Life-Span Development Test Questions
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Life-Span Development explores the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes that occur from conception through old age. This course examines the major theories of human development, the impact of genetics and environment, and the stages of growth across infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and late life. Students analyze key developmental milestones, individual and cultural variations, and the challenges and opportunities present at each life stage. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of how people develop and adapt throughout the entire human lifespan.
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Human Development 3rd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Human Development
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Q1) Which statement best highlights phylogenetic development?
A)Jenny's wisdom teeth erupt in late adolescence.
B)Manuel gets married after he finishes college and soon has two children.
C)Amalia is the top reader in her class.Last year, she struggled in this area.
D)Irene has red hair.Her entire family has red hair because of a genetic mutation that has been passed down for centuries.
Answer: D
Q2) In an experiment, what group receives no treatment?
A)experimental group
B)comparison group
C)cohort group
D)control group
Answer: D
Q3) The cultivation of plants and the domestication of animals occurred during the __________ period of human history.
A)Neolithic
B)Jurassic
C)Paleolithic
D)Monolithic
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) Jill's mother was an All-American in the 1500m and qualified for the Olympic team in the marathon.Jill is a freshman in high school and does not think that she will need to train to become a member of the school's cross-country team.Jill keeps telling you that her mother was a great runner, so she will also be a great runner.What do you think?
A)She is correct; she will be a great runner no matter what she does.
B)It is unlikely that Jill even has the genotype for running.
C)Jill might have the genotype for running ability, but she will need to train to become a great runner.
D)Jill has also inherited the genes for superior intelligence.
Answer: C
Q2) It is a misconception that females are primarily responsible for infertility, because __________% of the time it is the male who is the source of a couple's infertility.
A)40 B)50 C)60
D)70
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) Which of the following describes a neonate who was born small for date?
A)The circumference of the baby's head is 85% of that of other infants born the same gestational age.
B)The baby weighs less than 90% of other infants born at the same gestational age.
C)The baby is 10% shorter than other infants born the same gestational age.
D)The baby's height is 15% longer than that of other infants born at the same gestational age.
Answer: B
Q2) Your sister and brother-in-law just had a baby.They were a bit confused because they were told that their baby had a score of 7 and then a 10.At first they were joking that that meant that their baby girl was very beautiful.What would you tell them?
A)Those were scores that all doctors and nurses use to indicate attractiveness of the newborn.
B)Those scores were estimates of later intelligence, which range from 1 to 10.
C)Those were scores for the Apgar scale, which ranges from 1 to 10.
D)Those particular scores indicate how pink a neonate is.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) __________ occurs in malnourished infants in which their bodies stop growing, muscles atrophy, and they become lethargic.
A)Failure to thrive
B)Human growth hormone deficiency
C)Marasmus
D)Progeria
Q2) The ability to combine the images of each eye into one image is called
A)distance vision
B)depth perception
C)binocular vision
D)far-sightedness
Q3) What is the term that developmentalists use to describe the oo-ing, ah-ing, and gurgling sounds that infants produce around 2 months of age?
A)telegraphic speech
B)babbling
C)cooing
D)gesturing
Q4) Give an example of how social referencing is adaptive for babies.
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) An electroencephalogram (EEG) measures the electrical activity of the
A)cerebral cortex
B)brain stem
C)hippocampus
D)cerebellum
Q2) The attachment to the primary caregiver in the first two years of life shapes expectations and interactions in adult relationships.Which of the four attachment types is most predictive of problems later in life? Name one outcome.
Q3) Which hemisphere (side) and lobes of the brain contain Broca's area and Wernicke's area? What is the function of each?
Q4) Whose theory of cognitive development is often referred to as a sociocultural theory?
A)R.J.Sternberg
B)Jean Piaget
C)Lev Vygotsky
D)B.F.Skinner
Q5) How is Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development different from Piaget's theory?
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) Beginning in 1978, which country made it illegal for families to have more than one child by initiating a "one child policy"?
A)China
B)Japan
C)Guatemala
D)South Africa
Q2) A drill sergeant who expects his or her subordinates to follow commands without questioning their authority is more similar to which of the following parenting styles?
A)authoritative
B)authoritarian
C)permissive
D)disengaged
Q3) The most common cause of injury in early childhood is __________.
A)leukemia
B)drowning
C)falling
D)measles
Q4) Describe one way that young children (between ages 3-6) learn their culture's principles of moral conduct.
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) The International Labor Organization (ILO) has estimated that about __________ children and adolescents are employed worldwide, and that __________ of them are in developing countries
A)73 million; 95%
B)400 million; 75%
C)600 million; 55%
D)800 million; 35%
Q2) What condition that interferes with learning to read includes sounding out letters, learning to spell words, and a tendency to misperceive the order of letters in words?
A)dyscalculia
B)dyslexia
C)dysgraphia
D)dysfunctional
Q3) Which statement is an accurate portrayal of a 10-year-old's social comparison?
A)"I'm a fast runner and I like soccer."
B)"I'm really good at math."
C)"Johnny pushed me and then took my toy truck."
D)"I'm good at spelling, but there are three kids in my class who are better than I am."
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) Which substance over a lifetime is the source of more illness and mortality than all drugs combined?
A)prescription drugs
B)marijuana
C)cigarette smoking
D)alcohol
Q2) Your sister has been arguing with her 15-year-old daughter quite a bit about what feels like everything.Your sister feels that her relationship with her daughter is deteriorating and abnormal.Based on your knowledge of development, what advice do you give your sister?
A)She should not worry, conflict with sons is even worse.
B)She should not worry, conflict between parents and their adolescents is typical during this time.
C)Something is seriously wrong with her daughter.
D)It sounds like her daughter has borderline personality disorder.
Q3) Briefly describe a puberty ritual of a non-Western culture.
Q4) Assuming you live in the United States, if you could go back in time and choose to mature early, late, or on time, what would you choose and why? Support your answer with research findings that include short-term and/or long-term effects.
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) Who tends to have considerably higher earnings, occupational status, and career attainment over the long run?
A)high school dropouts
B)adults who inherit wealth
C)adults who acquire tertiary education
D)graduates of high school
Q2) AIDS has been most devastating in __________ Africa, where 10 of every 11 new HIV infections worldwide takes place.
A)western
B)central
C)northern
D)southern
Q3) In the United States and Europe, fatal automobile crashes, unintended pregnancies, criminal activity, and physical fights are all outcomes related to __________.
A)binge drinking
B)unemployment
C)growth hormone in adolescence
D)socioeconomic status
Q4) Is emerging adulthood a universal period of human development? Why or why not?
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Chapter 10: Young Adulthood
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Q1) Researchers believe that the continued maturity of the __________ cortex during young adulthood is responsible for cognitive changes such as focusing attention and goal-directed behaviors that lead to expertise.
A)frontal
B)parietal
C)occipital
D)temporal
Q2) What do young Israelis view as an important criterion that signals adulthood?
A)completing military service
B)supporting a spouse and child financially
C)being able to support their parents financially
D)emotional self-control
Q3) Which of the following countries is more likely to view participation in family and social life as important aspects of intelligence?
A)the United States
B)Denmark
C)Russia
D)Kenya
Q4) Are there changes in immune function during young adulthood? Explain.
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Chapter 11: Middle Adulthood
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Q1) The relationship between individuals in midlife and their parents tends to be
A)contentious
B)harmonious
C)mutually supportive
D)unidirectional, in which midlife adults help their parents
Q2) Which sense declines the most in middle adulthood?
A)hearing
B)sight
C)taste
D)touch
Q3) In one study of more than 12,000 men ages 35 to 57, vacation time was assessed over a ?5-year period and then medical records were tracked for the next 9 years.What did this research find?
A)Vacation and health were not related.
B)Men who took annual vacations were 33% less likely to die from coronary heart disease.
C)Taking vacations was very stressful for men.
D)The health of men who took annual vacations was worse than those who did not.
Q4) Does research show age-related changes in divided attention in middle adulthood?
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Chapter 12: Late Adulthood
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Q1) What is source memory? How do individuals in late adulthood compare to their younger counterparts on tasks that require source memory?
Q2) Why are women in developed countries who are older than 65 affected more by symptoms of arthritis than men are?
A)There are decreases in estrogen levels.
B)The reasons are unknown.
C)Testosterone reduces the likelihood of arthritis.
D)Arthritis is carried on the X-chromosome.
Q3) What is the feeling of knowing information that is in long-term memory but being unable to retrieve it at the moment?
A)tip-of-the-tongue states
B)Stroop phenomenon
C)gotcha memory
D)forgetful memory
Q4) Who is likely to score highly on measures of wisdom?
A)people who have children
B)people in leadership positions
C)people who have no formal education
D)people who have little income
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Chapter 13: Death and Afterlife Beliefs
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Q1) Subsequent research that has examined Kübler-Ross's theory has found that
A)most terminally ill patients go through her stages just as she described
B)there was very little application of the theory to terminally ill patients
C)it was too complicated and not able to be evaluated through research
D)few terminally ill patients go through her stages in sequence, if at all
Q2) Legislation in the Netherlands, the only developed country that allows assisted suicide, requires that doctors must first satisfy several conditions: the patient must express a desire to terminate his or her life, the patient's suffering is severe and unlikely to improve, other forms of care have been attempted, and a second doctor must be consulted to ensure that these conditions have been met.In an anonymous survey, what condition did doctors indicate that they frequently ignore?
A)the patient expressed a desire to terminate his or her life
B)the patient's suffering is severe and unlikely to improve
C)other forms of care have been attempted or refused
D)consulting a second physician to ensure that the conditions had been met
Q3) Are there sex or ethnic differences in death rates due to heart disease in middle and late adulthood in the United States? Explain.
Q4) What are two criticisms of Kübler-Ross's stage theory of death and dying?
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