, CHAPTER 1
UNDERSTANDING LIFE SPAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Development can best be defined as:
a. systematic changes and continuities from ‘womb to tomb’.
b. unpredictable and unenduring events from ‘womb to tomb’.
c. physical changes from ‘womb to tomb’.
d. biological and psychological deterioration from ‘womb to tomb’.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy TOP: Defining development
2. The fact that development often involves continuities speaks to the fact that over time,
humans tend to:
a. remain the same. c. become less active.
b. become more intelligent. d. undergo orderly patterns of change.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Defining
development
3. The three broad domains explored by developmental psychologists are:
a. motor, interpersonal, cognitive. c. personality, motor, learning.
b. physical, cognitive, psychosocial. d. interpersonal, maturational, learning.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy TOP: Defining
development
4. Albert, a developmental psychologist, conducts research on children’s emotional reactions to
studying math in school. Albert is concerned with children’s _____ development.
a. cognitive c. physical
b. maturational d. psychosocial
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Defining
development
5. Which is best categorised as being in the cognitive domain of development?
a. Physical maturation of the body c. Poor interpersonal skills
b. A changing personality d. Language acquisition
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Defining
development
6. Which of the following does NOT belong on a list of key aspects of physical development?
a. Change in motor ability c. Change in short-term memory
b. Change in body organ efficiency d. Change in skin tone (e.g., wrinkling)
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Defining
development
, 7. Traditionally, growth has been defined as:
a. physical changes that occur from conception to maturity.
b. the biological unfolding of genetic potential.
c. positive changes across the life span.
d. gains, changes, and losses at each stage of the life cycle.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Defining
development
8. ________ ageing involves the deterioration of an organism that eventually results in death.
a. Cognitive c. Behavioural
b. Psychosocial d. Biological
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy TOP: Defining development
9. Ageing is most accurately defined as involving _________ in the maturing organism.
a. only negative changes c. both negative and positive changes
b. only positive changes d. neither positive nor negative changes
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Defining
development
10. A socially defined age group, with culture-specific assigned roles, privileges, and
responsibilities is referred to as:
a. an age norm.
b. an age grade.
c. a social clock.
d. an ageism.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Conceptualising the
life span
11. The most diverse of all age groups in terms of physiological and psychological
functioning are:
a. newborns. c. young adults.
b. children. d. elderly adults.
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Conceptualising the
life span
12. Misunderstandings and generalisations towards an age group are known as:
a. age interpretations. c. social clock.
b. stereotypes. d. normalising.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult TOP: Conceptualising the
life span
, 13. A rite of passage marks a transition from one ________ to another.
a. culture c. sex
b. gender d. status
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy TOP: Conceptualising the life
span
14. Which of the following is NOT true of stereotypes?
a. They are always negative c. They can prevent access to services
b. They can lead to discrimination d. They can be directed to all age groups
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult TOP: Conceptualising the
life span
15. Manuel hoped to graduate from college by age 22, but finds himself enrolling for the first time
at age 52. The anxiety Manuel feels because of this situation may be best explained by the
concept of:
a. biological maturation. c. plasticity.
b. a social clock. d. historical change.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult TOP: Conceptualising the
life span
16. In the Western context, by the seventeenth century, _________ came to be viewed as a
distinct period of development.
a. childhood c. middle age
b. adolescence d. old age
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Conceptualising the
life span
17. The term ‘emerging adulthood’ refers to individuals from about age:
a. 11 to 17. c. 29 to 37.
b. 18 to 29. d. 38 to 46.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate TOP: Conceptualising the
life span
18. Which description best characterises individuals in the ‘emerging adulthood’ period of
development?
a. Young people who are adolescents but not adults
b. Young people who are neither adolescents nor adults
c. Old people who are adults but not elderly
d. Old people who are neither adults nor elderly
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult TOP: Conceptualising the
life span
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