Question 1

Which of the following is a true statement?

Accepted Answer

A)   Toxic agents that a pregnant woman eats, drinks, or inhales are capable of being transmitted through the placenta.
B)   While some substances are allowed to pass through the placenta, viral sized particles, such as the AIDS virus, are effectively blocked.
C)   The mother's and the unborn child's blood intermingles in the placenta.
D)   The placenta allows only nutritional substances to enter and only waste substances to leave the fetal blood supply. A

Question 2

Research on the stability of temperament indicates that it is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   relatively stable through the first 3 to 4 years of life but begins to vary dramatically once a child reaches school age
B)   unstable during childhood but stabilizes during adolescence and remains stable throughout a person's adult life
C)   unstable subject to wide variations over the course of a lifetime
D)   relatively stable throughout childhood and into adulthood D

Question 3

Children who grow up in the same home with the same parents still have very different day-to-day human relationships in different school and after-school settings. These broader situational factors are called the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   social ecosystem
B)   personal ecosystem
C)   nonshared environment
D)   shared environment C

Question 4

Kohlberg theorized that morality develops in stages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Judy is 9 years old and is in the fourth grade. Erikson believes her main task is to develop a sense of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   initiative
B)   industry
C)   trust
D)   autonomy

Question 6

Television is not a significant influence on children's development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The concept that the quantity of a substance is not altered by reversible changes in its appearance is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   reactivity
B)   synergy
C)   conservation
D)   object permanence

Question 8

A method of studying developmental changes by reconstructing subjects' pasts, through interviews and investigating the effects of events that occurred in the past on current behaviors is called a ________ study.

Accepted Answer

A)   cross-sectional
B)   naturalistic observation
C)   longitudinal
D)   retrospective

Question 9

The most severe challenge to be faced during adulthood is probably ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   divorce
B)   retirement
C)   the death of a spouse
D)   the loss of one's job

Question 10

A network of same-aged friends and acquaintances who give one another emotional and social support to each other is known as a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   peer group
B)   cohort
C)   crowd
D)   support system

Question 11

The majority of elderly people now suffer from some form of Alzheimer's disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The development of language follows a predictable pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

From the third month after conception until birth, the developing organism is known as a(n) ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   fetus
B)   placenta
C)   neonate
D)   embryo

Question 14

The study of how people change from birth through old age is called gerontology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A research study finds that 40-year-olds are better able to solve math problems than 80-year-olds. It is suspected that the differences in problem-solving ability result from the fact that 80-year-olds had fewer opportunities to study math and did not have access to calculators or computers. If true, the study has revealed ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   experimenter bias
B)   a placebo effect
C)   confirmation bias
D)   cohort differences

Question 16

The typical sequence of the five stages of dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
B)   anger, denial, depression, bargaining, acceptance
C)   depression, anger, denial, bargaining, acceptance
D)   anger, bargaining, depression, denial, acceptance

Question 17

Harmon is 40 years old. He is in a period of his life in which he is reflecting on his accomplishments, determining whether his life has been satisfying, and trying to decide his future behavior. According to Levinson, Harmon is going through ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   menopause
B)   midlife transition
C)   empty-nest syndrome
D)   the fantasy period

Question 18

A baby's language that consists of repetition of consonant-vowel combinations is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   telegraphic speech
B)   holophrasing
C)   cooing
D)   babbling

Question 19

Knowledge of what behavior is appropriate for each gender is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   gender awareness
B)   gender identity
C)   gender constancy
D)   gender-role awareness

Question 20

Research evidence currently supports the notion that infants begin to develop depth perception at about ________ months of age.

Accepted Answer

A)   four
B)   eight
C)   two
D)   six

Exam 9: Life-Span Development

Which of the following is a true statement?

Research on the stability of temperament indicates that it is ________.

Children who grow up in the same home with the same parents still have very different day-to-day human relationships in different school and after-school settings. These broader situational factors are called the ________.

Kohlberg theorized that morality develops in stages.

Judy is 9 years old and is in the fourth grade. Erikson believes her main task is to develop a sense of ________.

Television is not a significant influence on children's development.

The concept that the quantity of a substance is not altered by reversible changes in its appearance is known as ________.

A method of studying developmental changes by reconstructing subjects' pasts, through interviews and investigating the effects of events that occurred in the past on current behaviors is called a ________ study.

The most severe challenge to be faced during adulthood is probably ________.

A network of same-aged friends and acquaintances who give one another emotional and social support to each other is known as a ________.

The majority of elderly people now suffer from some form of Alzheimer's disease.

The development of language follows a predictable pattern.

From the third month after conception until birth, the developing organism is known as a(n) ________.

The study of how people change from birth through old age is called gerontology.

The typical sequence of the five stages of dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ________.

Harmon is 40 years old. He is in a period of his life in which he is reflecting on his accomplishments, determining whether his life has been satisfying, and trying to decide his future behavior. According to Levinson, Harmon is going through ________.

A baby's language that consists of repetition of consonant-vowel combinations is called ________.

Knowledge of what behavior is appropriate for each gender is called ________.

Research evidence currently supports the notion that infants begin to develop depth perception at about ________ months of age.