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Lifespan Final Study

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The Dharmashastras are the sacred law books of the __________ religion that describe four stages of a man's life.
Hindu
According to the Jewish holy book, __________ is the age of moral responsibility.
13
The Dharmashastras, the Talmud, and the conception of life proposed by Solon __________.
see the final stages of life as a time of withdrawal and decline
The United States __________.
is one of the few developed countries that will experience an increase in population, due largely to immigration
About __________ of the world's population lives in developing countries.
80%
If a researcher wanted to measure the socioeconomic status (SES) of her adult participants, she would need to ask them about which of the following?
Education level
Unlike early hominins, Homo sapiens had __________.
controlled use of fire
Which of the following occurred during the Neolithic period?
Animals were first domesticated
Which of the following best represents the impact of evolution on human development?
Once we developed the large brain that is the most distinctive characteristic of our species, we became capable of altering our environments.
The three traditional conceptions of life (in the Dharmashastras, the Talmud, and as proposed by Solon) differ __________.
in the way that they divide the life span
According to Freud, __________ is the driving force behind human development.
Sexual desire
Although Shanamae makes a good salary in sales, she is questioning whether her work in the retail industry is making a meaningful contribution to society. She is thinking of going back to school to train to be a nurse, so that she can give back to society by helping others. According to Erikson, she is in the stage of __________.
generatlvity versus stagnation
The U.S. belief in the value of individual freedom, as demonstrated in its capitalist economic system and its governmental system of representative democracy, reflects which system of Bronfenbrenner's theory?
Macrosystem
Where does the developmental life stage of emerging adulthood usually appear?
In developed countries
__________ generates hypotheses that can be tested in research.
A theory
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