Exam 1: Lifespan Development: an Introduction

Gary is a 60-year-old man who runs marathons competitively. What is most likely true about his cognitive abilities now compared to when he was 20 years old?

Dr. Hutchinson is interested in the influence of glamour magazines on the incidence of eating disorders in adolescent girls. Dr. Hutchinson is focused on the __________ processes in development.

When you have identified a research problem using a theory (which by definition is well-established), designed a study to investigate the problem, collected and analyzed the data, drawn conclusions, and communicated the conclusions to your peers, you have engaged in:

Which of the following was NOT found to be related to intelligence scores in the Seattle Longitudinal Study of Adult Intelligence?

The technical term for the questions that scientists and others ask to determine why events occur is:

Some older individuals seem to be less intelligent than young adults because:

What is an advantage of descriptive studies?

The technique that provides a numerical evaluation of how great the degree of association is between two variables is known as:

Martin knows that Heather's family recently emigrated from Ireland, so he expects that she will be a hard drinker and perhaps a good story teller. His expectations of her behavior are based on a __________ understanding of Heather's culture.

Christine is having a difficult time. Her friends want her to move out of the house now that she is nearing graduation, but Christine still enjoys her time with her parents and total independence is frightening. Of the following developmental theorists, who would predict this as a typical concern of an adolescent?

A disadvantage of descriptive studies is:

The epigenetic view stressed the:

In the Werner and Smith study (1992), of the children originally identified as high-risk, how many developed into confident, competent young adults?

__________ arguably laid the foundation for studying childhood as a separate subject in human development with authorship of The Mind of a Child in 1882.

At which level does one understand the central behaviors at the core of a person's social life?

Esther has worked in the Latino community for a number of years. She knows the value that is placed on family. So, she adjusts scheduling of her employees to make sure there are back ups in case of emergencies. Esther is demonstrating a __________ understanding of culture.

Although complicated and expensive, the __________ design has been determined to be the most capable of determining important factors in development.

It has been argued by your text book author and others that the unique characteristic of humans that sets them apart from non-humans is that humans have an innate desire to:

__________ is one ability that frequently stays the same or improves in the elderly.

Peter Pan is a classic example of a boy who did not want to become an adult. __________ argues that this is the standard condition of most adolescents today.