Test Bank For Adult Development and Aging The Canadian Experience by Lori Harper – Complete Test Bank
CHAPTER 1: Issues to Consider in the Study of Adult Development
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following describes Dr. McKinna, a scientist who specializes in the study of
aging?
a. gerontologist
b. geriatric psychiatrist
c. developmental psychologist
d. chronologist
ANS: A
RAT: The term gerontologist is used to refer to scientists who study aging.
REF: p. 2 Historical Aspects of the Study of Adult Development
BLM:Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
2. Dr. Li is writing a research paper that she plans to submit to a journal published by the
American Psychological Association. Dr. Li is describing a study she conducted where the
participants were between the ages of 55 and 75. Which of the following terms should Dr. Li use
to describe her participants?
a. senior citizens
b. elderly persons
c. older adults
d. baby boomers
ANS: C
RAT: Older adult is preferred because it does not have negative connotations and can be used to
refer to older people from different generations.
REF: p. 2 A Word on Terminology
BLM:Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
3. Which researcher is known for championing the study of development across the entire
lifespan rather than focusing on children and adolescents?
a. Gilligan
b. Vygotsky
c. Piaget
d. Baltes
ANS: D
RAT: Gilligan did not study development and Vygotsky and Piaget focused on development in
childhood and adolescence.
REF: p. 4 The Lifespan Developmental Perspective
BLM:Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
4. The fact that development involves both increases and decreases and that this varies within
people and between people reflects which of the key principles to the study of development?
a. history and context
b. plasticity
c. multiple causality
d. multi-directionality
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