,
,
,
, b) personality
c) social
d) physical
Answer: A
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Describe the areas that lifespan development specialists cover.
Topic: The Scope of the Field of Lifespan Development
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
1-4. Lifespan developmentalists typically focus on a particular __________ when investigating
their questions of interest.
a) family
b) age range
c) preconception
d) geographic location
Answer: B
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Describe the areas that lifespan development specialists cover.
Topic: The Scope of the Field of Lifespan Development
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
1-5. Which developmental period has been proposed to exist between adolescence and
adulthood?
a) senescence
b) emerging adulthood
c) exploratory maturation
d) extended adolescence
Answer: B
LO 1.2 Describe the areas that lifespan development specialists cover.
Topic: The Scope of the Field of Lifespan Development
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
1-6. The term __________ relates to a person‘s cultural background, nationality, religion, and
language.
a) race
, b) self-identity
c) ethnic group
d) cultural categorization
Answer: C
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Describe some of the basic influences on human development.
Topic: Influences on Development
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
APA Learning Objective: 2.1 Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena.
1-7. A group of people who are born around the same time in the same place is called a(n)
__________.
a) race
b) cohort
c) ethnic group
d) normative group
Answer: B
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Describe some of the basic influences on human development.
Topic: Influences on Development
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
1-8. Biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age
group, regardless of where they are raised, are called __________ influences.
a) age-graded
b) history-graded
c) biological
d) environmental
Answer: A
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Describe some of the basic influences on human development.
Topic: Influences on Development
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
1-9. When social and cultural factors affect a particular individual at a particular time, and
include forces such as race, ethnicity, social class, and subcultural membership, these factors are
called __________.
,
,
, b) personality
c) social
d) physical
Answer: A
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Describe the areas that lifespan development specialists cover.
Topic: The Scope of the Field of Lifespan Development
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology.
1-4. Lifespan developmentalists typically focus on a particular __________ when investigating
their questions of interest.
a) family
b) age range
c) preconception
d) geographic location
Answer: B
Learning Objective: LO 1.2 Describe the areas that lifespan development specialists cover.
Topic: The Scope of the Field of Lifespan Development
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
1-5. Which developmental period has been proposed to exist between adolescence and
adulthood?
a) senescence
b) emerging adulthood
c) exploratory maturation
d) extended adolescence
Answer: B
LO 1.2 Describe the areas that lifespan development specialists cover.
Topic: The Scope of the Field of Lifespan Development
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
1-6. The term __________ relates to a person‘s cultural background, nationality, religion, and
language.
a) race
, b) self-identity
c) ethnic group
d) cultural categorization
Answer: C
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Describe some of the basic influences on human development.
Topic: Influences on Development
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
APA Learning Objective: 2.1 Use scientific reasoning to interpret psychological phenomena.
1-7. A group of people who are born around the same time in the same place is called a(n)
__________.
a) race
b) cohort
c) ethnic group
d) normative group
Answer: B
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Describe some of the basic influences on human development.
Topic: Influences on Development
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
1-8. Biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age
group, regardless of where they are raised, are called __________ influences.
a) age-graded
b) history-graded
c) biological
d) environmental
Answer: A
Learning Objective: LO 1.3 Describe some of the basic influences on human development.
Topic: Influences on Development
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology.
1-9. When social and cultural factors affect a particular individual at a particular time, and
include forces such as race, ethnicity, social class, and subcultural membership, these factors are
called __________.
