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Developmental Psychology
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Developmental Psychology
Developmental Psychology Across A Lifespan
Exam #1 With In-Depth Answer Analysis
Guaranteed to Improve Your Academic
Performance Top-Tier Questions with Detailed
Solutions
Developmental Psychology Across A Lifespan
Exam #1 With In-Depth Answer Analysis
Guaranteed to Improve Your Academic
Performance Top-Tier Questions with Detailed
Solutions
Life-span development covers the period from ________ to ________.
a. conception; death
b. birth; middle adulthood
c. conception; early adulthood
d. birth; old age - CORRECT ANS- -a. conception; death
Erikson's theory emphasizes which of the following stages of human development?
a. experiences in late life
b. psychosexual
c. experiences in early life
d. psychosocial - CORRECT ANS- -d. psychosocial
In the nature/nurture debate, one's ________ is related to "nature," while one's ________ is
related to "nurture."
,Some professors want to teach about the life-span approach in a Human Development
course, whereas others want to keep the traditional developmental approach. They
disagree about:
a. whether development is lifelong.
b. whether development is multidirectional.
c. the multidimensional nature of development.
d. the plasticity of development. - CORRECT ANS- -a. whether development is lifelong.
The developmental period during which a being grows from a single cell to an organism
complete with brain and behavioral capabilities in 9 months is called:
a. middle childhood
b. infancy
c. early childhood
d. prenatal - CORRECT ANS- -d. prenatal
The period of early childhood typically ends when the child:
a. learns to dress herself.
b. is toilet trained.
c. has mastered reading, writing, and arithmetic.
d. starts first grade. - CORRECT ANS- -d. starts first grade.
The controversy of stability versus change is closely linked to which of the following
concepts?
a. Multidimensionalism
b. Plasticity
c. Contextualism
d. Multidirectionality - CORRECT ANS- -b. plasticity
, According to life-span development expert Paul Baltes, which age period dominates
development?
a. adolescence-adulthood
b. infancy-childhood
c. middle-aged to late adulthood
d. no single age group dominates development - CORRECT ANS- -d. no single age group
dominates development
Which theory would provide the BEST support for your belief in using incentives and time-
outs as ways to help children behave?
a. Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory
b. Erikson's psychosocial stages
c. Piaget's cognitive theory
d. Skinner's behaviorism - CORRECT ANS- -d. Skinner's behaviorism
Psychoanalytic theories stress what in development?
a. the child's cognitive creativity
b. early experiences with parents
c. late experiences with parents
d. genes inherited from parents - CORRECT ANS- -b. early experiences with parents
While maintaining that children actively construct their knowledge, Vygotsky focused on
________ in explaining child cognitive development.
a. Formal operations
b. Social interaction
c. Organization and Concentration
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