Lifespan Development 8th Edition Boyd Final Exam
Questions & 100% Verified Answers.
CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS
MULTIPLE CHOICES QUESTIONS
QUESTION: Development is best defined as
a. individual differences in human behavior
b. systematic changes and continuities from conception to death
c. the way people change in positive ways across time
d. the systematic unfolding of genetic potential - Correct Answer- b. systematic changes and continuities from
conception to death
QUESTION: The three broad domains explored by developmental psychologists are
a. motor, interpersonal, cognitive
b. personality, motor, learning
c. physical, cognitive, psychosocial
d. interpersonal, maturational, learning - Correct Answer- c. physical, cognitive, psychosocial
QUESTION: Which is best categorized as being in the cognitive domain of development?
a. Physical maturation of the body
b. Poor interpersonal skills
c. A changing personality
d. Language acquisition - Correct Answer- d. Language acquisition
QUESTION: _____ aspects of development follow the "gain-stability-loss" model.
a. All
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,b. No
c. Some
d. Only physical - Correct Answer- c. Some
QUESTION: The term age grade refers to
a. a group of individuals who are all the same mental age
b. a socially defined age group, with culture-specific assigned roles, privileges, and responsibilities
c. a universally defined age group, with universal roles, privileges, and responsibilities
d. a group of children assigned at a specific age to a specific grade in school - Correct Answer- b. a socially
defined age group, with culture-specific assigned roles, privileges, and responsibilities
QUESTION: When 60-year-old Madonna wore a miniskirt to a wedding, one of her friends commented, "I sure
wish Madonna would act her age". This comment best illustrates the concept of
a. age norms
b. cohort effects
c. age grade
d. maturation - Correct Answer- a. age norms
QUESTION: The term _____ concerns an individual's sense of the age at which he or she should experience
certain events.
a. age norms
b. social clock
c. age stratification
d. age grade - Correct Answer- b. social clock
QUESTION: Diversity can be based on
a. race or ethnicity, but not socioeconomic status
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,b. race or socioeconomic status, but not ethnicity
c. ethnicity or socioeconomic status, but not race
d. race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status - Correct Answer- d. race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status
QUESTION: The term emerging adulthood refers to individuals from about age
a. 11 to 17
b. 29 to 37
c. 18 to 29
d. 38 to 46 - Correct Answer- c. 18 to 29
QUESTION: The gap between the average life expectancies for _____ have widened in the past decades.
a. women versus men
b. newborn females and newborn males
c. Caucasians versus African-Americans
d. high and low socioeconomic groups - Correct Answer- d. high and low socioeconomic groups
QUESTION: Which best describes the relationship between maturation and genes?
a. Maturation is driven by a plan contained in the genes
b. Maturation is the nature side of development, and genes are the nurture side of development
c. Maturation is the process by which genes learn
d. Genes and maturation are unrelated concepts - Correct Answer- a. Maturation is driven by a plan contained
in the genes
QUESTION: Nature is to nurture as
a. maturation is to learning
b. psychology is to biology
c. experience is to genetics
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, d. positive is to negative - Correct Answer- a. maturation is to learning
QUESTION: In Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model, the _____ involves the immediate physical environment
in which an individual functions.
a. microsystem
b. chronosystem
c. macrosystem
d. exosystem - Correct Answer- a. microsystem
QUESTION: Which is NOT an assumption of the lifespan perspective?
a. Development is shaped by historical context
b. Development can take multiple directions
c. Development focuses on gains not losses
d. Understanding development requires multiple disciplines - Correct Answer- c. Development focuses on gains
not losses
QUESTION: Trojan interviews a group of 50 teen mothers to determine what sort of knowledge they hold
regarding use of contraceptives prior to the time they became pregnant. He then writes an article where he
speaks in broad terms about what teen mothers know about the use of contraceptives prior to becoming
pregnant. In this study, the group of 50 teen mothers is called the _____, while all teen mothers are collectively
called the _____.
a. control group; population
b. sample; control group
c. population; sample
d. sample; population - Correct Answer- d. sample; population
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Questions & 100% Verified Answers.
CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS
MULTIPLE CHOICES QUESTIONS
QUESTION: Development is best defined as
a. individual differences in human behavior
b. systematic changes and continuities from conception to death
c. the way people change in positive ways across time
d. the systematic unfolding of genetic potential - Correct Answer- b. systematic changes and continuities from
conception to death
QUESTION: The three broad domains explored by developmental psychologists are
a. motor, interpersonal, cognitive
b. personality, motor, learning
c. physical, cognitive, psychosocial
d. interpersonal, maturational, learning - Correct Answer- c. physical, cognitive, psychosocial
QUESTION: Which is best categorized as being in the cognitive domain of development?
a. Physical maturation of the body
b. Poor interpersonal skills
c. A changing personality
d. Language acquisition - Correct Answer- d. Language acquisition
QUESTION: _____ aspects of development follow the "gain-stability-loss" model.
a. All
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,b. No
c. Some
d. Only physical - Correct Answer- c. Some
QUESTION: The term age grade refers to
a. a group of individuals who are all the same mental age
b. a socially defined age group, with culture-specific assigned roles, privileges, and responsibilities
c. a universally defined age group, with universal roles, privileges, and responsibilities
d. a group of children assigned at a specific age to a specific grade in school - Correct Answer- b. a socially
defined age group, with culture-specific assigned roles, privileges, and responsibilities
QUESTION: When 60-year-old Madonna wore a miniskirt to a wedding, one of her friends commented, "I sure
wish Madonna would act her age". This comment best illustrates the concept of
a. age norms
b. cohort effects
c. age grade
d. maturation - Correct Answer- a. age norms
QUESTION: The term _____ concerns an individual's sense of the age at which he or she should experience
certain events.
a. age norms
b. social clock
c. age stratification
d. age grade - Correct Answer- b. social clock
QUESTION: Diversity can be based on
a. race or ethnicity, but not socioeconomic status
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,b. race or socioeconomic status, but not ethnicity
c. ethnicity or socioeconomic status, but not race
d. race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status - Correct Answer- d. race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status
QUESTION: The term emerging adulthood refers to individuals from about age
a. 11 to 17
b. 29 to 37
c. 18 to 29
d. 38 to 46 - Correct Answer- c. 18 to 29
QUESTION: The gap between the average life expectancies for _____ have widened in the past decades.
a. women versus men
b. newborn females and newborn males
c. Caucasians versus African-Americans
d. high and low socioeconomic groups - Correct Answer- d. high and low socioeconomic groups
QUESTION: Which best describes the relationship between maturation and genes?
a. Maturation is driven by a plan contained in the genes
b. Maturation is the nature side of development, and genes are the nurture side of development
c. Maturation is the process by which genes learn
d. Genes and maturation are unrelated concepts - Correct Answer- a. Maturation is driven by a plan contained
in the genes
QUESTION: Nature is to nurture as
a. maturation is to learning
b. psychology is to biology
c. experience is to genetics
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, d. positive is to negative - Correct Answer- a. maturation is to learning
QUESTION: In Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model, the _____ involves the immediate physical environment
in which an individual functions.
a. microsystem
b. chronosystem
c. macrosystem
d. exosystem - Correct Answer- a. microsystem
QUESTION: Which is NOT an assumption of the lifespan perspective?
a. Development is shaped by historical context
b. Development can take multiple directions
c. Development focuses on gains not losses
d. Understanding development requires multiple disciplines - Correct Answer- c. Development focuses on gains
not losses
QUESTION: Trojan interviews a group of 50 teen mothers to determine what sort of knowledge they hold
regarding use of contraceptives prior to the time they became pregnant. He then writes an article where he
speaks in broad terms about what teen mothers know about the use of contraceptives prior to becoming
pregnant. In this study, the group of 50 teen mothers is called the _____, while all teen mothers are collectively
called the _____.
a. control group; population
b. sample; control group
c. population; sample
d. sample; population - Correct Answer- d. sample; population
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