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1. Life-spanhdevelopmenthcovershthehperiodhfrom to .

A. birth;hmiddlehadulthood

B. birth;holdhage

C. conception;hearlyhadulthood

D. conception;hdeath

2. WhichhofhthehfollowinghgiveshthehBESThdescriptionhofhhowhlife-
spanhpsychologistshdescribeh"development"?

A. growthhandhdeclinehinhskillshandhprocesses

B. growthhandhdeclinehinhskillshandhprocesseshfromhbirthhtohadolescence

C. growthhinhskillshandhprocesses

D. declinehinhskillshandhprocesses

3. Life-
spanhdevelopmenthishthehstudyhofhhumanhdevelopmenthfromhconceptionhtohdeath.hHistorically,hhow
ever,hmosthofhthehfocushhashbeenhonhwhichhagehgroup?

A. childrenhandhadolescents

B. younghadults

C. middle-agedhadults

D. thehelderly

4. Thehupperhboundaryhofhthehhumanhlifespanhis years.

A. 105

B. 117

C. 122

D. 131

5.
Althoughhthehmaximumhlifehspanhofhhumanshhashnothchanged,hduringhthehtwentiethhcentury,
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A. inhthehU.S.hhashincreasedhbyh15hyears.

B. inhthehworldhhashincreasedhbyh15hyears.

C. inhthehU.S.hhashincreasedhbyh30hyears.

D. inhthehworldhhashincreasedhbyh30hyears.

6. Accordinghtohlife-
spanhdevelopmenthexperthPaulhBaltes,hwhichhagehperiodhdominateshdevelopment?

A. infancy–childhood

B. adolescence–earlyhadulthood

C. middle-agedhtohlatehadulthood

D. Nohsinglehagehgrouphdominateshdevelopment.

7.
Dianahfeelshthathherhhumanhdevelopmenthcoursehoveremphasizeshthehchangeshthathoccurhfro
mhbirthhtohadolescencehandhdisregardshthehdevelopmentalhissueshofhadulthood.hWhichhdevelopment
alhperspectivehwouldhaddresshherhconcerns?

A. traditional

B. life-span

C. ethological

D. ecological
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8. Somehprofessorshwanthtohteachhabouththehlife-
spanhapproachhinhahHumanhDevelopmenthcourse,hwhereashothershwanthtohkeephthehtraditionalhdevel
opmentalhapproach.hTheyhdisagreehabout

A. thehplasticityhofhdevelopment.

B. thehmultidimensionalhnaturehofhdevelopment.

C. whetherhdevelopmenthishlifelong.

D. whetherhdevelopmenthishmultidirectional.

9. Balteshdescribeshdevelopmenthashmultidirectional.hWhathdoeshthishmean?

A. Developmenthishnothdominatedhbyhanyhsinglehagehperiod.


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B. Developmenthconsistshofhbiological,hcognitive,handhsocioemotionalhdimensions.

C. Developmenthishcharacterizedhbyhbothhgrowthhandhdecline.

DhDevelopmenthneedshpsychologists,hsociologists,hbiologists,handhneuroscientistshtohworkhtogetherh
in

.hunlockinghthehmysterieshofhdevelopment.

10. Kathyhbelieveshthathlife-
spanhdevelopmenthcannothbehstudiedhwithouthconsideringhbiological,hsocial,handhcognitivehaspects.h
Kathyhbelieveshthathdevelopmenthis

A. lifelong.

B. multidirectional.

C. multidimensional.

D. plastic.

11.
Researchershincreasinglyhstudyhthehdevelopmenthofhadulthood.hThishimplieshthathdevelopm
enthis

A. lifelong.

B. multidisciplinary.

C. multidirectional.

D. contextual.

12. WhichhofhthehfollowinghishNOThonehofhPaulhBaltes'heighthcharacteristicshofhthehlife-
spanhperspectivehonhdevelopment?

A. lifelonghandhmultidirectional

B. multidimensionalhandhplastic

C. contextual

D. unidirectional

13.
Manyholderhadultshbecomehwiserhbyhcallinghonhexperientialhknowledge,hyeththeyhperformhp
oorlyhonhcognitivehspeedhtests.hThishishanhexamplehofhhowhdevelopmenthis



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