Counseling Across the Lifespan Question Bank
Course Introduction
Counseling Across the Lifespan explores the unique psychological, social, and emotional challenges individuals face from childhood through late adulthood. This course addresses developmental theories, multicultural perspectives, and evidence-based approaches to counseling diverse age groups, including children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Students will examine common issues such as identity development, career transitions, family dynamics, aging, and loss, learning how to adapt counseling strategies to meet the specific needs of clients at different life stages. Practical skills, case studies, and ethical considerations related to lifespan counseling will also be emphasized to prepare students for effective practice in various professional settings.
Recommended Textbook Human Development A Life-Span View 3rd Edition by Christine Ateah
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Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
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Q1) After studying his history, Giles is excused from having to wash the dishes, a task he detests. What are Giles's parents attempting to use to increase Giles's studying?
A) positive reinforcement
B) punishment
C) extinction
D) negative reinforcement
Answer: D
Q2) Dr. Lund stages a fire drill at the elementary school in order to study how children respond to potential emergency situations. Which method is Dr. Lund using?
A) structured observation
B) naturalistic observation
C) self-report
D) experiment
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations
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Q1) What is the current infant mortality rate in Canada?
A) about 2 out of 1000 live births
B) about 5 out of 1000 live births
C) about 20 out of 1000 live births
D) about 90 out of 1000 live births
Answer: B
Q2) How is a physician most likely to guard against fetal hypoxia?
A) monitor the fetus's heart rate
B) avoid exposing the fetus to tainted blood
C) encourage the mother to deliver vaginally
D) conduct a genetic screen of the mother and father
Answer: A
Q3) What do we call the structure through which a pregnant woman and an embryo exchange waste and nutrients?
A) the amnion
B) the stem cell
C) the germ disc
D) the placenta
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World
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Q1) Little Danny loves to play in his backyard in his new sandbox. At first, he is preoccupied by the sound of his neighbour's dog barking incessantly, but he soon ignores the dog and continues his play. What is the term used to describe Danny's decreased response to the noisy dog?
A) habituation
B) ignorance
C) attention
D) orienting response
Answer: A
Q2) George is having a test in which his brain's electrical activity is being measured by the wearing of electrodes that are placed on George's scalp. What is the name of this test?
A) electroencephalography
B) fMRI
C) x-ray
D) ultrasound
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Entering the Social World
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of simple social play?
A) Tommy plays with his car while watching Jake play with his stuffed cat.
B) Rosemary and Leah have a tea party with their teddy bears.
C) Greg and Ben play in the sandbox with their dump trucks, making "vroom" noises.
D) Johnnie watches Mary play with her new doll while he plays with his blocks.
Q2) Carla is researching temperament by determining how easily different children can focus attention. Which dimension of temperament is Carla assessing?
A) surgency/extroversion
B) effortful control
C) negative affect
D) positive affect
Q3) As a daycare provider, you notice that 4-year-old Danny is abnormally hostile towards his peers. What infant attachment style would he most likely have had?
A) secure attachment
B) insecure avoidant attachment
C) insecure resistant attachment
D) disorganized attachment
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Chapter 5: Growing and Learning in the Preschool Years
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Q1) How do preschoolers who watch the television show Sesame Street differ in kindergarten from children who have not watched the show?
A) They tend to be less social.
B) They tend to be more violent.
C) They tend to have larger vocabularies.
D) They tend to have less inner speech.
Q2) In terms of number of words known, how do bilingual children rate?
A) their first language vocabulary is more extensive than that of their second language
B) their total vocabulary is greater than that of monolingual children
C) their total vocabulary is less than that of monolingual children
D) their second language vocabulary is less extensive than that of their first language
Q3) According to Vygotsky, what kind of speech is another term for thought?
A) private speech
B) inner speech
C) telegraphic speech
D) tertiary speech
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Chapter 6: Interacting and the Work of Play
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of unhealthy play?
A) Tina is colouring pages in a colouring book.
B) Casey is playing with his action figures and talking to himself.
C) Murphy is watching his brother play a video game.
D) Paul is experimenting with his chemistry set.
Q2) Sandy is a vibrant preschooler who loves to dress herself, play with her stuffed animals, and help mommy bake. According to Erikson, these types of activities are assisting Sandy to develop which of the following characteristics?
A) a sense of independence
B) a sense of confidence
C) a sense of purpose
D) a sense of helpfulness
Q3) Ben's parents would like him to be more cooperative with other children. Which strategy is most likely to be helpful to them?
A) Show Ben the bad things that will happen if he is not cooperative.
B) Be around to help Ben work out conflicts.
C) Have Ben practise being cooperative with children who are not cooperative.
D) Leave Ben alone and hope he develops cooperative behaviour on his own.
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Chapter 7: Off to School
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Q1) Dee used to think that everyone else liked the same people she did and hated the same people she did. She now realizes that different people have different opinions toward others. What would Piaget suggest that Dee has recently become?
A) a preoperational thinker
B) a formal-operational thinker
C) a concrete-operational thinker
D) a sensorimotor thinker
Q2) Which statement concerning ethnicity and intelligence is currently being closely examined?
A) The recent discovery of a "smart gene" has led most to believe that intelligence has a strong genetic component.
B) Even if ethnic groups differ significantly in intelligence, that difference could be due to environmental factors.
C) Being economically disadvantaged is related to ethnicity but not to intelligence.
D) If intelligence differences within an ethnic group are due to genetics, then intelligence differences between the group and other ethnic groups must be due to genetics.
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Chapter 8: Expanding Social Horizons
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Q1) Andrea's parents include her in most family discussions. This has been shown to increase the likelihood of Andrea being in certain crowds. Which of the following crowds are they?
A) popular or jock
B) normal or brainy
C) brainy or druggie
D) normal or popular
Q2) Laura, who is 14 years old, is extremely upset about the fact that someone made fun of her in class. Who is Laura most likely to seek support from?
A) her teacher
B) her close friends
C) her mother
D) her father
Q3) What is the most likely cause of children being rejected by their peers?
A) being disciplined inconsistently by their parents
B) being raised by parents with excellent social skills
C) being raised by parents with an authoritative style
D) being the victims of time-out procedures
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Chapter 9: Rites of Passage
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Q1) What does Kohlberg propose about the stages of moral reasoning?
A) They do not predict moral behaviour.
B) They form an invariant sequence.
C) They predict one's general level of intelligence.
D) They varied greatly from culture to culture.
Q2) When discussing the Heinz dilemma, Nancy says: "I wouldn't take the drug because stealing is wrong and no one is above the law." Which stage in Kohlberg's model of moral development does this type of response best fit with?
A) the second stage
B) the third stage
C) the fourth stage
D) the fifth stage
Q3) Which of the following physical changes occurs during an adolescent growth spurt?
A) Body fat increases much more in boys than in girls.
B) Muscle fibres become denser in girls than in boys.
C) Heart and lung capacity increases more in boys than in girls.
D) Kidney and bladder capacity becomes larger in girls than in boys.
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Chapter 10: Moving into the Adult Social World
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Q1) When Sara is asked what she wants to do with her life, she says, "My parents really want me to be a doctor, so I'm going to be a doctor." Which of Marcia's identity statuses is Sara exhibiting?
A) diffusion
B) moratorium
C) foreclosure
D) achievement
Q2) Nan is an individual who enjoys working outside, taking care of park lands, planting trees, and building forest trails. Which of Holland's types best describes Nan's interests?
A) investigative
B) conventional
C) social
D) realistic
Q3) How does your textbook characterize the notion of adolescence being a time of great "storm and stress?"
A) as a trend
B) as a fact
C) as a myth
D) as a temporary phase
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Chapter 11: Becoming an Adult
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Q1) Dorothy, a smoker, has just learned that she is 2 months pregnant. She has decided to quit smoking for once and for all, but she is doing this for the sake of her baby. Which of the following might happen to Dorothy's baby, should she relapse and continue to smoke?
A) stillbirth
B) cancer of the lungs
C) heart attack
D) deformities
Q2) Kyle is 19 years old. He is living in his own apartment and going to college, and he has a part-time job to supplement the money his parents are giving him for living expenses. What term is used to define the point at which Kyle has arrived at in his life?
A) adolescent
B) emerging adulthood
C) adult
D) rite of passage
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Chapter 12: Being with Others
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Q1) When discussing his new girlfriend, Mickey says, "I can tell her everything about myself." What does Mickey clearly feel toward his girlfriend?
A) commitment
B) passion
C) infatuation
D) intimacy
Q2) Al and Penny are a typical North American couple who have cohabitated for many years. If they later marry each other, how are they most likely to differ from other married couples that did not cohabitate?
A) They are likely less at-risk for divorce.
B) They are likely wealthier.
C) They are likely more religious.
D) They are likely less happy.
Q3) Which of the following is a reason typically given for cohabiting?
A) one doesn't like living alone
B) awaiting a divorce before remarriage
C) convenience or sexual accessibility
D) a previous bad experience with marriage
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Chapter 13: Work and Leisure
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Q1) Julie is a female lawyer who has a female mentor. How is Julie most likely to differ from her female colleagues who have male mentors?
A) Julie is likely to be less satisfied with her career.
B) Julie is likely to experience more work-family conflict.
C) Julie is likely to be less intent to continue to practise law.
D) Julie is likely to make less money.
Q2) Which of the following women is most likely to be providing care for a parent?
A) Chloe, who is 23
B) Samantha, who is 37
C) Jocelyn, who is 46
D) Mariah, who is 61
Q3) Who is likely experiencing the most reality shock?
A) John, who just started his first college course
B) Wendy, who just started her first full-time job
C) Lionel, who is changing jobs at age 45
D) Bonnie, who is about to retire
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Chapter 14: Making It in Midlife
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Q1) What is filial obligation based on?
A) a sense of independence
B) a sense of openness to experience
C) a sense of stagnation
D) a sense of responsibility
Q2) For which occupation would you expect the fewest health problems related to stress?
A) social worker
B) CEO of a computer company
C) truck driver
D) waiter
Q3) Which of the following types of cancer becomes a threat for middle-aged men?
A) prostate
B) testicular
C) colon
D) rectal
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Chapter 15: The Personal Context of Later Life
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Q1) According to Statistics Canada, what is going to happen to the Aboriginal seniors population by 2017?
A) It will decrease by 10%.
B) It will increase by 25%.
C) It will increase by 50%.
D) It will remain stable.
Q2) Globally, by the year 2050, which age group will have more people than in any other?
A) 65 and older
B) 40-49
C) 20-29
D) 0-9
Q3) Julio is an architect. He has created several interesting buildings in his career, and has won awards for his creative designs. But Julio has lately discovered that his creative ideas have declined in number. What approximate age has Julio likely reached?
A) 20s
B) 30s
C) 40s
D) 50s
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Chapter 16: Social Aspects of Later Life
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Q1) Whose behaviour best exemplifies a "blurred" retirement process?
A) Ben, who just permanently retired after working 40 straight years at a paper mill
B) Gregory, who has never had an out of the home career and whose work load is not changing significantly
C) Johnny, who is a retired accountant, but became a bookkeeper, and now wants to completely retire
D) Stella, who is unsure as to whether her full-time job as a lawyer is about to end, so she takes on more part-time work
Q2) What is a clean break from employment called?
A) a "cusp" retirement
B) a "crisp" retirement
C) a "convoy" retirement
D) a "competent" retirement
Q3) How is retirement best defined?
A) It is a difficult transition period between working life and frailty.
B) It is a complete withdrawal from the workforce.
C) It is the non-working phase of life after age 65.
D) It is a self-described state involving withdrawal from full-time employment.
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Chapter 17: The Final Passage
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Q1) Death anxiety would likely be the lowest for
A) Sally, who is 80 years old
B) Jesse, who is 45 years old
C) Rikki, who is 30 years old
D) Lake, who is 21 years old
Q2) What has research regarding risk factors in grief identified about mortality rates and grief/bereavement?
A) There is very little research available on this topic.
B) Women have higher mortality rates following bereavement than men.
C) Older people suffer faster deaths as a result of grief and bereavement.
D) Men have higher mortality rates following bereavement than women.
Q3) Dr. Wei will be teaching a course completely devoted to the topic of mercy killing. What title would best describe the content of the course?
A) "Brain Death 101"
B) "Clinical Death 101"
C) "Persistent Vegetative States 101"
D) "Euthanasia 101"
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