Test Bank for A Topical Approach to Lifespan Development 11th Edition By John Santrock.

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1. Life-spangdevelopmentgcoversgthegperiodgfrom to .

A. birth;gmiddlegadulthood

B. birth;goldgage

C. conception;gearlygadulthood

D. conception;gdeath

2. WhichgofgthegfollowingggivesgthegBESTgdescriptiongofghowglife-
spangpsychologistsgdescribeg"development"?

A. growthgandgdeclinegingskillsgandgprocesses

B. growthgandgdeclinegingskillsgandgprocessesgfromgbirthgtogadolescence

C. growthgingskillsgandgprocesses

D. declinegingskillsgandgprocesses

3. Life-
spangdevelopmentgisgthegstudygofghumangdevelopmentgfromgconceptiongtogdeath.gHistoricall
y,ghowever,gmostgofgthegfocusghasgbeengongwhichgageggroup?

A. childrengandgadolescents

B. younggadults

C. middle-agedgadults

D. thegelderly

4. Theguppergboundarygofgtheghumanglifespangisyears.

A. 105

B. 117

C. 122

D. 131

5. Althoughgthegmaximumglifegspangofghumansghasgnotgchanged,gduringgthegtwentiet
hgcentury,glifegexpectancy

A. ingthegU.S.ghasgincreasedgbyg15g years.


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B. ingthegworldghasgincreasedgbyg15g years.

C. ingthegU.S.ghasgincreasedgbyg30g years.

D. ingthegworldghasgincreasedgbyg30g years.

6. Accordinggtoglife-
spangdevelopmentgexpertgPaulgBaltes,gwhichgagegperiodgdominatesgdevelopment?

A. infancy–childhood

B. adolescence–earlygadulthood

C. middle-agedgtoglategadulthood

D. Nogsinglegageggroupgdominatesgdevelopment.

7. Dianagfeelsgthatgherghumangdevelopmentgcoursegoveremphasizesgthegchangesgthatgoccu
rgfromgbirthgtogadolescencegandgdisregardsgthegdevelopmentalgissuesgofgadulthood.gWhichgdev
elopmentalgperspectivegwouldgaddressghergconcerns?

A. traditional

B. life-span

C. ethological

D. ecological



8. Somegprofessorsgwantgtogteachgaboutgtheglife-
spangapproachgingagHumangDevelopmentgcourse,gwhereasgothersgwantgtogkeepgthegtraditionalgde
velopmentalgapproach.gTheygdisagreegabout

A. thegplasticitygofgdevelopment.

B. thegmultidimensionalgnaturegofgdevelopment.

C. whethergdevelopmentgisglifelong.

D. whethergdevelopmentgisgmultidirectional.

9. Baltesgdescribesgdevelopmentgasgmultidirectional.gWhatgdoesgthisgmean?

A. Developmentgisgnotgdominatedgbyganygsinglegagegperiod.

B. Developmentgconsistsgofgbiological,gcognitive,gandgsocioemotionalgdimensions.

C. Developmentgisgcharacterizedgbygbothggrowthgandgdecline.
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DgDevelopmentgneedsgpsychologists,gsociologists,gbiologists,gandgneuroscientistsgtogworkgtogeth
ergin

.gunlockinggthegmysteriesgofgdevelopment.

10. Kathygbelievesgthatglife-
spangdevelopmentgcannotgbegstudiedgwithoutgconsideringgbiological,gsocial,gandgcognitivegaspe
cts.gKathygbelievesgthatgdevelopmentgis

A. lifelong.

B. multidirectional.

C. multidimensional.

D. plastic.

11. Researchersgincreasinglygstudygthegdevelopmentgofgadulthood.gThisgimpliesgtha
tgdevelopmentgis

A. lifelong.

B. multidisciplinary.

C. multidirectional.

D. contextual.

12. WhichgofgthegfollowinggisgNOTgonegofgPaulgBaltes'geightgcharacteristicsgofgth
eglife-spangperspectivegongdevelopment?

A. lifelonggandgmultidirectional

B. multidimensionalgandgplastic

C. contextual

D. unidirectional

13. Manygoldergadultsgbecomegwisergbygcallinggongexperientialgknowledge,gyetgthe
ygperformgpoorlygongcognitivegspeedgtests.gThisgisgangexamplegofghowgdevelopmentgis

A. plastic.

B. contextual.

C. multidimensional.

D. multidirectional.

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