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Lifespan Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes

that occur throughout the human lifespan, from conception to old age. This course

examines major theories and research findings in developmental psychology,

emphasizing how biological and environmental factors interact to shape development

at each life stage. Topics include milestones in infancy and childhood, identity formation

in adolescence, transitions in adulthood, and the processes of aging and dying. Students

will gain insights into the complex processes of growth and change, as well as the

diverse factors influencing individual development across cultures and generations.

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Life Span Human Development 7th Edition by Carol K. Sigelman

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 Chapter 1: Understanding Life-Span Human Development
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Q1) Faith wants to know whether there is a cause-effect relationship between the
amount of time parents spend reading to their children and their children's attitudes
toward reading. What type of research design should Faith use?
A)Cross-sectional
B)Experimental
C)Longitudinal
D)Naturalistic observation
Answer: B

Q2) Maturation is best defined as

A)any physical changes that occur from conception to maturity.
B)the biological unfolding of genetic potential.
C)physical gains, changes, and losses across the lifespan.
D)the effects of experience on thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
Answer: B

Q3) Which does NOT belong on a list of key aspects of physical development?
A)Change in motor ability
B)Change in body organ efficiency
C)Change in short-term memory
D)Change in skin tone (e.g., wrinkling)
Answer: C

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 Chapter 2: Theories of Human Development
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Q1) In operant conditioning, _____ occurs when something pleasant is added to a
situation and, as a result, the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring is strengthened.
Answer: positive reinforcement

Q2) _____ championed the position called constructivism.

A)Skinner
B)Freud
C)Piaget
D)Bronfenbrenner
Answer: C

Q3) Freud believed that unconscious motivation played no role in human behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False

Q4) A list of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists would include the name
A)Erikson.
B)Bronfenbrenner.
C)Bandura.
D)Gottlieb.
Answer: A

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 Chapter 3: Genes, Environment, and Development
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Q1) When studying heritability in humans, an ethical behavior geneticist would be LEAST
likely to
A)study identical twins reared apart.
B)compare the behavior of adopted children to their biological parents.
C)conduct a selective breeding experiment.
D)investigate the relationship between behaviors of unrelated siblings (step family
members).
Answer: C

Q2) A sperm cell and an ovum each contribute 23, rather than 46, chromosomes to a
zygote because they
A)were produced through the process of meiosis.
B)were produced through the process of mitosis.
C)have undergone the process of crossing over.
D)have undergone the process of canalization.
Answer: A

Q3) _____ syndrome is the most common hereditary cause of mental retardation.
Answer: Fragile X

Q4) Of the two sex chromosomes, the _____ chromosome, carries the fewest genes.
Answer: Y

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 Chapter 4: Prenatal Development and Birth
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Q1) What is the most important factor in determining what crosses the "placental
barrier"?
A)The size of a molecule
B)The age of the fetus
C)The shape of the molecule
D)The age of the mother

Q2) At birth, Kammi's body has an extremely low level of surfactant. What immediate
impact will this have on Kammi?
A)She will have great difficulty breathing.
B)She will be classified as being of very low birth weight.
C)She will be severely mentally retarded.
D)She will show no attachment behavior toward her mother.

Q3) Describe any five prenatal teratogens and their impact of the developing embryo
and fetus.

Q4) Infertility is defined as inability to become pregnant after

A)being off birth control for two months.
B)previously giving birth.
C)one year of trying.
D)artificial insemination.

Q5) The _____ test is a 10-point assessment often given to newborns.

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 Chapter 5: Health and Physical Development
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Q1) Constitutional growth delays result in an individual being in the top fifth percentile for
size for their peer group.
A)True
B)False

Q2) I am the "master gland" that triggers the release of hormones from all other
endocrine glands. I am the ______ gland.
A)pituitary
B)thyroid
C)adrenal
D)testes

Q3) Which is most responsible for the maturation of bones and muscles?
A)Adrenal gland androgens
B)Ovary-released estrogen
C)Brain released acetylcholine
D)Thyroid-released thyroxine

Q4) The ending of a woman's menstrual cycle is called _____.

Q5) Neurogenesis involves the generation of new neurons.

A)True
B)False

Q6) _____ is the technical term for the first

Pagemenstruation.
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 Chapter 6: Sensation, Perception, and Attention
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Q1) Research from the Multimodal Treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder Study indicates
that the most effective treatment for ADHD
A)involves drug intervention only.
B)involves behavioral intervention only.
C)involves both drug and behavioral intervention.
D)involves letting the disorder simply "run its course."

Q2) Webster has just been informed that he is suffering from a visual problem that is
destroying retinal cells responsible for central vision and that he will soon find reading
nearly impossible. This diagnosis indicates that Webster has
A)age-related macular degeneration.
B)glaucoma.
C)retinitis pigmentosa.
D)cataracts.

Q3) Visual contour is specifically defined as the amount of _____ of a visual object.
A)curvature
B)light/dark transition
C)size
D)movement

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 Chapter 7: Cognition
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Q1) Vygotsky stressed the critical role that sociocultural context plays in cognitive
development.
A)True
B)False

Q2) Peggy finds that yelling at her dog is an effective way to get the dog to learn to
behave. Peggy has recently taken a job as a substitute Spanish teacher at a local middle
school. During her first week of class, Peggy becomes aware that yelling at her students
is not an effective way to get them to learn to behave. Piaget would say that Peggy's
situation would likely lead her to experience cognitive
A)inclusion.
B)conditioning.
C)realism.
D)disequilibrium.

Q3) Which statement best describes Piaget's theory on intelligence?

A)Intelligence develops as the result of classical conditioning.
B)Intelligence develops as the result of interactions between biologically based
individuals and their interaction with an environment.
C)Intelligence is solely the product of biological maturation.
D)Intelligence is solely the product of experience.

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 Chapter 8: Memory and Information Processing
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Q1) Research on autobiographical memory in adulthood has shown that the more
_____ an event, the better it will later be recalled.
A)distant
B)emotional
C)negative
D)unique

Q2) Memories for our own specific life experiences are called _____ memories.

Q3) Explicit memories occur unintentionally.

A)True
B)False

Q4) A child who can benefit from a strategy, but who is unable to produce one on his or
her own, is best classified as having a _____ deficiency.

Q5) In the information-processing approach, hardware is to software as

A)the nervous system is to the skills used to retrieve information.
B)memory is to the brain.
C)feelings are to thoughts.
D)perception is to sensation.

Q6) A _____ or general event representation is a mental representation of the typical

sequence of actions related to an event.

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 Chapter 9: Intelligence and Creativity
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Q1) A researcher is using a measure in which both the emotional and verbal
responsiveness of a parent and the provision of appropriate play materials are being
assessed. Given this description, the researcher appears to be using the
A)Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.
B)Stanford-Binet IQ Test.
C)Bayley Scales of Infant Development.
D)HOME inventory.

Q2) Research on genetics and intelligence test scores has shown that
A)genetic factors can help partially explain between-group variation but not
within-group variation.
B)genetic factors can help partially explain within-group variation but not
between-group variation.
C)genetic factors can help partially explain between-group variation and within-group
variation.
D)genetic factors cannot help partially explain neither between-group variation or
within-group variation.

Q3) IQ = CA/MA*100.
A)True
B)False

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 Chapter 10: Language and Education
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Q1) Individuals with aphasia can neither hear nor speak.
A)True
B)False

Q2) Cooperative learning techniques have resulted in all of the following EXCEPT a(n)
A)more positive attitude toward mathematics than when traditional instruction is used.
B)greater acceptance of minority students by non-minority peers.
C)enhanced self-esteem for members of the cooperative learning team.
D)slight decline in actual level of achievement in mathematics.

Q3) When a student values a subject,

A)neither motivation nor achievement levels tend to be higher
B)both motivation and achievement levels tend to be higher
C)motivation level, but not achievement level tends to be higher
D)achievement level, but not motivation level tends to be higher

Q4) Emergent literacy is best described as involving

A)the acquisition of a second language in later life.
B)all non-verbal language skills acquired by deaf children.
C)critical developmental precursors of actual reading skills.
D)any language skill acquired after a child has learned to read.

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 Chapter 11: Self and Personality
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Q1) One impact of living in an individualistic versus a collectivist culture is that
A)people in collectivist cultures tend to talk more about their unique qualities.
B)people in collectivist cultures tend describe their behavior in terms of specific different
contexts (e.g.. home, work).
C)people in individualistic cultures tend to view their personality as "quite variable"
across different settings.
D)people in individualistic cultures tend to view their ability as "below average."

Q2) Rose is 16 years old and her sister Blossom is nine. In terms of their self-perceptions,
research would suggest that
A)Rose's self-description is more likely to be based on physical attributes than Blossom's.
B)Rose's self-portrait would be less abstract than Blossom's.
C)Rose would be more self-aware than Blossom.
D)Rose would have a less differentiated self than Blossom.

Q3) Describe Erikson's eight psychosocial stages.

Q4) Thomas and Chess characterized infants who were even-tempered and happy as
having an _____ temperament.

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 Chapter 12: Gender Roles and Sexuality
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Q1) Describe why an infant could be considered a sexual being. How does this
conceptualization carry over into the school-age years?

Q2) In general, gender roles

A)are more differentiated during adolescence than they are among newlyweds.
B)become more traditional and differentiated in a married couple following the birth of a
child.
C)tend to remain constant across the adult years.
D)are more pronounced for couples when both partners are working.

Q3) An example of gender intensification would involve

A)boys noticing that some girls like romance.
B)a boy asserting his masculinity among his peers.
C)a girl acting like a "tomboy."
D)a boy acting like a "sissy."

Q4) Which two groups view violations of gender roles most negatively?
A)Young elementary school-aged children and adolescents
B)Preschoolers and elementary school-aged children
C)Middle-school-aged children and adolescents
D)Preschoolers and adults

Q5) What factor(s) appear responsible for determining a person's sexual orientation?

Q6) The initial awareness that you are a boy

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 Chapter 13: Social Cognition and Moral Development
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Q1) Which of the following is true regarding the development of role-taking skills?
A)It is not until at least age 20 that people are able to include a mental perspective of
some "generalized other."
B)By age four years, most children understand that parents may not think the way they
do.
C)Concrete-operational thinkers are capable of simultaneously considering several
different points of view.
D)The ability to consider a situation from a number of different points of view increases
the quality of one's social relationships.

Q2) Kohlberg's cognitive developmental theory of moral development claims that

A)regression from a higher to a lower stage of moral reasoning is quite common.
B)through an exploration of moral dilemmas, it is possible to teach someone to skip over
the lower stages of moral development.
C)the sequence of stages one goes through may vary from one culture to another.
D)a person's stage of moral development is determined by the person's thoughts, rather
than his or her actions.

Q3) The authority and social order-maintaining morality stage is found at Kohlberg's
______ level of moral reasoning.

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 Chapter 14: Attachment and Social Relationships
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Q1) Which is the best example of a synchronized routine?
A)A baby and a mother who are taking turns sticking out their tongues at each other
B)A ducking following around a mother hen
C)Dealing with the deaths of a social convoy of relatives as you age
D)Two best friends watching a hockey game together

Q2) Contact comfort is pleasurable _____ sensations.

A)auditory
B)visual
C)olfactory
D)tactile

Q3) How does oxytocin appear to impact relationships?

A)Excess levels are associated with uncontrolled aggression.
B)It primes us to affiliate with others.
C)If released by mothers shortly after birth, it will result in the infant failing to
imprint/bond with the mother.
D)Adults with similar levels (whether high or low) make the best romantic partners.

Q4) A social support group that follows an individual across their lifetime is referred to as
a social _____.

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Q1) The passing down of parenting styles from grandparent to parent to child
exemplifies the phenomenon of _____ of parenting.

Q2) The natural jealousy and resentment seen between brothers and sisters is called
_____.

Q3) The highest risk for divorce occurs in couples who

A)postponed having children for five or more years following marriage.
B)are young and have been married for about seven years.
C)married in their mid 30s.
D)never had children.

Q4) Dolph's parents have very clear rules about what is okay to do and what is not. They
are very careful to enforce the rules. However, they are willing to listen to Dolph's side of
the story and are careful to explain why the rules are important. They even consider
changing rules that don't seem to be working well. Dolph's parents are best described as
having which sort of childrearing pattern?
A)Neglectful
B)Authoritative
C)Authoritarian
D)Permissive

Q5) Describe the basics of family systems theory.

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 Chapter 16: Developmental Psychopathology
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Q1) Children as young as age _____ are capable of attempting suicide.
A)2
B)5
C)8
D)11

Q2) Children who have a depressive disorder

A)differ from adolescents and adults with depression, because children never attempt
suicide while the older age groups often do.
B)are easy to identify because they frequently talk about their negative feelings.
C)often have problems with depression as adolescents and adults.
D)seldom respond well to any form of psychotherapy.

Q3) Delirium is an often reversible condition involving a disturbance of consciousness.

A)True
B)False

Q4) Fatigue, insomnia, sluggishness, feelings of extreme guilt, and recurrent death
thoughts are all diagnostic criteria for major _____ disorder.

Q5) _____ nervosa is an eating disorder also known as "binge-purge syndrome."

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 Chapter 17: The Final Challenge: Death and Dying
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Q1) Damage theories of aging suggest that
A)aging is the result of cells that are biologically programmed to divide a limited
number of times.
B)death results from an accumulation of defects in cells and organs over time.
C)hormone levels in the brain are systematically altered in old age, and this results in
aging and death.
D)autoimmune reactions damage normal body cells, leading to aging and death.

Q2) Free radical theory is best categorized as a _____ theory of aging.

A)programmed
B)hormonal
C)mutation
D)damage

Q3) Kübler-Ross's original final stage of dying was _____.

Q4) Although their grief process is similar to that of adults, adolescents are
A)more likely to be concerned that their reaction is abnormal.
B)less likely to express their grief in terms of ailments.
C)more likely to show almost no reaction to the death of a close friend.
D)less likely to bottle up their feelings.

Q5) Kübler-Ross's first stage of dying of dying was called _____ and isolation.

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