Identify the four major issues of lifespan development.
What will be an ideal response?
- Continuity versus discontinuity
- The importance of critical periods versus sensitive periods
- Whether to focus on certain periods or on the entire life span
- The nature versus nurture controversy
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Typically, when we only have minimal information about a person, we are most tempted to apply
a. social stereotypes. b. individuating information. c. tolerance, giving people the "benefit of the doubt.". d. self-fulfilling prophecies.
In an experiment by Phillips, subjects had to decide whether two checkerboard patterns were the same or different. They could not make a template match
a. when the two patterns were in different locations on the screen. b. after the visual information store decayed. c. if the two patterns were separated by more than .5 seconds. d. All of these
Wanda Sue worked as a cashier at a convenience store and she was asked to take an integrity test. One question on the test was, “How many times have you borrowed cash from an employer without permission?” Which one of the following types of tests was she taking?
a. A memory test b. A personality-oriented test c. An overt test d. An attributes test