TEST BANK FOR INVITATION TO THE LIFE
SPAN FIFTH EDITION BY KATHLEEN
STASSEN BERGER COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
REVIEW
⫸ The maximum lifespan is the oldest possible age to which humans
can live.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ The young-old are people in their fifties.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ In the United States (and around the world), there is no relationship
between life expectancy and a person's income.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ Compared to people in Asian countries, U.S. residents are more
likely to have a collectivist worldview.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
,⫸ Attitudes and values within each major ethnic group in the United
States are very similar.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ The differences in values and attitudes between men and women are
almost all biological in origin.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ According to traditional behaviorists, the way to extinguish behavior
is to stop reinforcing it.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ According to Bandura, modeling refers to watching and imitating
another person's behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Freud believed that self-awareness is the key to mental health.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
,⫸ Bowlby's attachment theory emphasizes the importance of the
parent/child relationship in early childhood.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Bowlby embraced the importance of nurture, but rejected the
importance of nature.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ Evolutionary psychologists emphasize the importance of
reinforcement in determining behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ Behavioral geneticists conduct research on hereditary influences in
behaviors and attitudes.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Piaget was interested in charting how the amount that children know
gradually increases.
A) True
, B) False Answer: B
⫸ Developmental systems theorists stress that many different forces
shape behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Developmentalists conduct research to find out the scientific ìtruth.î
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Correlational studies can determine cause and effect relationships.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ Cross-sectional studies compare different age groups at the same
time.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Longitudinal studies are inexpensive and easy to carry out.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
SPAN FIFTH EDITION BY KATHLEEN
STASSEN BERGER COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
REVIEW
⫸ The maximum lifespan is the oldest possible age to which humans
can live.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ The young-old are people in their fifties.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ In the United States (and around the world), there is no relationship
between life expectancy and a person's income.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ Compared to people in Asian countries, U.S. residents are more
likely to have a collectivist worldview.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
,⫸ Attitudes and values within each major ethnic group in the United
States are very similar.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ The differences in values and attitudes between men and women are
almost all biological in origin.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ According to traditional behaviorists, the way to extinguish behavior
is to stop reinforcing it.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ According to Bandura, modeling refers to watching and imitating
another person's behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Freud believed that self-awareness is the key to mental health.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
,⫸ Bowlby's attachment theory emphasizes the importance of the
parent/child relationship in early childhood.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Bowlby embraced the importance of nurture, but rejected the
importance of nature.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ Evolutionary psychologists emphasize the importance of
reinforcement in determining behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ Behavioral geneticists conduct research on hereditary influences in
behaviors and attitudes.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Piaget was interested in charting how the amount that children know
gradually increases.
A) True
, B) False Answer: B
⫸ Developmental systems theorists stress that many different forces
shape behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Developmentalists conduct research to find out the scientific ìtruth.î
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Correlational studies can determine cause and effect relationships.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
⫸ Cross-sectional studies compare different age groups at the same
time.
A) True
B) False Answer: A
⫸ Longitudinal studies are inexpensive and easy to carry out.
A) True
B) False Answer: B
