Question 1

Mothers in all ethnic groups generally spend ____ with their children than fathers.

Accepted Answer

A)  less time 
B)  about an equal amount of time 
C)  slightly more time 
D)  far more time 
A)  less time 
B)  about an equal amount of time 
C)  slightly more time 
D)  far more time

Question 2

Identify the primitive reflex characterized by the splaying outward and then inward of toes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Moro reflex 
B)  Babinski reflex 
C)  Grasping reflex 
D)  Stepping reflex 
A)  Moro reflex 
B)  Babinski reflex 
C)  Grasping reflex 
D)  Stepping reflex

Question 3

One influential approach towards cognitive development which studies how information is processed,stored and actively manipulated by different ages is the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  communication age approach 
B)  information-processing approach 
C)  communique approach 
D)  messaging and processing approach 
A)  communication age approach 
B)  information-processing approach 
C)  communique approach 
D)  messaging and processing approach

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true about cross-sex friendships among young adults?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men tend to be more emotionally open with their male friends than they are with their female friends. 
B)  Women tend to be more emotionally open with their male friends than they are with their female friends. 
C)  Women are much more likely than men to identify the potential of having sex with their other-sex friends as one of the major benefits of such friendships. 
D)  Half of all college students have engaged in sexual activity with an other-sex friend on at least one occasion. 
A)  Men tend to be more emotionally open with their male friends than they are with their female friends. 
B)  Women tend to be more emotionally open with their male friends than they are with their female friends. 
C)  Women are much more likely than men to identify the potential of having sex with their other-sex friends as one of the major benefits of such friendships. 
D)  Half of all college students have engaged in sexual activity with an other-sex friend on at least one occasion.

Question 5

What are some of the factors that could have a profound impact on the adult neural wiring and complexity?

Accepted Answer

A)  How time is spent during infancy,childhood,and adolescence 
B)  Nutrition received 
C)  Infections endured 
D)  All of the above 
A)  How time is spent during infancy,childhood,and adolescence 
B)  Nutrition received 
C)  Infections endured 
D)  All of the above

Question 6

Five-year-old Johnny pushes his classmate Charlie out of the way as he runs outside.Charlie runs outside to hit Johnny,but decides not to because he might get in trouble.Charlie is most likely at Kohlberg's ____ level of moral development.

Accepted Answer

A)  preconventional 
B)  conventional 
C)  postconventional 
D)  preoperational 
A)  preconventional 
B)  conventional 
C)  postconventional 
D)  preoperational

Question 7

How is the AIDS virus transmitted prenatally?

Accepted Answer

A)  Through the esophagus 
B)  Through the mother's diet 
C)  Through the placenta 
D)  Through the vagina 
A)  Through the esophagus 
B)  Through the mother's diet 
C)  Through the placenta 
D)  Through the vagina

Question 8

The most significant pubertal event for boys is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  their height spurt 
B)  their first ejaculation 
C)  the development of facial hair 
D)  their voice change 
A)  their height spurt 
B)  their first ejaculation 
C)  the development of facial hair 
D)  their voice change

Question 9

Which of the following statements about attachment style is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Insecure attachment dooms one to a life of loneliness and misery. 
B)  Secure attachment makes a child invulnerable to later problems in life. 
C)  Infants generally start out with an insecure attachment style that eventually develops into a secure attachment style as they mature. 
D)  Attachment style remains quite stable throughout childhood. 
A)  Insecure attachment dooms one to a life of loneliness and misery. 
B)  Secure attachment makes a child invulnerable to later problems in life. 
C)  Infants generally start out with an insecure attachment style that eventually develops into a secure attachment style as they mature. 
D)  Attachment style remains quite stable throughout childhood.

Question 10

According to cognitive psychologists,____ allows older children and adults to acquire new and more complex strategies for increasing their cognitive efficiency.

Accepted Answer

A)  perceptual speed 
B)  private speech 
C)  metacognition 
D)  internalization 
A)  perceptual speed 
B)  private speech 
C)  metacognition 
D)  internalization

Question 11

What are teratogens?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hormones that stimulate the development of the male sex organs 
B)  Drugs that foster the normal neurological development of a fetus 
C)  Any disease,drug,or other noxious agent that causes abnormal prenatal development 
D)  Specialized prenatal vitamins used to increase health of both mother and child 
A)  Hormones that stimulate the development of the male sex organs 
B)  Drugs that foster the normal neurological development of a fetus 
C)  Any disease,drug,or other noxious agent that causes abnormal prenatal development 
D)  Specialized prenatal vitamins used to increase health of both mother and child

Question 12

In Piaget's theory,accommodation is the process of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  allowing others to "have their way" when their desires conflict with one's own 
B)  developing an understanding of one's own cognitive processes 
C)  absorbing new information into existing schemas 
D)  changing existing schemas in order to absorb new information 
A)  allowing others to "have their way" when their desires conflict with one's own 
B)  developing an understanding of one's own cognitive processes 
C)  absorbing new information into existing schemas 
D)  changing existing schemas in order to absorb new information

Question 13

Individualist societies encourage ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  independence 
B)  self-reliance 
C)  conformity 
D)  Both a and b 
A)  independence 
B)  self-reliance 
C)  conformity 
D)  Both a and b

Question 14

According to Carol Gilligan,women's moral reasoning is more influenced by a desire to ____,while men's moral reasoning is more influenced by a desire to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  relieve distress and promote social welfare;uphold individual rights and privileges 
B)  uphold individual rights and privileges;relieve distress and promote social welfare 
C)  place moral principles above self-interest;relieve distress and gain the approval of others 
D)  relieve distress and gain the approval of others;place moral principles below self-interest 
A)  relieve distress and promote social welfare;uphold individual rights and privileges 
B)  uphold individual rights and privileges;relieve distress and promote social welfare 
C)  place moral principles above self-interest;relieve distress and gain the approval of others 
D)  relieve distress and gain the approval of others;place moral principles below self-interest

Question 15

Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development remained relatively unknown in the West until ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Vygotsky defected to the United States in 1931 
B)  the civil rights movement of the 1960s 
C)  the late 1980s and early 1990s 
D)  the 1950s 
A)  Vygotsky defected to the United States in 1931 
B)  the civil rights movement of the 1960s 
C)  the late 1980s and early 1990s 
D)  the 1950s

Question 16

White women have a fear of conflict between occupational and family goals more than Black women.This racial difference could be because ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  most of the Black women live in joint families and therefore they do not have to worry much about their family goals 
B)  Black women have a longer history of maternal employment than White women 
C)  White women are less educated than Black women 
D)  All of the above 
A)  most of the Black women live in joint families and therefore they do not have to worry much about their family goals 
B)  Black women have a longer history of maternal employment than White women 
C)  White women are less educated than Black women 
D)  All of the above

Question 17

The safest ages for women to bear children are from ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  13 to 35 
B)  17 to 35 
C)  13 to 40 
D)  17 to 40 
A)  13 to 35 
B)  17 to 35 
C)  13 to 40 
D)  17 to 40

Question 18

The cognitive range between what a child can do on her or his own and what the child can do with the help of adults,defines Vygotsky's ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  concept of internalization 
B)  zone of proximal development 
C)  concept of private speech 
D)  theory of mind 
A)  concept of internalization 
B)  zone of proximal development 
C)  concept of private speech 
D)  theory of mind

Question 19

During the first few months of infancy,the area at the hindbrain that is developing the most is the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  cerebellum 
B)  medulla oblongata 
C)  pon varolii 
D)  cerebral cortex 
A)  cerebellum 
B)  medulla oblongata 
C)  pon varolii 
D)  cerebral cortex

Question 20

Discuss gender identity and its role in socialization.

Accepted Answer

Gender refers to the meanings that socie

Mothers in all ethnic groups generally spend ____ with their children than fathers.

Identify the primitive reflex characterized by the splaying outward and then inward of toes.

One influential approach towards cognitive development which studies how information is processed,stored and actively manipulated by different ages is the ____.

Which of the following statements is true about cross-sex friendships among young adults?

What are some of the factors that could have a profound impact on the adult neural wiring and complexity?

Five-year-old Johnny pushes his classmate Charlie out of the way as he runs outside.Charlie runs outside to hit Johnny,but decides not to because he might get in trouble.Charlie is most likely at Kohlberg's ____ level of moral development.

How is the AIDS virus transmitted prenatally?

The most significant pubertal event for boys is ____.

Which of the following statements about attachment style is true?

According to cognitive psychologists,____ allows older children and adults to acquire new and more complex strategies for increasing their cognitive efficiency.

What are teratogens?

In Piaget's theory,accommodation is the process of ____.

Individualist societies encourage ____.

According to Carol Gilligan,women's moral reasoning is more influenced by a desire to ,while men's moral reasoning is more influenced by a desire to .

Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development remained relatively unknown in the West until ____.

White women have a fear of conflict between occupational and family goals more than Black women.This racial difference could be because ____.

The safest ages for women to bear children are from ____.

The cognitive range between what a child can do on her or his own and what the child can do with the help of adults,defines Vygotsky's ____.

During the first few months of infancy,the area at the hindbrain that is developing the most is the ____.

Discuss gender identity and its role in socialization.

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Exam 3: Human Development

Mothers in all ethnic groups generally spend ____ with their children than fathers.

Identify the primitive reflex characterized by the splaying outward and then inward of toes.

One influential approach towards cognitive development which studies how information is processed,stored and actively manipulated by different ages is the ____.

Which of the following statements is true about cross-sex friendships among young adults?

What are some of the factors that could have a profound impact on the adult neural wiring and complexity?

Five-year-old Johnny pushes his classmate Charlie out of the way as he runs outside.Charlie runs outside to hit Johnny,but decides not to because he might get in trouble.Charlie is most likely at Kohlberg's ____ level of moral development.

How is the AIDS virus transmitted prenatally?

The most significant pubertal event for boys is ____.

Which of the following statements about attachment style is true?

According to cognitive psychologists,____ allows older children and adults to acquire new and more complex strategies for increasing their cognitive efficiency.

What are teratogens?

In Piaget's theory,accommodation is the process of ____.

Individualist societies encourage ____.

According to Carol Gilligan,women's moral reasoning is more influenced by a desire to ____,while men's moral reasoning is more influenced by a desire to ____.

Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development remained relatively unknown in the West until ____.

White women have a fear of conflict between occupational and family goals more than Black women.This racial difference could be because ____.

The safest ages for women to bear children are from ____.

The cognitive range between what a child can do on her or his own and what the child can do with the help of adults,defines Vygotsky's ____.

During the first few months of infancy,the area at the hindbrain that is developing the most is the ____.

Discuss gender identity and its role in socialization.

Psychology As a Science

Neural and Genetic Bases of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Language, thinking, and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Personality

Psychological Disorders and Their Treatment

Stress, coping, and Health

Social Behavior

Filters

According to Carol Gilligan,women's moral reasoning is more influenced by a desire to ,while men's moral reasoning is more influenced by a desire to .