1. Gerontologists study:
a. evolution.
b. genes.
c. diseases of the ancient world.
d. aging.
ANSWER: d
2. What area of the lifespan did scientists study first?
a. child development
b. adult development
c. gerontology
d. prenatal development
ANSWER: a
3. Researchers increased the study of which life stage during the final third of the
twentieth century?
a. child development
b. adult development
c. adolescent development
d. prenatal development
ANSWER: b
4. A developmental scientist might study:
a. parenting practices and how they affect normal child development.
b. changes in socioeconomic status.
, c. cross-cultural comparisons related to political climates.
d. travel and its economic impact on a nation's wealth.
ANSWER: a
5. A developmentalist might study:
a. effective therapies for eating disorders among males.
b. what treatments work best for people with schizophrenia.
c. which treatments are most effective for borderline personality disorder.
d. how an individual's personality may change over time.
ANSWER: d
6. Which is a non-normative transition?
a. Mary begins kindergarten at age 5.
b. Sara has a child when she is in her twenties.
c. Josephine gets cancer at age 18.
d. Manuel retires at age 65.
ANSWER: c
7. Which is a normative transition?
a. walking
b. divorce
c. sleeping in bed with a child
d. living through a recession
ANSWER: a
,8. Which is a fundamental context of development?
a. weight
b. date of birth
c. height
d. cohort
ANSWER: d
9. Which statement is referring to a person's cohort?
a. "We live in the same area of the country."
b. "We play tennis together every week."
c. "We were born around the same time."
d. "We are of the same ethnic group."
ANSWER: c
10. A cohort refers to a:
a. group of friends.
b. group of people who were born around the same time.
c. family group.
d. group of people who live in the same neighborhood.
ANSWER: b
11. When Aracelly tells you that she is a millennial, Aracelly is referring to her _____.
a. society
b. cohort
c. income
, d. gender
ANSWER: b
12. Millennial, generation X, and baby boomer are terms that refer to a person's:
a. social class.
b. cohort.
c. society.
d. group of friends.
ANSWER: b
13. Which person definitely is a baby boomer?
a. Cesar, who is 30
b. Callista, who is 65
c. Cami, who is 40
d. Corrine, who is 10
ANSWER: b
14. Which person is definitely a baby boomer?
a. Selma, who is about to turn 50
b. Kimiko, who is 65
c. Kevin, who became a father last year
d. Tan, who just got his Ph.D.
ANSWER: b
15. Which of the following is true of the baby-boom cohort?
a. evolution.
b. genes.
c. diseases of the ancient world.
d. aging.
ANSWER: d
2. What area of the lifespan did scientists study first?
a. child development
b. adult development
c. gerontology
d. prenatal development
ANSWER: a
3. Researchers increased the study of which life stage during the final third of the
twentieth century?
a. child development
b. adult development
c. adolescent development
d. prenatal development
ANSWER: b
4. A developmental scientist might study:
a. parenting practices and how they affect normal child development.
b. changes in socioeconomic status.
, c. cross-cultural comparisons related to political climates.
d. travel and its economic impact on a nation's wealth.
ANSWER: a
5. A developmentalist might study:
a. effective therapies for eating disorders among males.
b. what treatments work best for people with schizophrenia.
c. which treatments are most effective for borderline personality disorder.
d. how an individual's personality may change over time.
ANSWER: d
6. Which is a non-normative transition?
a. Mary begins kindergarten at age 5.
b. Sara has a child when she is in her twenties.
c. Josephine gets cancer at age 18.
d. Manuel retires at age 65.
ANSWER: c
7. Which is a normative transition?
a. walking
b. divorce
c. sleeping in bed with a child
d. living through a recession
ANSWER: a
,8. Which is a fundamental context of development?
a. weight
b. date of birth
c. height
d. cohort
ANSWER: d
9. Which statement is referring to a person's cohort?
a. "We live in the same area of the country."
b. "We play tennis together every week."
c. "We were born around the same time."
d. "We are of the same ethnic group."
ANSWER: c
10. A cohort refers to a:
a. group of friends.
b. group of people who were born around the same time.
c. family group.
d. group of people who live in the same neighborhood.
ANSWER: b
11. When Aracelly tells you that she is a millennial, Aracelly is referring to her _____.
a. society
b. cohort
c. income
, d. gender
ANSWER: b
12. Millennial, generation X, and baby boomer are terms that refer to a person's:
a. social class.
b. cohort.
c. society.
d. group of friends.
ANSWER: b
13. Which person definitely is a baby boomer?
a. Cesar, who is 30
b. Callista, who is 65
c. Cami, who is 40
d. Corrine, who is 10
ANSWER: b
14. Which person is definitely a baby boomer?
a. Selma, who is about to turn 50
b. Kimiko, who is 65
c. Kevin, who became a father last year
d. Tan, who just got his Ph.D.
ANSWER: b
15. Which of the following is true of the baby-boom cohort?
