Question 1

The field of study that examines the aging process is

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A)   psychology.
B)   gerontology.
C)   psychogerontology.
D)   gerontocracy.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

The reason that most research on development is not truly experimental is due to the fact that

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A)   age cannot be measured accurately in most people.
B)   most statistics cannot handle age as a variable.
C)   age cannot be manipulated therefore it cannot be an independent variable.
D)   it is hard to collect large enough samples to represent different age groups.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

An internal set of developmental milestones used to mark one's progression through life is known as a(n)____________________.

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Question 4

The "sexual revolution" in the 1960s is an example of a

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A)   normative age-graded event.
B)   normative history-graded event.
C)   normative individual-graded event.
D)   nonnormative event.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

A key premise of the life-span perspective is that

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A)   biological changes are the most important.
B)   events that happen in old age are more important than earlier experiences.
C)   social changes are the most important.
D)   aging is a life long process that begins at conception and ends at death.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Loss of memory from Alzheimer's disease is a good example of

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A)   primary aging.
B)   secondary aging.
C)   tertiary aging.
D)   holistic aging.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

In a(n)____________________study,a single person is examined in great detail.

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The answer of In a(n)____________________study,a single person is examined in...

Question 8

"You are a product of your environment" is an example of a position on which of the following controversies?

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A)   continuity-discontinuity
B)   stability-change
C)   longitudinal-sequential
D)   nature-nurtureE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

If participants at the end of a longitudinal study tend to be those who were initially higher on some variable,we have a case of

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A)   negative selective survival.
B)   positive selective survival.
C)   elective selective survival.
D)   equally selective survival.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Four forces shape development.Which one of the following is not a developmental force?

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A)   life-cycle
B)   psychological
C)   biological
D)   histologicalE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

A study that focuses on the description of the relationship between cognitive development and personality development is an example of

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A)   a self-report study.
B)   an observational study.
C)   an experiment.
D)   a correlational study.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Mary is 60 years old,drives a Corvette,and has a teenage daughter.She would be considered to have a young

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A)   biological age.
B)   chronological age.
C)   sociocultural age.
D)   psychological age.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

The degree to which a questionnaire measures what it is supposed to measure is its

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A)   representativeness.
B)   utility index.
C)   validity.
D)   reliability.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Developmental researchers are interested in understanding

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A)   how people change over time.
B)   age-related changes.
C)   age- related differences.
D)   all of theseE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Development is said to be ____________________ when there is more than one path to successful aging.

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