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WorksheetsLifespan Psychology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Development is about
change.
age.
gender.
genes.
Development is
a lifelong process.
age focused.
topically restricted.
circular in nature.
Lifespan psychology assumes that
development is
unidimensional.
chronologically explained.
multidimensional.
age limited.
Understanding childhood at any
historical period depends on
what _____ think of children.
peers
scientists
siblings
adults
A model that uses the interaction
of biological, psychological, and
social influences to explain
development is the
psychoanalytic.
cognitive.
biopsychosocial.
behavioral.
One of the first outstanding
theorists to recognize the importance
of the early years was
Skinner.
Freud.
Bandura.
Hebb.
Lifespan psychologists cannot focus
solely on _____ for explanation.
maturation
genes
schooling
age
When we refer to the values,
beliefs, and characteristics of a
people, we are referring to
culture.
race.
ethinicity.
customs.
Adolescence begins in _____ and
ends in _____ .
biology, culture
school, marriage
structures, schema
ego, superego
Descriptive studies
determine cause and effect.
manipulate variables.
require experimenter control.
generate considerable data.
When an experimenter keeps all
variables constant but one, that
one is called
determined.
predicted.
descriptive.
treatment.
An example of a cross-sectional
study is
comparing individuals of various
ages at the same time.
continued observations of the
same individuals.
careful description by the
researcher.
one that requires no
manipulation.
The typical research article
contains four sections. Which
item is not included in a
research article?
introduction
method
results
author biography
Developmental psychology is also known as (a) .
Do you want to specialize in Developmental Psychology?
Yes
No
