Question 1

What is the relationship between dominant or recessive genes?

Accepted Answer

Each individual carries two genes for ea

Question 2

Animistic thinking refers to a child's

Accepted Answer

A)  belief that animals think like people. 
B)  attribution of human feelings and motives to inanimate objects. 
C)  belief that animated characters are alive and living in their television set. 
D)  ability to empathize with animals. 
A)  belief that animals think like people. 
B)  attribution of human feelings and motives to inanimate objects. 
C)  belief that animated characters are alive and living in their television set. 
D)  ability to empathize with animals.

Question 3

What cognitive abilities develop during the formal operations stage?

Accepted Answer

A)  conservation 
B)  reversibility 
C)  abstract thinking 
D)  concrete thinking 
A)  conservation 
B)  reversibility 
C)  abstract thinking 
D)  concrete thinking

Question 4

Helmut operates at the conventional level and believes an action is good if

Accepted Answer

A)  it meets his or her personal standards of morality. 
B)  it results in receiving a reward. 
C)  it results in avoidance of punishment. 
D)  other people approve of it. 
A)  it meets his or her personal standards of morality. 
B)  it results in receiving a reward. 
C)  it results in avoidance of punishment. 
D)  other people approve of it.

Question 5

Which of the following is not identified by Erikson as a developmental task in his fifth psychosocial stage, identity versus role confusion?

Accepted Answer

A)  finding values to live by 
B)  forming an identity 
C)  planning for an occupation 
D)  forming an intimate relationship 
A)  finding values to live by 
B)  forming an identity 
C)  planning for an occupation 
D)  forming an intimate relationship

Question 6

What cognitive limitations characterize a child's thinking during the preoperational stage?

Accepted Answer

Children at the preoperational stage (ag

Question 7

Elizabeth Kübler-Ross found that all people go through the same five stages in coming to terms with death, but they may be experienced in a different order.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is not one of Piaget's cognitive stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  post-operational 
B)  concrete operational 
C)  formal operational 
D)  preoperational 
A)  post-operational 
B)  concrete operational 
C)  formal operational 
D)  preoperational

Question 9

Which of following is not one of the socializing functions of peer groups mentioned in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  They provide an objective measure against which individuals can evaluate their own traits and abilities. 
B)  They reinforce appropriate behaviour. 
C)  They reinforce all that their parents taught them. 
D)  They punish deviant behaviour. 
A)  They provide an objective measure against which individuals can evaluate their own traits and abilities. 
B)  They reinforce appropriate behaviour. 
C)  They reinforce all that their parents taught them. 
D)  They punish deviant behaviour.

Question 10

Which of the following explains the importance of reflexes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reflexes are merely remnants of our evolutionary past and have little importance. 
B)  Reflexes govern all our behaviour. 
C)  Reflexes provide ready-made behaviours that ensure the survival of newborns. 
D)  Reflexes exist due to learned behaviours, and thus they indicate how well our learning mechanisms are working. 
A)  Reflexes are merely remnants of our evolutionary past and have little importance. 
B)  Reflexes govern all our behaviour. 
C)  Reflexes provide ready-made behaviours that ensure the survival of newborns. 
D)  Reflexes exist due to learned behaviours, and thus they indicate how well our learning mechanisms are working.

Question 11

In a longitudinal study that followed individuals from ages 5 to 41 revealed that children of warm, affectionate parents were no more likely to be socially accomplished adults than those who had a less affectionate relationship with their parents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is not one of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying?

Accepted Answer

A)  reassurance 
B)  anger 
C)  depression 
D)  denial 
A)  reassurance 
B)  anger 
C)  depression 
D)  denial

Question 13

Because longitudinal studies can be spread over years and decades, they are less costly than cross-sectional studies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Twenty-two pairs of chromosomes are called ________ and the twenty-third pair is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  complete; partial 
B)  X; Y 
C)  autosomes; sex chromosomes 
D)  sex chromosomes; autosomes 
A)  complete; partial 
B)  X; Y 
C)  autosomes; sex chromosomes 
D)  sex chromosomes; autosomes

Question 15

In which stage of psychosocial development are you currently, and how is it influencing your life?

Accepted Answer

Because of student diversity in age and

Question 16

Stanley, a middle-aged businessman, serves as a mentor for some of the younger employees in the corporation. This behaviour pattern is typical of those in which of Erikson's stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  competence versus inferiority 
B)  generativity versus stagnation 
C)  identity versus role confusion 
D)  intimacy versus isolation 
A)  competence versus inferiority 
B)  generativity versus stagnation 
C)  identity versus role confusion 
D)  intimacy versus isolation

Question 17

The consumption of alcohol by pregnant women only poses a danger to the unborn child during the first trimester.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Harlow found that when the infant monkeys were given a choice between a wire-mesh surrogate mother that dispensed milk and a soft terrycloth surrogate that did not, they

Accepted Answer

A)  divided their time equally between the two surrogates. 
B)  spent almost all their time clinging to the terrycloth surrogate. 
C)  spent almost all their time clinging to the wire, milk-giving surrogate. 
D)  avoided contact with both the wire and the terrycloth surrogates. 
A)  divided their time equally between the two surrogates. 
B)  spent almost all their time clinging to the terrycloth surrogate. 
C)  spent almost all their time clinging to the wire, milk-giving surrogate. 
D)  avoided contact with both the wire and the terrycloth surrogates.

Question 19

What are the four attachment patterns identified by Mary Ainsworth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Secure, resistant, disorganized, and avoidant 
B)  dependent, independent, incoherent, and marginal 
C)  tight, loose, tethered, and fragmented 
D)  reserved, fearful, demanding, and relaxed 
A)  Secure, resistant, disorganized, and avoidant 
B)  dependent, independent, incoherent, and marginal 
C)  tight, loose, tethered, and fragmented 
D)  reserved, fearful, demanding, and relaxed

Question 20

The psychologist who claims that the early teenage years are marked by adolescent egocentrism is

Accepted Answer

A)  David Elkind. 
B)  Anna Freud. 
C)  G. Stanley Hall. 
D)  Jean Piaget. 
A)  David Elkind. 
B)  Anna Freud. 
C)  G. Stanley Hall. 
D)  Jean Piaget.

What is the relationship between dominant or recessive genes?

Animistic thinking refers to a child's

What cognitive abilities develop during the formal operations stage?

Helmut operates at the conventional level and believes an action is good if

Which of the following is not identified by Erikson as a developmental task in his fifth psychosocial stage, identity versus role confusion?

What cognitive limitations characterize a child's thinking during the preoperational stage?

Elizabeth Kübler-Ross found that all people go through the same five stages in coming to terms with death, but they may be experienced in a different order.

Which of the following is not one of Piaget's cognitive stages?

Which of following is not one of the socializing functions of peer groups mentioned in the text?

Which of the following explains the importance of reflexes?

In a longitudinal study that followed individuals from ages 5 to 41 revealed that children of warm, affectionate parents were no more likely to be socially accomplished adults than those who had a less affectionate relationship with their parents.

Which of the following is not one of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying?

Because longitudinal studies can be spread over years and decades, they are less costly than cross-sectional studies.

Twenty-two pairs of chromosomes are called and the twenty-third pair is called .

In which stage of psychosocial development are you currently, and how is it influencing your life?

Stanley, a middle-aged businessman, serves as a mentor for some of the younger employees in the corporation. This behaviour pattern is typical of those in which of Erikson's stages?

The consumption of alcohol by pregnant women only poses a danger to the unborn child during the first trimester.

Harlow found that when the infant monkeys were given a choice between a wire-mesh surrogate mother that dispensed milk and a soft terrycloth surrogate that did not, they

What are the four attachment patterns identified by Mary Ainsworth?

The psychologist who claims that the early teenage years are marked by adolescent egocentrism is

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What is the relationship between dominant or recessive genes?

Animistic thinking refers to a child's

What cognitive abilities develop during the formal operations stage?

Helmut operates at the conventional level and believes an action is good if

Which of the following is not identified by Erikson as a developmental task in his fifth psychosocial stage, identity versus role confusion?

What cognitive limitations characterize a child's thinking during the preoperational stage?

Elizabeth Kübler-Ross found that all people go through the same five stages in coming to terms with death, but they may be experienced in a different order.

Which of the following is not one of Piaget's cognitive stages?

Which of following is not one of the socializing functions of peer groups mentioned in the text?

Which of the following explains the importance of reflexes?

In a longitudinal study that followed individuals from ages 5 to 41 revealed that children of warm, affectionate parents were no more likely to be socially accomplished adults than those who had a less affectionate relationship with their parents.

Which of the following is not one of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying?

Because longitudinal studies can be spread over years and decades, they are less costly than cross-sectional studies.

Twenty-two pairs of chromosomes are called ________ and the twenty-third pair is called ________.

In which stage of psychosocial development are you currently, and how is it influencing your life?

Stanley, a middle-aged businessman, serves as a mentor for some of the younger employees in the corporation. This behaviour pattern is typical of those in which of Erikson's stages?

The consumption of alcohol by pregnant women only poses a danger to the unborn child during the first trimester.

Harlow found that when the infant monkeys were given a choice between a wire-mesh surrogate mother that dispensed milk and a soft terrycloth surrogate that did not, they

What are the four attachment patterns identified by Mary Ainsworth?

The psychologist who claims that the early teenage years are marked by adolescent egocentrism is

Introduction to Psychology

Biology and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Personality, Theory and Assessment

Health and Stress

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Therapies

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Twenty-two pairs of chromosomes are called and the twenty-third pair is called .