Test Bank for Adult Development and Aging, 3rd Canadian Edition by Lori
Harper
Complete Chapters with Answers
CHAPTER 1: ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN THE STUDY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following terms should not be used when addressing older people?
a. Senior
b. Older adult
c. Older person
d. Elderly
ANS: D
RAT: Senior, older adult or older person are the preferred terms.
2. Which of the following terms describes a scientist who specializes in the study of aging?
a. Geriatric psychiatrist
b. Developmental psychologist
c. Chronologist
d. Gerontologist
ANS: D
RAT: A person who studies aging is a gerontologist.
3. Who wrote the first major work on aging?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. Abraham Maslow
c. Paul Baltes
d. David Gordon
ANS: A
RAT: G. Stanley Hall was an American psychologist who was a pioneer in the field of child and
adolescent development. However, he wrote the first major work on aging.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
4. Historically speaking, developmental research has focused on which age group?
a. Infants
b. Children and adolescents
c. Older adults
d. Adults
ANS: B
RAT: It wasn't until the last 70 years or so that interest in the study of aging began.
5. In Canada, systematic research on aging began in which decade?
a. 1960s
b. 1930s
c. 1940s
d. 1950s
ANS: C
RAT: Systematic research on aging began in Canada in 1944.
6. What is gerontology?
a. Refers to the study of those over 100 years of age
b. The social aspects of aging
c. The scientific study of aging
d. An approach that focuses on aging and decline
ANS: C
RAT: Gerontology is the scientific study of aging.
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,CHAPTER 1: ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN THE STUDY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
7. Approximately, how many gerontology research and education centres are there in
Canada?
a. 15
b. 100
c. 44
d. 3
ANS: C
RAT: There are approximately 44 gerontology and research centres in Canada.
8. What was a significant change to the study of aging in Canada in the past decade?
a. The addition of European collaborators
b. The establishment of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
c. The recognition of the gerontology community
d. The development of aging journals
ANS: B
RAT: Perhaps the most significant change to the study of aging in the past decade has come through
the establishment of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
9. There is significant aging research going on in Canada with a team of more than 200
investigators. What is this research initiative called?
a. Manitoba Study of Aging
b. Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
c. Simon Fraser Longitudinal Study
d. There are no longitudinal studies in Canada at present
ANS: B
RAT: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) has more than 200 investigators from 26
universities across Canada.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
10. Which researcher is known for championing the study of development across the entire
lifespan rather than focusing on children and adolescents?
a. Piaget
b. Vygotsky
c. Freud
d. Baltes
ANS: D
RAT: Freud, Vygotsky, and Piaget focused on development in childhood and adolescence.
11. Which of the following is not an influence on lifespan development?
a. Normative history-graded events
b. Naturalistic-graded events
c. Non-normative influences
d. Normative-age grade events
ANS: B
RAT: A naturalistic-graded event is not one of the three types of influences identified by Baltes.
12. Which of the following is not a key principle to the study of aging?
a. Multiple causality
b. Multi-directional
c. Multi-focused
d. History and context
ANS: C
RAT: The four key principles are plasticity, multi-directionality, multiple causality, and history and
context.
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Harper
Complete Chapters with Answers
CHAPTER 1: ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN THE STUDY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following terms should not be used when addressing older people?
a. Senior
b. Older adult
c. Older person
d. Elderly
ANS: D
RAT: Senior, older adult or older person are the preferred terms.
2. Which of the following terms describes a scientist who specializes in the study of aging?
a. Geriatric psychiatrist
b. Developmental psychologist
c. Chronologist
d. Gerontologist
ANS: D
RAT: A person who studies aging is a gerontologist.
3. Who wrote the first major work on aging?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. Abraham Maslow
c. Paul Baltes
d. David Gordon
ANS: A
RAT: G. Stanley Hall was an American psychologist who was a pioneer in the field of child and
adolescent development. However, he wrote the first major work on aging.
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,CHAPTER 1: ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN THE STUDY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
4. Historically speaking, developmental research has focused on which age group?
a. Infants
b. Children and adolescents
c. Older adults
d. Adults
ANS: B
RAT: It wasn't until the last 70 years or so that interest in the study of aging began.
5. In Canada, systematic research on aging began in which decade?
a. 1960s
b. 1930s
c. 1940s
d. 1950s
ANS: C
RAT: Systematic research on aging began in Canada in 1944.
6. What is gerontology?
a. Refers to the study of those over 100 years of age
b. The social aspects of aging
c. The scientific study of aging
d. An approach that focuses on aging and decline
ANS: C
RAT: Gerontology is the scientific study of aging.
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,CHAPTER 1: ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN THE STUDY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
7. Approximately, how many gerontology research and education centres are there in
Canada?
a. 15
b. 100
c. 44
d. 3
ANS: C
RAT: There are approximately 44 gerontology and research centres in Canada.
8. What was a significant change to the study of aging in Canada in the past decade?
a. The addition of European collaborators
b. The establishment of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
c. The recognition of the gerontology community
d. The development of aging journals
ANS: B
RAT: Perhaps the most significant change to the study of aging in the past decade has come through
the establishment of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
9. There is significant aging research going on in Canada with a team of more than 200
investigators. What is this research initiative called?
a. Manitoba Study of Aging
b. Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
c. Simon Fraser Longitudinal Study
d. There are no longitudinal studies in Canada at present
ANS: B
RAT: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) has more than 200 investigators from 26
universities across Canada.
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, CHAPTER 1: ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN THE STUDY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
10. Which researcher is known for championing the study of development across the entire
lifespan rather than focusing on children and adolescents?
a. Piaget
b. Vygotsky
c. Freud
d. Baltes
ANS: D
RAT: Freud, Vygotsky, and Piaget focused on development in childhood and adolescence.
11. Which of the following is not an influence on lifespan development?
a. Normative history-graded events
b. Naturalistic-graded events
c. Non-normative influences
d. Normative-age grade events
ANS: B
RAT: A naturalistic-graded event is not one of the three types of influences identified by Baltes.
12. Which of the following is not a key principle to the study of aging?
a. Multiple causality
b. Multi-directional
c. Multi-focused
d. History and context
ANS: C
RAT: The four key principles are plasticity, multi-directionality, multiple causality, and history and
context.
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