Question 1

Adjustment refers to

Accepted Answer

A) known internal or external resources with known probabilities of producing positive developmental or other relevant behavioral outcomes. 
B) how a biological organism responds to changes in the environment. 
C) the processes involved in how a person copes with the demands and challenges of everyday life, including changes in the social environment. 
D) the fact that risk factors threaten development and these negative effects will accumulate over time. 
A) known internal or external resources with known probabilities of producing positive developmental or other relevant behavioral outcomes. 
B) how a biological organism responds to changes in the environment. 
C) the processes involved in how a person copes with the demands and challenges of everyday life, including changes in the social environment. 
D) the fact that risk factors threaten development and these negative effects will accumulate over time.

Question 2

Life span theory assumes that change occurs across the life span. This assumption  is also captured in which of the following developmental concepts?

Accepted Answer

A) Biography 
B) Cumulative continuity 
C) Plasticity 
D) Self-selection 
A) Biography 
B) Cumulative continuity 
C) Plasticity 
D) Self-selection

Question 3

Examples of elements of the social environment do NOT include

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A) your best friend and mother. 
B) laws and household rules. 
C) the house you grew up in. 
D) your family's cultural traditions. 
A) your best friend and mother. 
B) laws and household rules. 
C) the house you grew up in. 
D) your family's cultural traditions.

Question 4

Unlike the United States, the French culture puts more emphasis on

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A) assimilation. 
B) regionalism. 
C) multiculturalism. 
D) multilingualism. 
A) assimilation. 
B) regionalism. 
C) multiculturalism. 
D) multilingualism.

Question 5

Which of the following is a major tenet of crisis theory?

Accepted Answer

A) People respond poorly in a crisis if they do not have someone with them to intervene. 
B) The type or crisis determines how a person will respond. 
C) People respond differently to a crisis depending on the environmental supports and psychological mediators available. 
D) Individual factors do not play much of a role in determining outcome. 
A) People respond poorly in a crisis if they do not have someone with them to intervene. 
B) The type or crisis determines how a person will respond. 
C) People respond differently to a crisis depending on the environmental supports and psychological mediators available. 
D) Individual factors do not play much of a role in determining outcome.

Question 6

Work and Marriage were considered key turning points to crime trajectories for

Accepted Answer

A) the General Theory of Crime. 
B) persons with good attachment in childhood. 
C) Patterson's study of the Great Depression. 
D) youth with high propensities toward crime. 
A) the General Theory of Crime. 
B) persons with good attachment in childhood. 
C) Patterson's study of the Great Depression. 
D) youth with high propensities toward crime.

Question 7

The funnel theory

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A) hypothesizes that delinquency increases with age. 
B) hypothesizes that people have declining capacity for change over time. 
C) considers delinquency a key life course phenomena. 
D) is one of the most widely accepted theories of trait aggression. 
A) hypothesizes that delinquency increases with age. 
B) hypothesizes that people have declining capacity for change over time. 
C) considers delinquency a key life course phenomena. 
D) is one of the most widely accepted theories of trait aggression.

Question 8

Gottfredson and Hirschi assume

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A) poor self-control is the key factor associated with all forms of crime and delinquency. 
B) propensities for delinquency are influenced in adulthood by changes in informal social control. 
C) there are two types of offenders: early starters and late starters. 
D) crime and delinquency is defined by criminogenic needs. 
A) poor self-control is the key factor associated with all forms of crime and delinquency. 
B) propensities for delinquency are influenced in adulthood by changes in informal social control. 
C) there are two types of offenders: early starters and late starters. 
D) crime and delinquency is defined by criminogenic needs.

Question 9

______ is the science that studies the relations between organisms and their environments.

Accepted Answer

A) Microsystems 
B) Environmentalism 
C) Ecology 
D) Environmental modification 
A) Microsystems 
B) Environmentalism 
C) Ecology 
D) Environmental modification

Question 10

Life transitions are NOT

Accepted Answer

A) age-graded. 
B) embedded in life trajectories. 
C) the result of non-normative factors. 
D) uncommon. 
A) age-graded. 
B) embedded in life trajectories. 
C) the result of non-normative factors. 
D) uncommon.

Question 11

Cohort effects on human behavior are closely associated with

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A) normative, age-graded influences on behavior. 
B) normative, history-graded influences on human behavior. 
C) non-normative influences on human behavior. 
D) non-shared events. 
A) normative, age-graded influences on behavior. 
B) normative, history-graded influences on human behavior. 
C) non-normative influences on human behavior. 
D) non-shared events.

Question 12

Rothbart and Putnam defined temperament as

Accepted Answer

A) constitutionally-based individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation. 
B) in-born propensities toward arousal and strength of emotion. 
C) constitutionally-based anger and anxiety levels. 
D) the impact of environment on behavior. 
A) constitutionally-based individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation. 
B) in-born propensities toward arousal and strength of emotion. 
C) constitutionally-based anger and anxiety levels. 
D) the impact of environment on behavior.

Question 13

Shils assumed that

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A) human action is determined or limited by their social environment. 
B) human behavior is mediated by biological arousal factors. 
C) decisions are always free. 
D) decisions are determined by genetics. 
A) human action is determined or limited by their social environment. 
B) human behavior is mediated by biological arousal factors. 
C) decisions are always free. 
D) decisions are determined by genetics.

Question 14

Which of the following statements is an example of potential ethnocentrism?

Accepted Answer

A) Gangster rap is one form of artistic expression for many African-American artists. 
B) In some Asian countries, eating dogs is culturally acceptable. 
C) The Japanese are unreasonable to sleep in the same bed as their children so much. 
D) Physically altering neck length is a desirable trait in the Karen. 
A) Gangster rap is one form of artistic expression for many African-American artists. 
B) In some Asian countries, eating dogs is culturally acceptable. 
C) The Japanese are unreasonable to sleep in the same bed as their children so much. 
D) Physically altering neck length is a desirable trait in the Karen.

Question 15

Age norms represent

Accepted Answer

A) the socially and culturally defined expectations for how people should behave at a specific point in the life span. 
B) the socially and culturally defined expectations for how people should behave at a specific point in history. 
C) personally defined expectations for how people should behave at a specific point in the life span. 
D) personally defined expectations for how people should behave at a specific point in history. 
A) the socially and culturally defined expectations for how people should behave at a specific point in the life span. 
B) the socially and culturally defined expectations for how people should behave at a specific point in history. 
C) personally defined expectations for how people should behave at a specific point in the life span. 
D) personally defined expectations for how people should behave at a specific point in history.

Adjustment refers to

Life span theory assumes that change occurs across the life span. This assumption is also captured in which of the following developmental concepts?

Examples of elements of the social environment do NOT include

Unlike the United States, the French culture puts more emphasis on

Which of the following is a major tenet of crisis theory?

Work and Marriage were considered key turning points to crime trajectories for

The funnel theory

Gottfredson and Hirschi assume

______ is the science that studies the relations between organisms and their environments.

Life transitions are NOT

Cohort effects on human behavior are closely associated with

Rothbart and Putnam defined temperament as

Shils assumed that

Which of the following statements is an example of potential ethnocentrism?

Age norms represent

An Integrative Multidimensional Framework for Assessing Current and Developmental Concerns

Pregnancy

Infancy

Early Childhood

Middle Childhood

Adolescence

Emerging and Young Adulthood

Middle Adulthood

Late and Very Late Adulthood

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Exam 1: Introduction to Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Adjustment refers to

Life span theory assumes that change occurs across the life span. This assumption is also captured in which of the following developmental concepts?

Examples of elements of the social environment do NOT include

Unlike the United States, the French culture puts more emphasis on

Which of the following is a major tenet of crisis theory?

Work and Marriage were considered key turning points to crime trajectories for

The funnel theory

Gottfredson and Hirschi assume

______ is the science that studies the relations between organisms and their environments.

Life transitions are NOT

Cohort effects on human behavior are closely associated with

Rothbart and Putnam defined temperament as

Shils assumed that

Which of the following statements is an example of potential ethnocentrism?

Age norms represent

An Integrative Multidimensional Framework for Assessing Current and Developmental Concerns

Pregnancy

Infancy

Early Childhood

Middle Childhood

Adolescence

Emerging and Young Adulthood

Middle Adulthood

Late and Very Late Adulthood

Filters