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Lifespan Psychology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Development is about

a)

change.

b)

age.

c)

gender.

d)

genes.

2.

Development is

a)

a lifelong process.

b)

age focused.

c)

topically restricted.

d)

circular in nature.

3.

Lifespan psychology assumes that

development is

a)

unidimensional.

b)

chronologically explained.

c)

multidimensional.

d)

age limited.

4.

Understanding childhood at any

historical period depends on

what _____ think of children.

a)

peers

b)

scientists

c)

siblings

d)

adults

5.

A model that uses the interaction

of biological, psychological, and

social influences to explain

development is the

a)

psychoanalytic.

b)

cognitive.

c)

biopsychosocial.

d)

behavioral.

6.

One of the first outstanding

theorists to recognize the importance

of the early years was

a)

Skinner.

b)

Freud.

c)

Bandura.

d)

Hebb.

7.

Lifespan psychologists cannot focus

solely on _____ for explanation.

a)

maturation

b)

genes

c)

schooling

d)

age

8.

When we refer to the values,

beliefs, and characteristics of a

people, we are referring to

a)

culture.

b)

race.

c)

ethinicity.

d)

customs.

9.

Adolescence begins in _____ and

ends in _____ .

a)

biology, culture

b)

school, marriage

c)

structures, schema

d)

ego, superego

10.

Descriptive studies

a)

determine cause and effect.

b)

manipulate variables.

c)

require experimenter control.

d)

generate considerable data.

11.

When an experimenter keeps all

variables constant but one, that

one is called

a)

determined.

b)

predicted.

c)

descriptive.

d)

treatment.

12.

An example of a cross-sectional

study is

a)

comparing individuals of various

ages at the same time.

b)

continued observations of the

same individuals.

c)

careful description by the

researcher.

d)

one that requires no

manipulation.

13.

The typical research article

contains four sections. Which

item is not included in a

research article?

a)

introduction

b)

method

c)

results

d)

author biography

14.

Developmental psychology is also known as (a)   .

15.

Do you want to specialize in Developmental Psychology?

a)

Yes

b)

No