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Life expectancy refers to:


A) the average number of years a person can expect to live.
B) the maximum number of years a species can live.
C) the number of years lived by most people.
D) the oldest age of any person in recorded history.

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

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Travis has designed a study to compare the muscle coordination of 60-year-olds,70-year-olds,and 80-year-olds.What research design did he use?


A) longitudinal study
B) cross-sectional study
C) sequential study
D) cohort study

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

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People today are waiting longer to marry and raise children.In the 1950s,it was more common for people to marry and start a family before they were 20 years old.This difference is an example of a:


A) normative age-graded influence on development.
B) normative history-graded influence on development.
C) multidimensional change in the context of development.
D) nonnormative life event that has changed across development.

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

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A criticism of ecological theory is that it underemphasizes __________ and _________.


A) biology;cognitive influences
B) connections between environmental settings;cognitive processes
C) cognition;critical periods
D) modeling;consequences of behavior

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

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

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Which of the following research methods looks at one person in depth and generally over a long period of time?


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

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

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Life-span psychologists generally agree that:


A) stability correctly characterizes development;change does not.
B) change correctly characterizes development;stability does not.
C) neither stability nor change correctly characterizes development.
D) developmental includes both stability and change.

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

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Joshua spends all of his free time doing homework and studying so that he will get good grades and his parents will be proud of his achievements.Joshua is most likely in the period of development called:


A) early childhood.
B) middle childhood.
C) adolescence.
D) early adulthood.

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

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Hidalgo is very good at simple addition and subtraction,but he has a hard time understanding the abstract algebraic problems that his sister,who is in high school,does.Hidalgo is currently in which of Jean Piaget's stages of development?


A) preoperational
B) concrete operational
C) formal operational
D) conceptual operational

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

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Levi was in New York on the day that the World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists.He is now afraid to fly.This is an example of how a __________ event can influence a person's development.


A) normative history-graded
B) normative age-graded
C) normative life
D) nonnormative stressful

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

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Marie-Ann is 6 months old.When her mother hears her cries of hunger,she comes and feeds her;and when Marie-Ann is uncomfortable,her mother comes and moves her around until she is comfortable.Through these actions,Marie-Ann is learning that the world is a good place.Marie-Ann is currently in which stage of psychosocial development?


A) initiative versus guilt
B) independence versus dependence
C) trust versus mistrust
D) hope versus despair

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

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Travis 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.Travis is most likely in:


A) late adolescence.
B) early adulthood.
C) middle adulthood.
D) late adulthood.

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

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Our relationships with others,changes in emotions,and changes in personality are all examples of __________ processes.


A) cognitive
B) biological
C) socioemotional
D) physical

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

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The theory that was created by Erik Erikson is known as the __________ theory of development.


A) psychobiological
B) psychoeducational
C) psychosocial
D) psychoanatomical

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

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This theorist believed that cognitive development proceeded in a series of qualitatively unique stages that were universal.

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Which of the following statements best describes the relationship among biological development,cognitive development,and social development?


A) The three are processes which are independent of one another.
B) The three are intertwined processes throughout the life span.
C) The three are less important than culture when studying development.
D) The three differ in their importance at different points in the life cycle.

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

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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 only young children.She argues that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important.This professor is articulating a __________ view.


A) contemporary
B) tabula rasa
C) traditional
D) life-span

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

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The developmental period that runs from approximately 40 years of age to about 60 years of age is:


A) early adulthood.
B) the nesting years.
C) middle adulthood.
D) the crooning years.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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One of the differences between Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson is that:


A) Erik Erikson saw that development occurred throughout the life span.
B) Erik Erikson believed that development lasted only until the age of 10.
C) Erik Erikson built his theory from his own philosophy and not from case studies.
D) Erik Erikson said that sexuality played a key role in the life-span development of the individual.

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

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Learning that results from experiencing one's own reinforcements and punishments in the environment.

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