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1. Life-spangdevelopmentgcoversgthegperiodgfrom to .

A. birth;gmiddlegadulthood

B. birth;goldgage

C. conception;gearlygadulthood

D. conception;gdeath

2. WhichgofgthegfollowingggivesgthegBESTgdescriptiongofghowglife-
spangpsychologistsgdescribeg"development"?

A. growthgandgdeclinegingskillsgandgprocesses

B. growthgandgdeclinegingskillsgandgprocessesgfromgbirthgtogadolescence

C. growthgingskillsgandgprocesses

D. declinegingskillsgandgprocesses

3. Life-
spangdevelopmentgisgthegstudygofghumangdevelopmentgfromgconceptiongtogdeath.gHistorically,ghow
ever,gmostgofgthegfocusghasgbeengongwhichgageggroup?

A. childrengandgadolescents

B. younggadults

C. middle-agedgadults

D. thegelderly

4. Theguppergboundarygofgtheghumanglifespangis years.

A. 105

B. 117

C. 122

D. 131

5.
Althoughgthegmaximumglifegspangofghumansghasgnotgchanged,gduringgthegtwentiethgcentury,
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A. ingthegU.S.ghasgincreasedgbyg15gyears.

B. ingthegworldghasgincreasedgbyg15gyears.

C. ingthegU.S.ghasgincreasedgbyg30gyears.

D. ingthegworldghasgincreasedgbyg30gyears.

6. Accordinggtoglife-
spangdevelopmentgexpertgPaulgBaltes,gwhichgagegperiodgdominatesgdevelopment?

A. infancy–childhood

B. adolescence–earlygadulthood

C. middle-agedgtoglategadulthood

D. Nogsinglegageggroupgdominatesgdevelopment.

7.
Dianagfeelsgthatgherghumangdevelopmentgcoursegoveremphasizesgthegchangesgthatgoccurgfro
mgbirthgtogadolescencegandgdisregardsgthegdevelopmentalgissuesgofgadulthood.gWhichgdevelopment
algperspectivegwouldgaddressghergconcerns?

A. traditional

B. life-span

C. ethological

D. ecological
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8. Somegprofessorsgwantgtogteachgaboutgtheglife-
spangapproachgingagHumangDevelopmentgcourse,gwhereasgothersgwantgtogkeepgthegtraditionalgdevel
opmentalgapproach.gTheygdisagreegabout

A. thegplasticitygofgdevelopment.

B. thegmultidimensionalgnaturegofgdevelopment.

C. whethergdevelopmentgisglifelong.

D. whethergdevelopmentgisgmultidirectional.

9. Baltesgdescribesgdevelopmentgasgmultidirectional.gWhatgdoesgthisgmean?

A. Developmentgisgnotgdominatedgbyganygsinglegagegperiod.


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B. Developmentgconsistsgofgbiological,gcognitive,gandgsocioemotionalgdimensions.

C. Developmentgisgcharacterizedgbygbothggrowthgandgdecline.

DgDevelopmentgneedsgpsychologists,gsociologists,gbiologists,gandgneuroscientistsgtogworkgtogetherg
in

.gunlockinggthegmysteriesgofgdevelopment.

10. Kathygbelievesgthatglife-
spangdevelopmentgcannotgbegstudiedgwithoutgconsideringgbiological,gsocial,gandgcognitivegaspects.g
Kathygbelievesgthatgdevelopmentgis

A. lifelong.

B. multidirectional.

C. multidimensional.

D. plastic.

11.
Researchersgincreasinglygstudygthegdevelopmentgofgadulthood.gThisgimpliesgthatgdevelopm
entgis

A. lifelong.

B. multidisciplinary.

C. multidirectional.

D. contextual.

12. WhichgofgthegfollowinggisgNOTgonegofgPaulgBaltes'geightgcharacteristicsgofgtheglife-
spangperspectivegongdevelopment?

A. lifelonggandgmultidirectional

B. multidimensionalgandgplastic

C. contextual

D. unidirectional

13.
Manygoldergadultsgbecomegwisergbygcallinggongexperientialgknowledge,gyetgtheygperformgp
oorlygongcognitivegspeedgtests.gThisgisgangexamplegofghowgdevelopmentgis



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