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PSYC3210 Human Lifespan Development

Week 1 Quiz

Question 1 According to Sigmund Freud, which of the following statements is true?

a. Children go through four stages of cognitive development as they actively construct their understanding of the world.

b. The primary motivation for human behavior is social in nature.

c. People's basic personality is shaped during the first five years of their life.

d. Children's social interaction with more-skilled adults and peers is indispensable to their cognitive development.

Question 2B. F. Skinner, a behaviorist, would argue that the most important things that shape development are

a. unconscious motivations.

b. rewards and punishments.

c. thoughts and feelings.

d. culture and society.

Question 3 Dr. Harmon believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, socioemotional, and cognitive dimensions. Dr. Harmon believes that development is

a. multidimensional.

b. plastic.

c. contextual.

d. lifelong.

Question 4 "Individuals are changing beings in a changing world." Which characteristic of development is reflected in this statement?

a. Development is unidirectional.

b. Development is unidimensional.

c. Development is multidisciplinary.

d. Development is contextual.

Question 5 Which of Urie Bronfenbrenner's environmental systems consists of the patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course, as well as sociohistorical circumstances?

 a. the mesosystem

b. the macrosystem

c. the exosystem

d. the chronosystem

Question 6 Johnny is attempting to resolve the crisis of initiative versus guilt. According to Erik Erikson, Johnny is most likely in

a. junior high school.

b. high school.

c. preschool.

d. elementary school.

Question 7 The final stage of Erik Erikson's developmental theory is

a. integrity versus despair.

b. intimacy versus isolation.

c. trust versus mistrust.

d. generativity versus stagnation.

Question 8 Late adulthood is a time of

a. life review, adjustment to new social roles, and diminishing strength and health.

b. establishing personal and economic independence and advancing in a career.

c. expanding personal and social involvement and responsibility.

d. selecting a mate, learning to live with that person in an intimate way, starting a family, and rearing children.

Question 9 Travis spends a great deal of time working and trying to establish his career. He is also wondering if he should move in with his girlfriend and about their long-term prospects. Travis is most likely in the _____ period of development.

a. middle adulthood

b. late adolescence

c. late adulthood

d. early adulthood

Question 10 Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that:

a. begins at childhood and continues until adulthood.

b. begins at birth and continues through the human life span.

c. begins at conception and continues through the human life span.

d. begins at conception and continues until adulthood.