Essentials of life span development 6th edition by santrock test bank

,Essentials of Life-Span Development,
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6e (Santrock)
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Chapter !|1 ! | Introduction

1) Development !|can !|be !|defined !|as !|t he !|pattern !|o f !|movement !|or !|change !|that
A) begins !|at !|childhood !|and !|continues !|until !|adulthood.
B) begins !|at !|conception !|and !|continues !|until !|adulthood.
C) begins !|at !|birth !|and !|continues !|through !|t he !|human !|life !|span.
D) begins !|at !|conception !|and !|continues !|through !|t he !|human !|life !|span.

Answer: ! | D
Difficulty: !|1 !|Easy Page !|Ref: !|2
Topic: ! | Characteristics !|of !|Life-Span !|Perspective
Learning !|Objective: ! | Summarize !|t he !|features !|o f !|the !|lifespan !|perspective.
!|Bloom's: ! | Remember

Accessibility: ! | Keyboard !|Navigation
APA !|LO: ! | 1.1: !|Describe !|key !|concepts, !|principles, !|and !|overarching !|themes !|in !|psychology

2) Who !|among !|the !|following !|is !|most !|likely !|taking !|t he !|traditional !|approach !|to !|t he !|study
!|o f !|development?

A) Daren !|who !|emphasizes !|developmental !|change !|throughout !|adulthood !|as !|well !|as !|childhood
B) Nick !|who !|emphasizes !|extensive !|change !|in !|adulthood
C) James !|who !|emphasizes !|extensive !|change !|from !|birth !|to !|adolescence, !|little !|or !|no !|change
!|in !|adulthood, !|and !|decline !|in !|old !|age

D) Gregory !|who !|emphasizes !|development !|as !|lifelong, !|multidimensional, !|multidirectional,
!|plastic, !|multidisciplinary, !|and !|contextual




Answer: ! | C
Difficulty: !|3 !|Hard Page !|Ref: !|3
Topic: ! | Characteristics !|of !|Life-Span !|Perspective
Learning !|Objective: ! | Summarize !|t he !|features !|o f !|the !|lifespan !|perspective.
!|Bloom's: ! | Apply

Accessibility: ! | Keyboard !|Navigation
APA !|LO: ! | 1.3: !|Describe !|applications !|of !|psychology




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,3) The !| approach !|to !|the !|study !|o f !|development !|emphasizes !|extensive !|change !|from
!|birth !|to !|adolescence, !|especially !|during !|infancy, !|little !|or !|no !|change !|in !|adulthood, !|and !|decline

!|in !|old !|age.

A) prescriptive
B) constructivist
C) traditional
D) evolutionary

Answer: ! | C
Difficulty: !|1 !|Easy Page !|Ref: !|3
Topic: ! | Characteristics !|of !|Life-Span !|Perspective
Learning !|Objective: ! | Summarize !|t he !|features !|o f !|the !|lifespan !|perspective.
!|Bloom's: ! | Remember

Accessibility: ! | Keyboard !|Navigation
APA !|LO: ! | 1.1: !|Describe !|key !|concepts, !|principles, !|and !|overarching !|themes !|in !|psychology

4) When !|taking !|his !|psychology !|class, !|Professor !|Sharma !|emphasizes !|that !|developmental
!|c hange !|occurs !|through !|out !|adulthood !|as !|well !|as !|childhood. !|Professor !|Sharma !|is !|taking !|a(n) !|

!|approach !|to !|developmental !|change.

A) life-span
B) evolutionary
C) normative
D) constructivist

Answer: ! | A
Difficulty: !|2 !|Medium Page !|Ref: !|3
Topic: ! | Characteristics !|of !|Life-Span !|Perspective
Learning !|Objective: ! | Summarize !|t he !|features !|o f !|the !|lifespan !|perspective.
!|Bloom's: ! | Apply

Accessibility: ! | Keyboard !|Navigation
APA !|LO: ! | 1.3: !|Describe !|applications !|of !|psychology




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, 5) In !|the !|context !|o f !|Laura !|Carstensen's !|view !|o n !|life !|expectancy, !|which !|o f !|t he
!|following !|statements !|is !|true?

A) There !|has !|been !|a !|remarkable !|decrease !|in !|t he !|number !|of !|people !|living !|to !|an !|o ld !|age.
B) The !|conception !|of !|work !|as !|a !|full-time !|endeavor !|ending !|in !|the !|early !|60s !|is !|well !|suited !|for
!|long !|lives.

C) Science, !|technology, !|and !|behavioral !|changes !|have !|not !|kept !|pace !|with !|the !|increase !|in
!|t he !|number !|of !|people !|living !|to !|an !|old !|age.

D) There !|should !|be !|a !|change !|from !|a !|world !|constructed !|mainly !|for !|t he !|elderly !|to !|a !|world !|t hat
!|is !|more !|compatible !|for !| young !|people.




Answer: ! | C
Difficulty: !|2 !|Medium Page !|Ref: !|3
!|Topic: ! | Life !|Expectancy

Learning !|Objective: ! | Summarize !|t he !|features !|o f !|the !|lifespan !|perspective.
!|Bloom's: ! | Understand

Accessibility: ! | Keyboard !|Navigation
APA !|LO: ! | 1.2: !|Develop !|a !|working !|knowledge !|of !|psychology's !|content !|domains

6) On !|your !|first !|day !|of !|class, !|Professor !|Red-Elk !|claims !|that !|for !|too !|long !|we !|have !|focused !|on
!|the !|development !|o f !|young !|children, !|especially !|infants. !|S he !|argues !|t hat !|t he !|development !|of

!|adults !|and !|elderly !|people !|is !|just !|as !|important. !|This !|professor !|is !|articulating !|a(n) !|

approach.
A) evolutionary
B) constructivist
C) normative
D) life-span

Answer: ! | D
Difficulty: !|3 !|Hard Page !|Ref: !|3
Topic: ! | Characteristics !|of !|Life-Span !|Perspective
Learning !|Objective: ! | Summarize !|t he !|features !|o f !|the !|lifespan !|perspective.
!|Bloom's: ! | Apply

Accessibility: ! | Keyboard !|Navigation
APA !|LO: ! | 1.3: !|Describe !|applications !|of !|psychology




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