PSYC 3120 Chapter 1 Quiz Questions And
Correct Answers
Traditionally, growth has been defined as
a) physical changes that occur from conception to maturity.
b) the biological unfolding of genetic potential.
c) positive changes across the lifespan.
d) gains, changes, and losses at each stage of the lifecycle. - answer a) physical
changes that occur from conception to maturity.
A rite of passage marks a transition from one _____ to another.
a) culture
b) gender
c) sex
d) status - answer d) status
Which statement concerning the pre-seventeenth century conception of childhood is
most accurate?
a) Pre-seventeenth century adults believed that children were simply miniature adults.
b) Pre-seventeenth century adults did not discipline their children because infants were
thought to be morally pure.
c) Pre-seventeenth century adults forced children to grow up at a very slow pace.
d) Pre-seventeenth century adults held views toward childhood that are different from
most modern parents. - answer d) Pre-seventeenth century adults held views toward
childhood that are different from most modern parents.
By 2030, when most members of the baby boom generation will have retired, adults 65
and older will represent approximately what percentage of the U.S. population?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
, d) 40% - answer b) 20%
Maturation is to learning as
a) genes are to social experience.
b) knowing is to doing.
c) the environment is to heredity.
d) practice is to instinct. - answer a) genes are to social experience.
Dorian is a strong supporter of the "gain-stability-loss" model. This means that she most
likely
a) rejects the inevitably of age-associated declines in cognition.
b) believes all children develop at about the same rates.
c) recognizes that there are age-associated losses in function.
d) focuses on early development rather than aging. - answer c) recognizes that there
are age-associated losses in function.
When making a decision on whether or not to follow the latest diet trend, Jillian focuses
on what the best scientific research has to say about the topic of nutrition. This
indicates that Jillian believes in engaging in _____ practice.
a) speculative
b) ethnocentric
c) evidence-based
d) emerging - answer c) evidence-based
Sixty-year-old Kwan has led a life filled with ups (a prosperous career) and downs (a
battle with breast cancer) and continues to maintain the capacity to change in response
to such experiences. A lifespan developmental psychologist would likely say that Kwan
has
a) a flawed social clock.
b) great plasticity.
c) minimal longevity.
d) maturational grief. - answer b) great plasticity.
Correct Answers
Traditionally, growth has been defined as
a) physical changes that occur from conception to maturity.
b) the biological unfolding of genetic potential.
c) positive changes across the lifespan.
d) gains, changes, and losses at each stage of the lifecycle. - answer a) physical
changes that occur from conception to maturity.
A rite of passage marks a transition from one _____ to another.
a) culture
b) gender
c) sex
d) status - answer d) status
Which statement concerning the pre-seventeenth century conception of childhood is
most accurate?
a) Pre-seventeenth century adults believed that children were simply miniature adults.
b) Pre-seventeenth century adults did not discipline their children because infants were
thought to be morally pure.
c) Pre-seventeenth century adults forced children to grow up at a very slow pace.
d) Pre-seventeenth century adults held views toward childhood that are different from
most modern parents. - answer d) Pre-seventeenth century adults held views toward
childhood that are different from most modern parents.
By 2030, when most members of the baby boom generation will have retired, adults 65
and older will represent approximately what percentage of the U.S. population?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
, d) 40% - answer b) 20%
Maturation is to learning as
a) genes are to social experience.
b) knowing is to doing.
c) the environment is to heredity.
d) practice is to instinct. - answer a) genes are to social experience.
Dorian is a strong supporter of the "gain-stability-loss" model. This means that she most
likely
a) rejects the inevitably of age-associated declines in cognition.
b) believes all children develop at about the same rates.
c) recognizes that there are age-associated losses in function.
d) focuses on early development rather than aging. - answer c) recognizes that there
are age-associated losses in function.
When making a decision on whether or not to follow the latest diet trend, Jillian focuses
on what the best scientific research has to say about the topic of nutrition. This
indicates that Jillian believes in engaging in _____ practice.
a) speculative
b) ethnocentric
c) evidence-based
d) emerging - answer c) evidence-based
Sixty-year-old Kwan has led a life filled with ups (a prosperous career) and downs (a
battle with breast cancer) and continues to maintain the capacity to change in response
to such experiences. A lifespan developmental psychologist would likely say that Kwan
has
a) a flawed social clock.
b) great plasticity.
c) minimal longevity.
d) maturational grief. - answer b) great plasticity.
