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Question #1

Chris is a 93 year old man who was married to Pat for 40 years before she passed away last year. Chris has recently been thinking about his life and all of the things he has accomplished because he is participating in a research study by Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones’ study involves the life choices of people in their 50’s, 70’s, and 90’s and will follow the participants for the next 10 years. Chris was telling Dr. Jones about memorable times in his life. The first thing he told Dr. Jones about was how his body changed as he “became a man” during his teenage years. He told Dr. Jones that he got very tall and seemed to “shoot up” overnight and had many more sexual urges. He noticed that his friends and family began to show him more respect with his new found height. Chris also reports “getting smarter” during that time of his life. He said he was able to hold meaningful conversations with his uncle who is a lawyer. He said his uncle would try to “catch him in a loop” with circular arguments, but he could successfully spot the flaws. Another story Chris told Dr. Jones was about his job as a real estate agent. After working at an agency for 20 years his boss asked him to partner with a brand new agent to “show her the ropes”. He enjoyed working with the other agent a great deal. Finally, Chris discussed the passing of his wife Pat. Since her passing, he’s been very sad. He’s had difficulty eating and sleeping. He misses her a great deal. Dr. Jones lets Chris know that he’ll be in touch to ask more questions over the next 10 years and thanks Chris for his participation. The powerful sorrow that Chris feels over the death of his spouse, Pat, is referred to as:

A Mourning

B Living will

C Grief

D Thanatology

Question #2

Chris is a 93 year old man who was married to Pat for 40 years before she passed away last year. Chris has recently been thinking about his life and all of the things he has accomplished because he is participating in a research study by Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones’ study involves the life choices of people in their 50’s, 70’s, and 90’s and will follow the participants for the next 10 years. Chris was telling Dr. Jones about memorable times in his life. The first thing he told Dr. Jones about was how his body changed as he “became a man” during his teenage years. He told Dr. Jones that he got very tall and seemed to “shoot up” overnight and had many more sexual urges. He noticed that his friends and family began to show him more respect with his new found height. Chris also reports “getting smarter” during that time of his life. He said he was able to hold meaningful conversations with his uncle who is a lawyer. He said his uncle would try to “catch him in a loop” with circular arguments, but he could successfully spot the flaws. Another story Chris told Dr. Jones was about his job as a real estate agent. After working at an agency for 20 years his boss asked him to partner with a brand new agent to “show her the ropes”. He enjoyed working with the other agent a great deal. Finally, Chris discussed the passing of his wife Pat. Since her passing, he’s been very sad. He’s had difficulty eating and sleeping. He misses her a great deal. Dr. Jones lets Chris know that he’ll be in touch to ask more questions over the next 10 years and thanks Chris for his participation. As a senior Real Estate Agent working with a junior colleague, Chris is most likely working on Erikson’s stage of:

A Intimacy vs. Isolation

B Generativity vs. Stagnation

C Identity vs. Role confusion

D Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Question #3

Chris is a 93 year old man who was married to Pat for 40 years before she passed away last year. Chris has recently been thinking about his life and all of the things he has accomplished because he is participating in a research study by Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones’ study involves the life choices of people in their 50’s, 70’s, and 90’s and will follow the participants for the next 10 years. Chris was telling Dr. Jones about memorable times in his life. The first thing he told Dr. Jones about was how his body changed as he “became a man” during his teenage years. He told Dr. Jones that he got very tall and seemed to “shoot up” overnight and had many more sexual urges. He noticed that his friends and family began to show him more respect with his new found height. Chris also reports “getting smarter” during that time of his life. He said he was able to hold meaningful conversations with his uncle who is a lawyer. He said his uncle would try to “catch him in a loop” with circular arguments, but he could successfully spot the flaws. Another story Chris told Dr. Jones was about his job as a real estate agent. After working at an agency for 20 years his boss asked him to partner with a brand new agent to “show her the ropes”. He enjoyed working with the other agent a great deal. Finally, Chris discussed the passing of his wife Pat. Since her passing, he’s been very sad. He’s had difficulty eating and sleeping. He misses her a great deal. Dr. Jones lets Chris know that he’ll be in touch to ask more questions over the next 10 years and thanks Chris for his participation. The changes Chris described as “becoming a man” and “shooting up” are most consistent with:

A Puberty

B Early childhood

C Middle childhood

D Emerging adulthood

Question #4

Chris is a 93 year old man who was married to Pat for 40 years before she passed away last year. Chris has recently been thinking about his life and all of the things he has accomplished because he is participating in a research study by Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones’ study involves the life choices of people in their 50’s, 70’s, and 90’s and will follow the participants for the next 10 years. Chris was telling Dr. Jones about memorable times in his life. The first thing he told Dr. Jones about was how his body changed as he “became a man” during his teenage years. He told Dr. Jones that he got very tall and seemed to “shoot up” overnight and had many more sexual urges. He noticed that his friends and family began to show him more respect with his new found height. Chris also reports “getting smarter” during that time of his life. He said he was able to hold meaningful conversations with his uncle who is a lawyer. He said his uncle would try to “catch him in a loop” with circular arguments, but he could successfully spot the flaws. Another story Chris told Dr. Jones was about his job as a real estate agent. After working at an agency for 20 years his boss asked him to partner with a brand new agent to “show her the ropes”. He enjoyed working with the other agent a great deal. Finally, Chris discussed the passing of his wife Pat. Since her passing, he’s been very sad. He’s had difficulty eating and sleeping. He misses her a great deal. Dr. Jones lets Chris know that he’ll be in touch to ask more questions over the next 10 years and thanks Chris for his participation. Dr. Jones’ study involves the life choices of people in their 50’s, 70’s, and 90’s and will follow the participants for the next 10 years. Which of the following best describes Dr. Jones’ research?

A Survey

B Cross-sequential

C Cross-sectional

D Longitudinal

Question #5

Chris is a 93 year old man who was married to Pat for 40 years before she passed away last year. Chris has recently been thinking about his life and all of the things he has accomplished because he is participating in a research study by Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones’ study involves the life choices of people in their 50’s, 70’s, and 90’s and will follow the participants for the next 10 years. Chris was telling Dr. Jones about memorable times in his life. The first thing he told Dr. Jones about was how his body changed as he “became a man” during his teenage years. He told Dr. Jones that he got very tall and seemed to “shoot up” overnight and had many more sexual urges. He noticed that his friends and family began to show him more respect with his new found height. Chris also reports “getting smarter” during that time of his life. He said he was able to hold meaningful conversations with his uncle who is a lawyer. He said his uncle would try to “catch him in a loop” with circular arguments, but he could successfully spot the flaws. Another story Chris told Dr. Jones was about his job as a real estate agent. After working at an agency for 20 years his boss asked him to partner with a brand new agent to “show her the ropes”. He enjoyed working with the other agent a great deal. Finally, Chris discussed the passing of his wife Pat. Since her passing, he’s been very sad. He’s had difficulty eating and sleeping. He misses her a great deal. Dr. Jones lets Chris know that he’ll be in touch to ask more questions over the next 10 years and thanks Chris for his participation. While Chris is “thinking about his life and all of the things he has accomplished”, he is engaging in a process called:

A Life-review

B Bucket listing

C Death and dying

D Self-reflection

Question #6

Jessica was born long before her due date, and was significantly underweight at birth. This was most likely because her mother smoked cigarettes during the embryo stage of her pregnancy as she was not smoking cigarettes during the fetal stage of her pregnancy and the zygote stage carries with it the least amount of risk from cigarette smoking. Fortunately, Jessica was an incredibly resilient infant, and easily caught up with her age-mates in most developmental areas. By age two, Jessica’s language skills were on par, and she was uttering short sentences, such as “want juice.” She regularly engaged in make-believe play with her favorite stuffed animals and loved using crayons to draw pictures of the people in her family, including her dog, Skippy. By age seven, Jessica absolutely loved school because she had an insatiable desire to learn and become good at all of the interesting academic subjects she had previously heard about, including math, history, and art. She derived a ton of pleasure from the tasks her teacher assigned in school, and because she started to excel above many of her peers, she felt very good about herself. When Jessica was in 5th grade, a scientist named Dr. Chavez visited her classroom to discuss a 2-week study that he was conducting, examining the similarities and differences among themes represented in artistic drawings among children of ages 5, 10, and 15. Since Jessica loved to draw, she hoped her mother would allow her to participate in this study. Dr. Chavez’s 2-week study examining the similarities and differences among themes represented in artistic drawings among children of ages 5, 10, and 15 is an example of ________ research.

A Case study

B Cross-sectional

C Ethnographic

D Longitudinal

Question #7

Jessica was born long before her due date, and was significantly underweight at birth. This was most likely because her mother smoked cigarettes during the embryo stage of her pregnancy as she was not smoking cigarettes during the fetal stage of her pregnancy and the zygote stage carries with it the least amount of risk from cigarette smoking. Fortunately, Jessica was an incredibly resilient infant, and easily caught up with her age-mates in most developmental areas. By age two, Jessica’s language skills were on par, and she was uttering short sentences, such as “want juice.” She regularly engaged in make-believe play with her favorite stuffed animals and loved using crayons to draw pictures of the people in her family, including her dog, Skippy. By age seven, Jessica absolutely loved school because she had an insatiable desire to learn and become good at all of the interesting academic subjects she had previously heard about, including math, history, and art. She derived a ton of pleasure from the tasks her teacher assigned in school, and because she started to excel above many of her peers, she felt very good about herself. When Jessica was in 5th grade, a scientist named Dr. Chavez visited her classroom to discuss a 2-week study that he was conducting, examining the similarities and differences among themes represented in artistic drawings among children of ages 5, 10, and 15. Since Jessica loved to draw, she hoped her mother would allow her to participate in this study. During the early childhood years, Jessica’s developing use of language and her engagement in fantasy play in which she pretends her stuffed animals are characters with life-like qualities would support issues raised by___________.

A Social learning theory

B Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

C Behaviorism

D Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development

Question #8

Jessica was born long before her due date, and was significantly underweight at birth. This was most likely because her mother smoked cigarettes during the embryo stage of her pregnancy as she was not smoking cigarettes during the fetal stage of her pregnancy and the zygote stage carries with it the least amount of risk from cigarette smoking. Fortunately, Jessica was an incredibly resilient infant, and easily caught up with her age-mates in most developmental areas. By age two, Jessica’s language skills were on par, and she was uttering short sentences, such as “want juice.” She regularly engaged in make-believe play with her favorite stuffed animals and loved using crayons to draw pictures of the people in her family, including her dog, Skippy. By age seven, Jessica absolutely loved school because she had an insatiable desire to learn and become good at all of the interesting academic subjects she had previously heard about, including math, history, and art. She derived a ton of pleasure from the tasks her teacher assigned in school, and because she started to excel above many of her peers, she felt very good about herself. When Jessica was in 5th grade, a scientist named Dr. Chavez visited her classroom to discuss a 2-week study that he was conducting, examining the similarities and differences among themes represented in artistic drawings among children of ages 5, 10, and 15. Since Jessica loved to draw, she hoped her mother would allow her to participate in this study. When Jessica compares her abilities in school to those of her peers, she feels a sense of satisfaction that ultimately leads to a high sense of ________.

A Morality

B Shame

C Inferiority

D Self-esteem.

Question #9

Jessica was born long before her due date, and was significantly underweight at birth. This was most likely because her mother smoked cigarettes during the embryo stage of her pregnancy as she was not smoking cigarettes during the fetal stage of her pregnancy and the zygote stage carries with it the least amount of risk from cigarette smoking. Fortunately, Jessica was an incredibly resilient infant, and easily caught up with her age-mates in most developmental areas. By age two, Jessica’s language skills were on par, and she was uttering short sentences, such as “want juice.” She regularly engaged in make-believe play with her favorite stuffed animals and loved using crayons to draw pictures of the people in her family, including her dog, Skippy. By age seven, Jessica absolutely loved school because she had an insatiable desire to learn and become good at all of the interesting academic subjects she had previously heard about, including math, history, and art. She derived a ton of pleasure from the tasks her teacher assigned in school, and because she started to excel above many of her peers, she felt very good about herself. When Jessica was in 5th grade, a scientist named Dr. Chavez visited her classroom to discuss a 2-week study that he was conducting, examining the similarities and differences among themes represented in artistic drawings among children of ages 5, 10, and 15. Since Jessica loved to draw, she hoped her mother would allow her to participate in this study. As Jessica entered school, her strong sense of accomplishment and desire to achieve would support issues raised by ___________.

A Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development.

B Behaviorism

C Social learning theory

D Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

Question #10

Jessica was born long before her due date, and was significantly underweight at birth. This was most likely because her mother smoked cigarettes during the embryo stage of her pregnancy as she was not smoking cigarettes during the fetal stage of her pregnancy and the zygote stage carries with it the least amount of risk from cigarette smoking. Fortunately, Jessica was an incredibly resilient infant, and easily caught up with her age-mates in most developmental areas. By age two, Jessica’s language skills were on par, and she was uttering short sentences, such as “want juice.” She regularly engaged in make-believe play with her favorite stuffed animals and loved using crayons to draw pictures of the people in her family, including her dog, Skippy. By age seven, Jessica absolutely loved school because she had an insatiable desire to learn and become good at all of the interesting academic subjects she had previously heard about, including math, history, and art. She derived a ton of pleasure from the tasks her teacher assigned in school, and because she started to excel above many of her peers, she felt very good about herself. When Jessica was in 5th grade, a scientist named Dr. Chavez visited her classroom to discuss a 2-week study that he was conducting, examining the similarities and differences among themes represented in artistic drawings among children of ages 5, 10, and 15. Since Jessica loved to draw, she hoped her mother would allow her to participate in this study. Which of the following is the correct order of stages during prenatal development?

A Zygote, fetus, embryo

B Fetus, embryo, zygote

C Zygote, embryo, fetus

D Fetus, zygote, embryo

Question #11

Of the following, which is not a criterion most people use when defining adulthood?

A accepting responsibility for oneself

B making independent decisions

C getting married or cohabitating

D becoming financially independent

Question #12

According to Erikson, adolescents are in the crisis of

A intimacy versus isolation.

B industry versus inferiority.

C identity versus role confusion.

D autonomy versus shame and doubt.

Question #13

Stacy often eats to excess, consuming very large quantities of food in one sitting. After she binges, Stacy will then go to the gym for hours at time. Stacy’s behavioral pattern is most consistent with

A yo-yo dieting.

B bulimia nervosa.

C anorexia nervosa.

D binge eating disorder.

Question #14

Erikson’s fourth stage of psychosocial development is

A industry versus inferiority.

B autonomy versus shame and doubt.

C trust versus mistrust.

D identity versus role confusion.

Question #15

What is the term used to describe Howard Gardner’s eighth type of intelligence, which involves the ability to distinguish species and their characteristics?

A bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.

B musical intelligence.

C naturalist intelligence.

D interpersonal intelligence.

Question #16

According to Piaget, children enter which stage at about the age of seven?

A preoperational

B sensorimotor

C formal operational

D concrete operational

Question #17

Mark and Ted are playing checkers on the back porch. The boys are engaged in

A constructive play.

B functional play.

C formal games with rules.

D dramatic play.

Question #18

Piaget designed the “three mountain task” to study

A conservation ion young children.

B egocentrism in young children.

C irreversibility in young children.

D centration in young children.

Question #19

Ted’s schedules are predictable, he adapts easily, he is pleasant, and he responds well to change. Which kind of temperament does he have?

A slow-to-warm-up child

B difficult child

C placid child

D easy child

Question #20

When discussing maltreatment of children by adults, injury to the body is classified as

A inappropriate food.

B physical abuse.

C emotional maltreatment.

D neglect.

Question #21

The brain has neurons that help a person mimic other people’s actions, called

A mirror neurons.

B social awareness neurons.

C hippocampal neurons.

D cognitive neurons.

Question #22

Olivia calls all four-legged, furry animals “kitty” because she has a four-legged, furry cat. Olivia is exhibiting

A overregularizing.

B the use of holophrases.

C overextending.

D underextending.

Question #23

An assessment of the newborn’s appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration is called the

A Appleton’s Neonatal Assessment of pulse and breathing.

B Apgar scale.

C Phenylketonuria, or PKU, screening.

D Brazelton Neonatal Assessment.

Question #24

Tina’s doctor has prepared her for the possibility that her baby will have a large head and may have to be delivered by surgical delivery through an incision in Tina’s abdomen. This method of birth is called a

A cesarean section.

B medicated birth.

C Lamaze method.

D prepared birth.

Question #25

Why are there fontanelles in a neonate’s skull?

A To prevent calcium deposits from damaging cartilage.

B To allow for growth during the first six months.

C To allow for rapid postnatal brain expansion.

D To ease the passage of the neonate through the birth canal.

Question #26

A fertilized ovum is also called

A a fetus.

B an embryo.

C a zygote.

D a morphogen.

Question #27

Which of the following methods was designed to deal with the disadvantages of both the longitudinal and cross-sectional designs?

A life-span sampling

B behavior sampling

C sequential design

D clinical

Question #28

In contrast with Freud, Erikson placed more emphasis on

A social and cultural influences.

B intellectual development.

C the role of parents.

D physical development.

Question #29

The family that consists of two generations with parents and children, either biological children, step children, or adopted children, is called

A nuclear.

B post modern.

C extended.

D multigenerational.

Question #30

Change and stability in mental abilities, such as learning, memory, language, thinking, and reasoning would constitute which type of development?

A cognitive

B psychosocial

C physical

D physiological

Question #31

Kübler-Ross, in her work with dying people, found that there are stages in coming to terms with death. She referred to a stage marked by refusal to accept the reality of what is happening as

A acceptance.

B denial.

C bargaining.

D anger.

Question #32

The relief of pain and suffering, control of symptoms, and maintenance of a satisfactory quality of life is called

A preventive care.

B palliative care.

C passive care.

D protective care.

Question #33

In the final stage of the Kubler-Ross model, the dying person will be at a place of

A acceptance.

B bargaining.

C anger.

D depression.

Question #34

The study of death and dying is called

A physiology.

B psychology.

C thanatology.

D theology.

Question #35

A process of reminiscence that enables a person to see the significance of his or her life is called

A generativity.

B reevaluation.

C stagnation.

D life review.

Question #36

The loss of someone to whom a person feels close and the process of adjusting to it is called

A sorrow.

B bereavement.

C sadness.

D grief.

Question #37

A widely observed decline in cognitive abilities shortly before death is called terminal

A drop.

B loss.

C decrease.

D thanatology.

Question #38

A personal, patient, and family oriented, compassionate type of care for the terminally ill is called

A hospital care.

B thanatology care.

C hospice care.

D nursing care.

Question #39

Aging adults maintain their level of social support by identifying members of their social network who can help them and avoiding those who are not supportive, which goes with the theory of social

A construct.

B context.

C congruency.

D convoy.

Question #40

The choice of older adults to live in their own homes or in their own communities is referred to as

A “aging in community”.

B “aging in home”.

C “aging in place”.

D “aging in town”.

Question #41

Robert Atchley proposed a theory that emphasizes people’s need to maintain a connection between the past and the present, which is the

A continuity theory.

B ambiguous theory.

C disengagement theory.

D activity theory.

Question #42

The theory that says the more active older people remain, the better they age, is the

A continuity theory.

B activity theory.

C disengagement theory.

D ambiguous theory.

Question #43

Rick is 70 years old and is now in late adulthood. Rick is in Erikson’s stage of development called

A ego integrity vs. despair.

B generativity vs. stagnation.

C identity vs. identity confusion.

D intimacy vs. isolation.

Question #44

Even though you haven’t played tennis in years, you pick up a racquet and go out and play a pretty decent game. Your memory of how to play tennis is considered

A procedural memory.

B semantic memory.

C primary memory.

D working memory.

Question #45

Gloria eats right, exercises, and lives a healthy lifestyle. Gloria’s behavior will primarily affect

A secondary aging.

B Her behavior will affect primary, secondary, and tertiary aging equally.

C primary aging.

D tertiary aging.

Question #46

The text refers to what age as beginning the period of late adulthood?

A 65

B 75

C 60

D 70

Question #47

The second most common disorder involving progressive neurological degeneration in older adults, characterized by tremors, stiffness, and unstable posture, is

A Parkinson’s disease.

B Alzheimer’s disease.

C depression.

D dementia.

Question #48

According to gerontologists, individuals who are counted among the “oldest old” are at least

A 95 years old.

B 85 years old.

C 65 years old.

D 75 years old.

Question #49

Margo, who is in her early 20s, is about to marry. If current literature is correct, when might she expect the most stress and unhappiness in her marriage?

A after the children leave home

B immediately after the birth of a child

C in late adulthood

D as a newlywed

Question #50

Leonard, who is 48, is described as organized and disciplined. In which of the Big Five personality traits would Leonard rate the highest?

A introversion

B extraversion

C conscientiousness

D neuroticism

Question #51

Which of the following is a characteristic of an ego-resilient adult?

A Having social awkwardness.

B Feeling a lack of personal meaning in life.

C A frenzied manner.

D The ability to quickly recover from stress.

Question #52

Travis is 44 years old and is worrying about his lost youth, his changing appearance, his unfulfilled dreams, and his future. Normative-crisis models would describe Travis’s emotional state as

A burnout.

B stagnation.

C a male climacteric.

D a midlife crisis.

Question #53

Belinda, who just turned 48, has begun volunteering at her grandson’s preschool. According to Erikson, Belinda will likely develop

A generativity.

B acceptance.

C stagnation.

D individuation.

Question #54

According to Sternberg, what is the term used to describe the ultimate pattern of love, in which all three components of the triangular theory of love are present.

A consummate love.

B romantic love.

C fatuous love.

D companionate love.

Question #55

During middle adulthood, crystallized intelligence tends to

A regress.

B decrease.

C stay the same.

D increase.

Question #56

The ability to remember and use information acquired over a lifetime is called

A crystallized intelligence.

B numerical intelligence.

C cognitive intelligence.

D fluid intelligence.

Question #57

The ability to solve novel problems that require little or no previous knowledge is called

A crystallized intelligence.

B numerical intelligence.

C fluid intelligence.

D cognitive intelligence.

Question #58

A condition in which the bones become thin and brittle as a result of calcium depletion is called

A osteoporosis.

B rheumatoid arthritis.

C osteoarthritis.

D arthritis.

Question #59

Allan is having trouble hearing higher-pitched sounds like some of the tones of his cell phone. Allan is 53 years old and dealing with

A presbyopia.

B myopia.

C basal metabolism.

D presbycusis.

Question #60

Though the definition is arbitrary, we refer to the chronological period of age from 40 to 65 as

A later adulthood.

B middle adulthood.

C early adulthood.

D older adulthood.

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