Quiz 1 Life-Span Developmental Psychology

multidirectional

As people enter adolescence, they start focusing more time on romantic relationships and spend less time with friends as a result. This illustrates how development is

normative-age graded

By age 51, most women enter menopause. This is an example of how a biological process can exert a _____ influence on development.

psychoanalytic theorist

Dr. Berenstein holds the view that behavior is merely a surface characteristic and that a true understanding of development requires analyzing the symbolic meanings of behavior and the deep inner workings of the mind. Dr. Berenstein can be described as a(n)

multidimensional

Dr. Tepper-Harmon believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, socioemotional, and cognitive dimensions. Dr. Tepper-Harmon believes that development is

conceptualize a process or problem to be studied, collect data, analyze data, draw conclusions

Lisa is a clinical psychologist. She decides to conduct a study on whether the progression of memory loss in older adults with Alzheimer disease can be slowed down. According to the scientific method, which of the following describes the sequence Lisa should follow?

by rewarding Nellie when she does not bang her head and punishing the head-banging behavior

Nellie, at 3 years old, bangs her head against the wall repeatedly throughout the day. How could Skinner's concept of operant conditioning be applied to address this behavior?

biological

Ramada, 69, an avid golfer and fitness enthusiast, recently got a comprehensive health exam done, and her physician remarked that her vital organs were in such good shape that her _____ age was about 10 years less than her chronological age.

qualitative change

The concept of discontinuity is characterized by

stability-change issue

The question of whether a fun-loving, carefree adolescent is bound to have difficulty holding down a 9-to-5 job as an adult reflects the

It is not a reliable predictor of an individual's health

Which of the following statements is true regarding chronological age?