Test Bank for Life-Span Development, 19th Edition by John Santrock
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Psychology - Research Methos
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Psychology - Research Methos
Test Bank for Life-Span Development, 19th Edition 19e by John Santrock. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 20
SECTION 1 THE LIFE-SPAN PERSPECTIVE
Ch 1 Introduction
Careers in Life-Span Development
SECTION 2 BEGINNINGS
Ch 2 Biological Beginnings
Ch 3 Prenatal ...
Chap 01 19e Santrock
1) Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that
A) begins at childhood and continues until adulthood.
B) begins at conception and continues until adulthood.
C) begins at birth and continues through the human life span.
D) begins at conception and continues through the human life span.
2) Who among the following is most likely taking the traditional approach to the study of
development?
A) Daren, who emphasizes developmental change throughout adulthood as well as
childhood
B) Nick, who emphasizes extensive change in adulthood
C) James, who emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no
change in adulthood, and decline in old age
D) Gregory, who emphasizes development as lifelong, multidimensional,
multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual
3) The_____ approach to the study of development emphasizes extensive change from birth to
adolescence, especially during infancy; little or no change in adulthood; and decline in old
age.
A) prescriptive
B) constructivist
C) traditional
D) evolutionary
4) In the twentieth century, life expectancy in the United States increased by
A) 2 years.
B) 12 years.
C) 22 years.
D) 32 years.
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,5) In his psychology class, Professor Sharma emphasizes that developmental change occurs
throughout adulthood as well as in childhood. Professor Sharma is taking a(n) _____
approach to developmental change.
A) life-span
B) evolutionary
C) normative
D) constructivist
6) In the context of Laura Carstensen's view on life expectancy, which of the following
statements is true?
A) There has been a remarkable decrease in the number of people living to an old age.
B) The conception of work as a full-time endeavor ending in the early sixties is well
suited for long lives.
C) Science, technol-ogy, and social expectations have not kept pace with the increase in
the number of people living to an old age.
D) There should be a change from a world constructed mainly for the elderly to a world
that is more compatible for young people.
7) The_____ approach examines development of infants, children, teens, adults, and elderly,
and considers them all equally important.
A) evolutionary
B) constructivist
C) normative
D) life-span
8) The maximum life span of humans
A) has increased over time.
B) has not changed since the beginning of recorded history.
C) has matched their life expectancy in recent times.
D) was about 65 years as the first decade of the twenty-first century drew to a close.
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,9) Which of the following is true of life expectancy in the United States?
A) It decreased by 15 years in the beginning of the twenty-first century.
B) It has remained unaffected by improvements in sanitation and nutrition.
C) It increased by 32 years in the twentieth century.
D) It has remained unpredictable and has confused demographers.
10) Life expectancy in the United States is currently about_____ years.
A) 53
B) 60
C) 79
D) 85
11) Based on Paul Baltes' view of life-span development, which of the following statements is
true?
A) Development stops during adolescence.
B) Development is multidimensional.
C) Development is unidirectional.
D) Development occurs independent of context.
12) _____ is the idea that no age period dominates development highlights the life-span
perspective that development.
A) Plastic
B) Contextual
C) Multidimensional
D) Lifelong
13) The belief that development is_____ assumes that life-span development cannot be studied
without considering biological, socioemotional, and cognitive dimensions.
A) lifelong
B) contextual
C) multidimensional
D) plastic
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, 14) Many individuals become wiser as they age, but their performance on tasks that require
speed in processing information starts to decline. This illustrates how throughout life, some
dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink—in other words, how
development is
A) plastic.
B) contextual.
C) multidisciplinary.
D) multidirectional.
15) The idea that throughout life, some dimensions and capabilities expand and some shrink
supports that development is
A) plastic.
B) contextual.
C) multidisciplinary.
D) multidirectional.
16) _____ means the capacity for change.
A) Elasticity
B) Plasticity
C) Contextuality
D) Tenacity
17) Bruce Chan, a 57-year-old accountant, decides to enroll in a short-term course on creative
writing. Bruce performs well in the course despite having not engaged in creative writing for
over 25 years. This scenario most likely illustrates Paul Baltes' view that development is
A) plastic.
B) multidisciplinary.
C) lifelong.
D) contextual.
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