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Course Introduction
Gerontology is the multidisciplinary study of the aging process and the challenges and opportunities associated with an aging population. This course explores biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging, emphasizing theories of aging, common health issues, life transitions, and the roles of families, communities, and healthcare systems. Students will examine policy, ethical considerations, and the impact of cultural attitudes toward aging, preparing them to understand and address the diverse needs of older adults in various professional settings.
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Visualizing The Lifespan 1st Edition by Jennifer Tanner
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Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Theories and Approaches
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Q1) Developmental scientists rely on _________________ to refine our understanding of human development across the lifespan
A) observations of people's behaviors
B) theories
C) interviews
D) all of these choices
Answer: C
Q2) Resolution in each of Erikson's stages of development results in the accumulation of specific
A) knowledge.
B) strengths.
C) coping strategies.
D) defense mechanisms.
Answer: B
Q3) The superego struggles to find compromise between the id and the ego.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development and
Birth
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Q1) The _____________________ pattern of physical growth proceeds from the head down through the long axis of the body.
A) cephalocaudal
B) proximodistal
C) umbilical
D) fetal
Answer: A
Q2) Dilation begins with/when __________ and ends when _____________.
A) regular contractions; the cervix is completely open
B) the cervix is dilated; the baby is born
C) the baby is born; the placenta is expelled
D) dilation of the cervix; the placenta is expelled
Answer: A
Q3) Ashley is an average-size woman. Her doctor tells her that she should expect to gain __________ pounds during her pregnancy.
A) 5 to 10
B) 15 to 25
C) 25 to 35
D) 28 to 40
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) Carmella's mother constantly holds her throughout the day and sleeps with the infant at night. These infant-caregiver interactions are likely to predict _____________ for Carmella.
A) physiological and psychological benefits
B) unwanted, negative attachment problems
C) cognitive and memory deficits
D) none of these choices
Answer: A
Q2) With respect to infant pain, research findings indicate that:
A) too much pain may have negative behavioral consequences.
B) infants experience pain.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
Answer: C
Q3) Developmental science research offers evidence that infants do experience pain.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Socioemotional Development in Infancy: The
First Two Years
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Q1) Between 6 and 12 months of age, infants become increasingly social and interactive.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Jeffery and Molly are concerned that their son Marcus is still sucking his thumb at 5 years of age. They are more concerned that Marcus will, in fact, put anything in his mouth. Based on his behavior, we can say that Marcus has a(n):
A) anal fixation.
B) tongue fixation.
C) oral fixation.
D) taste fixation.
Q3) _________ is the return to the ________ stage later in life shown through obsessive personality issues.
A) Anal fixation, anal
B) Anal fixation, oral
C) Oral fixation, anal
D) Oral fixation, oral
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Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
Childhood:two to Six Years
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Q1) Early detection of autism along with appropriate intervention predicts the best outcomes for this special population of children.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____________________ is a national program designed and implemented to promote school-readiness among disadvantaged children through the provision of educational, nutritional, and social services.
A) No Child Left Behind
B) Common Core
C) Bright Start
D) Head Start
Q3) Four-year-old Maggie uses short, simple sentences when talking to her baby sister. This shows that Piaget may have __________ the preschooler's ???????????????_____________
A) overestimated; animistic thinking.
B) underestimated; egocentrism.
C) overestimated; egocentrism.
D) underestimated; animistic thinking.
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Early
Childhood: Two to Six Years
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Q1) Self-concept describes the A) value one puts on personal traits.
B) factor that leads to conceit.
C) a child's self-perception of her unique traits, values, and personality style.
D) self-esteem a child gets from being praised by others..
Q2) Albert Bandura's experiment with the Bobo doll illustrated A) attachment parenting
B) the power of observation and modeling.
C) the innate need for children to respond to reinforcement
D) environmental conditions that give rise to attention disorders
Q3) Five-year-old Mason knows his brother is still a boy when he dresses as a girl for fun. Mason is exhibiting A) a secure brother attachment.
B) gender identity.
C) gender constancy.
D) gender orientation.
Q4) Discuss the differences in sympathy and empathy.
Q5) Compare and contrast guilt and shame.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and
Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years Old
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Q1) What is one significant criticism of intelligence research?
A) It fails to look at society.
B) It fails to look at culture.
C) It fails to include DSM diagnosis.
D) All of the choices are correct.
Q2) One's own understanding of one's own memory process is called: A) strategy.
B) metamemory.
C) information processing.
D) maintenance rehearsal.
Q3) Kyle loves to play with Play-Doh. He rolls it into a ball and then flattens it out again. Based on his actions, we can assume that Kyle understands: A) classification.
B) reversibility.
C) transitivity.
D) seriation.
Q4) Autism spectrum disorder affects a substantial part of the population.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Middle and
Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years
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Q1) Low ________________ is one reason a child may believe he or she is not capable of doing well in school.
A) self-esteem
B) self-concept of ability
C) self-efficacy
D) all of the choices
Q2) _______________________is a protective factor that may contribute to childhood adversity.
A) Having a higher IQ
B) Having a close relationship with at least one caring adult
C) An effective school
D) any of these choices
Q3) _______________ refers to the evaluation of one's beliefs about one's personality, attributes, abilities, and attitudes.
A) Self-esteem
B) Self-concept
C) Self-awareness
D) Self-other relatedness
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) During adolescence, muscle growth occurs when sarcomeres, which are muscle _______________, join existing muscle.
A) fibers
B) tones
C) cells
D) tendons
Q2) Parents of adolescents often find it difficult to determine whether or not they need to seek help-for example, whether to take their teen to a therapist when the adolescent is found to be using substances. The confusion is particularly high during the ______________________stage, when the teen is not experiencing any
A) experimental; physical addiction
B) instrumental; physical addiction
C) experimental; serious problems
D) instrumental; serious problems
Q3) The development of formal operational thinking is a common maturational milestone in adolescence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Adolescence emerged as a developmental stage in the context of the Industrial Revolution, which provided adolescents opportunities to:
A) work and earn money to save for college.
B) work and earn money for their families.
C) live in cities and get married earlier.
D) live in cities and move away from their parents.
Q2) Caucasian adolescents have been and continue to be at greater risk for suicide in adolescents compared to peers from minority groups.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Obsessive thoughts about suicide-suicidal ________________-is a risk factor for acts of suicide.
A) ideation
B) identification
C) comprehension
D) compulsion
Q4) Ethnic identity may or may not be a central concern of an adolescent.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood
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Q1) In emerging adulthood, reducing the death rate would involve reducing rates of:
A) homicide.
B) suicide.
C) unintentional injury.
D) self-harm.
Q2) Psychiatric disorders are more common in emerging adulthood than in later stages of adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For all emerging adults, accumulation of bone mass through age 30 is valuable against loss of bone mass due to:
A) normative aging in the future.
B) bone disease in the future.
C) overexertion in emerging adulthood.
D) substance use in emerging adulthood.
Q4) The majority of emerging adults meet the minimum requirements for healthy levels of physical activity per day.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood
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Q1) It is particularly important for women to make and maintain friendships that last through emerging and young adulthood because women tend to turn to their friends for ____________________, in contrast to males who tend to rely less on their friends for this.
A) instrumental support, for example, moving
B) emotional support and connection, for example, through life transitions
C) physical intimacy, for example, hugs
D) physical activity, such as exercising together
Q2) Some fears have emerged over the use of social networking sites to maintain and build relationships in emerging and young adulthood. Among these concerns is:
A) detraction from face-to-face interactions.
B) identity theft.
C) Internet stalking.
D) all of the choices
Q3) Consummate love is different from parent-child love and love for friends; consummate love refers to romantic love.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
Adulthood
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Q1) Midlife is a life stage when adults are likely to first notice changes to their skin, for example, age spots, liver spots, and solar lentigines.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _________________ hormone cycles mark the beginning of menopause.
A) Stability
B) Predictability
C) Fewer
D) Dysregulated
Q3) In Baltes's SOC model the "S" refers to the process of _________________________, depending on one's capacities.
A) identifying goals that are reasonable
B) establishing healthy connections
C) achieving a high level of education
D) earning a high income
Q4) Stress in middle adulthood has the capacity to undermine cognitive functioning.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Adult-Hood
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Q1) Elizabeth prepared her children to navigate their own social worlds take responsibility for their school and work goals. Based on what you know about predictors of different reactions to launching adult children, it is most likely that Elizabeth feels a sense of _________________ with respect to her children and _______ with her husband.
A) pride; reconnection
B) loss; disconnection
C) disconnection; loneliness
D) loneliness; disconnection
Q2) About ______ of middle-aged adults are remarried.
A) 5%
B) 20%
C) 40%
D) 60%
Q3) In middle adulthood, the absence of well-being is associated with:
A) mental health problems.
B) physical health problems.
C) neither nor b
D) both a and b
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in the Later Years
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Q1) In older adults, sarcopenia is associated with observable changes, such as:
A) reduced mobility.
B) stooped posture.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
Q2) The leading cause of vision loss for older adults is age-related:
A) glaucoma.
B) cataracts.
C) presbyopia.
D) macular degeneration.
Q3) With regard to older adults, you might not explicitly recognize that they are experiencing cognitive declines, but when they complain about not being able to ____________ those are indicators that it is time for a cognitive assessment.
A) maintain a conversation
B) read a newspaper
C) read instructions for medications
D) all of the choices
Q4) Changes associated with senses in older adulthood take place rapidly.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in the Later Years
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Q1) Counselors working with older adults help facilitate their clients' growth and adjustment by _______________ them when they make judgments about their life experiences and advising them to practice _________________, which leads to integration.
A) challenging; acceptance
B) encouraging; acceptance
C) challenging; avoidance
D) encouraging avoidance
Q2) An older adult who has positively resolved the final stage of psychosocial development has:
A) been able to find order, meaning, and an integration of life experiences.
B) accepted positive parts of self and has rejected negative parts of self.
C) made amends for past mistakes.
D) apologized for transgressions against others.
Q3) According to social activity theory, spending time with other older adults doing activities common for people their age is associated with:
A) physical fitness.
B) mental health.
C) economic security.
D) popularity with peers.
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Chapter 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving
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Q1) Grief involves feelings of emptiness and loss.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Death of a child is associated with an increased risk for complicated grief, sometimes this grieving process lasts:
A) 1-2 years.
B) 5-6 years.
C) 8-10 years.
D) a lifetime.
Q3) Grief is an intense emotional response to loss.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When Barrett went into hospice care, his family was aware that death: A) was inevitable; they just didn't know when.
B) would be within 3 weeks.
C) would be within 3 months.
D) was unpredictable.
Q5) Euthanasia may be voluntary or involuntary.
A)True
B)False
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