Exam 1: Lifespan Developmental Psychology

The accusation that society is ageist highlights the need for __________________________ descriptive evidence about age groups and age differences.

According to Hippocrates, old age had five substages. The second substage, 'Green', from 65 to 75, was described as:

If you feel flattered when someone thinks you are a bit older than you really are, you are likely to be under 25 years of age

Ageism is prejudice directed at only people of over 30 years of age.

______________ involves applied interventions designed to maximise individuals' opportunities to develop their psychological potential to the full.

Age stereotypes are complete fabrications of typical behaviour/thinking when describing a particular age group.

Children in medieval Europe were ________________ access to bawdy or boozy adult entertainment.

The phrase 'Nothing is permanent except change' is associated with which Greek philosopher?

In the mid to late 1900s adults tended to describe the timing of their own important life events in terms of a normative social clock.

In medieval Europe the only three phases in life were:

To facilitate developmental optimisation parents are recommended to do all of the following except:

According to Ryff (1991), most adults in their 40s and early 50s anticipated that they would have gained in ________________ by the time they reached 60.

Individuals stop developing new plans and ideas, cultivate and express longstanding talents or contribute productively to the welfare of younger friends, family and future generations:

Physical and psychological development both stop at the end of adolescence.

The developmental events that occur at approximately the same age for the vast majority of individuals are known as ___________________________.

The traditional Aboriginal conceptualisation of the life cycle implicitly depicts adulthood as a ladder or staircase descending towards lower levels of power and social service for adults of both sexes.

Age group membership exerts an important sociological and cultural influence on human psychological functioning in all cultures.

New opportunities for psychological growth present themselves at each important juncture of development.

Culturally shared attitudes and practices with regard to middle and old age are not positive in Asian cultures.

For a change in an individual to be considered a genuine psychological development it needs to possess a number of qualities. Which of the following is not one of those qualities?