Lifespan Development Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Lifespan Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that occur from conception through old age. The course examines key theories, research findings, and practical applications related to growth and development at each stage of life, highlighting the influence of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Students will gain an understanding of the major milestones and challenges individuals face across the lifespan, as well as the processes that promote healthy development and adaptation throughout childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and later life.
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Human Development A Cultural Approach 1st Edition by Jeffrey J. Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Human Development
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Q1) According to Erikson,what is the developmental challenge during early adulthood?
A)identity vs.identity confusion
B)intimacy vs.isolation
C)generativity vs.stagnation
D)ego integrity vs.despair
Answer: B
Q2) It is clear that during the ____ human began to use boats and trade with others.
A)Upper Paleolithic period
B)Lower Mesozoic period
C)Middle Cenozoic period
D)Lower Jurassic period
Answer: A
Q3) Working with persons suffering from various mental health problems,Freud concluded that a consistent theme across patients was that they seemed to have experienced some kind of ____.
A)incongruent self-concept that is interfering with daily functioning
B)momentous event that classically conditioned a fear within them
C)traumatic event in childhood now buried in their unconscious
D)biological unfolding of the genetic code that is interfering with daily life
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) What embryonic structure will become the brain and spinal cord?
A)brain stem
B)neuralblast
C)neural tube
D)cerebral cortex
Answer: C
Q2) K.M.is an American woman of healthy weight who went to the doctor for her second prenatal checkup.What would be LEAST LIKELY recommended by her physician?
A)to increase her fluid intake
B)to avoid exercise as much as possible,especially aerobic activities
C)to increase her caloric intake
D)to be sure she is getting enough iron and folic acid in her diet
Answer: B
Q3) Of the following,which best describes the Y chromosome?
A)The Y chromosome is bigger than X chromosome.
B)The Y chromosome contains 30% less genetic material than the X chromosome.
C)The Y chromosome is responsible for determining the sex of the child.
D)There are no differences between the Y chromosome and the X chromosome.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) What were two drugs commonly used during the 19th century to relieve pain during childbirth?
A)aspirin and alcohol
B)aspin bark and cedar extract
C)digitalis and foxglove
D)ether and chloroform
Answer: D
Q2) What neonates are at risk for early developmental problems? Those who are assessed as ____.
A)worrisome at time one and time two
B)superior at time one and time two
C)normal at time one and superior at time two
D)worrisome at time one and superior at time two
Answer: A
Q3) What occurs during the third and final stage of labor?
A)The amniotic sac ruptures.
B)The fetus's head crowns.
C)The fetus is born.
D)The placenta and umbilical cord are expelled.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) What did Piaget call the error that infants made when an object was hidden under blanket B but the infants stopped looking for the object after they looked under blanket A?
A)the A-and-B error
B)the A-or-B error
C)the A-not-B error
D)the A,B,Cs of infant memory
Q2) Erikson and Bowlby both view ______________ as the key issue in an infant's attachment to others.
A)love
B)trust
C)age
D)personality
Q3) How do non-Western cultures view the belief that infants should sleep in a crib in a room of their own?
A)They agree that this should be the way that infants sleep.
B)They view it as a form of child neglect.
C)They view it as way to increase independence.
D)They view it as punishment.
Q4) What do you feel is the objective of the demonstration in this video?
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) ____ is when men have more than one wife.
A)Polygyny
B)Polyandry
C)Monogamy
D)Polyamory
Q2) ____ is the basis for categorization; categorization is the basis for ____.
A)Deferred imitation; animism
B)Animism; deferred imitation
C)Mental representation; language
D)Language; mental representation
Q3) Who was the psychologist who first began examining cognitive development within a cultural emphasis?
A)Jean Piaget
B)Lev Vygotsky
C)B.F.Skinner
D)R.J.Sternberg
Q4) Describe common nutritional problems of toddlers in developing countries and consequences that are likely to result.
Q5) Describe two milestones of gross motor development in toddlerhood.
Q6) Describe the language environment of a country other than the U.S.
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following is the most accurate statement based on existing research?
A)The typical parenting style in non-Western cultures is authoritarian.
B)The American model of parenting does not apply well in other cultures.
C)Providing explanations to their children is most common among non-Western parents who spend more time with their children than do American parents.
D)Permissive parenting would be most likely in cultures that have a tradition of filial piety.
Q2) Layla and Gregory are both 4 years old and playmates at the same daycare center.Which of the following best describes their relationship?
A)admirers
B)confidants
C)neighbors
D)peers
Q3) Kicking a soccer ball is an example of ____.
A)gross motor skills
B)fine motor skills
C)ambidextrous motor skills
D)elementary motor skills
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) In the U.S.,it is estimated that ____ of children are diagnosed with ADHD.Boys are about ____ more likely than girls to have ADHD.
A)3-7%; 4 times
B)1-2%; 2 times
C)6-10%; 3 times
D)10-15%; 6 times
Q2) Your sister constantly worries about your nephew,who is currently a toddler.She knows that this is a time of important physical and behavioral development and worries that every bump,bruise,or sniffle could negatively affect his future health and well being.What can you tell her as your nephew approaches middle childhood?
A)It is the safest and healthiest time of life.
B)She needs to be very careful because there is a spike in injury rates during this time.
C)More children get sick and injured during this time than when they were younger.
D)Most children suffer no illnesses or injuries during this time.
Q3) What are two possible causes of ADHD?
Q4) What common educational threads do you see among the individuals in this video?
Q5) What is myopia and what is one reason that it increases in middle childhood?
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) What would be one critique in measuring formal operations by using Piaget's pendulum problem among adolescents in an impoverished traditional culture?
Q2) Research on the media use of adolescents
A)has found that only females report that they enjoy the social aspect of gaming.
B)has found that adolescents in industrialized countries use media for about 2 hours every day.
C)has focused primarily on the benefits,such as increasing problem solving ability and strategizing.
D)has shown that the content of electronic games is related to their emotional responses.
Q3) Your 15-year-old cousin exaggerates his performance in nearly every story that he tells.He claims to be a better athlete than he is,a better musician than he is,and much more popular than he actually is.To what type of self is he referring?
A)feared self
B)ideal self
C)real self
D)fictional self
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) Compared to those who do not attend college,emerging adults who obtain tertiary education tend to have considerably ____.
A)higher earnings,occupational status,and career attainment over the long run
B)mediocre job success,a greater sense of identity,and higher sense of self-worth
C)milder temperament,more secure attachments,and happier long-lasting marriages
D)higher earnings,mellow temperaments,and a greater sense of identity
Q2) Your sister's female roommate has never engaged in premarital sexual intercourse because it is very much discouraged in her culture.Which of these countries is she most likely from?
A)Norway
B)United Kingdom
C)Liberia
D)Japan
Q3) What are the typical ages for emerging adulthood?
A)12 to 17 years
B)18 to 25 years
C)26 to 30 years
D)31 to 35 years
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) Among Chinese adults,one is considered highly intelligent if he or she possesses
A)high levels of humility,self-knowledge,and freedom from conventional standards of judgment
B)high school and college degrees,and a high-paying corporate job
C)high analytical intelligence,low practical intelligence,and a moderate level of creative intelligence
D)low analytical intelligence,but measures high on interpersonal and body-kinesthetic intelligences
Q2) Louis Terman,one of the original developers of the Stanford Binet test,began a study in the 1920s of 1,500 children with exceptionally high IQ scores and as compared to the control group,his subjects ____.
A)had a great deal of personal distress and were often depressed,anxious,and manifested high hostility towards others
B)had a great deal of educational and occupational success,with dozens of patents and hundreds of books
C)had a higher rate of alcoholism,divorce,and mental disorders
D)were similar in few ways,illustrating that IQ has very little predictive value
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Chapter 11: Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Which of the following pairs of individuals have a higher concordance rate of osteoporosis than the rest?
A)monozygotic twins
B)dizygotic twins
C)biological sisters
D)adopted sisters
Q2) When you were in high school,your friends had "mosquito" ring tones on your cell phones,which were very high-pitched (17kHz)tones.What did your 45-year-old teachers think of it?
A)Some of the teachers thought that there was an invasion of mosquitoes at your school.
B)Most the time the ring tones were very quiet and the teachers seemed to like them.
C)They found the high-pitched noise to be very irritating.
D)Most never heard it.
Q3) Divided attention is most closely related to ____.
A)multitasking
B)cognitive underload
C)creativity
D)cognitive assimilation
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Chapter 12: Late Adulthood
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Q1) In general,marital satisfaction tends to be the highest during:
A)young adulthood.
B)early adulthood.
C)late adulthood.
D)quarterly adulthood.
Q2) Fred was diagnosed with a disease that is characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.Which of the following diseases does Fred have?
A)Huntington's disease
B)Parkinson's disease
C)Korsakoff's disease
D)Alzheimer's disease
Q3) At what age is wisdom the most probable?
A)emerging adulthood
B)middle adulthood
C)late adulthood
D)Wisdom is not related to age.
Q4) At what age are people considered to be part of the oldest-old group? Can you think of someone who does not meet this age criteria,but still fits the definition? Explain.
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Chapter 13: Death and Afterlife Beliefs
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Q1) Fruits and vegetables that contain beta-carotene and vitamins E and C are recommended because they are high in ____.
A)antioxidants
B)anticellulars
C)antisocials
D)antiradicals
Q2) During bereavement,in a study of widows and widowers in the Netherlands,more than ____ continued to "talk" to their deceased spouse about important decisions,even years after the death.
A)10%
B)25%
C)50%
D)95%
Q3) In the initial hours,days,and perhaps weeks following bereavement,grief often involves ____.
A)shock,numbness,and disbelief
B)depression,anxiety,and shock
C)a split with reality,denial,and anger
D)schizoid type symptoms,numbness,and anger
Q4) In what part of the lifespan is cancer most common? Explain why.
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