Question: 1. Dr. Spoleto’s research examines cognitive changes that occur as people progress from young adulthood to late adulthood. Dr. Professor is a _____ psychologist.

a. quantitative

b. biological

c. industrial/organizational

d. Developmental

Answer: d. developmental

Question: 2. The study of how people change physically, mentally, and socially throughout their lifespan is called:

a. epigenetics.

b. humanistic psychology.

c. developmental psychology.

d. cognitive psychology.

Answer: c. Developmental psychology

Question: 3. At every age and stage of life, _____ psychologists investigate the influence of multiple factors on how people change physically, mentally, and socially, including biological, environmental, social, cultural, and behavioral factors.

a. biological

b. epigenetic

c. cognitive

d. developmental

Answer: d. developmental

Question: 4. Developmental psychologists focus on all of the following issues EXCEPT:

a. biological aspects of psychological disorders.

b. nature and nurture.

c. continuity and stages.

d. stability and change.

Answer: a. biological aspects of psychological disorders

Question:

Answer: c. their relationship between genetics and environment is interactive…

Question:

Answer: d. continuity; stages

Question: 7. All of the following psychologists are considered stage theorists EXCEPT:

a. Lawrence Kohlberg.

b. B. F. Skinner.

c. Jean Piaget.

d. Erik Erikson.

Answer: b. B.F. Skinner

Question:

Answer: d. the idea that people of one age think and act differently when they arrive at a later age

Question: 9. According to research on temperament and emotionality, studies have demonstrated that these two characteristics:

a. are very stable over time.

b. develop based on a specific time table.

c. are learned over time.

d. have a great deal of variability over time.

Answer: a. are very stable over time

Question:

Answer: d. 1 in 4 students with the weakest smiles in college tended to divorce