lifespan /
exam 1 review questions with correct answers
/ // // // // // //
environmental /
/hazards //on //the //embryo/fetus //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔radiation //and //pollutants
biological /
/aging //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //deterioration //of //organisms //that //leads //inevitably //to //their //death
emerging /
/adulthood //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Newly /
/identified /
/period /
/of /
/the /
/life /
/span /
/extending /
/from /
/about /
/age /
/18 //to //age //25 //or //even //later, //when //young //people //are //neither //adolescents //nor //adults //and
//are //exploring //their //identities, //careers, //and //relationships.
rite /
/of /
/passage //- /
/CORRECT /
,/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/ritual /
/that /
/marks //
a/
/person's //"passage" /
/from /
/one /
/status /
/to /
/another, /
/usually //in //reference //to //rituals //marking //the //transition //from //childhood //to //adulthood.
maturation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-
Developmental /
/changes /
/that /
/are /
/biologically /
/programmed /
/by /
/genes /
/rather //than //caused //primarily //by //learning, //injury, //illness, //or //some //other //life //experience.
learning //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-
A/
/relatively /
/permanent /
/change //in //behavior //(or //behavioral //potential) //that //results //from //a //person's //experiences //or
//practice
age /
/norms //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Expectations //about //what //people //should //be //doing //or //how //they
//should //behave //at //different //points //in //the //life //span.
,social //clock //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-
A/
/personal /
/sense /
/of /
/when //things //should //be //done //in //life //and //when //the //individual //is //ahead //of //or //behind //the
//schedule //dictated //by //age //norms.
-a //person's //feeling //of //being //ahead //of //schedule, //behind //schedule, //or //on //schedule
evidence-
based /
/practice //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Grounding /
/what /
/professionals /
/do /
/in /
/research //and //ensuring //that //the //curricula //and //treatments //provided //to //students //or //clients
//have //been //demonstrated //to //be //effective
life /
/expectancy //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /
/average /
/number /
/of /
/years //
a //newborn //baby //can //be //expected //to //live; //now //about //78 //years //in //the //United //States.
directionality /
/problem //- /
, /CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /
/problem /
/in /
/correlational /
/studies /
/of /
/determining /
/whether //
a //presumed //causal //variable //is //the //cause //or //the //effect. //See //also //third //variable //problem.
third-
variable /
/problem //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔In //correlation //studies, //the //problem //posed //by //the //fact //that //the
//association /
/between /
/the /
/two /
/variables /
/of //interest //may //be //caused //by //some //third //variable; //see //also //directionality //problem.
meta-
analysis //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/research /
/method /
/in /
/which /
/the /
/results /
/of /
/multiple /
/studies //addressing //the //same //question //are //synthesized //to //produce //overall //conclusions.
exam 1 review questions with correct answers
/ // // // // // //
environmental /
/hazards //on //the //embryo/fetus //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔radiation //and //pollutants
biological /
/aging //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //deterioration //of //organisms //that //leads //inevitably //to //their //death
emerging /
/adulthood //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Newly /
/identified /
/period /
/of /
/the /
/life /
/span /
/extending /
/from /
/about /
/age /
/18 //to //age //25 //or //even //later, //when //young //people //are //neither //adolescents //nor //adults //and
//are //exploring //their //identities, //careers, //and //relationships.
rite /
/of /
/passage //- /
/CORRECT /
,/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/ritual /
/that /
/marks //
a/
/person's //"passage" /
/from /
/one /
/status /
/to /
/another, /
/usually //in //reference //to //rituals //marking //the //transition //from //childhood //to //adulthood.
maturation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-
Developmental /
/changes /
/that /
/are /
/biologically /
/programmed /
/by /
/genes /
/rather //than //caused //primarily //by //learning, //injury, //illness, //or //some //other //life //experience.
learning //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-
A/
/relatively /
/permanent /
/change //in //behavior //(or //behavioral //potential) //that //results //from //a //person's //experiences //or
//practice
age /
/norms //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Expectations //about //what //people //should //be //doing //or //how //they
//should //behave //at //different //points //in //the //life //span.
,social //clock //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-
A/
/personal /
/sense /
/of /
/when //things //should //be //done //in //life //and //when //the //individual //is //ahead //of //or //behind //the
//schedule //dictated //by //age //norms.
-a //person's //feeling //of //being //ahead //of //schedule, //behind //schedule, //or //on //schedule
evidence-
based /
/practice //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Grounding /
/what /
/professionals /
/do /
/in /
/research //and //ensuring //that //the //curricula //and //treatments //provided //to //students //or //clients
//have //been //demonstrated //to //be //effective
life /
/expectancy //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /
/average /
/number /
/of /
/years //
a //newborn //baby //can //be //expected //to //live; //now //about //78 //years //in //the //United //States.
directionality /
/problem //- /
, /CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /
/problem /
/in /
/correlational /
/studies /
/of /
/determining /
/whether //
a //presumed //causal //variable //is //the //cause //or //the //effect. //See //also //third //variable //problem.
third-
variable /
/problem //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔In //correlation //studies, //the //problem //posed //by //the //fact //that //the
//association /
/between /
/the /
/two /
/variables /
/of //interest //may //be //caused //by //some //third //variable; //see //also //directionality //problem.
meta-
analysis //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/research /
/method /
/in /
/which /
/the /
/results /
/of /
/multiple /
/studies //addressing //the //same //question //are //synthesized //to //produce //overall //conclusions.
