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Gerontology is the multidisciplinary study of the aging process and the challenges and opportunities associated with growing older. This course explores the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging, examining theories of aging, common health issues, social services, and policies affecting older adults. Students will analyze the impact of age-related changes on individuals, families, and society, and gain insight into promoting healthy aging, addressing ageism, and meeting the needs of an increasingly aging population through supportive environments, interventions, and resources.
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Lifespan Development 6th Canadian Edition by Denise Boyd
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Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Methods
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Q1) The ________ research method would be effective in extensively studying a teacher who has superior skills in conflict resolution.
A) survey
B) case study
C) naturalistic observation
D) cross-sectional design
Answer: B
Q2) ________ is the term used to describe the average age at which children reach developmental milestones.
A) "Norms"
B) "Maturation stage"
C) "Psycho-social developmental stage"
D) "Phenomenon"
Answer: A
Q3) The original sin doctrine holds that a child is born with an innately good and competent nature.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Theories of Development
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Q1) People take less time to learn a new behaviour under partial reinforcement conditions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Seven-year-old Elena is developing her math skills.She can add and subtract single-digit math problems (7 + 3 = 10),and with assistance from her mother,she works double digit problems (12 + 10 = 22).Vygotsky would suggest that this situation illustrates Elena's
A) adaptive processes of assimilation, accommodation, and equilibration.
B) sensorimotor development.
C) scaffold.
D) zone of proximal development.
Answer: D
Q3) Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory is considered a
A) learning theory.
B) humanistic theory.
C) systems theory.
D) cognitive theory.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
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Q1) If the ovum is not fertilized,it travels down towards the uterus where it disintegrates and is expelled with the menstrual fluid.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Chronic illness in a mother can affect the prenatal development of her unborn child.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A neonate receives an APGAR score of 7.What does this mean?
A) The baby is in no danger
B) The baby needs help establishing normal breathing patterns
C) The baby is in critical condition
D) The baby is non-responsive
Answer: A
Q4) Boys are more likely than girls to show long-term effects of low birth weight.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy
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Q1) Infants tend to sleep 70 percent of the time until they are approximately 6-8 weeks old.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following activities becomes possible as a result of the myelinization of the reticular formation?
A) dexterity in manipulation of small objects, such as a needle and thread
B) judgment in decision-making, such as evaluating various options
C) concentration in thinking, such as focusing attention on a task
D) speed and agility in motor skills, such as running to catch a ball
Q3) Three-year-old Hannah says to her mother "Look,Mom,the railroad lines are getting closer together as they get farther away." This can be explained by a monocular cue called
A) interposition.
B) motion parallax.
C) kinetic cue.
D) linear perspective.
Q4) What do we know about a newborn's ability to see colour?
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Q5) Compare and contrast the processes of pruning and myelinization that occur in an infant's brain.
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) Developmentalists know that,with respect to language development,children whose parents talk to them often,read to them regularly,and use a wider range of words in speech differ from children whose parent do not.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Researcher Renée Baillargeon believes that knowledge about objects is not built in,but that the strategies for learning are innate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An infant of 2 months of age will not look for her bottle if it accidentally rolls away.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the theoretical debate about language development,one could say that B.F.Skinner is a behaviourist and Noam Chomsky is a nativist.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the role of conditioning with respect to infant learning.
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Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy
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Q1) Describe how mental health disorders affect caregiver characteristics,contingent responsiveness,and attachment behaviours.Give examples to illustrate your points.
Q2) Changes to the Federal Employment Insurance Act in 2000 have extended the length of benefit payments for parental leave,which has encouraged more parents to stay at home for the first year of their child's life.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Basil has developed a consistent routine for his child.This has enabled the child to be able to adapt to new situations and feel a level of comfort,which adds to the child's cheerful disposition.The temperament of the child could be described as a slow-to-warm-up temperament.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A 10-month-old mirroring her mother's anxious facial expression is an example of adapting an internal model.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the process of niche-picking.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) The inability of adults and older children to remember more than a few events that took place before 3 years of age is known as theory of mind.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In Canada,child maltreatment is most often perpetrated by
A) stepmothers/common-law partners.
B) stepfathers/common-law partners.
C) biological mothers.
D) biological fathers.
Q3) By approximately three years of age,a child can distinguish between appearance and reality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The concept of the reaction range suggests that the upper and lower boundaries of IQ scores are determined by a child's genetic inheritance.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe how egocentrism is related to conservation.
Q6) Discuss the limitations of IQ tests.
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Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) The preschool years,from age 2 to 6,include which two of Erikson's stages of development?
A) oral; anal
B) trust versus mistrust; identity development versus confusion
C) autonomy versus shame and doubt; initiative versus guilt
D) vertical relationships; horizontal relationships
Q2) Aisha shouted,"Get up! I get to sit next to Daddy!" and then she pushed her sister.Aisha's behaviour is an example of ________ aggression.
A) physical aggression
B) social-cognitive
C) frustration-synthesis
D) hostile
Q3) Neglectful or uninvolved parenting may have its origins in A) the immaturity of the parents.
B) inadequate bonding time between parent and child.
C) parental depression or overwhelming stress.
D) low socioeconomic status.
Q4) How does a child's attachment relationship with her parents change or vary during the preschool years?
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) In Canada,the frequency of the use of standardized achievement tests has A) decreased.
B) increased substantially for all school-aged children.
C) decreased in favour of increased use of projective tests. D) stayed the same.
Q2) During middle childhood,a major growth spurt in the brain involves A) the limbic system and the cranial nerves.
B) the cerebellum.
C) the cerebral cortex.
D) synaptogenesis and myelinization.
Q3) Describe the effects of video games on child development in middle childhood.What are the pros and cons? What recommendations would you make to parents about video game use?
Q4) Which of the following is NOT an example of a derived word?
A) meaningless
B) vacation
C) unambiguous
D) illegible
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Q5) Summarize Canadian Special Education Practices.What is the IEP and what role does it play in program accommodations?
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Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) An individual's self-esteem is influenced by many factors and may be subject to a good deal of variation throughout her lifetime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Self-care has the most negative effects for children in low-income neighbourhoods with high crime rates.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A key factor affecting self-esteem is the discrepancy between what the child desires and what the child thinks he has achieved.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is characteristic of peer group interactions during the elementary school years?
A) having a variety of friends that includes both boys and girls
B) a lack of shared interests and activities
C) the development of social skills useful for interactions with both girls and boys
D) gender segregation
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Linda is a high school junior who works three hours every night for a fast-food chain.She hates her job.Linda's work experience most likely A) helps her develop feelings of competency and self-efficacy.
B) has no effect on her academic achievements.
C) inspires her to make better grades.
D) impairs her performance in school.
Q2) A universal ingredient in the suicides of adolescents is
A) a preference for music with violent themes.
B) a knowledge of suicide committed by a friend or peer.
C) a history of abuse or abandonment.
D) some form of significant psychopathology, such as depression.
Q3) Identify and describe the function of the major hormones involved in physical growth and sexual development during puberty.
Q4) Adolescents or adults who choose to live as the opposite gender on a full-time basis are known as
A) transgendered.
B) bisexuals.
C) transsexuals.
D) sex reassignments.
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Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
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Q1) A weak self-concept during adolescence puts boys at risk for ________ in young adulthood.
A) criminal behaviour and obesity
B) impulsivity and depression
C) obesity and inactivity
D) poor body image and depression
Q2) Parents and adolescents argue most about chores,school,attitude,and parents' concerns about teens' safety.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cross-cultural research indicates that Kohlberg's stage sequence is not universal in all cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is one of the four basic sex-role types identified by researchers?
A) womanly
B) incomplete
C) masculine
D) asexual
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
Adulthood
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Q1) Research has shown that a sense of control over one's life is linked to all of the following health effects EXCEPT
A) alcoholism
B) poorer health
C) depression
D) mortality
Q2) What mental disorder takes the form of an inflexible pattern of behaviour that eventually leads to difficulty in educational,occupational,and social functioning?
A) personality disorder
B) substance abuse disorder
C) anxiety disorder
D) mood disorder
Q3) Researchers have determined that in approximately half of intrafamily killings,the victim and/or the perpetrator had been
A) using alcohol or drugs.
B) mentally ill.
C) a high school dropout.
D) experiencing high levels of stress.
Q4) Describe how women's and men's fertility is affected by age.
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Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early
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Q1) The theory that the sex differences that occur in mate preferences and mating behaviour are based on the different amounts of time and effort that men and women invest in child-rearing is called
A) parental investment theory.
B) gender-role theory
C) evolutionary theory
D) hunter-gatherer theory
Q2) Women have more close friends than men.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The capacity to engage in a supportive,affectionate relationship without losing one's own sense of self is
A) identity infusion.
B) attachment.
C) intimacy.
D) immersion.
Q4) Identify what factors influence an individuals' occupation choices.
Q5) How does cohabitation affect a couple's subsequent marriage? What hypotheses do researchers offer for the relationship between cohabitation and subsequent marriage?
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Developmentalists know that behavioural choices and mental health conditions affect the brain.Which of the following statements is true?
A) The brains of alcoholics and non-alcoholics differ in electrical activity.
B) The brains of depressed individuals and non-depressed individuals show no structural or electrical differences.
C) A number of serious mental illnesses are associated with differences in electrical activity.
D) The brains of alcoholics and non-alcoholics differed in electrical activity before the onset of the alcoholism.
Q2) In middle age,what are the two leading causes of death?
A) heart disease and all categories of unintentional injuries
B) motor vehicle accidents and cancer
C) heart disease and cancer
D) heart disease and strokes
Q3) What is the Canadian gender pattern with respect to alcoholism?
A) Alcoholism has more serious effects on the health of women than men.
B) More women than men are heavy drinkers.
C) The rate of alcoholism declines with age for women but increases for men.
D) More men than women are heavy drinkers.
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Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle
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Q1) The pattern of adult children leaving the parental home but returning again to live with parents is a social phenomenon known as A) the cramped nest.
B) Peter Paning.
C) the revolving door.
D) boomeranging.
Q2) Canadians who experience involuntary career changes suffer all of the following EXCEPT A) suicide. B) depression. C) anxiety.
D) substance abuse.
Q3) Individuals caught in the "sandwich generation" are giving assistance to both younger and older family members.
A)True B)False
Q4) Compare and contrast three patterns of grandparent involvement with grandchildren commonly seen among Canadian families.
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) What key factor is correlated with lessening atrophy in the brain's cerebral cortex?
A) a social support system
B) a flexible personality
C) socioeconomic status
D) education
Q2) Which of the following is a symptom of Alzheimer's disease in the early stages?
A) failure to recognize family members
B) loss of memory for long-ago events
C) repetitive conversation
D) loss of memory for recent events
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a known risk factor for depression and dysthymia among the elderly?
A) inadequate social support
B) emotional loss
C) inadequate income
D) problem-solving ability
Q4) In Canada,the most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late
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Q1) The percentage of seniors living below Statistic Canada's low income cut-off fell to 20% by the late 1980s.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Increasingly,couples are closer in age to one another than in the past and men are living proportionately longer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to current estimates,approximately what percentage of Canadian elders living in private homes are emotionally abused?
A) 18 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 10 percent
D) 7 percent
Q4) Briefly summarize characteristics of individuals who choose not to retire or who shun retirement.
Q5) Among unattached seniors,women are less likely to be poor than men.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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Q1) Differentiate between brain death and clinical death.In which circumstance does organ donation occur?
Q2) What are the two forms of euthanasia identified by medical ethicists?
A) physician assisted and self-administered
B) legal and illegal
C) assisted and withholding
D) active and passive
Q3) Which statement does NOT reflect the philosophy of hospice care?
A) Death is viewed as normal, unavoidable, and an issue to face and accept.
B) The patient and the family are encouraged to face the impending death and to be involved in the care.
C) Continual emphasis is placed on curative care.
D) Control of the care is in the patient's hands.
Q4) In 2002,a Canadian website called Canadian Virtual Hospice was created to provide support for hospice care providers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is a living will? Who should have a living will?
Q6) Describe how people vary in the ways they adapt to impending death.
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