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"Individuals are changing beings in a changing world".Which characteristic of development is reflected in this statement?


A) Development is multidisciplinary
B) Development is contextual
C) Development is multidimensional
D) Development is multidirectional

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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The connection across biological,cognitive,and socioemotional processes is most obvious in the two rapidly emerging fields of:


A) developmental cognitive neuroscience and developmental social neuroscience.
B) developmental biological neuroscience and developmental social neuroscience.
C) developmental socioemotional pharmacology and developmental biological pharmacology.
D) developmental cognitive biology and developmental cognitive biology.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The 35-year-old grandmother,the 65-year-old father of a preschooler,the 15-year old surgeon,and the 70-year-old student,all serve to illustrate that:


A) old assumptions about the proper timing of life events no longer govern our lives.
B) developmental age is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
C) chronological age is becoming a more accurate predictor of life events in our society.
D) biological age is becoming increasingly relevant.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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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) is about 65 years as the first decade of the twenty-first century draws to a close.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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B

During early adulthood,Erik Erikson's developmental stage of _____ occurs.


A) intimacy versus isolation
B) integrity versus despair
C) initiative versus guilt
D) industry versus inferiority

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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In addition to chronological age,list and briefly describe the three other ways that "age" has been conceptualized.

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Biological age is a person's age in term...

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A(n) _____ is a carefully regulated procedure in which one or more factors believed to influence the behavior being studied are manipulated while all other factors are held constant.


A) case study
B) survey
C) experiment
D) correlation

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Sharon is a 30-year-old stay-at-home mother to a toddler.Life-span developmentalists would consider her to be:


A) in the second age of prime adulthood.
B) transitioning from early adulthood to middle adulthood.
C) a middle-aged woman.
D) in an adult latency period.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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On your first day of class,Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused on the development of young children,especially infants.She argues that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important.This professor is articulating a(n) _____ approach.


A) evolutionary
B) constructivist
C) normative
D) life-span

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Life expectancy in the United States has increased by _____ years during the twentieth century.


A) 20
B) 10
C) 30
D) 50

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Edwin was a neglected child in his infancy.Now,at 31 years of age,he is highly cynical about the world and feels that no one can be relied upon.Whenever he is in a relationship with a woman,he has tremendous feelings of suspicion toward his partner,and these feelings eventually lead to the breakup of the relationship.According to Erikson's psychosocial theory,this is a good indication that Edwin did not successfully resolve the _____ stage of development,which in turn is causing him to experience _____ in his current developmental stage.


A) identity versus identity confusion; stagnation
B) trust versus mistrust; isolation
C) autonomy versus shame and doubt; confusion
D) trust versus mistrust; despair

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is a criticism of standardized tests?


A) They allow a person's performance to be compared with that of other individuals.
B) They assume a person's behavior is consistent and stable.
C) They provide information about individual differences among people.
D) They are difficult to design.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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B

_____ is a time of establishing personal and economic independence,career development,and,for many,selecting a mate,learning to live with someone in an intimate way,starting a family,and rearing children.


A) Early adulthood
B) Late adolescence
C) Middle adulthood
D) Late adulthood

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The _____ consists of links between a social setting in which an individual does not have an active role and the individual's immediate context.


A) microsystem
B) mesosystem
C) exosystem
D) macrosystem

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Katie-Lou is 88 years old.Katie would most likely be characterized as:


A) young-old.
B) old-old.
C) oldest-old.
D) late-old.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Jonathan is almost completely dependent on his parents for his wants and needs and is only just beginning to acquire language skills and sensorimotor coordination.Which of the following development periods is Jonathan in?


A) Late childhood
B) Middle childhood
C) Early childhood
D) Infancy

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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In predicting an adult woman's behavior,it may be more important to know that she is the mother of a 3-year-old child than to know whether she is 20 or 30 years old.This reflects the concept of:


A) chronological age.
B) social age.
C) psychological age.
D) biological age.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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In an experimental study,the _____ group serves as a baseline against which the effects of the manipulated condition can be compared.


A) control
B) experimental
C) dependent
D) independent

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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According to APA's guidelines,all participants must know what their research participation will involve and what risks might develop.This guideline addresses which of the following issues?


A) Deception
B) Debriefing
C) Informed consent
D) Confidentiality

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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_____ is(are) a national government's course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens.


A) Social policy
B) Generational policy
C) Cultural legislation
D) Equity policy

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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