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Prepare for your exams with this complete and comprehensive Test Bank for A Topical Approach to Lifespan Development, 11th Edition by John Santrock (ISBN 9781260726817). This professional study resource features thousands of exam-ready multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, and essay prompts with detailed rationales across the entire developmental psychology curriculum. The bank provides exhaustive coverage for Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Biological beginnings, Chapter 3: Physical development and biological aging, Chapter 4: Health, Chapter 5: Motor, sensory, and perceptual development, Chapter 6: Cognitive developmental approaches, Chapter 7: Information processing, Chapter 8: Intelligence, Chapter 9: Language development, Chapter 10: Emotional development and attachment, Chapter 11: The self, identity, and personality, Chapter 12: Gender and sexuality, Chapter 13: Moral development, values, and religion, Chapter 14: Families, relationships, and parenting, Chapter 15: Peers and the sociocultural world, Chapter 16: Schools, achievement, and work, and Chapter 17: Death, dying, and grieving.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Test Bank – A Topical Approach to Lifespan Development (11th Edition)
Author: John W. Santrock
ISBN: 9781260726817
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PART I: THE LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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PART II: BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH

Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings
Chapter 3: Physical Development and Biological Aging
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Chapter 4: Health
Chapter 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

PART III: COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND DEVELOPMENT
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Chapter 6: Cognitive Developmental Approaches
Chapter 7: Information Processing
Chapter 8: Intelligence
Chapter 9: Language Development
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PART IV: SOCIOEMOTIONAL PROCESSES

Chapter 10: Emotional Development and Attachment
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Chapter 11: The Self, Identity, and Personality
Chapter 12: Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 13: Moral Development, Values, and Religion
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PART V: SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 14: Families, Relationships, and Parenting
Chapter 15: Peers and the Sociocultural World
Chapter 16: Schools, Achievement, and Work
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PART VI: ENDINGS

Chapter 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving
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Student:
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1. Life-span development covers the period from to .
A. birth; middle adulthood
B. birth; old age
C. conception; early adulthood
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D. conception; death
2. Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists
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describe "development"?
A. growth and decline in skills and processes
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B. growth and decline in skills and processes from birth to adolescence
C. growth in skills and processes
D. decline in skills and processes
3. Life-span development is the study of human development from conception to death. Historically,
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however, most of the focus has been on which age group?
A. children and adolescents
B. young adults
C. middle-aged adults
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D. the elderly
4. The upper boundary of the human lifespan is years.
A. 105
B. 117
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C. 122
D. 131
5. Although the maximum life span of humans has not changed, during the twentieth century, life
expectancy
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A. in the U.S. has increased by 15 years.
B. in the world has increased by 15 years.
C. in the U.S. has increased by 30 years.
D. in the world has increased by 30 years.
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6. According to life-span development expert Paul Baltes, which age period dominates development?
A. infancy–childhood
B. adolescence–early adulthood
C. middle-aged to late adulthood
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D. No single age group dominates development.
7. Diana feels that her human development course overemphasizes the changes that occur from birth to
adolescence and disregards the developmental issues of adulthood. Which developmental perspective
would address her concerns?
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A. traditional
B. life-span
C. ethological
D. ecological
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, 8. Some professors want to teach about the life-span approach in a Human Development course, whereas
others want to keep the traditional developmental approach. They disagree about
A. the plasticity of development.
B. the multidimensional nature of development.
C. whether development is lifelong.
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D. whether development is multidirectional.
9. Baltes describes development as multidirectional. What does this mean?
A. Development is not dominated by any single age period.
B. Development consists of biological, cognitive, and socioemotional dimensions.
C. Development is characterized by both growth and decline.
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D Development needs psychologists, sociologists, biologists, and neuroscientists to work together in
. unlocking the mysteries of development.
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10. Kathy believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, social, and
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cognitive aspects. Kathy believes that development is
A. lifelong.
B. multidirectional.
C. multidimensional.
D. plastic.
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11. Researchers increasingly study the development of adulthood. This implies that development is
A. lifelong.
B. multidisciplinary.
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C. multidirectional.
D. contextual.
12. Which of the following is NOT one of Paul Baltes' eight characteristics of the life-span perspective on
development?
A. lifelong and multidirectional
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B. multidimensional and plastic
C. contextual
D. unidirectional
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13. Many older adults become wiser by calling on experiential knowledge, yet they perform poorly on
cognitive speed tests. This is an example of how development is
A. plastic.
B. contextual.
C. multidimensional.
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D. multidirectional.
14. Which of the following is an example of how development is contextual?
A. Reasoning ability is biologically finite and cannot be improved through retraining.
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B. Parents in the United States are more likely to rear their children to be independent than parents in
Japan.
C. Older adults call on experience to guide their decision making.
D. Intelligence may be studied by looking at genetics, anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines.
15. The capacity for acquiring second and third languages decreases after early childhood, whereas
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experiential wisdom increases with age. This is an example of how development is
A. lifelong.
B. multidisciplinary.
C. multidirectional.
D. contextual.
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