Test Bank For Life-Span Development, 19th Edition All Chapters - 9781266347344.pdf

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1. JohnnTatum
a. generatednthenfirstncomprehensiventheorynofnlifespanndevelopment.
b. wasnthenfirstnAfrican-Americannpsychologist.
c. wonnthreengoldnmedalsnatnthen2009nNationalnSeniornGames.
d. wasnthenfirstnblacknsoldierntonserveninnannall-whitenunitninnWorldnWarnII.
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

2. Developmentnisnbestndefinednas
a. individualndifferencesninnhumannbehavior.
b. systematicnchangesnandncontinuitiesnfromnconceptionntondeath.
c. wayninnwhichnpeoplenchangeninnpositivenwaysnacrossntime.
d. systematicnunfoldingnofngeneticnpotential.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

3. Thenfactnthatndevelopmentnoftenninvolvesncontinuitiesnspeaksntonthenfactnthatnoverntime,nhumansntendnto
a. remainnthensame. b.nbecomenmorenintelligent.
c. becomenless d. undergonorderlynpatternsnofnchange.
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ANSWER: a

DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

4. Thenthreenbroadndomainsnexplorednbyndevelopmentalnpsychologistsnare
a. motor,ninterpersonal,nandncognitive. b.nphysical,ncognitive,nandnpsychosocial.
c.npersonality,nmotor,nandnlearning. d.ninterpersonal,nmaturational,nand
learning.
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

5. Albert,nandevelopmentalnpsychologist,nconductsnresearchnonnchildren'snemotionalnreactionsntonstudyingnmathninnschool.n
Albertnisnconcernednwithnchildren's development.
a. cognitive b.nmaturational
c.nphysical d.npsychosocia
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ANSWER: d

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DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

6. Whatncharacteristicnbelongsnmostninnthencognitivendomainnofndevelopment?
a. Physicalnmaturationnofnthen b. Anchangingnpersonality
body

c. Poorninterpersonalnskills d.nLanguagenacquisition
ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

7. WhichncharacteristicndoesnNOTnbelongnonnanlistnofnkeynaspectsnofnphysicalndevelopment?
a. Changeninnmotornability b.nChangeninnbodynorgannefficiency
c. Changeninnshort- d. Changeninnskinntonen(e.g.,n
termnmemory wrinkling)
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Moderate

REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

8. Traditionally,ngrowthnhasnbeenndefinednas
a. physicalnchangesnthatnoccurnfromnconceptionntonmaturity.
b. thenbiologicalnunfoldingnofngeneticnpotential.
c. positivenchangesnacrossnthenlifespan.
d. gains,nchanges,nandnlossesnatneachnstagenofnthenlifecycle.
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

9. agingninvolvesnthendeteriorationnofnannorganismnthatneventuallynresultsninndeath.
a. Cognitive b.nPsychosocial
c. Behaviora d. Biological
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ANSWER: d
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: 1.1nHownShouldnWenThinknaboutnDevelopment?
LEARNINGnOBJECTIn LSHD.SIGE.14.1.1.1n-n1.1.nDefinendevelopment,naging,nandntheir
VES: relationshipntoneachnother.

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10. aspectsnofndevelopmentnfollownthen“gain-stability-loss”nmodel.