Human Growth Chapter 1

(T/F) Human development focuses primarily upon the first 5 years of because this is the time for most change

(T/F) The goals of the developmental research from medicine, sociology, and anthropology to explain behavior

(T/F) Human development uses information from medicine, sociology, and anthropology to explain behavior.

(T/F) Chippewa Indians have only two periods of childhood, whereas other cultures have more

(T/F) The view that humans have eight periods of the life span is a social construction

(T/F) All societies recognize differences in the ways people of different ages think, feel, and act.

(T/F) Most people have dementia and require nursing home care in late adulthood

(T/F) Socioeconomic status limits people's choices of where to live

(T/F) Most immigrants have some acculturation to the new society

(T/F) Biological events such as puberty and menopause are nonnormative events

(T/F) Loss of a spouse in a person's 30s in a nonnormative event

(T/F) The concept of critical periods is more controversial when applied to cognitive and psychosocial development than to physical development

(T/F) The study of attachment and the development of friendship is an example of cognitive development

(T/F) Many abilities, such as memory, strength, and endurance, can be significantly improved with training and practice, even late in life

(T/F) Broad dimensions of personality, such as conscientiousness and openness to new experience, are fixed in early childhood

(T/F) Historically, the nuclear family was the dominant form of family structure in the US and other Western industrial societies

(T/F) Maturation varies in persons, but averages provide ways to measure what are typical times for development to occur

(T/F) Poor children are at lower risk than wealthy children to have emotional or behavioral problems

(T/F) Children from higher SES families have lower rates of substance abuse, anxiety, and depression than children from lower SES families

Dr. Nunez wants to know what child might be at risk for problem behaviors so he can put the child in a special program. He is demonstrating the goal of:

Dr. George studies how much children grow when they sleep. This an example of the ______ domain.

Life-span studies in the US grew out studies:

Ideas about the nature of reality based on shared subjective perceptions or assumptions are known as:

A person in young adulthood would be likely to have a development task of:

Paul Bates is best known for:

One important characteristic of development is plasticity, which refers to:

Damage in children due to prenatal alcohol exposure is an example of:

Research on memory and learning in older persons is looking at the ____ domain

Study of inborn traits is looking at:

The study of temperament falls in the _____ domain

The Western World generally divides the lifespan into ___ periods

Attachment typically occurs in the period of:

The search for identity typically occurs in:

In young adulthood, your health typically:

In middle adulthood, a person is most likely to:

In late adulthood, most people are:

The search for meaning in life assumes central importance in:

Jessica is 10, in school, and lives at home. This is an example of ____ development.

The unfolding of a natural, genetically influenced sequence of physical changes and behavior patterns is

A two-generational household unit consisting of parents and children is:

The kinds of homes and neighborhoods people live in, as well as the quality of medical care, and other opportunities available to them are examples of"

The story of Genie is an example of:

Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning culture? Culture is unchanging Culture includes tradition Culture is all of the learned behavior passed on from parents to children Culture includes art work and tools

Which of the following characteristics of development is NOT one of the characteristics of life-span development, according to Bates?

Studies on the" wild boy" hoped to investigate and find:

Who was one of the first psychologists to become interested in the study of aging, publishing a book Senescence: The Last Half of Life at age 78?

Which type of development would be most involved in the growth of body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health?

Marcus is 14 months old and having great difficulty when left with the babysitter. This separation anxiety is an example of interaction between which two types of development?

Change in number or amount or frequency behavioral characteristic would be referred to as a ______ change.

Becoming introspective and searching out meaning in life is characteristic of which development stage?

Dr. Gaipo is a psychologist whose research focus is on genetic strengths and weaknesses to explain development. In his work he emphasizes:

The periods of the human life cycle are produced by:

Meghan recorded events such as first words, first steps, and the events of puberty in her sons Joseph and Andrew. These landmarks in human development are referred to as:

A multigenerational kinship unit consisting of parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins is called a(n):

Socio-economic status is determined by all of the following except:

Not an indirect effect of poverty

An event that is experienced in a similar way by most people in a group is called a ________ influence

Non-normative life events are:

Your cohort would include your:

A specific time when a given event, or absence of that event, has the greatest impact on development is called a(n) _______ period.

Sandro's ethnic identity is

One of the purposes in designing cross-cultural research projects is to:

In the Oakland Growth Study, the longitudinal study of social and emotional development of urban youth during the Great Depression:

Learning a second language seems to have a(n) _______ period, just like learning a first language does.

According to your text, which of the following is NOT one of the major divisions of the life-span?

Marlane is large for her age and does not have many friends. This is an example of interaction between which two types of development?

Environmental or experimental factors that help define individual differences in developmental include all of the following except:

A child born today in Iraq will have different experiences than children born in the US or Mexico. These experiences will impact the course of development for these children because they develop within an unique

Events like starting school that occur at about the same age for people the world over are called