Question 1

(T/F) Human development focuses primarily upon the first 5 years of because this is the time for most change

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False

Question 2

(T/F) The goals of the developmental research from medicine, sociology, and anthropology to explain behavior

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True

Question 3

(T/F) Human development uses information from medicine, sociology, and anthropology to explain behavior.

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True

Question 4

(T/F) Chippewa Indians have only two periods of childhood, whereas other cultures have more

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True

Question 5

(T/F) The view that humans have eight periods of the life span is a social construction

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True

Question 6

(T/F) All societies recognize differences in the ways people of different ages think, feel, and act.

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True

Question 7

(T/F) Most people have dementia and require nursing home care in late adulthood

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False

Question 8

(T/F) Socioeconomic status limits people\'s choices of where to live

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True

Question 9

(T/F) Most immigrants have some acculturation to the new society

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

(T/F) Biological events such as puberty and menopause are nonnormative events

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False

Question 11

(T/F) Loss of a spouse in a person\'s 30s in a nonnormative event

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True

Question 12

(T/F) The concept of critical periods is more controversial when applied to cognitive and psychosocial development than to physical development

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

(T/F) The study of attachment and the development of friendship is an example of cognitive development

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False

Question 14

(T/F) Many abilities, such as memory, strength, and endurance, can be significantly improved with training and practice, even late in life

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

(T/F) Broad dimensions of personality, such as conscientiousness and openness to new experience, are fixed in early childhood

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False

Question 16

(T/F) Historically, the nuclear family was the dominant form of family structure in the US and other Western industrial societies

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True

Question 17

(T/F) Maturation varies in persons, but averages provide ways to measure what are typical times for development to occur

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

(T/F) Poor children are at lower risk than wealthy children to have emotional or behavioral problems

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False

Question 19

(T/F) Children from higher SES families have lower rates of substance abuse, anxiety, and depression than children from lower SES families

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False

Question 20

Dr. Nunez wants to know what child might be at risk for problem behaviors so he can put the child in a special program. He is demonstrating the goal of:

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intervention

Question 21

Dr. George studies how much children grow when they sleep. This an example of the ______ domain.

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Physical

Question 22

Life-span studies in the US grew out studies:

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designed to follow children through adulthood.

Question 23

Ideas about the nature of reality based on shared subjective perceptions or assumptions are known as:

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Social Constructions

Question 24

A person in young adulthood would be likely to have a development task of:

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finding a partner and starting a family

Question 25

Paul Bates is best known for:

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the IQ test

Question 26

One important characteristic of development is plasticity, which refers to:

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modifiability of performance

Question 27

Damage in children due to prenatal alcohol exposure is an example of:

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critical periods

Question 28

Research on memory and learning in older persons is looking at the ____ domain

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cognitive

Question 29

Study of inborn traits is looking at:

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heredity

Question 30

The study of temperament falls in the _____ domain

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psychosocial development

Question 31

The Western World generally divides the lifespan into ___ periods

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eight

Question 32

Attachment typically occurs in the period of:

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conception to birth

Question 33

The search for identity typically occurs in:

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adolescence

Question 34

In young adulthood, your health typically:

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peaks and declines

Question 35

In middle adulthood, a person is most likely to:

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launch adult children, care for elderly parents, and find new challenges

Question 36

In late adulthood, most people are:

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retired or planning to retire

Question 37

The search for meaning in life assumes central importance in:

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late adulthood

Question 38

Jessica is 10, in school, and lives at home. This is an example of ____ development.

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normative

Question 39

The unfolding of a natural, genetically influenced sequence of physical changes and behavior patterns is

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maturation

Question 40

A two-generational household unit consisting of parents and children is:

Accepted Answer

a nuclear family

Question 41

The kinds of homes and neighborhoods people live in, as well as the quality of medical care, and other opportunities available to them are examples of\"

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factors associated with socioeconomic status

Question 42

The story of Genie is an example of:

Accepted Answer

critical periods

Question 43

Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning culture? Culture is unchanging Culture includes tradition Culture is all of the learned behavior passed on from parents to children  Culture includes art work and tools

Accepted Answer

Culture is unchanging

Question 44

Which of the following characteristics of development is NOT one of the characteristics of life-span development, according to Bates?

Accepted Answer

Nonmodifiable

Question 45

Studies on the\" wild boy\" hoped to investigate and find:

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Are qualities, behaviors, and ideas that define each human acquired, inborn, or both? Is social contract important to child development? Can the lack of social contract be overcome?

Question 46

Who was one of the first psychologists to become interested in the study of aging, publishing a book Senescence: The Last Half of Life at age 78?

Accepted Answer

G. Stanley Hall

Question 47

Which type of development would be most involved in the growth of body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health?

Accepted Answer

Physical

Question 48

Marcus is 14 months old and having great difficulty when left with the babysitter. This separation anxiety is an example of interaction between which two types of development?

Accepted Answer

intellectual and social

Question 49

Change in number or amount or frequency behavioral characteristic would be referred to as a ______ change.

Accepted Answer

quantitative

Question 50

Becoming introspective and searching out meaning in life is characteristic of which development stage?

Accepted Answer

late adulthood

Question 51

Dr. Gaipo is a psychologist whose research focus is on genetic strengths and weaknesses to explain development. In his work he emphasizes:

Accepted Answer

maturation

Question 52

The periods of the human life cycle are produced by:

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the interaction of biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes

Question 53

Meghan recorded events such as first words, first steps, and the events of puberty in her sons Joseph and Andrew. These landmarks in human development are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

milestones

Question 54

A multigenerational kinship unit consisting of parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins is called a(n):

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extended family

Question 55

Socio-economic status is determined by all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

ethnicity

Question 56

Not an indirect effect of poverty

Accepted Answer

breakdown of the nuclear family

Question 57

An event that is experienced in a similar way by most people in a group is called a ________ influence

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normative

Question 58

Non-normative life events are:

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unusual events that influence a person\'s life

Question 59

Your cohort would include your:

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schoolmates

Question 60

A specific time when a given event, or absence of that event, has the greatest impact on development is called a(n) _______ period.

Accepted Answer

critical

Question 61

Sandro\'s ethnic identity is

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a personal and deliberate decision

Question 62

One of the purposes in designing cross-cultural research projects is to:

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identify cultural influences on development

Question 63

In the Oakland Growth Study, the longitudinal study of social and emotional development of urban youth during the Great Depression:

Accepted Answer

adolescent children tended to show developmental difficulties

Question 64

Learning a second language seems to have a(n) _______ period, just like learning a first language does.

Accepted Answer

critical

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