PSYC 2070 MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● What is Erikson's psychosocial for the person in early adulthood?
Answer: intimacy versus isolation
●● In general, the term "life expectancy" refers to:
Answer: the average number of years a person can expect to live based
on birth year.
●● The Longitudinal method of research consists of
Answer: studying the same individuals over a long period of time.
●● Many older adults becomes wiser by being able to call on
experience, yet they perform poorly on cognitive speed tests. This can be
explained by which of the following lifespan characteristics?
Answer: multidirectionality
●● Socioeconomic status (SES) refers to:
Answer: a person's position within society based on occupational,
educational, and economic characteristics
,●● Determining _______________ age involves knowing the functional
capacities of a person's vital organs
Answer: biological
●● ________________ encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs, and
all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from
generation to generation
Answer: culture
●● The concept of discontinuity is characterized by
Answer: qualitative change
●● Informed consent in research contains all of the following EXCEPT
Answer: detailed hypothesis
●● The idea that no age period dominates development highlights the
life-span perspective that development is
Answer: lifelong
●● Researchers from many disciplines study human development in an
effort to better understand how humans develop. This makes human
development a _____________ field of study
Answer: multidisciplinary
, ●● By age 50, many people need reading glasses or bifocals to improve
their vision. This physiological change is a good example of a
Answer: normative age-graded influence on development
●● Biology is to ____________ as environment is to ___________
Answer: nature; nurture
●● The first stage in Erikson's theory is
Answer: trust versus mistrust
●● When studying development, behavioral theorists believe that only
behavior must be observed because it
Answer: is the only direct and measurable indication we have of
development
●● In the ethological theory, the term ______________ is defined as
innate learning within a short period of time that involves a newborn's
becoming attached to the first moving thing the newborn sees
Answer: imprinting
●● An eclectic theory of development assumes that
Answer: no single theory can account for all of human development
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● What is Erikson's psychosocial for the person in early adulthood?
Answer: intimacy versus isolation
●● In general, the term "life expectancy" refers to:
Answer: the average number of years a person can expect to live based
on birth year.
●● The Longitudinal method of research consists of
Answer: studying the same individuals over a long period of time.
●● Many older adults becomes wiser by being able to call on
experience, yet they perform poorly on cognitive speed tests. This can be
explained by which of the following lifespan characteristics?
Answer: multidirectionality
●● Socioeconomic status (SES) refers to:
Answer: a person's position within society based on occupational,
educational, and economic characteristics
,●● Determining _______________ age involves knowing the functional
capacities of a person's vital organs
Answer: biological
●● ________________ encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs, and
all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from
generation to generation
Answer: culture
●● The concept of discontinuity is characterized by
Answer: qualitative change
●● Informed consent in research contains all of the following EXCEPT
Answer: detailed hypothesis
●● The idea that no age period dominates development highlights the
life-span perspective that development is
Answer: lifelong
●● Researchers from many disciplines study human development in an
effort to better understand how humans develop. This makes human
development a _____________ field of study
Answer: multidisciplinary
, ●● By age 50, many people need reading glasses or bifocals to improve
their vision. This physiological change is a good example of a
Answer: normative age-graded influence on development
●● Biology is to ____________ as environment is to ___________
Answer: nature; nurture
●● The first stage in Erikson's theory is
Answer: trust versus mistrust
●● When studying development, behavioral theorists believe that only
behavior must be observed because it
Answer: is the only direct and measurable indication we have of
development
●● In the ethological theory, the term ______________ is defined as
innate learning within a short period of time that involves a newborn's
becoming attached to the first moving thing the newborn sees
Answer: imprinting
●● An eclectic theory of development assumes that
Answer: no single theory can account for all of human development
