Developmental Psychology Review Questions
Course Introduction
Developmental Psychology examines the patterns and processes of human growth and change throughout the lifespan, from conception to old age. This course explores physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development, drawing on major theories, research findings, and contemporary issues in the field. Students will learn about the influence of genetics, culture, family, and environment on individual development, with an emphasis on key milestones and challenges at each stage of life. Through case studies and interactive discussions, the course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how people develop and the factors that shape developmental trajectories.
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Exploring Lifespan Development 4th Edition by Laura
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Chapter 1: History, Theory, and Research Strategies
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Q1) Structured interviews __________.
A) do not yield the same depth of information as clinical interviews
B) are flexible because questions can be phrased differently for each participant
C) bring together a wide range of information on one person
D) tell researchers little about the reasoning behind participants' responses
Answer: A
Q2) A theory of development __________.
A) illustrates the ultimate truth about human behavior
B) describes, explains, and predicts behavior
C) explains all aspects of human growth
D) does not require scientific verification
Answer: B
Q3) In a(n) __________ design, participants are studied repeatedly at different ages, and changes are noted as they get older.
A) cross-sectional
B) experimental
C) longitudinal
D) correlational
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Genetic and Environmental Foundations
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Q1) Young people today are more likely to have __________ than at any time in history.
A) older relatives
B) married parents
C) living siblings
D) unemployed parents
Answer: A
Q2) An experimental study of neighborhood mobility found that compared with peers who remained in poverty-stricken areas, children and youths who moved into low-poverty neighborhoods and remained there for several years showed
A) more mental health problems
B) better school achievement
C) more physical health problems
D) more social problems
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn
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Q1) Which statement about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is true?
A) In developing countries, about 30 percent of all new HIV infections affect women.
B) In South Africa, 30 percent of all pregnant women are HIV-positive.
C) About 30 percent of new HIV infections occur in developing countries.
D) Untreated HIV-infected expectant mothers pass the virus to the developing organism
30 percent of the time.
Answer: B
Q2) Recent evidence suggests that paternal alcohol use around the time of conception
A) can alter gene expression
B) can cause fetal alcohol syndrome
C) is linked to blood vessel abnormalities
D) has no negative effect on the developing organism
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
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Q1) Stimulation in Hillary's brain resulted in a massive overabundance of synapses, many of which served identical functions. Neurons that were seldom stimulated lost their synapses in a process called __________.
A) myelination
B) synaptic pruning
C) neuroimaging
D) neurotransmission
Q2) During habituation, __________.
A) heart rate and brain activity both increase
B) infants respond strongly to repetitive stimulation
C) infants focus more attention on things they know the most about
D) heart rate, respiration rate, and brain activity may all decline
Q3) Some responses, such as __________, are very difficult to classically condition in young babies because they do not yet have the motor skills needed to deal appropriately with the stimuli.
A) contentment
B) fear
C) hunger
D) sucking
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Q4) Explain intermodal perception and its importance to perceptual development.
Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and
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Q1) __________ control(s) attention by inhibiting impulses and by flexibly directing thought and behavior.
A) Automatic processes
B) Working memory
C) Executive function
D) Mirror neurons
Q2) In Piaget's theory, each time the back-and-forth movement between equilibrium and disequilibrium occurs, __________.
A) children temporarily regress to a previous stage
B) less effective schemes are produced
C) children adapt more than they organize
D) more effective schemes are produced
Q3) When children are not changing much cognitively, they __________ more than they __________.
A) accommodate; organize
B) organize; assimilate
C) assimilate; accommodate
D) organize; adapt
Q4) Describe the signs of developmentally appropriate infant and toddler child care.
Q5) Describe the social-interactionist view of language development.
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Chapter 6: Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and
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Q1) In a large study of 1- to 3-year-old twin pairs, parents rated __________.
A) identical twins as more alike in temperament than researchers' ratings indicated
B) fraternal twins as somewhat opposite in temperament, whereas researchers rated them as moderately similar
C) identical twins as very alike in temperament, while researchers rated them as somewhat opposite
D) fraternal twins as more alike in temperament than researchers' ratings indicated
Q2) Expressions of __________ are less frequent than __________.
A) sadness; anger
B) fear; sadness
C) happiness; sadness
D) happiness; anger
Q3) Between 12 and 18 months, toddlers first become capable of __________.
A) intermodal perception
B) an internal working model
C) compliance
D) goodness of fit
Q4) Describe separation anxiety. When does it occur?
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Children who spontaneously use, or who are trained to use, mental-state words in conversation are especially likely to pass __________ tasks.
A) hierarchical classification
B) false-belief
C) class inclusion
D) conservation
Q2) By age 5, boys __________ than girls.
A) have better balance
B) can broad-jump slightly farther
C) can hop and skip better
D) have better precision of movement
Q3) Itzel, a Yucatec Mayan preschooler, is hungry. She is most likely to __________.
A) decide for herself when and how much to eat
B) ask her mother to make her a meal
C) wait until the family's set mealtime to eat
D) make a pretend meal for herself and her dolls to "eat"
Q4) Describe both child-centered preschool and kindergarten programs and academic programs. Which type of programming does the research favor for early childhood?
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Q5) Describe the benefits of watching educational television, such as Sesame Street.
Chapter 8: Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Typical parents give their sons toys that emphasize __________.
A) cooperation
B) nurturance
C) competition
D) physical attractiveness
Q2) __________ fosters a more positive, coherent early self-concept.
A) Permissive parenting
B) A warm, sensitive parent-child relationship
C) Authoritarian parenting
D) Strong identification with an other-sex parent
Q3) The meaning and impact of physical discipline to children __________.
A) is consistently negative, regardless of ethnicity, context, or intensity
B) can always be seen in problem behaviors, depressive symptoms, and negative self-esteem
C) can vary sharply with its intensity level, context of warmth and support, and cultural approval
D) varies little from culture to culture within the United States
Q4) Compare and contrast the authoritative and authoritarian child-rearing styles.
Q5) Discuss some ways to reduce gender stereotyping in young children.
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) How do children become bilingual? Is there a sensitive period for second-language development?
Q2) After age 8, girls __________ than boys.
A) grow slower
B) have slightly more muscle
C) have slightly less body fat
D) begin accumulating fat at a faster rate
Q3) Which statement about children's map-making abilities is true?
A) Preschool children do not yet include landmarks on maps they draw.
B) By age 6, most children can accurately place stickers on a map to indicate landmarks.
C) By age 7, most children can give clear, well-organized instructions for getting from one place to another.
D) By age 12, most children can grasp the notion of scale.
Q4) Which statement about gifted children is true?
A) Many gifted children experience social isolation.
B) Most gifted children have adjustment problems.
C) The vast majority of gifted children have IQ scores of 130 or lower.
D) Most gifted children show an evenly high ability across academic subjects.
Q5) Discuss the consequences of childhood obesity.
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Chapter 10: Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Eleven-year-old Leah has developed a sense of competence at a number of useful skills and tasks. She has a positive but realistic self-concept and takes pride in her accomplishments. According to Erikson, Leah has __________.
A) positively resolved the psychological conflict of middle childhood
B) developed an ideal self that guides her behavior
C) not yet encountered the psychological conflict of middle childhood
D) overcome the conflict of role confusion
Q2) __________ praise implies that competence develops through effort.
A) Person
B) Process
C) Indulgent
D) Inconsistent
Q3) Ten-year-old Lakisha is likely to experience __________ even when no adult is present.
A) guilt for any mishap
B) intense shame over a transgression
C) helplessness upon failure
D) pride in a new accomplishment
Q4) What factors foster resilience in middle childhood?
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) In the United States and a few European countries, __________ are responsible for a modest, continuing trend toward earlier menarche.
A) increased rates of infectious disease
B) soaring rates of overweight and obesity
C) eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia,
D) lack of standardized health care and high poverty rates
Q2) __________ is strongly associated with healthy eating in teenagers.
A) Vitamin supplementation
B) Number of hours of sleep
C) Dieting in adolescence
D) Frequency of family meals
Q3) Which at-risk high school student is most likely to be involved in extracurricular activities?
A) Hank, who attends a school with 500 students
B) Keisha, who attends a school with 1,000 students
C) Cory, who attends a school with 1,500 students
D) Bronwyn, who attends a school with 2,000 students
Q4) Describe the sleep patterns of teenagers today. Discuss sleep deprivation.
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Q5) Discuss motor development and physical activity in adolescence.
Q6) Discuss effective interventions for adolescent parents.
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Chapter 12: Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Twin studies indicate that depression is __________ heritable.
A) not
B) slightly
C) moderately
D) highly
Q2) Which statement about teen suicide is true?
A) It is nearly impossible to prevent adolescent suicide, as teenagers rarely exhibit warning signs around adults.
B) Gun-control legislation would have little to no impact on the number of adolescent suicides in the United States.
C) Teenage suicides often occur in clusters, with one death increasing the likelihood of others among depressed peers.
D) Parents should not be concerned when a teen says, "I wish I were dead," because adolescents are overly dramatic.
Q3) The connection between more mature moral reasoning and action is
A) nil
B) weak
C) modest
D) strong
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) Which statement about rates of overweight and obesity in the United States is true?
A) Overweight children and adolescents typically lose weight between ages 25 and 50.
B) First-generation adults have lower odds of becoming obese than their foreign-born counterparts.
C) A substantial number of people show large weight gains between ages 25 and 50.
D) The overweight rate exceeds the obesity rate, which indicates that the trend is improving.
Q2) Describe the theory of biological aging that emphasizes the programmed effects of specific genes.
Q3) Regular physical activity is linked to __________.
A) a slight decline in energy level
B) a slight decline in the immune response
C) reduced incidence of breast and colon cancer
D) production of LDLs and removal of HDLs
Q4) List and describe the three periods of vocational development.
Q5) Briefly describe the psychological impact of attending college.
Q6) How does psychological stress affect health in early adulthood?
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Chapter 14: Emotional and Social Development in Early
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Q1) In partner abuse studies spanning many countries in which people are asked directly, __________.
A) rates of assault experienced by men and women are similar
B) men are twice as likely as women to experience psychological abuse
C) women are twice as likely as men to experience physical abuse
D) partner abuse is much higher in other-sex than in same-sex relationships
Q2) Which statement is true about same-sex friendships?
A) Women generally evaluate same-sex friendships more positively than men do.
B) Men are generally more disapproving than women if friends do not meet their expectations.
C) Throughout life, men have more intimate same-sex friends than women.
D) Gay and lesbian romantic relationships rarely develop out of close same-sex friendships.
Q3) Which individual is the most likely to establish early residential independence?
A) Peyton, who attends a local community college
B) Zahara, who works part-time and does not go to college
C) Makayla, whose parents are divorced and combative
D) Garland, whose parents just celebrated their 25th anniversary
Q4) Compare and contrast attitudes regarding cohabitation in the United States and Western Europe.
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Wesley finds meaning in almost all his daily activities, even during stressful times. Wesley is displaying which element of hardiness?
A) commitment
B) control
C) challenge
D) confidence
Q2) In one study involving 2,500 mentally and physically healthy 16- to 85-year-olds, verbal IQ began to decline in the __________.
A) twenties
B) forties
C) sixties
D) eighties
Q3) Many cross-sectional studies show that crystallized intelligence __________.
A) declines steadily after age 20
B) declines swiftly after age 40
C) increases steadily through middle adulthood
D) rises swiftly through early adulthood, and then falls slowly
Q4) Discuss the changes that the skin undergoes during the aging process.
Q5) Describe the Type A behavior pattern. How does it affect health?
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Chapter 16: Emotional and Social Development in Middle
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Q1) Cindy, age 48, cares for her two teenage sons and her ailing mother-in-law. Along with her mother, she is also one of a handful of caregivers for her elderly grandmother. Cindy belongs to the __________ generation.
A) me
B) squeezed
C) kinkeeper
D) sandwich
Q2) Martin, age 47, is single and has no children. Which of Martin's activities reflects generativity?
A) He works out at the gym three evenings a week and runs every night.
B) He attends worship services two times per week and participates in a bible study group.
C) He volunteers at the YMCA as a coach and as a "big brother" to preadolescent boys.
D) He participates in community theater and starred in a local production of Guys and Dolls.
Q3) Describe the sandwich generation.
Q4) What is vocational burnout? Who is the most likely to suffer from it, and what are some ways to prevent it?
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) Caregivers of older adults with dementia usually say that __________ is the assistance they most desire.
A) knowledge about the disease
B) knowledge about community resources
C) learning techniques for dealing with stress
D) respite-time away from providing care-
Q2) Which older adult is more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes?
A) Daniel, who is European American
B) Rudy, who is African American
C) Fe, who is Asian American
D) Ernesta, who is South American
Q3) Orlando, age 82, is asked to describe important life events, noting the age at which each occurred. Among remote events recalled, Orlando is most likely to focus on events that occurred __________.
A) before the age of 10
B) between ages 10 and 30
C) between ages 30 and 40
D) between ages 40 and 60
Q4) What are primary and secondary aging? How do they differ?
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Q5) Define and describe terminal decline.
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Chapter 18: Emotional and Social Development in Late
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Q1) The more negative a caregiver-recipient relationship, __________.
A) the smaller the risk of financial abuse
B) the greater the risk of elder abuse of all kinds
C) the less vulnerable the older adult is to abuse
D) the smaller the risk of physical neglect
Q2) Lyle and Nora are in their early seventies and live in their own home. If they are typical of Western older adults in their relationship with their adult children, Lyle and Nora probably __________.
A) accept emotional support and a high level of physical assistance
B) seek their children's assistance for daily living activities
C) give more than they receive in financial and practical assistance
D) accept physical assistance and financial support from their children
Q3) Forrest lives in a Green House-style nursing home. Compared with a traditional nursing home resident, Forrest will probably __________.
A) experience a quicker physical decline
B) report a substantially better quality of life
C) interact less often with other residents
D) have less control over his daily schedule
Q4) Discuss the concept of gerotranscendence.
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Chapter 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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Q1) In most industrialized nations, donated organs can be removed __________.
A) during the agonal phase of death
B) when all brain activity ceases
C) when the heartbeat ceases
D) when respiration ceases
Q2) When Gilbert and Jodi reached retirement age, they each wrote statements of desired medical treatment should they become incurably ill. These documents
__________.
A) are subject to probate
B) are advance medical directives
C) are not recognized in the United States
D) guarantee personal control for Gilbert and Jodi
Q3) Bereavement is __________.
A) the response to the loss of a loved one
B) the experience of losing a loved one by death
C) the culturally specified expression of thoughts and feelings after a death
D) intense physical and psychological distress
Q4) What is bereavement overload? Who is at risk for it?
Q5) What is an advance medical directive? What types are available in the United States?
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