LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT - CHAPTER
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Correct Answer
1. Gerontologists study:
A) evolution.
B) genes.
C) diseases of the ancient world.
D) aging. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
2. What area of the lifespan did scientists study last?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development - CORRECT ANSWER - B
3. Researchers studying development a century ago MOST likely would focus on
which life stage?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development - CORRECT ANSWER - A
4. A developmental scientist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) parenting practices and how they affect normal child development.
B) cross-cultural concepts about the right age to toilet train children.
C) emotional development during adult life.
D) travel and its economic impact on a nation's wealth. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
5. A developmentalist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) when children reach milestones such as walking or puberty.
B) what drugs work best for people with schizophrenia.
C) what happens to people after they reach retirement.
D) how an individual's personality may change over time. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
,6. Which is NOT a normative transition?
A) Mary begins kindergarten at age 5.
B) Sara has a child when she is in her twenties.
C) Josephine has a terrible car accident at age 18.
D) Manuel retires at age 65. - CORRECT ANSWER - C
7. Which is a normative transition?
A) puberty
B) divorce
C) sleeping in bed with a child
D) living through a recession - CORRECT ANSWER - A
8. Which person's statement is referring to his or her cohort?
A) We live in the same area of the country.î
B) We play tennis together every week.î
C) We were born around the same time.î
D) We are of the same ethnic group.î - CORRECT ANSWER - C
9. A cohort refers to a:
A) group of friends.
B) group of people who were born around the same time.
C) family group.
D) group of people who live in the same neighborhood. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
10. When Aracelly tells you she is a baby boomer, Aracelly is referring to her
_____.
A) society
B) cohort
C) income
D) gender - CORRECT ANSWER - B
11. Millennial, Generation X, and Baby Boomer are terms that refer to a person's:
A) social class.
B) cohort.
C) society.
D) group of friends. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
,12. Which person is NOT a baby boomer?
A) Cesar, who was in college during the late 1960s
B) Callista, who is 65
C) Cami, who is 40
D) Corrine, who is about to retire - CORRECT ANSWER - C
13. Which person MOST likely is a baby boomer?
A) Selma, who is about to turn 65
B) Kimiko, who is in her late seventies
C) Kevin, who became a grandpa last year
D) Tan, who just got his Ph.D. - CORRECT ANSWER - A
14. All are true of the baby-boom cohort EXCEPT that they:
A) are larger size-wise than other living cohorts.
B) were born in the years after World War I.
C) changed society as they moved through life.
D) are now entering later life. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
15. All are true of the baby boomers EXCEPT that they:
A) were teenagers during the late 1960s.
B) are entering their young-old years.
C) are an incredibly large cohort.
D) have had little impact on Western society. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
16. Today, the baby-boom cohort is:
A) in the aging phase of life.
B) old-old.
C) almost completely dead.
D) all in middle age. - CORRECT ANSWER - A
17. Which person is NOT a member of the baby-boom cohort?
A) David, who was born in 1946 after his dad returned from World War II
B) Adrianna, who entered college at age 18, during the late 1960s
C) Lynnette who was born during the Great Depression
D) Liang, who retired in 2013 at age 63 - CORRECT ANSWER - C
, 18. A woman who says she is a baby boomer:
A) grew up during World War II.
B) grew up during the 1980s.
C) reached her teens during the 1960s or 1970s.
D) reached her teens in the 1980s. - CORRECT ANSWER - C
19. Childhood got longer because of:
A) schoolingóthe need for more education.
B) economic pressuresóthe need for kids to stay at home.
C) biologyóchildren reaching puberty at younger ages.
D) family changesómore single-parent moms. - CORRECT ANSWER - A
20. When JosÈ is explaining some historical facts about childhood, he would
MOST likely say that in previous centuries people:
A) cared more about nurturing children than people do today.
B) cared more about childhood education than people do today.
C) were defined as adults right after college.
D) engaged in activities viewed today as child abuse. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
21. The modern caring view of childhood was NOT influenced by:
A) the writings Locke and Rousseau, who felt childhood was a special period.
B) medical advances which dramatically reduced infant mortality.
C) the need for children to receive an education.
D) advances in birth control. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
22. Over the centuries, childhood has become much:
A) longer.
B) more difficult
C) more stressful.
D) simpler. - CORRECT ANSWER - A
23. For people born in the eighteenth century, all of the following are true
EXCEPT that they would:
A) be far more likely to die during early childhood than today.
1 Test Bank Questions with 100%
Correct Answer
1. Gerontologists study:
A) evolution.
B) genes.
C) diseases of the ancient world.
D) aging. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
2. What area of the lifespan did scientists study last?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development - CORRECT ANSWER - B
3. Researchers studying development a century ago MOST likely would focus on
which life stage?
A) child development
B) adult development
C) gerontology
D) prenatal development - CORRECT ANSWER - A
4. A developmental scientist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) parenting practices and how they affect normal child development.
B) cross-cultural concepts about the right age to toilet train children.
C) emotional development during adult life.
D) travel and its economic impact on a nation's wealth. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
5. A developmentalist might study all of these topics EXCEPT:
A) when children reach milestones such as walking or puberty.
B) what drugs work best for people with schizophrenia.
C) what happens to people after they reach retirement.
D) how an individual's personality may change over time. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
,6. Which is NOT a normative transition?
A) Mary begins kindergarten at age 5.
B) Sara has a child when she is in her twenties.
C) Josephine has a terrible car accident at age 18.
D) Manuel retires at age 65. - CORRECT ANSWER - C
7. Which is a normative transition?
A) puberty
B) divorce
C) sleeping in bed with a child
D) living through a recession - CORRECT ANSWER - A
8. Which person's statement is referring to his or her cohort?
A) We live in the same area of the country.î
B) We play tennis together every week.î
C) We were born around the same time.î
D) We are of the same ethnic group.î - CORRECT ANSWER - C
9. A cohort refers to a:
A) group of friends.
B) group of people who were born around the same time.
C) family group.
D) group of people who live in the same neighborhood. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
10. When Aracelly tells you she is a baby boomer, Aracelly is referring to her
_____.
A) society
B) cohort
C) income
D) gender - CORRECT ANSWER - B
11. Millennial, Generation X, and Baby Boomer are terms that refer to a person's:
A) social class.
B) cohort.
C) society.
D) group of friends. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
,12. Which person is NOT a baby boomer?
A) Cesar, who was in college during the late 1960s
B) Callista, who is 65
C) Cami, who is 40
D) Corrine, who is about to retire - CORRECT ANSWER - C
13. Which person MOST likely is a baby boomer?
A) Selma, who is about to turn 65
B) Kimiko, who is in her late seventies
C) Kevin, who became a grandpa last year
D) Tan, who just got his Ph.D. - CORRECT ANSWER - A
14. All are true of the baby-boom cohort EXCEPT that they:
A) are larger size-wise than other living cohorts.
B) were born in the years after World War I.
C) changed society as they moved through life.
D) are now entering later life. - CORRECT ANSWER - B
15. All are true of the baby boomers EXCEPT that they:
A) were teenagers during the late 1960s.
B) are entering their young-old years.
C) are an incredibly large cohort.
D) have had little impact on Western society. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
16. Today, the baby-boom cohort is:
A) in the aging phase of life.
B) old-old.
C) almost completely dead.
D) all in middle age. - CORRECT ANSWER - A
17. Which person is NOT a member of the baby-boom cohort?
A) David, who was born in 1946 after his dad returned from World War II
B) Adrianna, who entered college at age 18, during the late 1960s
C) Lynnette who was born during the Great Depression
D) Liang, who retired in 2013 at age 63 - CORRECT ANSWER - C
, 18. A woman who says she is a baby boomer:
A) grew up during World War II.
B) grew up during the 1980s.
C) reached her teens during the 1960s or 1970s.
D) reached her teens in the 1980s. - CORRECT ANSWER - C
19. Childhood got longer because of:
A) schoolingóthe need for more education.
B) economic pressuresóthe need for kids to stay at home.
C) biologyóchildren reaching puberty at younger ages.
D) family changesómore single-parent moms. - CORRECT ANSWER - A
20. When JosÈ is explaining some historical facts about childhood, he would
MOST likely say that in previous centuries people:
A) cared more about nurturing children than people do today.
B) cared more about childhood education than people do today.
C) were defined as adults right after college.
D) engaged in activities viewed today as child abuse. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
21. The modern caring view of childhood was NOT influenced by:
A) the writings Locke and Rousseau, who felt childhood was a special period.
B) medical advances which dramatically reduced infant mortality.
C) the need for children to receive an education.
D) advances in birth control. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
22. Over the centuries, childhood has become much:
A) longer.
B) more difficult
C) more stressful.
D) simpler. - CORRECT ANSWER - A
23. For people born in the eighteenth century, all of the following are true
EXCEPT that they would:
A) be far more likely to die during early childhood than today.
