkboundarykofkthekhumanklifespankisyears.
A. 105
B. 117
C. 122
D. 131
5. Althoughkthekmaximumklifekspankofkhumanskhasknotkchanged,kduringkthektwentiethkc
entury,klifekexpectancy
A. inkthekU.S.khaskincreasedkbyk15kyears.
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B. inkthekworldkhaskincreasedkbyk15k years.
C. inkthekU.S.khaskincreasedkbyk30kyears.
D. inkthekworldkhaskincreasedkbyk30k years.
6. Accordingktoklife-
spankdevelopmentkexpertkPaulkBaltes,kwhichkagekperiodkdominateskdevelopment?
A. infancy–childhood
B. adolescence–earlykadulthood
C. middle-agedktoklatekadulthood
D. Noksinglekagekgroupkdominateskdevelopment.
7. Dianakfeelskthatkherkhumankdevelopmentkcoursekoveremphasizeskthekchangeskthatkoccurkf
romkbirthktokadolescencekandkdisregardskthekdevelopmentalkissueskofkadulthood.kWhichkdevelop
mentalkperspectivekwouldkaddresskherkconcerns?
A. traditional
B. life-span
C. ethological
D. ecological
8. Somekprofessorskwantktokteachkaboutktheklife-
spankapproachkinkakHumankDevelopmentkcourse,kwhereaskotherskwantktokkeepkthektraditionalkdevel
opmentalkapproach.kTheykdisagreekabout
A. thekplasticitykofkdevelopment.
B. thekmultidimensionalknaturekofkdevelopment.
C. whetherkdevelopmentkisklifelong.
D. whetherkdevelopmentkiskmultidirectional.
9. Balteskdescribeskdevelopmentkaskmultidirectional.kWhatkdoeskthiskmean?
A. Developmentkisknotkdominatedkbykanyksinglekagekperiod.
B. Developmentkconsistskofkbiological,kcognitive,kandksocioemotionalkdimensions.
C. Developmentkiskcharacterizedkbykbothkgrowthkandkdecline.
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DkDevelopmentkneedskpsychologists,ksociologists,kbiologists,kandkneuroscientistsktokworkktogether
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.kunlockingkthekmysterieskofkdevelopment.
10. Kathykbelieveskthatklife-
spankdevelopmentkcannotkbekstudiedkwithoutkconsideringkbiological,ksocial,kandkcognitivekaspects
.kKathykbelieveskthatkdevelopmentkis
A. lifelong.
B. multidirectional.
C. multidimensional.
D. plastic.
11. Researcherskincreasinglykstudykthekdevelopmentkofkadulthood.kThiskimplieskthatk
developmentkis
A. lifelong.
B. multidisciplinary.
C. multidirectional.
D. contextual.
12. WhichkofkthekfollowingkiskNOTkonekofkPaulkBaltes'keightkcharacteristicskofkthekl
ife-spankperspectivekonkdevelopment?
A. lifelongkandkmultidirectional
B. multidimensionalkandkplastic
C. contextual
D. unidirectional
13. Manykolderkadultskbecomekwiserkbykcallingkonkexperientialkknowledge,kyetktheyk
performkpoorlykonkcognitivekspeedktests.kThiskiskankexamplekofkhowkdevelopmentkis
A. plastic.
B. contextual.
C. multidimensional.
D. multidirectional.
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