, Chapter 01
Test Bank
1. Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that:
A. begins at childhood and continues until adulthood.
B. begins at conception and continues until adulthood.
C. begins at birth and continues through the human life span.
D. begins at conception and continues through the human life span.
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Studying life-span development
2. The _____ approach to the study of development emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, especially during infancy, little or no
change in adulthood, and decline in old age.
A. prescriptive
B. constructivist
C. traditional
D. evolutionary
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
3. Professor Sharma emphasizes that developmental change occurs throughout adulthood as well as childhood. Professor Sharma is taking a(n) _____
approach to developmental change.
A. life-span
B. evolutionary
C. normative
D. constructivist
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Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
4. Two developmental psychologists are having a conversation. One believes in the traditional approach of developmental change, whereas the other
believes in the life-span approach. The two are most likely to differ on:
A. whether developmental change starts at birth or at conception.
B. whether the tabula rasa or the innate goodness positions were correct.
C. whether most developmental change occurs from birth to adolescence or throughout adulthood as well as childhood.
D. whether the earlier theorists, such as Freud and Jung, were correct or whether the later theorists such as Piaget and
Skinner were correct about developmental change.
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APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
5. On your first day of class, Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused on the development of young children, especially infants.
She argues that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important. This professor is articulating a(n) _____ approach.
A. evolutionary
B. constructivist
C. normative
D. life-span
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Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
6. The maximum life span of humans:
A. has increased over time.
B. has not changed since the beginning of recorded history.
C. has matched their life expectancy in recent times.
D. is about 65 years as the first decade of the twenty-first century draws to a close.
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
7. Life expectancy in the United States has increased by _____ years during the twentieth century.
A. 22
B. 12
C. 32
D. 52
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
8. The life expectancy in the United States is currently:
A. 60 years.
B. 79 years.
C. 85 years
D. 53 years.
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
9. If you subscribe to Paul Baltes' perspective of life-span development, which of the following statements would you NOT agree with?
A. Development is lifelong
B. Development is unidirectional
C. Development is plastic
D. Development is contextual
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Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
10. The idea that no age period dominates development highlights the life-span perspective that development is:
A. plastic.
B. contextual.
C. multidimensional.
D. lifelong.
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
11. Dr. Tepper-Harmon believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, socioemotional, and cognitive
dimensions. Dr. Tepper-Harmon believes that development is:
A. lifelong.
B. contextual.
C. multidimensional.
D. plastic.
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
12. Many individuals become wiser as they age, but their performance on tasks that require speed in processing information starts to decline. This
illustrates how throughout life, some dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink, or how development is:
A. plastic.
B. contextual.
C. multidisciplinary.
D. multidirectional.
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
13. _____ means the capacity for change.
A. Elasticity
B. Plasticity
C. Contextuality
D. Tenacity
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Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
14. Tzu-Chiang is 55 years old and is currently enrolled in a college algebra course. He is pleasantly surprised that he is performing well in the course
despite not taking a formal math class for over 30 years. Researchers would consider this an instance that illustrates how development is:
A. plastic.
B. multidisciplinary.
C. lifelong.
D. contextual.
Page: 6
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
15. The idea that people don’t develop in isolation, but instead are influenced by the changing world of school, peers, and family life. This indicates
how development is:
A. contextual
B. multidisciplinary
C. multidirectional
D. multidimensional
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Test Bank
1. Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that:
A. begins at childhood and continues until adulthood.
B. begins at conception and continues until adulthood.
C. begins at birth and continues through the human life span.
D. begins at conception and continues through the human life span.
Page: 4
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Studying life-span development
2. The _____ approach to the study of development emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, especially during infancy, little or no
change in adulthood, and decline in old age.
A. prescriptive
B. constructivist
C. traditional
D. evolutionary
Page: 4
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
3. Professor Sharma emphasizes that developmental change occurs throughout adulthood as well as childhood. Professor Sharma is taking a(n) _____
approach to developmental change.
A. life-span
B. evolutionary
C. normative
D. constructivist
Page: 5
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
4. Two developmental psychologists are having a conversation. One believes in the traditional approach of developmental change, whereas the other
believes in the life-span approach. The two are most likely to differ on:
A. whether developmental change starts at birth or at conception.
B. whether the tabula rasa or the innate goodness positions were correct.
C. whether most developmental change occurs from birth to adolescence or throughout adulthood as well as childhood.
D. whether the earlier theorists, such as Freud and Jung, were correct or whether the later theorists such as Piaget and
Skinner were correct about developmental change.
Page: 4-5
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
5. On your first day of class, Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused on the development of young children, especially infants.
She argues that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important. This professor is articulating a(n) _____ approach.
A. evolutionary
B. constructivist
C. normative
D. life-span
1-1
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McGraw-Hill Education.
,Page: 5
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
6. The maximum life span of humans:
A. has increased over time.
B. has not changed since the beginning of recorded history.
C. has matched their life expectancy in recent times.
D. is about 65 years as the first decade of the twenty-first century draws to a close.
Page: 5
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
7. Life expectancy in the United States has increased by _____ years during the twentieth century.
A. 22
B. 12
C. 32
D. 52
Page: 5
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
8. The life expectancy in the United States is currently:
A. 60 years.
B. 79 years.
C. 85 years
D. 53 years.
Page: 5
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
9. If you subscribe to Paul Baltes' perspective of life-span development, which of the following statements would you NOT agree with?
A. Development is lifelong
B. Development is unidirectional
C. Development is plastic
D. Development is contextual
Page: 6
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.2
Bloom's: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
10. The idea that no age period dominates development highlights the life-span perspective that development is:
A. plastic.
B. contextual.
C. multidimensional.
D. lifelong.
Page: 6
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
1-2
Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of
McGraw-Hill Education.
, Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
11. Dr. Tepper-Harmon believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, socioemotional, and cognitive
dimensions. Dr. Tepper-Harmon believes that development is:
A. lifelong.
B. contextual.
C. multidimensional.
D. plastic.
Page: 6
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
12. Many individuals become wiser as they age, but their performance on tasks that require speed in processing information starts to decline. This
illustrates how throughout life, some dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink, or how development is:
A. plastic.
B. contextual.
C. multidisciplinary.
D. multidirectional.
Page: 6
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
13. _____ means the capacity for change.
A. Elasticity
B. Plasticity
C. Contextuality
D. Tenacity
Page: 6
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.1
Bloom's: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
14. Tzu-Chiang is 55 years old and is currently enrolled in a college algebra course. He is pleasantly surprised that he is performing well in the course
despite not taking a formal math class for over 30 years. Researchers would consider this an instance that illustrates how development is:
A. plastic.
B. multidisciplinary.
C. lifelong.
D. contextual.
Page: 6
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
APA LO: 1.3
Bloom's: Apply
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 1.1: Discuss the distinctive features of a life-span perspective on development.
Topic: Characteristics of life-span perspective
15. The idea that people don’t develop in isolation, but instead are influenced by the changing world of school, peers, and family life. This indicates
how development is:
A. contextual
B. multidisciplinary
C. multidirectional
D. multidimensional
Page: 6
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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