LIFESPAN - CHAPTER 1 Test Bank Questions with Accurate Answers

LIFESPAN - CHAPTER 1 Test Bank
Questions with Accurate Answers

Normative life events are the same in all cultures.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

The maximum lifespan is the oldest possible age to which humans can live.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

The young-old are people in their fifties.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

In the United States (and around the world), there is no relationship between life
expectancy and a person's income.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

Compared to people in Asian countries, U.S. residents are more likely to have a
collectivist worldview.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

Attitudes and values within each major ethnic group in the United States are very
similar.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

The differences in values and attitudes between men and women are almost all
biological in origin.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

According to traditional behaviorists, the way to extinguish behavior is to stop
reinforcing it.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

According to Bandura, modeling refers to watching and imitating another person's
behavior.

,A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

Freud believed that self-awareness is the key to mental health.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

Bowlby's attachment theory emphasizes the importance of the parent/child relationship
in early childhood.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

Bowlby embraced the importance of nurture, but rejected the importance of nature.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

Evolutionary psychologists emphasize the importance of reinforcement in determining
behavior.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

Behavioral geneticists conduct research on hereditary influences in behaviors and
attitudes.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

Piaget was interested in charting how the amount that children know gradually
increases.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

Developmental systems theorists stress that many different forces shape behavior.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

Developmentalists conduct research to find out the scientific ìtruth.î
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

Correlational studies can determine cause and effect relationships.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

Cross-sectional studies compare different age groups at the same time.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSA

, Longitudinal studies are inexpensive and easy to carry out.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

Qualitative studies include statistical analyses.
A) True
B) False - ANSWERSB

1. Gerontologists study:
A) evolution.
B) genes.
C) diseases of the ancient world.
D) aging. - ANSWERSD

2. What area of the lifespan did scientists study last?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development - ANSWERSB

3. Researchers studying development a century ago MOST likely would focus on which
life stage?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development - ANSWERSA

4. A developmental scientist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) parenting practices and how they affect normal child development.
B) cross-cultural concepts about the right age to toilet train children.
C) emotional development during adult life.
D) travel and its economic impact on a nation's wealth. - ANSWERSD

5. A developmentalist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) when children reach milestones such as walking or puberty.
B) what drugs work best for people with schizophrenia.
C) what happens to people after they reach retirement.
D) how an individual's personality may change over time. - ANSWERSB

6. Which is NOT a normative transition?
A) Mary begins kindergarten at age 5.
B) Sara has a child when she is in her twenties.
C) Josephine has a terrible car accident at age 18.
D) Manuel retires at age 65. - ANSWERSC