Test bank for a topical approach to lifespan development 11th edition by john santrock

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1. Life-spansdevelopmentscoverssthesperiodsfrom to .

A. birth;smiddlesadulthood

B. birth;soldsage

C. conception;searlysadulthood

D. conception;sdeath

2. WhichsofsthesfollowingsgivessthesBESTsdescriptionsofshowslife-
spanspsychologistssdescribes"development"?

A. growthsandsdeclinesinsskillssandsprocesses

B. growthsandsdeclinesinsskillssandsprocessessfromsbirthstosadolescence

C. growthsinsskillssandsprocesses

D. declinesinsskillssandsprocesses

3. Life-
spansdevelopmentsissthesstudysofshumansdevelopmentsfromsconceptionstosdeath.sHistorically,showe
ver,smostsofsthesfocusshassbeensonswhichsagesgroup?

A. childrensandsadolescents

B. youngsadults

C. middle-agedsadults

D. theselderly

4. Thesuppersboundarysofstheshumanslifespansis years.

A. 105

B. 117

C. 122

D. 131

5.
Althoughsthesmaximumslifesspansofshumansshassnotschanged,sduringsthestwentiethscentury,sli
fesexpectancy


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A. insthesU.S.shassincreasedsbys15syears.

B. insthesworldshassincreasedsbys15syears.

C. insthesU.S.shassincreasedsbys30syears.

D. insthesworldshassincreasedsbys30syears.

6. Accordingstoslife-
spansdevelopmentsexpertsPaulsBaltes,swhichsagesperiodsdominatessdevelopment?

A. infancy–childhood

B. adolescence–earlysadulthood

C. middle-agedstoslatesadulthood

D. Nossinglesagesgroupsdominatessdevelopment.

7.
Dianasfeelssthatshershumansdevelopmentscoursesoveremphasizesstheschangessthatsoccursfrom
sbirthstosadolescencesandsdisregardssthesdevelopmentalsissuessofsadulthood.sWhichsdevelopmentalsp


erspectiveswouldsaddressshersconcerns?

A. traditional

B. life-span

C. ethological

D. ecological
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8. Somesprofessorsswantstosteachsaboutstheslife-
spansapproachsinsasHumansDevelopmentscourse,swhereassothersswantstoskeepsthestraditionalsdevelo
pmentalsapproach.sTheysdisagreesabout

A. thesplasticitysofsdevelopment.

B. thesmultidimensionalsnaturesofsdevelopment.

C. whethersdevelopmentsisslifelong.

D. whethersdevelopmentsissmultidirectional.

9. Baltessdescribessdevelopmentsassmultidirectional.sWhatsdoessthissmean?

A. Developmentsissnotsdominatedsbysanyssinglesagesperiod.


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B. Developmentsconsistssofsbiological,scognitive,sandssocioemotionalsdimensions.

C. Developmentsisscharacterizedsbysbothsgrowthsandsdecline.

DsDevelopmentsneedsspsychologists,ssociologists,sbiologists,sandsneuroscientistsstosworkstogethersi
n

.sunlockingsthesmysteriessofsdevelopment.

10. Kathysbelievessthatslife-
spansdevelopmentscannotsbesstudiedswithoutsconsideringsbiological,ssocial,sandscognitivesaspects.s
Kathysbelievessthatsdevelopmentsis

A. lifelong.

B. multidirectional.

C. multidimensional.

D. plastic.

11.
Researcherssincreasinglysstudysthesdevelopmentsofsadulthood.sThissimpliessthatsdevelopme
ntsis

A. lifelong.

B. multidisciplinary.

C. multidirectional.

D. contextual.

12. WhichsofsthesfollowingsissNOTsonesofsPaulsBaltes'seightscharacteristicssofstheslife-
spansperspectivesonsdevelopment?

A. lifelongsandsmultidirectional

B. multidimensionalsandsplastic

C. contextual

D. unidirectional

13.
Manysoldersadultssbecomeswisersbyscallingsonsexperientialsknowledge,syetstheysperformspoo
rlysonscognitivesspeedstests.sThississansexamplesofshowsdevelopmentsis



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