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Course Introduction
Developmental Psychology explores the patterns of growth and change that occur throughout the human lifespan, from conception through old age. This course examines key theories, research methods, and findings related to cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Students will investigate how genetic, environmental, cultural, and socio-economic factors influence development, and will analyze milestones and challenges across different stages of life. The course emphasizes the dynamic interplay between hereditary and environmental factors, helping students understand the complexity of human development and its implications for families, education, and society.
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Lifespan Development Lives in Context 1st Edition by
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Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development:
Approaches and Theories
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Q1) When conducting research, scientists must balance ______ against the ______. A) time; resources available
B) goals of the IRB; desired results from the research
C) the benefits; possible harm
D) rights of participants; rights of the researchers
Answer: C
Q2) At the center of the bioecological model is the _____.
A) individual
B) family
C) community
D) cultural context
Answer: A
Q3) Unlike Freud, Erikson believed that personality development occurs throughout the lifespan.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations
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Q1) Genetically, monozygotic twins are no more similar to each other than are other siblings that are conceived and born separately.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Prenatal screening can only identify common chromosomal disorders, such as Down syndrome, and present considerable risk to the developing fetus.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A(n) ____ is a fertilized egg.
A) chromosome
B) gamete
C) allele
D) zygote
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn
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Q1) In a typical day, newborn Jerico will move in and out of ____ states or levels of arousal.
A) 4
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10
Answer: B
Q2) During the last three months of pregnancy, the fetal body gains over ____ pounds and grows ____ inches.
A) 2; 4
B) 4; 9
C) 5; 7
D) 7; 10
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following babies is at greatest risk for serious health problems?
A) Morgan, who was born preterm
B) Vinnie, who was born small for date
C) Troy, who weighed 5.5 pounds at birth
D) Flynn, who was born at 35 weeks gestation
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) Dr. Anderson is researching motor skill development in identical and fraternal twin infants. What would his hypothesis be based on what we know about motor skill development?
A) Fraternal twins will share more similarities in the timing and pace of motor development than identical twins.
B) Both identical and fraternal twins will share the same similarities in the timing and pace of motor development.
C) Twins will be no more likely to be similar in the timing and pace of motor development than siblings spaced apart in age.
D) Identical twins will share more similarities in the timing and pace of motor development than fraternal twins.
Q2) Motor development reflects an interaction between maturation and environment in which the infant acquires increasingly complex _____ of action.
Q3) Which sense is the most developed at birth?
A) Hearing
B) Vision
C) Taste
D) Smell
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and
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Q1) Abigail has a puppy. She loves to hold the puppy in her lap and pet it. She visits her grandma's house. Her grandma has bird. The bird does not like to be held or it will bite. Abigail at first tries to grab the bird to hold it and it nips her finger. She learns that she must just pet the bird when it is in the cage. What cognitive process did Abigail need to use?
A) Accommodation
B) Assimilation
C) Disequilibrium
D) Modification
Q2) The process of quickly acquiring and retaining a word after hearing it applied a few times is called:
A) word integration.
B) fast mapping.
C) holophrasing.
D) categorization.
Q3) The vocabulary spurt in infant language development is considered to be universally experienced by infants in all different countries.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and
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Q1) Why is crying an effective signal to ensure that the caregiver cares for the baby?
A) Because it is the only signal that babies have to call to the parent.
B) Because it is annoying to most adults and they want the baby to stop.
C) Because it conveys negative emotion that adults can judge reliably.
D) Because it triggers an innate signal in the parent.
Q2) According to Erikson, what happens if parents are neglectful with their infants?
A) They will develop a sense of mistrust.
B) They will develop a feeling of shame and doubt.
C) They will develop feelings of guilt.
D) They will have difficulty controlling their behavior.
Q3) Which of the following is the developmental task for toddlers?
A) Toddlers need to learn to love one another.
B) Toddlers need to take initiative for their own needs.
C) Toddlers need to learn that the world is a trustworthy place.
D) Toddlers need to learn to do things for themselves and feel confident in their ability to maneuver themselves in their environment.
Q4) Temperament tends to be stable over months and even years, even into adulthood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) _____ is the inability to take another person's point of view.
A) Animism
B) Centration
C) Irreversibility
D) Egocentrism
Q2) Ty and Staci are the parents of 3-year-old Kandace. They want to know how to facilitate Kandace's memory for various activities and events. What advice would you give to Ty and Staci?
Q3) ______ are chemicals that are produced and secreted into the bloodstream by glands.
A) Neurons
B) Lipids
C) Hormones
D) Gonads
Q4) Repeated questioning reduces young children's susceptibility to misleading information.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Why are certain fine motor skills, such as those required to tie shoelaces, challenging for many young children?
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Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Children from collectivist societies are more likely to play competitive games such as dodgeball, follow the leader, and hide and seek.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Children who are born premature are not at greater risk for child maltreatment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) As women have entered the workforce and men have taken a more active role in the home, gender roles have become more flexible in Western societies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Parents who permit their children to make their own decisions at an early age, often before they are able, engage in a(an):
A) uninvolved parenting style.
B) authoritarian parenting style.
C) authoritative parenting style.
D) permissive parenting style.
Q5) What are the benefits of sociodramatic play?
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Focusing on the relevant information and ignoring other information is called:
Q2) Children judge conventional rules created by their peers as more legitimate than those created by adults.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How does Howard Gardner view intelligence?
A) Intelligence is limited to what we can learn in formal schooling and our common sense.
B) Intelligence should only be measured through standardized IQ tests.
C) Intelligence is biologically based and is primarily influenced by genetics.
D) Intelligence is the ability to solve problems or create culturally valued products.
Q4) Which of the following is not an illustration of the connection between intelligence scores and education?
A) IQ increases correspond to increases in GPA.
B) IQ rises with each year spent in school.
C) IQ drops over the summer vacation.
D) IQ improves during the school year.
Q5) Inadequate growth in childhood is called:
Q6) Morality of cooperation is also known as:
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Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following individuals is most likely to be a perpetrator of sexual abuse?
A) The man driving through town who sees a child on a playground.
B) David, the boyfriend of the victim's mother.
C) Jennifer, the victim's teacher.
D) Ann, the victim's next-door neighbor.
Q2) Which of the following variables is least important for a child's development and well-being when raised by same-sex parents?
A) The strength of the relationships among members of the family.
B) The presence of stigma.
C) The presence of siblings in the family.
D) The family's social and economic resources.
Q3) Relationally aggressive children, including bullies, are frequently perceived by peers as cool, powerful, and popular.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The child's adaptive capacity and strengths are known as:
Q5) Teachers and other professionals who come in contact with children are _____, legally obligated to report suspicions of abuse to authorities.
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) David is very stressed over college applications. He thinks that if he doesn't get into the University of Wisconsin his life is over. When his parents try to talk to him about other options in the event that he doesn't get accepted, he yells at them and tells them that they just don't understand. What aspect of adolescent thinking is David experiencing?
A) The imaginary audience
B) The personal fable
C) Metacognition
D) Hypothetical-deductive reasoning
Q2) What level of Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning is an adolescent capable of demonstrating?
Q3) Which of the following is not associated with formal operational reasoning?
A) The ability to think abstractly.
B) The ability to think logically.
C) The ability to think systematically.
D) The ability to engage in selective attention.
Q4) Early research on moral reasoning showed that males typically reasoned at a higher stage than females did.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Mr. Horowitz is a high school social worker. Because he sees so many depressed teenagers, he has concluded that depression is just a normal aspect of adolescence. Is Mr. Horowitz correct?
A) No. Adults who buy into the stereotype that depression is normative in adolescence often ignore real problems.
B) Yes. The majority of adolescents report feelings of persistent depression, and most "outgrow" the storm and stress of the teenage years.
C) No. Research shows that over 80% of depressed teenagers have at least one suicide attempt before high school graduation.
D) Yes. Most teenagers who report depressive symptoms are merely looking for attention from adults and peers.
Q2) Identify the typical developmental progression of dating relationships. Among 16-year-olds, about how long does the average dating relationship last?
Q3) In late adolescence, both boys and girls date to fulfill needs for intimacy, support, and affection.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) Karen is concerned about losing muscle strength. She speaks to a sports medicine physician to find out what she should do. What will the doctor recommend?
A) Nothing-muscle strength declines with age no matter what a person does.
B) Karen should exercise and start a training program in the same way an athlete does.
C) Karen should find supplements to take in order to maintain muscle strength.
D) Karen should drink more milk and eat healthier.
Q2) What type of muscle strength involves the subtle contractions used to hold a hand grip, push off against a wall, stretch, or practice yoga?
Q3) What is the focus of Super's crystallization stage of vocational development?
A) Individuals accumulate experience and advance up the career ladder.
B) Individuals begin to think about careers in more complex ways, considering their own interests, personality, abilities, and values, as well as the requirements of each career.
C) Individuals complete training, enter the job market, and make the transition to become an employee.
D) Individuals identify specific occupational goals and pursue the education needed to achieve them.
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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early
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Q1) What is the term for the invisible barrier that prevents women and ethnic minorities from advancing to the highest levels of the career ladder?
Q2) Today, most U.S. states, as well as Canada, hold that sexual orientation is not related to parenting competence and, therefore, do not consider parents' sexual orientation in considering custody arrangements.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why do partners of individuals who severely abuse them remain in the relationship?
Q4) David is interested in looking for an opposite-sex mate. His friends have found several women he might like. Based on the data on mate selection, who is David most likely to choose?
A) Lily, an older woman who is looking for a relationship but does not want children.
B) Desiree, a lawyer who is dedicated to her career but interested in David.
C) Amanda, a physically attractive woman who loves to cook.
D) Tanya, an intelligent woman who is majoring in biochemistry in college.
Q5) What is the childhood like of individuals who grow up to be abusive spouses?
Q6) A couple's communication and problem-solving style is the best predictor of:
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Michelle is very concerned about looking older. She is constantly looking at her face and watching for wrinkles. Where will she see them appear first?
A) Her forehead
B) Around her eyes
C) On her neck
D) Around her mouth
Q2) Ruth is worried about losing her cognitive abilities as she ages, so she interacts with others a lot, engages in mentally stimulating activities such as crossword puzzles, and engages in new experiences as much as she can. What type of intelligence will show gains because of everything she is doing?
A) Multiple intelligence
B) Crystallized intelligence
C) Fluid intelligence
D) Analytical intelligence
Q3) Many middle-aged adults display hearing loss that is preventable.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which type of strength is retained as individuals age?
Q5) What is the most common symptom of a heart attack?
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle
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Q1) Which of Levinson's seasons of life is when adults reexamine their dreams of adolescence and early adulthood and evaluate their progress?
A) The age 30 transition.
B) The transition to early adulthood.
C) The transition to middle adulthood.
D) The transition to late adulthood.
Q2) The overwhelming feeling that people have at the point of retirement tends to be:
A) permanent for most, and they maintain a sense of dissatisfaction throughout life.
B) temporary for some while they see all the possibilities they have.
C) nonexistent for most; there is no overwhelming feeling at all.
D) debilitating for most, resulting in a greater sense of life dissatisfaction after retirement.
Q3) Men tend to associate aging with mostly negative connotations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Midlife adults who need to care for both dependent children and frail elderly parents are considered to be in the _____ generation.
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) How is sensory capacity related to difficulty with working memory in older adults?
Q2) The ability to make flexible and efficient use of available brain resources that permits cognitive efficiency, flexibility, and adaptability is called:
Q3) Beverly is concerned about memory loss. Based on what we know about the hippocampus, what do you think she should do to improve her memory functioning?
Q4) Older adults do not have the ability to compensate for cognitive declines as the brain has limited ability for plasticity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Older adults require more calories than younger adults.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The age-related loss of muscle mass and strength is called:
Q7) A cause of heart disease in which the arteries stiffen and the walls accumulate cholesterol and fat plaques, which reduces blood flow, is called:
Q8) What is the impact of the decline in immune function in older adults?
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Chapter 18: Socioemotional Development in Late
Adulthood and the End of Life
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Q1) Which of the following is not a way that attachment to the deceased is carried out?
A) Talking about the deceased to keep his or her memory alive
B) Feeling that the deceased is watching over them
C) Keeping the deceased's possessions
D) Performing a ritual that marks the death of the person
Q2) In North America, which of the following groups show the highest rates of religious participation?
A) High socioeconomic people of the majority group
B) Low socioeconomic people of the majority group
C) High socioeconomic ethnic minority groups
D) Low socioeconomic ethnic minority groups
Q3) Which statement accurately describes sibling relationships in older adulthood?
A) Most older adults feel close to their siblings and consider them to be close friends.
B) The majority of older adults do not live close to their siblings.
C) The majority of older adults do not communicate with their siblings on a regular basis.
D) With age, siblings tend to grow apart rather than closer.
Q4) What is the vocal or silent recall of events in a person's life?
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