51. If someone has suffered a head injury and has trouble speaking in a meaningful way, and babbles in a senseless manner, it is likely that there was a damage to the
a. Broca’s area
b. Wernicke’s area
c. Occipital lobe
d. Cerebrum.
52. Being able to play guitar well is an example of possessing good
a. Fine motor skills
b. Gross motor skills
c. Reflexes
d. Locomotor skills
53. It is important that social workers
a. Understand social Darwinism
b. Understand biological, psychological and social dimensions of development
c. Are cosmopolitanists
d. Understand sociobiology
54.According to Piaget, children can reason about hypothetical entities in the ________ stage.
a. preoperational
b. sensory-motor
c. formal operational
d. concrete operational
55. The traditional approach to development emphasizes:
a. little change from birth through old age.
b. extensive change from birth to adolescence, adulthood, and old age.
c. extensive change from birth to adulthood, then little change for the rest of the life span.
d. extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change in adulthood, then decline in late old age.
56. The traditional and life-span perspectives are contrasting views of developmental change. According to the life-span perspective, when do developmental changes occur?
a. during infancy and early childhood
b. during adolescence and early adulthood
c. during middle and late adulthood
d. throughout the entire life cycle
57.Allan spends a great deal of time working and trying to establish his career. He also has been thinking about how his personal relationship is going and considering whether it could be long-term and lead to establishing a family. Allan is MOST LIKELY in:
a. late adolescence.
b. early adulthood.
c. middle adulthood.
d. late adulthood
58. The period of development during which school readiness skills are developed and most free time is spent playing with friends is called:
a. infancy.
b. early childhood.
c. middle childhood.
d. late childhood.
59. Which period of development is characterized by establishing independence, developing an identity, and thinking more abstractly?
a. middle childhood
b. late childhood
c. adolescence
d. early adulthood
60. Many older persons become wiser with age, yet perform more poorly on cognitive speed tests. This supports the life-span perspective notion that development is:
a. multidirectional.
b. multidimensional.
c. lifelong.
d. plastic.
61. In one study, the reasoning abilities of older adults were improved through retraining. This is an example of how development is:
a. contextual.
b. multidirectional.
c. multidimensional.
d. plastic.
62. Differences in families, neighborhoods, cultures, and even time periods affect development. This statement supports Baltes' assertion that development is:
a. contextual.
b. multidirectional.
c. multidimensional.
d. plastic.
63. In many cultures, people retire from their careers in their fifties or sixties. This is an example of a:
a. normative age-graded influence.
b. normative history-graded influence.
c. nonnormative life event.
d. nonnormative socioemotional event.
64. Like many others her age, Velma does not know how to use a computer, but her six-year-old grandson has no problem navigating the Internet and using a word processing program. This is an example of a:
a. normative age-graded influence.
b. normative history-graded influence.
c. nonnormative life event.
d. nonnormative socioemotional event.
65. When Ben was thirteen when his father was killed in a car accident. This is an example of a:
a. normative age-graded influence.
b. normative history-graded influence.
c. nonnormative life event.
d. nonnormative socioemotional event.
66. The onset of puberty is an example of:
a. normative age-graded influences.
b. normative history-graded influences.
c. nonnormative life events.
d. storm-and-stress events.
67.The AIDS epidemic in the United States would be an example of a:
a. normative age-graded influence.
b. normative history-graded influence.
c. nonnormative life event.
d. storm-and-stress event.
68. The number of years since a person was born is a key element in the definition of:
a. chronological age.
b. biological age.
c. psychological age.
d. developmental age.
69. The expectations society has that a person will act his or her age refers to:
a. biological age.
b. social age.
c. psychological age.d. historical age.
70. Rozee is 86 years young. She continues to learn phrases in new languages, she writes poetry, and she enjoys going to museums to see the latest up-andcoming artists. These examples of her adaptive capacities demonstrate:
a. chronological age.
b. biological age.
c. psychological age.
d. social age.
71. As he was studying life-span development, Tyrell had to learn several interrelated, coherent sets of ideas that would help him explain and make predictions about development. Tyrell had to learn:
a. theories.
b. hypotheses.
c. models.
d. scientific methods.
72. Erik Erikson's theory emphasized:
a. repeated resolutions of unconscious conflicts about sexual energy.
b. developmental change throughout the human life span.
c. changes in children's thinking as they mature.
d. the influence of sensitive periods in the various stages of biological maturation.
73.Most life-span developmentalists recognize that:
a. nature, continuity, and stability are the primary determinants of behavior.
b. nurture, discontinuity, and change are the primary determinants of behavior.
c. while nurture (the environment) is important, nature (heredity) plays the stronger role.
d. extreme positions on these issues are unwise.
74. When choosing a career path, men are more likely to consider ___________, while women are more likely to take ______________ into account.
a. Economic gains, relationships with people
b. Relationships with people, economic gains
c. Length of training, proximity
d. None of the above
75. In most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men.
a. Are mistreated less
b. Live a few years longer
c. Suffer fewer health problems
d. Deal with issues of aging better
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