,OpenStax Lifespan Development Test Bank
Chapter 01: Lifespan Psychology and Developmental Theories
OpenStax Lifespan Development Test Bank
Chapter 01: Lifespan Psychology and Developmental Theories
Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Psychology is defined as the scienGfic study of ________.
A. human groups and how they interact
B. the mind and the behavior it produces*
C. how cultures evolve over time
D. mental health problems and treatment
LO: Describe the differences, similarities, and intersections between the fields of psychology,
lifespan development, and human development
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
2. Sharif is upset, Shania is in a good mood, and Dylan is fearful. This is all informaGon about
their ________.
A. affect*
B. behavior
C. cognition
D. consciousness
LO: Identify major questions of interest and topics of research within the field of lifespan
development
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
3. In one of the earliest published scientific accounts of child development, Victor, the “Wild
Boy of Aveyron,” was studied by French physician Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard. What makes
Victor’s story unique is that he was ________.
A. incredibly violent toward other children
B. raised without human contact*
C. severely abused by his parents
D. very tall
LO: Identify major questions of interest and topics of research within the field of lifespan
development
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Chapter 01: Lifespan Psychology and Developmental Theories
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
4. Which of the following best demonstrates the concept of applicaGon?
A. changing social media policies based on research showing how they impact teenagers*
B. comparing how teenagers communicate with each other compared to how children interact
C. studying children’s eating and sleeping habits throughout the world
D. understanding the best ways to raise children and teenagers
LO: Identify major questions of interest and topics of research within the field of lifespan
development
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
5. Studies of the relaGonship between income and happiness have found that ________.
A. happiness increases with income level but only up to about $100,000 per year*
B. people with lower incomes are typically the happiest people
C. high-income people are almost always happier than people with low incomes
D. there is no relationship between income and happiness
LO: Identify major questions of interest and topics of research within the field of lifespan
development
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
6. Developmental psychologists ocen refer to social, personality, and emoGonal topics as what
kind of development?
A. biological
B. cognitive
C. neurological
D. psychosocial*
LO: Differentiate between the various domains within the field of lifespan development
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
7. ConGnuous development is to disconGnuous development as ________.
A. fast is to slow
B. gradual is to abrupt*
C. typical is to atypical
D. universal is to unique
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Chapter 01: Lifespan Psychology and Developmental Theories
LO: Explain the difference between continuous and discontinuous development
Bloom’s: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
8. Brynn is an independent six-year-old. However, acer moving to a new, unfamiliar town,
Brynn has wanted to sleep in bed with her parents, and she holds their hands Gghtly when
out in public. Brynn is demonstraGng ________.
A. continuous development
B. heritability
C. reaction range
D. regression*
LO: Explain the difference between continuous and discontinuous development
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
9. Which of the following is most clearly due to nature, not nurture?
A. attitudes
B. eye color*
C. language
D. social skills
LO: Describe nature and nurture as sources for developmental change
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
10. The reacGon range refers to what?
A. how children respond to change
B. how caregivers influence children
C. upper and lower limits of skills*
D. vulnerability to particular types of illness
LO: Describe nature and nurture as sources for developmental change
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
11. Which of the following situaGons is most typical of the evocaGve type of environment?
A. Dan and Regina enjoy playing music in their home, and their daughter comes to enjoy music
too.
B. Muhammed and Arya take their daughter to a concert after noticing that she enjoys music.*
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Chapter 01: Lifespan Psychology and Developmental Theories
OpenStax Lifespan Development Test Bank
Chapter 01: Lifespan Psychology and Developmental Theories
Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Psychology is defined as the scienGfic study of ________.
A. human groups and how they interact
B. the mind and the behavior it produces*
C. how cultures evolve over time
D. mental health problems and treatment
LO: Describe the differences, similarities, and intersections between the fields of psychology,
lifespan development, and human development
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
2. Sharif is upset, Shania is in a good mood, and Dylan is fearful. This is all informaGon about
their ________.
A. affect*
B. behavior
C. cognition
D. consciousness
LO: Identify major questions of interest and topics of research within the field of lifespan
development
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
3. In one of the earliest published scientific accounts of child development, Victor, the “Wild
Boy of Aveyron,” was studied by French physician Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard. What makes
Victor’s story unique is that he was ________.
A. incredibly violent toward other children
B. raised without human contact*
C. severely abused by his parents
D. very tall
LO: Identify major questions of interest and topics of research within the field of lifespan
development
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,OpenStax Lifespan Development Test Bank
Chapter 01: Lifespan Psychology and Developmental Theories
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
4. Which of the following best demonstrates the concept of applicaGon?
A. changing social media policies based on research showing how they impact teenagers*
B. comparing how teenagers communicate with each other compared to how children interact
C. studying children’s eating and sleeping habits throughout the world
D. understanding the best ways to raise children and teenagers
LO: Identify major questions of interest and topics of research within the field of lifespan
development
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
5. Studies of the relaGonship between income and happiness have found that ________.
A. happiness increases with income level but only up to about $100,000 per year*
B. people with lower incomes are typically the happiest people
C. high-income people are almost always happier than people with low incomes
D. there is no relationship between income and happiness
LO: Identify major questions of interest and topics of research within the field of lifespan
development
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
6. Developmental psychologists ocen refer to social, personality, and emoGonal topics as what
kind of development?
A. biological
B. cognitive
C. neurological
D. psychosocial*
LO: Differentiate between the various domains within the field of lifespan development
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
7. ConGnuous development is to disconGnuous development as ________.
A. fast is to slow
B. gradual is to abrupt*
C. typical is to atypical
D. universal is to unique
3 2/17/2025
, OpenStax Lifespan Development Test Bank
Chapter 01: Lifespan Psychology and Developmental Theories
LO: Explain the difference between continuous and discontinuous development
Bloom’s: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
8. Brynn is an independent six-year-old. However, acer moving to a new, unfamiliar town,
Brynn has wanted to sleep in bed with her parents, and she holds their hands Gghtly when
out in public. Brynn is demonstraGng ________.
A. continuous development
B. heritability
C. reaction range
D. regression*
LO: Explain the difference between continuous and discontinuous development
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
9. Which of the following is most clearly due to nature, not nurture?
A. attitudes
B. eye color*
C. language
D. social skills
LO: Describe nature and nurture as sources for developmental change
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
10. The reacGon range refers to what?
A. how children respond to change
B. how caregivers influence children
C. upper and lower limits of skills*
D. vulnerability to particular types of illness
LO: Describe nature and nurture as sources for developmental change
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
11. Which of the following situaGons is most typical of the evocaGve type of environment?
A. Dan and Regina enjoy playing music in their home, and their daughter comes to enjoy music
too.
B. Muhammed and Arya take their daughter to a concert after noticing that she enjoys music.*
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