Human Lifespan and Development Final Exam Questions AND
Correct Answers
________ is the process of selecting experiences based on
temperament. - ✔✔Niche picking
_________ is most associated with the view that infants are
biologically predisposed to form emotional bonds with
caregivers and that the characteristics of those bonds shape
later social and personality development. - ✔✔Attachment
theory
______________ is a recommended way to avoid conflict in
the role of in-law - ✔✔-Don't give unsolicited advice or make
unannounced visits
-When asked for your advice, share your experience in a
nonjudgmental way
-Don't criticize your daughters- or sons-in-law behind their
backs
-Don't insist on being visited every weekend or holiday
-Respect your children's wishes regarding how grandchildren
are to be cared for
,________________ is the tendency to turn to religious beliefs
and institutions for support in times of difficulty? -
✔✔Religious coping
_________________ is a characteristic that is known to
predict high life satisfaction among older adults? - ✔✔Self
ratings of health
"Mommy sick!" is an example of which type of language? -
✔✔Telegraphic speech
A behavior seen in the parents of children with high IQ is
________ to their children often. - ✔✔talk
A child who has difficulty mastering specific academic skills
such as reading, but who has normal intelligence and no
physical or sensory handicaps, might be categorized as having
_______ - ✔✔Learning Disability
A child's ability to label his or her own sex correctly and to
identify other people as men or women is called __________?
- ✔✔Gender identity
,A child's ability to place round pegs in round holes requires
which type of motor skills? - ✔✔Fine motor skills
A child's understanding of words is known by which language?
- ✔✔Repetitive language
A self-absorbed, nongenerative adult who is not concerned
with establishing and guiding a new generation will be at risk
for which of the following? - ✔✔Stagnation
A set of ideas that a child constructs to explain other people's
ideas, beliefs, desires, and behaviors is known by __________.
- ✔✔Theory of mind
A skill that is especially related to learning to read well in
middle childhood is _________ - ✔✔Phonological awareness
According to Bandura, which of the following terms best
describes the expectancies we acquire about what we can and
cannot do? - ✔✔Self-efficacy
, According to disengagement theory, what is the tendency of
people to interact with fewer and fewer people and fill fewer
and fewer roles? - ✔✔Shrinkage of life space
According to Donald Super, an adult who is in the early stages
of her career and is striving to acquire requisite skills and
achieve a measure of success is in which phase of work
experience? - ✔✔Establishment stage
According to James Marcia, a person who has examined her
values and choices, and who has committed to a specific role,
value, or ideology is in which stage of identity status? -
✔✔Identity achievement
According to Li-Grining, how do children learn impulse
control? - ✔✔gain experience, trial and error
According to research, what happens to marital satisfaction
after the birth of a child? - ✔✔Tends to decline
According to the principles of Piaget's theory of cognitive
development, how you act at a party depends upon which of
the following to guide and direct your behavior? - ✔✔Scheme
Correct Answers
________ is the process of selecting experiences based on
temperament. - ✔✔Niche picking
_________ is most associated with the view that infants are
biologically predisposed to form emotional bonds with
caregivers and that the characteristics of those bonds shape
later social and personality development. - ✔✔Attachment
theory
______________ is a recommended way to avoid conflict in
the role of in-law - ✔✔-Don't give unsolicited advice or make
unannounced visits
-When asked for your advice, share your experience in a
nonjudgmental way
-Don't criticize your daughters- or sons-in-law behind their
backs
-Don't insist on being visited every weekend or holiday
-Respect your children's wishes regarding how grandchildren
are to be cared for
,________________ is the tendency to turn to religious beliefs
and institutions for support in times of difficulty? -
✔✔Religious coping
_________________ is a characteristic that is known to
predict high life satisfaction among older adults? - ✔✔Self
ratings of health
"Mommy sick!" is an example of which type of language? -
✔✔Telegraphic speech
A behavior seen in the parents of children with high IQ is
________ to their children often. - ✔✔talk
A child who has difficulty mastering specific academic skills
such as reading, but who has normal intelligence and no
physical or sensory handicaps, might be categorized as having
_______ - ✔✔Learning Disability
A child's ability to label his or her own sex correctly and to
identify other people as men or women is called __________?
- ✔✔Gender identity
,A child's ability to place round pegs in round holes requires
which type of motor skills? - ✔✔Fine motor skills
A child's understanding of words is known by which language?
- ✔✔Repetitive language
A self-absorbed, nongenerative adult who is not concerned
with establishing and guiding a new generation will be at risk
for which of the following? - ✔✔Stagnation
A set of ideas that a child constructs to explain other people's
ideas, beliefs, desires, and behaviors is known by __________.
- ✔✔Theory of mind
A skill that is especially related to learning to read well in
middle childhood is _________ - ✔✔Phonological awareness
According to Bandura, which of the following terms best
describes the expectancies we acquire about what we can and
cannot do? - ✔✔Self-efficacy
, According to disengagement theory, what is the tendency of
people to interact with fewer and fewer people and fill fewer
and fewer roles? - ✔✔Shrinkage of life space
According to Donald Super, an adult who is in the early stages
of her career and is striving to acquire requisite skills and
achieve a measure of success is in which phase of work
experience? - ✔✔Establishment stage
According to James Marcia, a person who has examined her
values and choices, and who has committed to a specific role,
value, or ideology is in which stage of identity status? -
✔✔Identity achievement
According to Li-Grining, how do children learn impulse
control? - ✔✔gain experience, trial and error
According to research, what happens to marital satisfaction
after the birth of a child? - ✔✔Tends to decline
According to the principles of Piaget's theory of cognitive
development, how you act at a party depends upon which of
the following to guide and direct your behavior? - ✔✔Scheme
