Lifespan Development Final Exam
Questions with Correct Answers
Biological aging: DNA-Cellular Theory - ANSWERSProgrammed effects: cancer
Random Events: telomere shortening
Biological Aging: Organ-Tissue Level - ANSWERSGradual fail of endocrine system
Declines in immune functioning
Motor Performance - ANSWERSPeak performance reached at age 25
Obesity - ANSWERSHereditary, decline in activity, increase in calories. Can be limited
with exercise and low calorie diet.
Piaget - ANSWERSPostformal thought
Perry Epistemic Cognition - ANSWERSCommitment within relativistic thinking
Opportunities to tackle problems
Labouvie- Vief Pragmatic thought - ANSWERSAdulthood brings increased experience,
new ways of thinking using contradiction/compromise, and increase in cognitive-
affective complexity
College Experience - ANSWERSinformative and influential
exposure to new beliefs
expands cognitive capacities
Vocational Choice: Fantasy - ANSWERSLive through fantasy, little information
Vocational Choice: Tentative - ANSWERSMore information about subject
Vocational Choice: Realistic - ANSWERSExploration and crystalization
Vocational Choice Factors - ANSWERSPersonality
Family
Teachers
Gender Stereotypes
Erikson's Theory: Intimacy - ANSWERSPermanent commitment to intimate partner
Redefining identity
Erikson's Theory: Isolation - ANSWERSLonliness/self-absorption
, state of searching
Levinson's Seasons of Life - ANSWERSWomen have split dreams about
relationship/careers
At age 30 men settle down, women remain unsettled
Mate selection - ANSWERSWomen prefer intelligence, financial status and morality
Men prefer looks and domestic skills
Secure attachment - ANSWERSIn adult relationship will find trust, happiness and
friendship
Avoidant attachment - ANSWERSIn adult relationship will be jealous, emotionally
distant, find little physical pleasure and have unrealistic beliefs
Resistant attachment - ANSWERSIn adult relationship, jealous, desperate and have
emotiona highs and lows
Sternberg's Triagle of Love - ANSWERSIntimacy, Passion and commitment
Traditional Marriage - ANSWERSClear division of roles
Women cares for house, kids and husband
Men are head of household
Egalitarian Marriage - ANSWERSPartners are equals
Most well-educated women expect this
Marital Satisfaction Factors - ANSWERSFamily background
Age @ mariage
Timing of first pregnancy
Relationship to extended family
Personal beliefs
Financial status
Hearing Loss - ANSWERSMen tend to show loss of hearing earlier than women
Skin changes - ANSWERSFaster for women than for men
Vision changes - ANSWERSinability to focus on varying distances
pupils shrink/lens yellow
Muscle/Fat makeup - ANSWERSWomen gain fat in waist/upper arms
Men gain fat in upper abdomen/back
Reproductive Changes for Men - ANSWERSDecrease in sperm volume/motility
Decline in testosterone
Questions with Correct Answers
Biological aging: DNA-Cellular Theory - ANSWERSProgrammed effects: cancer
Random Events: telomere shortening
Biological Aging: Organ-Tissue Level - ANSWERSGradual fail of endocrine system
Declines in immune functioning
Motor Performance - ANSWERSPeak performance reached at age 25
Obesity - ANSWERSHereditary, decline in activity, increase in calories. Can be limited
with exercise and low calorie diet.
Piaget - ANSWERSPostformal thought
Perry Epistemic Cognition - ANSWERSCommitment within relativistic thinking
Opportunities to tackle problems
Labouvie- Vief Pragmatic thought - ANSWERSAdulthood brings increased experience,
new ways of thinking using contradiction/compromise, and increase in cognitive-
affective complexity
College Experience - ANSWERSinformative and influential
exposure to new beliefs
expands cognitive capacities
Vocational Choice: Fantasy - ANSWERSLive through fantasy, little information
Vocational Choice: Tentative - ANSWERSMore information about subject
Vocational Choice: Realistic - ANSWERSExploration and crystalization
Vocational Choice Factors - ANSWERSPersonality
Family
Teachers
Gender Stereotypes
Erikson's Theory: Intimacy - ANSWERSPermanent commitment to intimate partner
Redefining identity
Erikson's Theory: Isolation - ANSWERSLonliness/self-absorption
, state of searching
Levinson's Seasons of Life - ANSWERSWomen have split dreams about
relationship/careers
At age 30 men settle down, women remain unsettled
Mate selection - ANSWERSWomen prefer intelligence, financial status and morality
Men prefer looks and domestic skills
Secure attachment - ANSWERSIn adult relationship will find trust, happiness and
friendship
Avoidant attachment - ANSWERSIn adult relationship will be jealous, emotionally
distant, find little physical pleasure and have unrealistic beliefs
Resistant attachment - ANSWERSIn adult relationship, jealous, desperate and have
emotiona highs and lows
Sternberg's Triagle of Love - ANSWERSIntimacy, Passion and commitment
Traditional Marriage - ANSWERSClear division of roles
Women cares for house, kids and husband
Men are head of household
Egalitarian Marriage - ANSWERSPartners are equals
Most well-educated women expect this
Marital Satisfaction Factors - ANSWERSFamily background
Age @ mariage
Timing of first pregnancy
Relationship to extended family
Personal beliefs
Financial status
Hearing Loss - ANSWERSMen tend to show loss of hearing earlier than women
Skin changes - ANSWERSFaster for women than for men
Vision changes - ANSWERSinability to focus on varying distances
pupils shrink/lens yellow
Muscle/Fat makeup - ANSWERSWomen gain fat in waist/upper arms
Men gain fat in upper abdomen/back
Reproductive Changes for Men - ANSWERSDecrease in sperm volume/motility
Decline in testosterone
