HDFS CH 1 – Questions & Accurate Answers (Rated A+)
When psychologists speak of life-span development, they are referring to an
approach that emphasizes
A) child development, specifically.
B) humanity's historical development.
C) only the periods of the human life span involving growth.
D) the periods of the human life span involving both growth and decline
Right Ans - D) the periods of the human life span involving both growth and
decline
The upper boundary of the human life span has historically been, and
continues to be, __________ years.
A) 78
B) 100
C) 110
D) 122 Right Ans - D) 122
During the 20th century, life expectancy increased _________ years.
A) 15
B) 20
C) 30
D) 35 Right Ans - C) 30
Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual's life and are
usually not applicable to many people are called
A) non-normative life events.
B) normative history-graded influences.
C) normative age-graded influences.
D) normative life events. Right Ans - A) non-normative life events.
Baltes and his colleagues assert that the mastery of life often involves conflicts
and competition among three goals of human development:
A) influences, life events, and plasticity.
B) growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss.
C) growth, decline, and plasticity.
D) influences, growth, and regulation of loss. Right Ans - B) growth,
maintenance, and regulation of loss
, In 2006, _____ of U.S. children were living in families below the poverty line.
A) 19.2%
B) 17.4%
C) 16.4%
D) 22.8% Right Ans - B) 17.4%
The Minnesota Family Investment Program was designed to
A) provide parents with education on parenting young children.
B) primarily influence the behavior of adults, through employment.
C) primarily influence the behavior of children, through early childhood
education.
D) primarily influence the behavior of the family, through family therapy.
Right Ans - B) primarily influence the behavior of adults, through
employment.
The process we refer to when we speak of changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language is the
A) cognitive process.
B) socioemotional process.
C) intellectual process.
D) conceptual process. Right Ans - A) cognitive process.
Life-span developmentalists who focus on adult development and aging
describe life-span development in terms of four "ages." The third age
comprises those ___________ years of age.
A) 40-59
B) 50-69
C) 60-79
D) 70-89 Right Ans - C) 60-79
A person's age in terms of his or her physical health is called
A) psychological age.
B) biological age.
C) chronological age.
D) A and B Right Ans - B) biological age.
The most important issues in the study of development include all of the
following, EXCEPT
A) nature and nurture.
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