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Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.
conception; death
D)
Children are born good and remain that way until adulthood.
D)
4 Which philosophical view assumes that the child's mind at birth is a "blank
tablet"?
original sin
A)
tabula rasa
B)
determinism
C)
innate goodness
D)
8 Allan spends a great deal of time working and trying to establish his career. He
also has been thinking about how his personal relationship is going and
considering whether it could be long-term and lead to establishing a family. Allan
is MOST LIKELY in:
late adolescence.
A)
early adulthood.
B)
middle adulthood.
C)
late adulthood
D)
9 The period of development during which school readiness skills are developed and
most free time is spent playing with friends is called:
infancy.
A)
early childhood.
B)
middle childhood.
C)
late childhood.
D)
late childhood.
A)
middle childhood.
B)
early childhood.
C)
infancy.
D)
middle childhood
A)
late childhood
B)
adolescence
C)
early adulthood
D)
12 Many older persons become wiser with age, yet perform more poorly on cognitive
speed tests. This supports the life-span perspective notion that development is:
multidirectional.
A)
multidimensional.
B)
lifelong.
C)
plastic.
D)
contextual.
A)
multidirectional.
B)
multidimensional.
C)
plastic.
D)
contextual.
A)
multidirectional.
B)
multidimensional.
C)
plastic.
D)
15 In one study, the reasoning abilities of older adults were improved through
retraining. This is an example of how development is:
contextual.
A)
multidirectional.
B)
multidimensional.
C)
plastic.
D)
contextual.
A)
multidirectional.
B)
multidimensional.
C)
plastic.
D)
17 In many cultures, people retire from their careers in their fifties or sixties. This is
an example of a:
18 Like many others her age, Velma does not know how to use a computer, but her
six-year-old grandson has no problem navigating the Internet and using a word
processing program. This is an example of a:
19 When Ben was thirteen when his father was killed in a car accident. This is an
example of a:
storm-and-stress events.
D)
storm-and-stress event.
D)
22 The number of years since a person was born is a key element in the definition
of:
chronological age.
A)
biological age.
B)
psychological age.
C)
developmental age.
D)
23 The expectations society has that a person will act his or her age refers to:
biological age.
A)
social age.
B)
psychological age.
C)
historical age.
D)
24 Rozee is 86 years young. She continues to learn phrases in new languages, she
writes poetry, and she enjoys going to museums to see the latest up-and-coming
artists. These examples of her adaptive capacities demonstrate:
chronological age.
A)
biological age.
B)
psychological age.
C)
social age.
D)
theories.
A)
hypotheses.
B)
models.
C)
scientific methods.
D)
ecological theories
B)
psychoanalytical theories
C)
ethological theories
D)
27 Callie is learning about the psychoanalytic perspective and understands there are
three parts to the personality. According to Freud, they are the:
32 According to Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory, the three factors that
reciprocally influence development involve:
thought processes
A)
repressed memories
B)
reciprocal interactions
C)
34 Which theory would be BEST to consider if you wanted to understand how and
why children copy the behaviors they see in TV cartoons?
Skinner's behaviorism
A)
ecological theory
B)
behavioral theory
C)
exosystem; microsystem
B)
exosystem; chronosystem
C)
microsystem; chronosystem
D)
38 Alex believes people are primarily influenced by the environment and learned
experiences, so he believes _______ plays a more powerful role in human
development.
nurture
A)
maturation
B)
change
C)
nature
D)
cognitive development.
C)
eclectic.
B)
quasi-experimental.
C)
pseudoscientific.
D)
with the consent and prior knowledge of all people being observed.
D)
interview.
A)
emic approach.
B)
participant observation.
C)
case study.
D)
cross-sectional
A)
longitudinal
B)
Latin squares
C)
correlational
D)
49 Which measure allows a researcher to compare one person's score with the
scores of a large group of similar people?
case study
A)
questionnaire
B)
standardized test
C)
naturalistic observation
D)
life-history record
A)
case study
B)
sequential approach
C)
interview
D)
experimental
A)
correlational
B)
observational
C)
standardized test
D)
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