Lifespan Development MCQ
1. The correct view of the role of biology in causing people to commit crimes is that ________
Answer
Correct Answer:
Biological factors may have a real but small effect in causing some people to commit crimes
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
2. By age ____, infants learn that their non-cry vocalizations elicit reactions from social partners.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
3. The stress response does not occur unless the ____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Individual perceives a stressor
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
4. Women who are recently widowed tend to have ____ than recently widowed men.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Greater financial loss
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
5. The view that elderly people need to remain active in a variety of social spheres is called _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Activity theory
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
6. Warm parents who __________ strengthen children's capacity to handle stress.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Explain strategies for controlling feelings
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
7. When eaten, plant stanol and sterol esters block particles responsible for _____ transport.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Cholesterol
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
8. The three-inch tube that connects the uterus to the outside of the body is called the _______.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
9. The brain of an alzheimer's victim displays plaques, which are _____, and tangles, which are _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Clumps of a protein called beta-amyloid; twisted threads made of a protein called tau
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
10. In approximately _____ of cases, the cause of a couple's infertility can be traced to the man.
Answer
Correct Answer:
One-third
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
11. In every nation, _____ are much more likely to be the main caregivers for the frail elderly.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Female relatives
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
12. Juan and joaquin are identical twins. they are the result of _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
One ovum fertilized by one sperm that split into two zygotes
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
13. Inga lives in a third-world nation. for her, ____ would be considered an iadl.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Planting crops
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
14. People who study death and dying are called __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Thanatologists
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
15. While there are different types of dating violence, threats always qualify as ____ violence.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Emotional
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
16. ___________ refers to how members of ethnic, racial, and cultural minorities view themselves.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Ethnic identity
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
17. The story suggests that dr. weir mitchell _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Has treated the narrator in the past
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
18. As many as _____ percent of adolescents say that they have received sexting photos.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
19. A gene called _____ is linked to increasing presence of plaques and tangles in the brain.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
20. __________ is positively correlated with fidelity and love for both men and women.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Identity achievement
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
21. Follow-up research reveals that __________, especially, are at risk for lasting difficulties.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Early-maturing girls
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
22. During middle adulthood, for many, job satisfaction is ____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
At its all-time high
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
23. A low score on the ____ personality dimension has been associated with having a type a personality.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Agreeableness
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
24. Sigmund freud is responsible for revolutionary ideas and the __________ theory.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Psychoanalytic
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
25. According to ____ theory, the primary motive of humans is to ensure that life continues.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Terror management
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
26. Fertility is ________ correlated with age.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Negatively
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
27. The most common form of frontotemporal lobar degeneration is _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Pick disease
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
28. Studies report __________ in midlife.
Answer
Correct Answer:
That both men and women become more androgynous
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
29. All of the following are true about learning late in life except _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Learning new knowledge is possible, but gaining new skills is not
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
30. Unlike later in life, a neonate's sleep-wake patterns are governed by ____.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
31. Tertiary circular reactions are first witnessed during the _____ stage of cognitive development.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Sensorimotor
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
32. Research shows that infants as young as ____ can differentiate two objects from three objects.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
33. If andrew is shy when he is two-years-old, he is more likely to be ____ when he is four-years-old.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
34. From a developmental perspective, _____ and culture are pivotal in couple formation and bonding.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
35. Freud's stage that takes place in the second year is called _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
The anal stage
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
36. For most people, grief tends to peak within ____ following the death of a loved one.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Six months
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
37. Dsire's acceptance of blame for the baby's skin color illustrates the theme of _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Women deferring to men
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
38. Death and loss are universal experiences that have a __________ context.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Cultural.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
39. Compared with single older adults, married older adults tend to be _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Happier and wealthier
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
40. _____ relationships have high rates of verbal and physical abuse.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
41. Today, about _____ percent of people in great britain and the united states are left-handed.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
42. The practice of assisting people who are terminally ill to die more quickly is called __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Assisted suicide
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
43. When the immune system is primed to resist a particular disease, the process is called _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Immunization
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
44. The japanese word ____________ connotes ideas of loneliness, old age, and tranquility.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
45. The idea that cognition should be measured in terms of everyday tasks and circumstances is _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Ecological validity.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
46. Research has shown that parents are _____ in the lives of today's emerging adults.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Increases the likelihood of divorce
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
47. When married parents have children from former unions, their family is called a(n) _____ family.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
48. Surveys indicate that nearly ____ couples in the united states meet online.
Answer
Correct Answer:
One in every 5
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
49. A dnr order _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Allows a natural death
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
50. Genetic factors appear to play ____ role in determining whether people reach centenarian status.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
51. About ______ of the variation in age of puberty is determined by genes.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Two-thirds
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
52. A(n) ____ allows you to end the trust or change its terms during your lifetime.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Irrevocable trust
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
53. Felicia is born after a seven-month gestation period. she is called a __________ infant.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
54. An individuals environment, from a behaviorist perspective, includes his or her ________..
Answer
Correct Answer:
Rewards and punishments in the physical and social world
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
55. _____ is the intervention phase of the od process.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Diagnosis
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
56. Piaget argued that infants acquire knowledge through __________.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
57. Behaviorists believe that a mother who _________ will stimulate her child's communication skills.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Gives reinforcement
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
58. As a neglected child, juno should expect to be ____ by her peers.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
59. Life-span development covers the period from __________ to __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Conception..death
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
60. Largely due to the sexual activities of young adults, _____ has become a worldwide epidemic.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
61. Mary burns 2,000 calories a day; she requires approximately ________ cups of water daily.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
62. After marriage, other-sex friendships __________ for __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Continue to increase for women
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
63. According to robert sternberg, companionate love develops when __________ is(are) present.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Intimacy and decision/commitment
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
64. _____ believed that children learn language by receiving adequate parental attention.
Answer
Correct Answer:
B. f. skinner
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
65. The _____ is the phenomenon that occurs when a store is extremely cramped.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Butt-brush effect
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
66. For most european americans, ____ would be the best example of a mourning ritual.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Wearing black
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
67. Currently, 61-year-old jim is in a life stage called _____ adulthood.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
68. Common ways to be generative include caregiving, employment, and _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Parenthood
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
69. By the end of the __________ month, the genitals of the fetus have formed.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
70. Bicycle accidents account for about ____ of all cases of traumatic brain injury.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
71. _____ is an individual's behavioral style and characteristic emotional responses.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Temperament
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
72. According to sternberg, ____ ability is most heavily focused on problem analysis.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Analytical
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
73. A child who has an xxx chromosomal disorder will most likely __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Be a female who will later experience problems in the development of the reproductive system
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
74. Some researchers think that _________ provides a means for an infant's brain to stimulate itself
Answer
Correct Answer:
Autostimulation
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
75. Psychographic segmentation divides buyers into different segments based on __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Lifestyle and personality
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
76. Identity diffusion is typically characterized by _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
No focus on or concern about the future
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
77. K. warner schaie developed the first _____ study of adult intelligence.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Cross-sequential research
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
78. Most terrorism is considered _______ aggression.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Instrumental.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
79. For pavlov, ____ is necessary for learning to take place.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Reinforcement
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
80. Throughout adolescence, __________ is the single most consistent predictor of mental health.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Quality of the parentchild relationship
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
81. When electrical brain waves have ceased, this is called __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Electrolysis
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
82. Approximately 1 in _____ adolescent girls is affected by clinical depression.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
83. ?proximity-seeking? and ?contact-maintaining? behaviors are displays of _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Attachment.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
84. People overspend for funerals for all the following reasons except __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Enterprising salespeople
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
85. Lydia finds that she often thinks about killing herself. this is called _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Suicide ideation
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
86. In late adulthood, attitudes about death shift. anxiety ______ while hope ______.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Decreases; increases
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
87. How a serious stressor affects a child depends to a large extent on _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Whether the child has experienced repeated stresses
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
88. Emily is her family's kinkeeper. this means that she assumes responsibility for _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Gathering the family for holidays and disseminating information.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
89. During adolescence, impulsivity declines and analytic thinking _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Increases
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
90. According to maslow, people who do not receive ___________ cannot move on to __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Acceptance; love
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
91. _____ percent of adults (age 25 to 65) are providing partial financial support for their parents.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
92. Most girls reach their maximum height around age _____.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
93. In order to prevent injury during your weight-training session, it is necessary to __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Do performance testing prior to setting up your workout routine, stretch before and after each workout,
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
94. Calorie restriction may _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Slow down aging.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
95. Puberty begins with a hormonal signal from the __________ to the _________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Hypothalamus, pituitary gland
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
96. Slightly less than _____ percent of american girls develop anorexia nervosa.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Motor vehicle accidents
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
97. Corrina is considered obese because she _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Has a BMI of 30
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
98. _____ percent of adults under 65 are providing some care for family over 65.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
99. The statement that best reflects moral reasoning at the preconventional level is _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Postconventional
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
100. Shanice experienced menarche when she was 7 years old. she experienced _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Precocious puberty
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
101. Pelvic inflammatory disease is a disease that impairs fertility by _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Creating scar tissue that can block the fallopian tubes
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
102. Instead of accident prevention, public health experts prefer the term _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Injury Control or Harm Reduction.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
103. Infants show _____ when they are in familiar settings.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Stranger Anxiety
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
104. Adulthood is usually a time of _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Increasing IQ, with dramatic individual differences
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
105. Adolescent victims of cyberbullying are likely to _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Experience depression
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
106. When compared with earlier thinking, thinking in adulthood is all of the following except _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
More concrete
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
107. Children who develop __________ attribute their failures, not their successes, to ability.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Learned helplessness.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
108. The life-span perspective takes into account development from _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
The last decade of life.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
109. In the final stage of grief, people tend to __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Reach the accommodation stage, in which they pick up the pieces of their lives and construct new identities
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
110. In 2009-2010, _____ percent of u.s. 6- to 11-year-olds were classified as obese.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
111. Research indicates that most individuals' progression through kohlberg's stages is ____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Dependent on self-esteem
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
112. Experience produces connections between _____ and emotions.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Self-recognition.
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
113. Csikszentmihalyi points out that _____ capable of achieving flow.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Everyone is
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
114. _____ adults describe themselves as securely attached.
Answer
Correct Answer:
A majority of
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
115. The heritability for human traits, such as nearsightedness, _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Can differ between cultures
Note: This Question is unanswered, help us to find answer for this one
Psychology MCQs | Topic-wise
