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1. Life-spanadevelopmentacoversatheaperiodafrom to .

A. birth;amiddleaadulthood

B. birth;aoldaage

C. conception;aearlyaadulthood

D. conception;adeath

2. WhichaofatheafollowingagivesatheaBESTadescriptionaofahowalife-
spanapsychologistsadescribea"development"?

A. growthaandadeclineainaskillsaandaprocesses

B. growthaandadeclineainaskillsaandaprocessesafromabirthatoaadolescence

C. growthainaskillsaandaprocesses

D. declineainaskillsaandaprocesses

3. Life-
spanadevelopmentaisatheastudyaofahumanadevelopmentafromaconceptionatoadeath.aHistorically,ahowe
ver,amostaofatheafocusahasabeenaonawhichaageagroup?

A. childrenaandaadolescents

B. youngaadults

C. middle-agedaadults

D. theaelderly

4. Theaupperaboundaryaofatheahumanalifespanais years.

A. 105

B. 117

C. 122

D. 131

5.
Althoughatheamaximumalifeaspanaofahumansahasanotachanged,aduringatheatwentiethacentury,a
lifeaexpectancy


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A. inatheaU.S.ahasaincreasedabya15ayears.

B. inatheaworldahasaincreasedabya15ayears.

C. inatheaU.S.ahasaincreasedabya30ayears.

D. inatheaworldahasaincreasedabya30ayears.

6. Accordingatoalife-
spanadevelopmentaexpertaPaulaBaltes,awhichaageaperiodadominatesadevelopment?

A. infancy–childhood

B. adolescence–earlyaadulthood

C. middle-agedatoalateaadulthood

D. Noasingleaageagroupadominatesadevelopment.

7.
Dianaafeelsathataherahumanadevelopmentacourseaoveremphasizesatheachangesathataoccurafro
mabirthatoaadolescenceaandadisregardsatheadevelopmentalaissuesaofaadulthood.aWhichadevelopmenta
laperspectiveawouldaaddressaheraconcerns?

A. traditional

B. life-span

C. ethological

D. ecological
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8. Someaprofessorsawantatoateachaaboutathealife-
spanaapproachainaaaHumanaDevelopmentacourse,awhereasaothersawantatoakeepatheatraditionaladevelo
pmentalaapproach.aTheyadisagreeaabout

A. theaplasticityaofadevelopment.

B. theamultidimensionalanatureaofadevelopment.

C. whetheradevelopmentaisalifelong.

D. whetheradevelopmentaisamultidirectional.

9. Baltesadescribesadevelopmentaasamultidirectional.aWhatadoesathisamean?

A. Developmentaisanotadominatedabyaanyasingleaageaperiod.


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B. Developmentaconsistsaofabiological,acognitive,aandasocioemotionaladimensions.

C. Developmentaisacharacterizedabyabothagrowthaandadecline.

DaDevelopmentaneedsapsychologists,asociologists,abiologists,aandaneuroscientistsatoaworkatogethera
in

.aunlockingatheamysteriesaofadevelopment.

10. Kathyabelievesathatalife-
spanadevelopmentacannotabeastudiedawithoutaconsideringabiological,asocial,aandacognitiveaaspects.a
Kathyabelievesathatadevelopmentais

A. lifelong.

B. multidirectional.

C. multidimensional.

D. plastic.

11.
Researchersaincreasinglyastudyatheadevelopmentaofaadulthood.aThisaimpliesathatadevelopme
ntais

A. lifelong.

B. multidisciplinary.

C. multidirectional.

D. contextual.

12. WhichaofatheafollowingaisaNOTaoneaofaPaulaBaltes'aeightacharacteristicsaofathealife-
spanaperspectiveaonadevelopment?

A. lifelongaandamultidirectional

B. multidimensionalaandaplastic

C. contextual

D. unidirectional

13.
Manyaolderaadultsabecomeawiserabyacallingaonaexperientialaknowledge,ayetatheyaperformapo
orlyaonacognitiveaspeedatests.aThisaisaanaexampleaofahowadevelopmentais



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