TEST BANK FOR INVITATION TO THE LIFE SPAN FIFTH EDITION BY KATHLEEN STASSEN BERGER COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW

TEST BANK FOR INVITATION TO THE LIFE
SPAN FIFTH EDITION BY KATHLEEN
STASSEN BERGER COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
REVIEW

⫸ The maximum lifespan is the oldest possible age to which humans
can live.
A) True
B) False Answer: A


⫸ The young-old are people in their fifties.
A) True
B) False Answer: B


⫸ In the United States (and around the world), there is no relationship
between life expectancy and a person's income.
A) True
B) False Answer: B


⫸ Compared to people in Asian countries, U.S. residents are more
likely to have a collectivist worldview.
A) True
B) False Answer: B

,⫸ Attitudes and values within each major ethnic group in the United
States are very similar.
A) True
B) False Answer: B


⫸ The differences in values and attitudes between men and women are
almost all biological in origin.
A) True
B) False Answer: B


⫸ According to traditional behaviorists, the way to extinguish behavior
is to stop reinforcing it.
A) True
B) False Answer: A


⫸ According to Bandura, modeling refers to watching and imitating
another person's behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: A


⫸ Freud believed that self-awareness is the key to mental health.
A) True
B) False Answer: A

,⫸ Bowlby's attachment theory emphasizes the importance of the
parent/child relationship in early childhood.
A) True
B) False Answer: A


⫸ Bowlby embraced the importance of nurture, but rejected the
importance of nature.
A) True
B) False Answer: B


⫸ Evolutionary psychologists emphasize the importance of
reinforcement in determining behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: B


⫸ Behavioral geneticists conduct research on hereditary influences in
behaviors and attitudes.
A) True
B) False Answer: A


⫸ Piaget was interested in charting how the amount that children know
gradually increases.
A) True

, B) False Answer: B


⫸ Developmental systems theorists stress that many different forces
shape behavior.
A) True
B) False Answer: A


⫸ Developmentalists conduct research to find out the scientific ìtruth.î
A) True
B) False Answer: A


⫸ Correlational studies can determine cause and effect relationships.
A) True
B) False Answer: B


⫸ Cross-sectional studies compare different age groups at the same
time.
A) True
B) False Answer: A


⫸ Longitudinal studies are inexpensive and easy to carry out.
A) True
B) False Answer: B