TEST 1 Psych: Human Growth and development
the upper boundary of the human lifespan is _____ years
122
At what age do most people claim to be happiest in the U.S.?
88
At age 3, Jillian is beginning to engage her imagination. This is the _______ process of Jillian's life-span developmen
Cognitive
Life-span development covers the period from_____ to _______
Conception; death
What is the main problem with survey research
Conform to society
Baltes' assertion that development is contextual best fits with which developmental theory?
Ecological
Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists describe "development"?
Growth and decline in skills and processes
Some professors want to teach about the life-span approach in a Human Development course, whereas others want to keep the traditional developmental approach. They disagree about
Growth and decline in skills and progress
Before his study begins, Dr. Holly lets the subjects know that their participation will include a small, weekly time commitment and may arouse negative thoughts and feelings about past academic experiences. This is an example of
Informed consent
Margaret spends a lot of time thinking about the choices she has made in her life and the events she has witnessed. However, she needs to pay more attention to her health condition. Margaret is most likely in
Late adulthood
Diana feels that her human development course overemphasizes the changes that occur from birth to adolescence and disregards the developmental issues of adulthood. Which developmental perspective would address her concerns?
Life-span
A researcher uses a video camera to record children as they play on a school playground. This researcher is conducting a
Naturalistic observation
which of the followign is an example of how develoment is contexual?
Parents in the U.S. are mroe lifely to rear their children to be dependent than parents in Japan.
Although Angie was somewhat irresponsible as a teen, she changed her ways when she entered college and leased her first apartment. This example relates to the developmental issue of
Stability and change
Which of the following is NOT a reason for conducting an observation in a natural setting rather than in a laboratory?
The observation will be more systematic if done in a natural setting
Psychoanalytic theories hold that development primarily depends on
The unconscious mind
What of the following is NOT one of Paul baltes' eight charecterists of the life- span perspective on development?
Unidirectional
Who among the following is a cognitive theorist?
Vgotsky
Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship?
Whatever is the largest number, no matter the + or -
According to Erikson, a preschooler is in the
_initiative versus guilt stage
Life span development is the study of human development from conception to death; historically, however, most of the focus has been on which age group?
children and adolescents
In the united states, most individuals begin school around age 5, whereas in Australia they start at 3. This is an illistration if
contexual
baltes describes development as multi directional. What does this mean?
development is characterized by both growth and decline
Shawn's job requires lots of travel, and the demands of his job are affecting his marriage and his child's attachment relations with him. This type of interaction illustrates Bronfenbrenner's concept of an
exosystem
Although the maximum life span of humans has not changed during the twentieth century, life expanctancy
in the u.s. has increased by 30 years
Which of the following theories is NOT a stage theory and claims that development is continuous rather than discontinuous?
information-processing theory
Diana feels that her human development course overemphasizes the changes that occur from birth to adolescnce and disregards the development issues of adulthood. Which development perspective would address her concerns?
life-span
Researchers increasingly study that development of adulthood. This implies taht development is
lifelong
Researchers increasingly study the development of adulthood. This implies that development is
lifelong
Sheri answered a life satisfaction rating survey every 5 years between the ages of 20 and 65. What type of study was this?
longitudinal
Kathy beliIyanla, who is pregnant, is concerned that the bacteria from her ear infection may pass to her unborn baby. She does not need to worry because that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, social, and cognitive aspects. Kathy believes that development is
multidimensional
Kathy believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, social and cognitve aspects. Kathy believes that development is
multidimensional
Which of the following gives the BEST description of how life-span psychologists describe "development"?
multidimentional
Many older adults become wiser by calling on experimental knowledge, yet they perform poorly on cognitive speed tests. This is an example of how development is
multidirectional
The capacity for aquiring school adn third languages decreases after early childhood, whereas expieremental wisdom increases with age. This is an example of
multidirectional
According to life-span development expert Paul Bates, which age period dominates development?
no single age group dominates development
Erikson's theory emphasizes which of the following aspects of human development?
psychological
Baltes describes development as multi-directional. What does this mean?
ups and down; not unidirectional
Some professors want to teach about the life-span approach in a Human Development course, whereas others want to keep the traditional developmental approach. they disagree about
whether development is lifelong
