INSTRUCTIONS: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer among the

given choices. Shade your answers on the corresponding item number on your answer
sheet. Avoid erasures.
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1. Which of the following is not true about the brain development of infants?
A. By the time it is born, the infant then began as a single cell is estimated to have brain
that contains approximately 100 billion nerve cells or neurons.
B. At birth, the newborn’s brain is about 25 percent of its adult weight.
C. By the second birthday, the brain is about 50 percent of its adult weight.
D. Children who grow up in a deprived environment may have depressed brain activity.

2. Longitudinal Studies is a research design which:

A. Measures and compares behaviors to test hypothesis about effects of those treatments
on behavior.
B. Investigates changes across time by comparing groups of subjects already at different
stages at a single point in time.
C. investigates changes across time by measuring behavior of same group of subjects at
different point in time
D. Is designed to determine the correlation or degree of relationship, between two traits,
behaviors and events.

3. A teacher haphazardly place eight sticks of different length on a table. The teacher then
asks the students to order the sticks by length. Many young children end up with two or
three small groups of “big” sticks or “little” sticks, rather than a correct ordering of all
eight sticks. Children who reached the concrete operational stage can have the ability to
order stimuli along quantitative dimension (such as length). This ability is called:
A. Transitivity B. Seriation C. Operations D. Accommodation

4. Young adults need to form intimate, loving relationships with other people. Success leads
to strong relationships, while failure results in loneliness and isolation. This stage
represents what psychosocial stage of Erik Erikson?
A. Identity vs. Role Confusion C. Intimacy vs. Isolation
B. Generativity vs. Stagnation D. Integrity vs. despair

5. This reflex enables the infant to get nourishment before he or she has associated a nipple
with food and also serves a self- soothing or self- regulating mechanism.
A. Rooting reflex B. Sucking reflex C. Moro Reflex D. Grasping
reflex

6. During this period, the fundamental skills of reading, writing and arithmetic are mastered.
The child is formally exposed to the larger world and its culture.
A. Early Childhood Period C. Middle and Late Childhood Period
B. Adolescence Period D. Prenatal Period

7. In a famous lecture, who made this extraordinary promise?

“Give me a dozen healthy infants, well informed, and my own specified world to bring
them up in and I’ll guarantee to take anyone at random and train him to become any type
of specialist I might select- doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant- chief; and yes, even beggar-
man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations and
race of his ancestors”.
A. Jean Piaget B. Lev Vygotsky C. James Watson D. Lawrence Kohlberg

8. Piagetian concept of using existing schemes to deal with new formation or experiences.
A. Accommodation B. Assimilation C. Assimilation D. Organization
9. When somebody asked you if what research design you used in your study in which you
actually become part of the group being studied, then you most likely answered:
 A. Experimental research design C. Correlational research design
B. Participant observer studies D. Naturalistic observation

10. This is true about the body growth and change in middle and late adulthood.
A. During this period, children grow an average of 5 to 10 inches a year.
B. Muscle mass and strength gradually decrease.
C. Among the most pronounced changes in body growth and proportion and decreases in
head circumference and waist circumference in relation to body height.
D. The period of middle and late childhood involves fast, consistent growth.

11. Which of the following is true about the understanding of self and others of children
under early childhood?
A. Children cannot distinguish themselves from others especially in many physical and
material attributes.
B. Children not only start describing themselves in terms of psychological traits, but
they also begin to perceive others in terms of psychological traits.
C. Children cannot make advances in their understanding of others in early childhood.
D. In early childhood, young children think that the self cannot be described by many
material characteristics, such as size, shape, and color.

12. Meiosis is a:
A. Stage in reproduction whereby an egg and a sperm fuse to create single cell, called a
zygote.
B. Cellular reproduction in which the cell’s nucleus duplicates itself with two new cells
being formed, each containing the same DNA as the parent cell, arranged in the same
23 pairs of chromosomes.
C. Specialized form of cell division that occurs to form egg and a sperm (or gametes).
D. Complex molecule that contains genetic information.

13. Refers to the awareness of one’s own mental processes and the mental processes of
others.
A. Zone of Proximal Development C. Theory of Mind
B. Scaffolding D. Affordances

14. From 18 months to 3 years of age, children begin to understand three mental states except
one:
A. Toddlers recognize that if people wants something, they will try to get it.
B. By age 2 years of age, children recognize that another person will see what’s in front
of her own eyes instead of what’s in front of the child’s eyes.
C. The child cannot distinguish between positive and negative emotions.
D. By the 3 years of age, children realize that looking leads to knowing what’s inside the
container.

15. In Pre- operational Stage of Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development:

A. The person can now reason logically about concrete events and classify objects into
different sets.
B. The person begins to represent the world with words and images.
C. The person constructs an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory
experiences with physical actions.
D. The person reasons in more abstract, idealistic and logical ways.

16. A time of sexual awakening and the source of sexual pleasure becomes with someone
who is outside the family in the psychosexual theory of development.
A. Anal stage B. Phallic stage C. Latency stage D. Genital stage

17. Which of the following is a good advice to a pre-school teacher in terms of using
scaffolding in his/ her instruction?
 A. As his/ her student’s competence increases, he/ she should provide more guidance to
him/ her.
B. When the student is learning new task, the teacher may use direct instruction.
C. Over the course of the teacher’s session, she should be aware of the same guidance to
the child’s performance.
D. The teacher should provide the same teaching method over the course of teaching.

18. Erik Erikson: Psychosocial theory of development ; Jean Piaget: Cognitive theory of
development;
___________________: Moral theory of development.
A. Sigmund Freud B. Lawrence Kohlberg C. Ferdinand Lamaze D. Jean Piaget

19. Rooting reflex:

A. a neonatal reflex that occurs when something touches the infant’s palms. The infant
responds by grasping tightly.
B. a neonatal startle response that occurs in reaction to a sudden, intense noise or
movements.
C. a newborns built in reaction that occurs when the infant’s cheek is stroked or the side
of the mouth is touched.
D. a newborns’ built- in reaction to automatically suck an object placed in its mouth.

20. Moral reasoning based on principles and ethical ideas.

A. Pre Conventional Morality C. Conventional Morality
B. Post Conventional Morality D. After phase conventional morality

21. It emphasizes that development is the result of ongoing, bidirectional interchange

between heredity and environment.
A. Non shared Environmental Experiences C. Epigenetic principle
B. Shared Environmental Experiences D. Genetic Imprinting

22. Embryonic Period:

A. Takes place in the first 2 weeks of conception. C. Takes place 3 months after
conception.
B. Occurs from 2-8 weeks after conception. D. Lasts about seven months.

23. Which of the following is a major characteristic of Erikson’s initiative vs. guilt?
A. Infants learns trust when he/ she are cared for in a consistent, warm manner.
B. Children identify intensely with their parents, who most of the time appear to them to
be powerful and beautiful, although often unreasonable, disagreeable, and sometimes
even dangerous.
C. Children become interested in how things are made and how they work.
D. Children increase their perspective takings and their social understanding shows
increasing psychological sophistication as well.
24. It stresses that reading instruction should parallel children’s natural language learning and
giving whole- language materials, such as books and poems.
A. Phonics approach C. whole- language approach
B. Morphological approach D. Analytical approach

25. Jeffrey, a seven- year old boy has an underdeveloped testes, and has a large breast.
According to genetic testing and assessment, he has an extra X chromosome, making him
XXY instead of XY. Jeffrey has:
A. Turner Syndrome B. Down Syndrome C. Klinefelter syndrome D. Fragile X
syndrome

26. Which of the following is not true about the process of fertilization?
 A. In the zygote, the 23 unpaired chromosomes from the egg and the 23 unpaired
chromosome from the sperm combine to form one set of 23 paired chromosomes.
B. In this process, an egg and a sperm fuse to create single cell, called a zygote.
C. In this process, each parent contributes half of the offspring genetic material.
D. Four chromosome of each pair from the mother’s egg and the other from the father’s
sperm combine.

27. At the end of the semester, all students in developmental psychology course were told
they will receive credit for the course if they take part in the instructor’s developmental
psychology research project. Students who refused to participate were given
“incomplete” and did not get credit for the course. This violates what PAP ethics
principle?
A. Principle of Deception C. Principle of debriefing
B. Principle of Confidentiality D. Principle of Informed Consent

28. Dr. Chuyen, a neurologist, Dr. Sena, a geneticist, and Dr. Capuchino, a psychiatrist come
up with a research project about the development of five children in Smokey Mountain.
They shall present the findings of their study in the national conference for dissemination
and communication of results. This emphasized that different principles and theories of
human development can be seen not only in one field of interests rather in different
perspectives. This shows what principle of life- span development?
A. Development is lifelong C. Development is multidisciplinary
B. Development is multidirectional D. Development is historically situated

29. The focusing of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of others.

A. Assimilation B. Accommodation C. Centration D. Conservation

30. These are threadlike structures that come in 23 pairs, one member of each pair coming
from each parent.
A. Genes B. DNA C. Chromosomes D. zygote

31. A sudden long, initial loud cry followed by breathe holding; no preliminary moaning is
present in infants.
A. Pain cry B. Basic cry C. Main cry D. Hard Cry

32. Vygotsky’s The Zone of Proximal Development assumes that:

A. Words, images, and drawings and symbolic thought goes beyond simple connections
of sensory information and physical action.
B. Children can perform concrete operations, and they can reason logically as long as
reasoning can be applied to specific or concrete examples.
C. Social influences is very important especially instruction, on how children’s
development.
D. The whole child should consider his physical, cognitive and socio-emotional
development and the child’s needs, interests and learning styles.

33. School kindergarten honors three principles except one:

A. Each child follows a unique developmental pattern.
B. Children are given considerable freedom and spontaneity in choosing activities and
are allowed to move from one activity to another as they desire.
C. Young children learn best through firsthand experiences with people and materials
and;
D. Play is extremely important in the child’s total development.
 34. All of the following is true about genetic principle except:
A. If you inherit a recessive gene for a trait from each of your parents, you will show the
trait.
B. Most mutated genes are recessive.
C. Many characteristics reflect the influence of only a single gene or pair of genes.
D. When a mutated gene is carried on the X chromosome, the result is X linked
inheritance.

35. A genetic disorder involving an abnormality in the X chromosome, which becomes

constricted and often breaks.
A. Turner Syndrome B. Down Syndrome C. Klinefelter syndrome D. Fragile X
syndrome

36. One of a baby’s earliest emotions which typically first appears at about 6 months of age
and peaks at about 18 months is:
A. Fear B. Sadness C. disgust D. jealousy

37. Lawrence Kohlberg argued that moral development consist of:

A. Four levels- pre conventional, conventional, post conventional and last post
conventional- and eight stages (two at each level).
B. Four- pro pre- conventional, pre conventional, conventional and post conventional-
and eight stages (two at each level).
C. Three levels- pre conventional, conventional and post conventional- and nine stages
(three at each level).
D. Three levels- pre conventional, conventional and post conventional- and six stages
(two at each level).

38. Friends during middle and late childhood often have similarities except:
A. Attitudes towards school C. Attachment to parents
B. Similar educational aspirations D. Closely aligned achievement
orientations.

39. Typical prenatal development begins with fertilization and ends with birth, lasting
between ________________________.
A. 38 to 40 weeks B. 40 to 50 weeks C. 45 to 50 weeks D. 60 to 70
weeks

40. Which of the following is not true about development?

A. It is complex because it is the product of several processes.
B. Begins at conception and continues throughout the life span.
C. Can be reverse in order from old age to infancy period
D. Developmental process involves aspects of growth and decline.

41. Involves adolescents’ belief that others are interested in them as they themselves are, as
well as attention- getting behavior motivated by a desire to be noticed, visible and “on
stage”.
A. Adolescent egocentrism C. Personal fable
B. Imaginary audience D. Cognitive distortion
FROM NO. 42- 45, BASE YOUR ANSWER FROM THE CHOICES GIVEN BELOW:
A. IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT C. IDENTITY FORECLOSURE
B. IDENTITY MORATORIUM D. IDENTITY DIFFUSION
42. Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who are in the midst of a crisis, but their
commitments are either absent or vaguely defined.
43. The status of individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis or made any
commitments. Not only are they undecided about occupational and ideological choices,
they are also likely to show little interest in such matters.

44. Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who have undergone s crisis and have a
commitment.

45. Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who have made a commitment but have not
experienced a crisis.

46. Which of the following is an indication of parent- adolescent conflict during adolescence
stage of development?
A. The conflict is usually severe rather moderate, and the severe conflict may serve the
positive developmental function of promoting autonomy and identity.
B. Parent- adolescent conflict decreases in adolescence.
C. A subset of adolescents experiences high parent- adolescent conflict, which is linked with
negative outcomes.
D. Attachment to parents increase probability that an adolescent will be socially competent.

47. Which of the following is true about the important hormones which play vital roles in
adolescence’s physical development?
I. Gonadotropins- is a type of estrogen; in girls it is associated with breast, uterine
and skeletal development.
II. Testosterones- hormone associated in boys with the development of genitals, an
increase in height, and a change in voice.
III. Estradiol is a hormone that stimulates the testes or the ovaries.

A. I and II B. I and III C. Only I D. Only II

48. Adolescent egocentrism:

A. The part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent’s sense of uniqueness
and invincibility (or invulnerability).
B. Piaget’s formal operational concept that adolescents have the cognitive ability to
develop hypotheses, or best guesses, about ways to solve problems, such as an
algebraic expression.
C. Involves adolescents’ belief that others are interested in them as they themselves are,
as well as attention- getting behavior motivated by a desire to be noticed, visible and
“on stage”.
D. The heightened self- consciousness of adolescents.

49. The following are current findings of researches about the timing of adolescent’s timing
of sexual behaviors. Which of the following is not?
A. There has been a dramatic increase in oral sex during adolescence. In a National
survey, 55 percent US 15- 19 year old boys and 54 percent of girls said they had
engaged in oral sex.
B. Early sexual activity is linked with risky behaviors such ass drug use, delinquency,
and school- related problems.
C. Many adolescents are emotionally prepared to handle sexual experiences, especially
in early adolescence.
D. A recent study revealed that not feeling close to their parents, having low self-
esteem, and watching television extensively were linked to adolescents being sexually
active at 15 years of age

50. - The location where fibers connect the brains’ left and right hemispheres, thickens in
adolescence and this improves adolescents’ ability to process information.
 A. Corpus callosum B. Amygdala C. Reticular Formation D.
Hypothalamus

51. Which of the following is not true about adolescent’s sexuality?

A. They are concerned about whether they are sexually attractive, how to do sex, and
what the future holds for their sexual lives.
B. Adolescence is a time of sexual exploration and experimentation.
C. Adolescents have a little curiosity about sexuality.
D. Adolescent is a time of sexual fantasies and realities, of incorporating sexuality and
into one’s identity.

52. Typically starving the early to middle adolescent years, following a dieting period, and
involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.
A. Bulimia Nervosa B. Anorexia Nervosa C. Pica D. Binge Eating
Disorder

53. A small group that ranges from 2 to about 12 individuals. Averaging about 5 to 6
individuals, and can form because adolescents engage in similar activities.
A. Crowd B. Clique C. Team D. Informal Group

54. He is the most influential theorist to discuss the importance of adolescent friendships.
A. Sigmund Freud B. Harry Stack Sullivan C. Erick Fromm D. Melanie
Klein

55. Which of the following is true about height and weight of male and female adolescents?
A. Boys tend to outweigh girls.
B. The end of the middle school years most girls have caught up or, in many cases,
surpassed boys in height.
C. About age 14 boys begin to surpass girls.
D. At the beginning of the adolescent period, boys tend to be as tall as or taller than girls
of their age.

56. Connectedness consists of two dimensions: mutuality, which involves sensitivity to and
respect for others view and __________ which involves openness for others.
A. Permeability B. Confidence C. Belongingness D. Generativity

57. Erikson’s term for the gap between childhood security and autonomy.
A. Psychosocial struggle C. Psychosocial moratorium
B. Psychosocial crisis D. Psychosocial dilemma

58. This is not true about the search for identity of adolescents?
A. Adolescents who do not successfully resolve identity crisis suffer what Erikson calls
identity confusion.
B. The confusion takes one of two courses: Individuals withdraw, isolating themselves
from peers and family or they immerse in the world of peers and lose their identity in
the crowd.
C. During this period, society leaves adolescents relatively full of responsibilities and
being controlled out to have different identities.
D. Most adolescents eventually discard undesirable roles.

59. According to a research, what is the worst thing about being boys?
A. The aspects of discipline C. The aspects of appearance
B. The aspects about playing sports. D. The aspects of vulnerabilities to illness
and disease
 60. Psychologist G. Stanley Hall saw adolescence period as storm and stress because at this
stage, adolescents must face many changes, and these experiences may change their self-
concept and attitudes considerably. Adolescence came from the Latin verb “adolescere”
meaning _________________
A. Period of senility C. to grow into maturity
B. Period of adaptability D. To grow with the push for autonomy

61. Erickson’s finding of oneself while losing oneself in another person, and it requires a
commitment to another person.
A. Adaptability B. Intimacy C. Generativity D. Integrity

62. It is linked to increase risk of hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

A. Alcoholism B. Obesity C. Substance Addiction D. Binge Drinking
63. Most of us reach our peak physical performance before the age of _____, often between
the ages of _____________.
A. 30; 20- 29 B. 30; 19 and 26 C. 30; 20- 24 D. 30; 18- 24

FROM NO. 64- 67. JEFFREY ARNETT RECENTLY CONCLUDED THAT FIVE KEY
FEATURES CHARACTERIZE EMERGING ADULTHOOD. MATCH THE FOLLOWING
KEY FEATURES TO THEIR CORRESPONDING CHARACTERISTICS BELOW:
A. Identity exploration, especially in love and work.
B. Instability.
C. Self- focused.
D. Feeling- in between.
E. The age of possibilities, a time when individuals have an opportunity to transform their
lives.

64. According to Arnett, emerging adults have this in the sense that they have little in the
way of social obligations, little in the way of duties and commitments to others, which
leaves them with a great deal of autonomy in running their lives.

65. Many emerging adults don’t consider themselves adolescents or full- fledged adults.

66. Residential changes peak during early adulthood, a time during which there also is often
uncertainty in love, work and education.

67. Emerging adulthood is the time during which key changes in identity take place for many
individuals.

68. The active drug in cigarettes, is a stimulant that increases the smoker’s energy and
alertness, a pleasurable and reinforcing experience.
A. Caffeine B. Nicotine C. Endorphin D. Oxytocin

69. Which of the following is not true about Alcohol drinking among early adults?
A. Binge Drinking often increases in college, and it can take its toll on students.
B. Chronic binge drinking is more common among college women than men and
students living away from home, especially in fraternity houses.
C. One in nine individuals who drink continues the path to alcoholism.
D. Binge drinkers reported problems that included missing classes, physical injuries,
trouble with police and having unprotected sex.

70. According to Piaget, it is the final stage in cognitive development, and it characterizes
adults as well as adolescents.
A. Concrete- Operational thought C. Formal operational thought
 B. Sensorimotor thought D. Pre- operational thought

71. It involves understanding that the correct answer to a problem can require reflective
thinking that the correct answer can vary from situation to another and that the search for
truth is often an ongoing, never ending process.
A. Post formal thought C. Realistic and Pragmatic thought
B. Formal Operational thought D. Concrete- Operational thought
72. All of the following are developmental changes in careers and work. Select which is not.
A. Children have idealistic fantasies about what they want to be when they grow up like
wanting to be a superheroes, sports stars or movie stars.
B. In high school, they often have begun to think about careers on somewhat more
idealistic basis.
C. Late teens and early twenties turned their career decision making usually more serious
as they explore different career possibilities and zero in on the career they want to
enter.
D. In college, choosing a major or specialization that is designed to lead to work in a
particular field.

73. It is an explanation why individuals are attracted to people who are similar to them. Our
own attitudes and behavior are supported and validated when someone else’s attitudes
and behavior are similar to our own.
A. Consensus reconstruction C. Consensus validation
B. Consensus modernization D. Consensus renovation

74. It states that although we prefer a more attractive person in the abstract, in real world we
end up choosing someone who is close to our own level.
A. Consensus validation C. Matching hypothesis
B. Consensus reconstruction D. Experimental hypothesis

75. These are hallmarks of intimacy. At the same time, they are engaged in the essential tasks
of developing an identity and establishing their independence from their parents.
A. Self- disclosure and the sharing of private thoughts
B. Attraction and self- disclosure
C. Sharing of private thoughts and attraction
D. Unconditional Positive Regards and Self- Disclosure

76. Refers to living together in a sexual relationship without being married.

A. Cohabitation B. Divorce C. Abortion D. Autonomous
decisions

77. Which of the following is true about single adults’ lifestyles?

A. Researchers have found that these adults are more likely to have higher levels of
depressive symptoms than other adult’s counterparts.
B. Low educational level, low income, not having a religious affiliation and having
parents who are strict are factors that are associated with increases in single adults.
C. Stereotypes associated with being single range from the “swinging single” to the
“desperately lonely, suicidal” single.
D. Current researchers found that single adults particularly decide to get married at the
age of 29- 35.

78. Also called passionate love, or eros, it has strong sexual and infatuation components and
often predominates in the early period of a love relationship.
A. Compassionate love B. Romantic love C. Affectionate love D. Friendly love

79. Which of the following does not differentiate gender differences in friendship?
 A. Women are more likely to listen at length to what a friend has to say and be
sympathetic, and women have been labeled as “talking companions” because talk is
so central to their relationship.
B. Compared with women, men have more close friends and their friendships involve
self- disclosure and exchange of mutual support.
C. Cross- gender friendships are more common among adults that among elementary
school children but not as same- gender friendships in adulthood.
D. Women’s friendships tend to be characterized not only by depth but also by breadth:
women share many aspects of their experiences, thoughts and feelings.

80. This cognitive development among adults characterizes when they face the constraints of
reality, which work promotes, their idealism decreases. They go beyond scientific
thinking and go beyond the use intellect than adolescents.
A. Post formal thought C. Realistic and Pragmatic thought
B. Formal Operational thought D. Concrete- Operational thought

81. In middle age, the leading cause of death is:

A. Cancer B. Motorcycle accident C. Heart disease D. Cerebrovascular
disease

82. Climacteric is the midlife transition in which fertility declines. Which of the following is
not true about women middle adulthood transition?
A. The vast majority of women have serious physical or psychological problems related
to menopause.
B. Menopause usually arrives in the late forties ad early fifties.
C. Menopause is an important marker because it signals the end of childbearing
capabilities.
D. Reproductive hormone production by the ovaries decline during this period of life.

83. Middle age involves extensive individual variation. With this variation in mind, we will
consider middle adulthood to be entered at about __ to __ years of age and exited at
approximately __ to __ of age.
A. 30- 45; 55- 60 B. 40- 45; 60- 65 C. 45- 50; 65- 70 C. 50- 55; 70- 75

84. According to this approach, life events produce taxing circumstances that create stress in
people’s lives.
A. Erikson’s Generativity vs. Stagnation C. early version of the life- events
approach
B. Levinson’s theory of developmental tasks D. Costa an McCrae Big Five Model

I. Crystallized Intelligence continues to increase in middle adulthood whereas fluid

intelligence begins to decline.
II. The highest level of four intellectual abilities- vocabulary, verbal memory, inductive
reasoning and spatial orientation occurred in middle ages.
III. Speed of information processing often assessed through reaction time, continues to
decline in middle adulthood.
IV.Although some researchers found that verbal memory increase in middle age, some
researchers have found that memory declines in middle age.

85. Which of the following is not true about cognitive development in middle adulthood as
shown above?
A. I refers to intelligence changes during middle adulthood
B. III refers to information processing changes during middle adulthood
C. I and II refer to intelligence changes during middle adulthood
D. II and III refer to information processing changes during middle adulthood

86. The timetable according which individuals are expected to accomplish life’s tasks.
 A. Biological clock B. Circadian Rhythm C. Social clock D. Social
Rhythm
87. In Costa and McCrae’s Baltimore Study, the Big Five personality factors showed
considerable stability. Which of the following is not included in the Big Five personality
factors proposed by these two trait- factor psychologists?
A. Extraversion B. Openness C. Conscientiousness D. Psychoticism
88. Which of the following is true about careers, work and leisure in middle adulthood?
A. One important issue in middle adulthood is exploration and experimentation of their
careers to take.
B. Midlife job or career changes can be self- motivated or forced on individuals.
C. Midlife may be not especially important time or leisure because of the physical
changes that occur and because of preparation or an active retirement.
D. For many people, midlife is the time of self- exploration and identity formation.
89. This states that with time and age personality can be more stable. Change in personality
traits occurs more in early adulthood than middle and late adulthood, but a number of
aspects of personality to continue to change after adulthood.
A. Costa an McCrae Big Five Model C. early version of the life- events
approach
B. Cumulative personality model D. Levinson’s theory of developmental
tasks

90. Choose among the following is not a characteristic of close relationships during middle
adulthood?
A. Sibling relationships continue throughout life.
B. Grandmothers spend more time to grandchildren than grandfathers
C. Grandmother role involves lesser expectation for maintain ties across generation than
the grandfather roles.
D. Friendships continue to be important in middle age.

91. Among the physical changes of middle adulthood are outwardly noticeable. It includes
the following except:
A. Changes in physical appearance like having wrinkles and aging spots
B. Continuing increase in height
C. Continuing increase in weight
D. Decline in some sensory organs like eyes and ears.

92. Erikson says that the seventh stage of the human life span, generativity versus stagnation,
occurs in middle adulthood. Four types of generativity are the following except:
A. Biological B. Psychological C. Work D. Cultural

93. It states that the more active and involved older adults are, the more likely they are to be
satisfied with their lives. This theory has been strongly supported.
A. Erikson’s theory C. Selective Optimization with Compensation theory
B. Activity theory D. Socio- emotional Selectivity theory

94. On the average, females live about _________ longer than males do.
A. Four years B. Five years C. Six years D. Seven years

FROM NO. 95- 98, BASE YOUR ANSWER FROM THE CHOICES GIVEN BELOW:
A. CELLULAR CLOCK THEORY
B. FREE- RADICAL THEORY
C. MITOCHONDRIAL THEORY
D. D. HORMONAL- STRESS THEORY

95. According to this theory, aging in the body’s hormonal system can lower resilience to
stress and increase the likelihood of disease.
 A. CELLULAR CLOCK THEORY
B. FREE- RADICAL THEORY
C. MITOCHONDRIAL THEORY
D. HORMONAL- STRESS THEORY

96. According to this theory, people age because unstable oxygen molecules are produced in
the cells and damage cellular structures.

97. According to this theory, cells can divide a maximum of about 75 to 80 times, and that as
we age, our cells become less capable of dividing.

98. According to this theory, aging is due to the decay of a tiny cellular bodies that supply
energy for function, growth and repair.

99. Which of the following is true about the brain and the central nervous system during late
adulthood?
A. The brain loses weight but gains more volume with age.
B. The brain loses weight and volume with age.
C. There is no general slowing of function in the central nervous system.
D. There is no general slowing of function in the central nervous system and still
continue slowing until late adulthood.

100. It state that older adults become more selective about their social networks.
Because they place a high value on emotional satisfaction, they are motivated to spend
more time with familiar individuals with whom they have had rewarding relationships.
A. Erikson’s theory C. Selective Optimization with Compensation theory
B. Activity theory D. Socio- emotional Selectivity theory

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