Developmental Psychology Test Bank
Course Introduction
Developmental Psychology examines the patterns and processes of human growth and change across the lifespan, from conception through late adulthood. This course explores physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development, integrating major theoretical perspectives and empirical research. Key topics include prenatal development, attachment, language acquisition, identity formation, moral development, and aging. Students will critically analyze how biological, cultural, and environmental factors influence development and apply these concepts to real-world contexts and diverse populations.
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The Journey of Adulthood 7th Edition by Barbara R. Bjorklund
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Adult Development
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Q1) Which of the following groups would NOT be described as a "cohort"?
A) everyone who was once a preschooler with a working mother
B) everyone born during the Great Depression of the 1930s
C) everyone in high school or college during the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s
D) everyone who remembers the day President Kennedy was shot in 1963
Answer: A
Q2) If I select one sample of 30-year-olds and follow them over a decade, interviewing or testing them repeatedly, this would be an example of what kind of research design?
A) cross-sectional
B) sequential
C) longitudinal
D) correlational
Answer: C
Q3) . Explain in what ways a person's social age will impact his or her activity level in public places if his or her chronological age is between 60-70 years old. Provide an example that illustrates this impact.
Answer: Not Answer
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Chapter 2: Physical Changes
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Q1) One theory of aging suggests that physical aging is based on the cell's ability to repair DNA alterations. However, research in this area has been unable to establish
A) clear relationships between cell repair ability and age within a species
B) evidence that DNA repair declines with normal aging
C) clear relationships between longer-lived species and more active repair mechanisms
D) none of the above
Answer: D
Q2) When some body change is linked to age but appears to be the product of environmental influences or health habits, it is an example of _______.
A) maturation
B) the impact of free radicals
C) primary aging
D) secondary aging
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Health and Health Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following diseases is the leading cause of death in late adulthood in the United States and other developed countries?
A) cancer
B) accidents
C) heart disease
D) pneumonia
Answer: C
Q2) Alzheimer's disease is one form of _______.
A) dementia
B) depression
C) coronary heart disease
D) immune system breakdown
Answer: A
Q3) When we say depression does not change much with age, we are talking about
A) only clinical depression
B) only sub-clinical depression
C) all kinds of depression
D) only bipolar depression
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Cognitive Abilities
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Q1) What does it mean to say that the correlation between 2 sets of IQ scores obtained 20 years apart in adulthood is .80?
Q2) Which statement best captures Bee and Bjorklund's review of research on problem-solving and age?
A) The more related the practical problems are to the participant's age, the better they do solving the problems.
B) Younger adults do better than older adults on traditional problem-solving tasks. C) Adults, until age 50, do better than adults in their 20s on practical problem-solving tasks.
D) All of the above describe their findings.
Q3) According to Cattell and Horn's theory of intelligence, which type of intelligence is thought to reflect the more basic, physiologically based type of ability?
A) fluid intelligence
B) crystallized intelligence
C) verbal intelligence
D) memory
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Chapter 5: Social Roles
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Q1) Research on gender roles around the world shows that _______.
A) gender roles are particularly evident in industrialized cultures
B) gender roles are particularly evident in nonindustrialized cultures
C) only about half the cultures in the world have clear gender roles
D) every culture has some form of gender roles
Q2) In the final stage of the family life cycle, roles become _______.
A) more clearly defined and more dominant
B) more clearly defined but less dominant
C) less clearly defined and more dominant
D) less clearly defined and less dominant
Q3) Recent theories of roles in development emphasize all BUT which of the following?
A) The numerous roles acquired in early adulthood are simply shed when completed.
B) With a few exceptions, roles are neither gained nor lost.
C) Roles change relative to life circumstances.
D) Today's research involves studying role transitions and adjustments.
Q4) We have discussed several reasons why the social clock in the U.S. no longer operates via a "family life cycle." Describe a few of these reasons and discuss the overall ramifications of this change.
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Chapter 6: Social Relationships
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Q1) Studies in the United States suggest that men's friendships with one another, when compared to women's friendships with one another, are _______.
A) about the same
B) marked by talking, rather than doing C) marked by doing, rather than talking D) neurotic, marked by stoic aloofness
Q2) Frequency of contact between adult children and their parents _______.
A) increases steadily from the early 20s until the parents' deaths B) peaks when the child's generation is in their 40s
C) has its lowest point when the child's generation is in their 40s D) is essentially constant throughout the life span
Q3) What term does Antonucci use to describe the set of relationships with family and friends that continue through an adult's life?
A) cohort
B) lineage
C) convoy
D) social support network
Q4) Describe briefly the basic features of "filter theories" of courtship or mate selection.
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Chapter 7: Work and Retirement
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Q1) What is one reason more women work part time than men do full time?
A) Younger people don't work as much as older people.
B) Men tend to move in and out of full-time jobs more than women.
C) There are more older women than older men.
D) a and b
Q2) The percentage of women who worked full time in 2008 was_______.
A) 20 percent
B) 30 percent
C) 57 percent
D) 85 percent
Q3) When it comes to household labor, research suggested that. . .
A) Women did more household labor than men (with the smallest difference being in child care), as predicted by the gender-division model.
B) The more money men made, the more time their wives spent in cooking and cleaning, as predicted by the relative resource model.
C) The more hours a person worked, the less time they spent in cooking and cleaning and the more time their partner spent in cooking and cleaning, as predicted by the time-availability model.
D) All of the above findings were noted
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Chapter 8: Personality
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Q1) Describe two methodological explanations for the "change" in personality over adulthood.
Q2) Which of the following is a characteristic of the self-actualized individual?
A) high need for privacy
B) high need for reassurance
C) low level of introspection
D) low level of humor
Q3) Suppose a researcher studies a group of adults longitudinally over a ten-year period and finds that the average score on a measure of rigidity goes up steadily over time. What, if anything, does this finding tell us about individual consistency in rigidity?
Q4) List and describe briefly at least six different characteristics Maslow considered to be attributes of a self-actualized (or self-actualizing) person.
Q5) Costa and McCrae's findings confirm the assumption that older adults are
A) socially withdrawn
B) rigid in their attitudes
C) self-centered
D) None of the above descriptors are consistent with their findings.
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Chapter 9: The Quest for Meaning
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Q1) The most appropriate form of study to test Kohlberg's theory of the development of moral reasoning is _______.
A) longitudinal B) cross-sectional C) cross-lag
D) correlational
Q2) The 3 levels of moral reasoning described by Kohlberg are _______. A) preconventional, conventional, and postconventional B) unconventional, conventional, and postconventional C) preconventional, conformist, and individualistic D) preconventional, conventional, and unconventional
Q3) "I try to do things that I think my mom and dad will approve of. Their opinion really matters to me." In Kohlberg's category system, this is an example of ______ reasoning. A) hedonistic B) preconventional C) conventional D) principled
Q4) Briefly describe the difference between Stage 5 and Stage 6 in Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning.
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Chapter 10: Stress, Coping, and Resilience
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Q1) Which of the following would be an example of a "problem-focused" way of coping with stress?
A) Deny any fear or distress.
B) Accept the problem with resignation.
C) Seek information or advice.
D) Think about possible solutions.
Q2) Chronic tightness in the neck and shoulders, as a response to stress, would be an example of which phase of the general adaptation syndrome?
A) exhaustion
B) alarm
C) resistance
D) tension
Q3) 10-46. Give two different explanations for the higher risk of emotional disturbance or physical illness among the divorced than among the married.
Q4) 10-31. Religious coping to reduce stress relies upon _____.
A) finding a meaning in suffering
B) achieving a sense of control by trusting God
C) gaining social solidarity with others who share beliefs
D) all of the above
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Chapter 11: Death and Bereavement
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Q1) Which is the one emotional response to impending death that has been most consistently found in research on dying?
A) anger
B) bargaining
C) depression
D) denial
Q2) Marshall and Levy suggest that 2 important functions of rituals are _______.
A) venting and rituals
B) rituals and mourning
C) control and meaningfulness
D) mourning and meaningfulness
Q3) The classic response of an individual when told that she has a terminal disease is to say "Why me?" Which stage of response to dying is this thought to represent?
A) denial
B) anger
C) depression
D) bargaining
Q4) Among middle-aged adults, which ones are likely to show the MOST fear of death?
Q5) Describe the major functions of funerals and other rituals surrounding death.
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Chapter 12: The Successful Journey
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Q1) Which of the following best describes our current conclusions regarding the role of life review or reminiscence in the mental health of the elderly?
A) Reminiscence is consistently linked to better mental health.
B) Reminiscence is associated with better mental health only among those over the age of 80 or within a few years of death.
C) Some studies show reminiscence linked to better mental health; most do not.
D) Extensive research shows no connection between reminiscence and mental health at any age.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a predictor of higher marital satisfaction?
A) older adulthood
B) middle adulthood
C) empty nest
D) having children
Q3) Describe the period in adulthood from age twenty-five to forty. What are its key features? What makes this period different from those that come before or after?
Q4) Argue for or against the proposition that adult life is made up of an alternating series of episodes of stable life structures and periods of disequilibrium.
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