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Topic: Characteristics of Life-Span Perspective
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Learning Objective: Summarize the features of the lifespan perspective. Bloom's:
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statements is true?
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A) There has been a remarkable decrease in the number of people living to an old age.
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lives.
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more compatible for young people.
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Topic: Life Expectancy
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APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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1) Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that t t t t t t t t t t t
A) begins at childhood and continues until adulthood.
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B) begins at conception and continues until adulthood.
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C) begins at birth and continues through the human life span.
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D) begins at conception and continues through the human life span.
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Answer: D t
Difficulty: 1 Easy Page Ref: 2 t t t t
Topic: Characteristics of Life-Span Perspective
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Learning Objective: Summarize the features of the lifespan perspective. Bloom's:
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Remember
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APA LO: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
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2) Who among the following is most likely taking the traditional approach to the study of
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development?
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A) Daren who emphasizes developmental change throughout adulthood as well as childhood
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B) Nick who emphasizes extensive change in adulthood
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C) James who emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change in
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adulthood, and decline in old age
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D) Gregory who emphasizes development as lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional,
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plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual
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Answer: C t
Difficulty: 3 Hard Page Ref: 3 t t t t
Topic: Characteristics of Life-Span Perspective
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Learning Objective: Summarize the features of the lifespan perspective. Bloom's:
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APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
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,3) The t approach to the study of development emphasizes extensive change from birth to t t t t t t t t t t t
adolescence, especially during infancy, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age.
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A) prescriptive
B) constructivist
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Topic: Characteristics of Life-Span Perspective
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Learning Objective: Summarize the features of the lifespan perspective. Bloom's:
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APA LO: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
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4) When taking his psychology class, Professor Sharma emphasizes that developmental change
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occurs through out adulthood as well as childhood. Professor Sharma is taking a(n)
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approach to developmental change.
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A) life-span
B) evolutionary
C) normative
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Difficulty: 2 Medium Page Ref: 3
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Topic: Characteristics of Life-Span Perspective
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Learning Objective: Summarize the features of the lifespan perspective. Bloom's:
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APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
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, 5) In the context of Laura Carstensen's view on life expectancy, which of the following
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statements is true?
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A) There has been a remarkable decrease in the number of people living to an old age.
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B) The conception of work as a full-time endeavor ending in the early 60s is well suited for long
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lives.
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C) Science, technology, and behavioral changes have not kept pace with the increase in the
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number of people living to an old age.
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D) There should be a change from a world constructed mainly for the elderly to a world that is
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more compatible for young people.
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Answer: C t
Difficulty: 2 Medium Page Ref: 3 t t t t
Topic: Life Expectancy
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Learning Objective: Summarize the features of the lifespan perspective. Bloom's:
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Understand
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APA LO: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
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6) On your first day of class, Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused on the
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development of young children, especially infants. She argues that the development of adults and
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elderly people is just as important. This professor is articulating a(n)
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A) evolutionary
B) constructivist
C) normative
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Difficulty: 3 Hard Page Ref: 3 t t t t
Topic: Characteristics of Life-Span Perspective
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Learning Objective: Summarize the features of the lifespan perspective. Bloom's:
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APA LO: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
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