Counseling Across the Lifespan Practice Questions
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Counseling Across the Lifespan explores the theories, techniques, and challenges involved in providing effective counseling at various stages of human development, from childhood through older adulthood. The course examines age-specific psychological, social, and cultural factors that influence individuals mental health needs and the counseling strategies best suited to address them. Through case studies and practical applications, students will develop a deeper understanding of lifespan development and learn to adapt counseling interventions for diverse client populations, preparing them to work effectively in a variety of professional settings.
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Human Development A Life Span View 6th Edition by Robert
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Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
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Q1) Whose theory is best associated with a life-span perspective emphasizing research on adult development?
A) Bandura
B) Baltes
C) Bronfenbrenner
D) Piaget
Answer: B
Q2) According to ecological theorydevelopmentalists, the people closest to a developing child represent their
A) microsystem.
B) macrosystem.
C) macrosystem .
D) exosystem.
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following is not a problem related to longitudinal research?
A) It is difficult to generalize results to the larger population.
B) Participants may improve on the tests by taking them multiple times.
C) It's expensive to keep collecting data on a large number of participants.
D) Participants may choose not to continue.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal
Development, and Birth
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Q1) A physician has just informed pregnant Moesha that the human organism developing inside of her has just begun to show differentiation of its cells. As a knowledgeable student, you would know that such an organism is technically call a(n) A) embryo.
B) zygote.
C) fetus.
D) neonate.
Answer: B
Q2) The placenta
A) directly connects the blood stream of the embryo to the blood stream of the mother. B) contains amniotic fluid.
C) helps the fetus to maintain a constant temperature.
D) allows for an exchange of nutrients and waste.
Answer: D
Q3) When a child deliberately seeks an environment that fits his or her heredity, the child is engaging in _____.
Answer: niche-picking
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Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World: Physical,
Perceptual, and Motor Development
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Q1) Use differentiation and integration in describing how an infant might learn to walk. Answer: Answer not provided.
Q2) Less than 1 percent of American children do not have adequate food.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A mad cry is a more intense version of a basic cry.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Which statement concerning co-sleeping is accurate?
A) It is most effective in cultures that value child self-reliance.
B) It can reduce the need for elaborate rituals aimed at having children sleep in their own rooms.
C) It seems to negatively affect child-parent bonding.
D) It is done exclusively with mom.
Answer: B
Q5) The early, unsteady form of walking is called _____. Answer: toddling
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Chapter 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language:
Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) When three-month-old Rosita says "ahhhhhhhh," she is
A) producing telegraphic speech.
B) cooing.
C) babbling.
D) producing infant-directed speech.
Q2) Preoperational thinker Blake has edged his way close to the top rim of the Grand Canyon. His mother then asks him, "What do you think someone at the bottom of the canyon looking up at top you would see?" Given the egocentric nature of his thought, Blake's most likely response would be
A) "the sky."
B) "the same thing I see."
C) "a bunch of little people looking down at me."
D) "I have no idea."
Q3) Which best describes proper linguistic turn-taking behavior?
A) Attempt to alternate as speaker and listener.
B) Only speak when spoken to.
C) The more you know, the longer it is proper to speak.
D) Try to nod approvingly when another person is taking a turn speaking.
Q4) Describe the progression of speech sounds in a normally developing child from birth to one year old.
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Chapter 5: Entering the Social World: Socioemotional
Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) Having a sense of yourself as male or female is best described as your gender
Q2) Jaunita is a typical six-month-old. How is she most likely to regulate her emotions if she sees a scary object?
A) She will look away from the object
B) She will make a sad face
C) She will stare back and try to frighten the object away
D) She will make no attempt to regulate her emotions
Q3) Which quote is most reflective of the use of a gender schema?
A) "I am a boy."
B) "Is soccer for boys or for girls?"
C) "You are a boy."
D) "Will you help me build this bridge?"
Q4) After playing by herself for a while, young Annika smiles when she sees the face of her father. What term best describes this response?
A) Social smile
B) Cooperative play
C) Parallel play
D) Social referencing
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Chapter 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Thurstone and Thurstone (1941) identified seven distinct abilities that they believed formed the basis of intelligence. One of these abilities was
A) musical ability.
B) perceptual speed.
C) interpersonal intelligence.
D) "street smarts."
Q2) Alicia is a "gifted" child. Compared to her peers, Alicia most likely
A) is more socially inept.
B) is physically larger.
C) has fewer emotional problems.
D) is less mature.
Q3) Which cooking-related behavior is the best indicator of a high level of analytical ability?
A) Knowing that the reason a cake did not turn out could be the lack of a key ingredient, the stove being too hot, or bad eggs
B) Being able to create a cake flavor that has never before existed
C) Realizing that if you follow the directions on a cake box, the cake will turn out okay
D) Visualizing what a cake will look like before it is baked
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Chapter 7: Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) _____ parenting combines warmth and caring but little parental control.
Q2) If, after being divorced, both biological parents retain legal custody of their children, they are said to have _____ custody.
Q3) Dwight is very prejudiced against African Americans. Use research from your text to describe two methods you might use to attempt to reduce this prejudice.
Q4) A clique is larger than a crowd.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which pair of siblings is most likely to get along very well?
A) William (a boy) and Beth (a girl)
B) Mary (who is temperamentally emotional) and Lisa (who is not temperamentally emotional)
C) Ruth (a girl) and Greta (a girl)
D) Sam (who is temperamentally emotional) and Trevor (who is also temperamentally emotional)
Q6) Voluntary and mutual liking between two people is the definition of _____.
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Q7) The concept of "she thinks that he thinks that" is best associated with _____ thinking.
Q8) Any action that discourages the reoccurrence of a response is a(n) _____.
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Chapter 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive
Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Myelination of the brain begins in earnest during adolescence.
A)True
B)False
Q2) You are the parent of twins, one male and one female, who are entering puberty. Describe to them the primary and secondary sex characteristics that they will each be acquiring over the next few years.
Q3) Eighteen-year-olds appear to be significantly better problem solvers than eight-year-olds. Please describe some of the key advances in cognition that underlie this improvement.
Q4) Which best describes the early menstrual cycles of a typical teenage female?
A) Regular and with ovulation
B) Regular and without ovulation
C) Irregular and with ovulation
D) Irregular and without ovulation
Q5) A defining characteristic of anorexia nervosa is an uncontrollable binge-purge pattern.
A)True
B)False
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Q6) Kohlberg claimed that his stages of moral development form a(n) _____ sequence.
Q7) Kohlberg referred to the first level of moral reasoning as _____.
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Chapter 9: Moving into the Adult Social World:
Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) High levels of self-absorption in teens are referred to as adolescent _____.
Q2) A friend says, "I am scared. My little boy is about to enter the teen years, and I have heard that this is a time of great storm and stress, when he will reject everything about me." Provide advice to your friend by describing the reality of this time of child-parent interactions.
Q3) According to Holland, a person who likes physical labor and solving concrete problems is said to have a(n) _____ personality type.
Q4) About one-_____ of adolescents/young adults living in the United States is a member of an ethnic minority group.
A) half
B) third
C) quarter
D) fifth
Q5) Describe the role of biological factors and attributions in adolescent depression.
Q6) Adolescent egocentrism is characterized by a lack of self-absorption.
A)True
B)False
Q7) The second stage in Super's vocational choice theory is called _____.
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Chapter 10: Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development
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Q1) Dr. Ique has organized her lecture on intellectual ability around different skills that she has placed into meaningful groups. What would be the best title for Dr. Ique's lecture?
A) Plasticity Forever
B) You and Your Primary Mental Abilities
C) Rites of Passage Around the World
D) Avoiding Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Q2) Gallo drinks exactly two glasses of wine per day. As a result, Gallo can expect to A) end up in a treatment center for alcoholism.
B) be at risk for cardiovascular disease.
C) be labeled a binge drinker.
D) experience some health-related benefits from his actions.
Q3) Ralphie believes that following school rules is important because a teacher's authority should not be questioned. Ralphie would probably be closest to the _____ stage of reflective judgment.
A) initial
B) halfway
C) later
D) last
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Chapter 11: Being with Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Which statement is true?
A) Step-parents should encourage their step-children to avoid contact with their noncustodial parent.
B) Children in blended families tend to have better mental health than children in nondivorced families.
C) Step-parents need to be highly sensitive to the needs of a step-child concerning contact with noncustodial parent(s).
D) Adopted children should be discouraged from contacting their biological parents.
Q2) Men are more likely to base their friendships on intimate, emotional sharing than women.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Unless they are poor, __________________________________ than men.
A) women are more likely to initiate a divorce and more likely to remarry
B) women are more likely to initiate a divorce and less likely to remarry
C) women are less likely to initiate a divorce and more likely to remarry
D) women are less likely to initiate a divorce and less likely to remarry
Q4) The "A" in the ABCDE model of adult friendship development stands for _____.
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Chapter 12: Work and Leisure: Occupational and Lifestyle
Issues in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Who is most likely to experience burnout?
A) Michael, who is a factory worker
B) Natalie, who is a freelance worker
C) Tom, who is a psychologist
D) Juliana, who is a musician
Q2) Zach refuses to hire Monica simply because she is a woman. Zach's behavior is an example of gender _____.
Q3) Professional working women are more likely to leave a corporation that does not value interdependence and collaboration.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Vocational maturity is best associated with
A) Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
B) the amount of congruence between occupation behaviors and age.
C) Freud's psychosexual stages.
D) the income level that one attains.
Q5) Twenty-five-year-old Claire and her uncle, 50-year-old Dane, are both about to lose their jobs. How will the impact on their lives and sense of self be similar? In what ways will their reactions likely differ?
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Chapter 13: Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial
Challenges of Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Kevin is described by friends as having a great imagination and being willing to try anything once. Given this description, Kevin would most likely score very high on a scale of
A) agreeableness.
B) openness to experience.
C) neuroticism.
D) conscientiousness.
Q2) The primary reason that elderly women show a decline in sexual activity involves A) a normal physiological lack of interest.
B) failure to achieve orgasm.
C) the lack of a willing or appropriate partner.
D) pain associated with vaginal changes.
Q3) Dharma is upset with the lack of manners her husband Greg displays while eating, so she looks away or leaves the table each time her husband behaves this way. Dharma's response is best classified as A) a cognitive analysis.
B) passive-dependent.
C) avoidant thinking.
D) problem-focused action.
Q4) Describe the role of grandparenting in at least three different cultures.
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Chapter 14: The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues
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Q1) If you have significant levels of opaque spots on a lens, you have glaucoma.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Fourth age is also characterized as
A) young-young.
B) young-old.
C) old-young.
D) oldest-old.
Q3) Telomeres are found exclusively on
A) the tips of chromosomes.
B) neurons.
C) cancer cells.
D) X and Y chromosomes.
Q4) Alzheimer's disease is to dementia as A) old is to young.
B) biological is to psychological.
C) cognitive is to behavioral.
D) specific is to general.
Q5) Define wisdom. Define creativity. How are each related to age?
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Chapter 15: Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial,
Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues
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Q1) Activities of daily living are best described as tasks
A) demanding above-average intelligence.
B) requiring assistance from others.
C) focusing on nonphysical activities.
D) involving basic self-care needs.
Q2) Which statement concerning retirement is true?
A) In recent years, the number of organizations devoted to assisting retirees has declined
B) Participation in leisure activities during retirement tends to result in declines in satisfaction
C) Part-time employment following retirement can be the result of a desire to stay connected to one's former life/career
D) Retiree volunteerism appears to have little positive impact on society
Q3) When you are at your "adaptation level," your
A) behavior and affect are abnormal.
B) behavior is normal and your affect is abnormal.
C) behavior is abnormal and your affect is normal.
D) behavior and affect are normal.
Q4) _____ well-being occurs when a positive self-evaluation results in positive feelings.
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Chapter 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement
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Q1) According to the grief work as rumination hypothesis,
A) grief is necessary for recovery after a loss.
B) the grieving process can increase distress.
C) grief is significantly more distressing when the death involves a terminal illness.
D) grief is a great way to avoid less adaptive ways of dealing with death.
Q2) Who is clinically dead?
A) John, who is not responsive to pain
B) Naomi, who is not breathing and whose heart is not beating
C) Helga, who exhibits no cortical functioning
D) John, Naomi, and Helga, would all be considered clinically dead.
Q3) What is the correct sequence of Kübler-Ross's original "five stages of dying"?
A) Depression, acceptance, denial, bargaining, anger
B) Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
C) Anger, depression, denial, acceptance, bargaining
D) Bargaining, denial, acceptance, anger, depression
Q4) Disposal of one's assets represents an end-of-life issue.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the life-course approach to dying.
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