Question 1

A trait controlled by a dominant gene will _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  be expressed even when the corresponding gene in the other half of the pair is different 
B)  be expressed only if it is paired with two recessive genes 
C)  not be expressed if it is paired with another dominant gene 
D)  not be expressed when the corresponding gene in the other half of the pair is different 
A)  be expressed even when the corresponding gene in the other half of the pair is different 
B)  be expressed only if it is paired with two recessive genes 
C)  not be expressed if it is paired with another dominant gene 
D)  not be expressed when the corresponding gene in the other half of the pair is different

Question 2

Piaget's term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  conservation 
B)  object permanence 
C)  centration 
D)  egocentrism 
A)  conservation 
B)  object permanence 
C)  centration 
D)  egocentrism

Question 3

Kohlberg found that the typical responses of adolescents to the moral dilemmas he presented them were at the _______ level.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Tim and Jean are both young adolescents who are maturing earlier than most of their peers. Based on this information, which of the following is MOST likely to be true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tim is more comfortable with his physical development than Jean is with hers. 
B)  Jean is more comfortable with her physical development than Tim is with his. 
C)  Both Tim and Jean are equally comfortable with their physical appearance. 
D)  Tim's body is accumulating proportionally larger amounts of fat than Jean's body. 
A)  Tim is more comfortable with his physical development than Jean is with hers. 
B)  Jean is more comfortable with her physical development than Tim is with his. 
C)  Both Tim and Jean are equally comfortable with their physical appearance. 
D)  Tim's body is accumulating proportionally larger amounts of fat than Jean's body.

Question 5

Which of the following is defined as a gene that controls the appearance of a certain trait?

Accepted Answer

A)  recessive 
B)  mutated 
C)  recombinant 
D)  dominant 
A)  recessive 
B)  mutated 
C)  recombinant 
D)  dominant

Question 6

Sheila was born a female with only one X chromosome on the 23rd pair. As a result, she is very short, infertile, and sexually underdeveloped. With which disorder is she likely to be diagnosed?

Accepted Answer

A)  PKU 
B)  Down 
C)  Klinefelter's 
D)  Turner's 
A)  PKU 
B)  Down 
C)  Klinefelter's 
D)  Turner's

Question 7

Which of the following is the MOST common cause of death in middle adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A)  suicide 
B)  homicide 
C)  heart disease 
D)  stroke 
A)  suicide 
B)  homicide 
C)  heart disease 
D)  stroke

Question 8

Hector is 70 years old and has just retired from a career as a lawyer. He is now spending time looking back on his life and is recognizing, as well as coming to terms with, mistakes, regrets, and unfinished business. Hector is engaging in a process called _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  despair 
B)  sense of identity 
C)  ego integrity 
D)  life review 
A)  despair 
B)  sense of identity 
C)  ego integrity 
D)  life review

Question 9

Monozygotic twins _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  are genetically identical 
B)  are genetically different 
C)  will be of different sexes 
D)  are more likely to occur when a woman is taking fertility drugs 
A)  are genetically identical 
B)  are genetically different 
C)  will be of different sexes 
D)  are more likely to occur when a woman is taking fertility drugs

Question 10

At what point during infancy can babies tell the difference between their own mother's milk scent and another woman's milk scent?

Accepted Answer

A)  within a few days after birth 
B)  within a few weeks after birth 
C)  within a few months after birth 
D)  within a year after birth 
A)  within a few days after birth 
B)  within a few weeks after birth 
C)  within a few months after birth 
D)  within a year after birth

Question 11

Gender schema theory is based on ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Freudian psychoanalysis 
B)  Piaget's theory of development 
C)  biological inheritance theory 
D)  social learning theory 
A)  Freudian psychoanalysis 
B)  Piaget's theory of development 
C)  biological inheritance theory 
D)  social learning theory

Question 12

Older people who were often labeled as "senile" in the past, were most likely suffering from __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  normal aging 
B)  Parkinson's disease 
C)  Huntington's disease 
D)  Alzheimer's disease 
A)  normal aging 
B)  Parkinson's disease 
C)  Huntington's disease 
D)  Alzheimer's disease

Question 13

According to the most recent evidence, what can be said of Piaget's findings?

Accepted Answer

A)  The capacities of infants usually are not as high as claimed by Piaget. 
B)  Object permanence has been shown as early as 1 month of age, thus refuting Piaget's claim that it is not established until toddlerhood. 
C)  Piaget's theory seems to underestimate the age by which a child masters object permanence, indicating they are not as egocentric as Piaget believed. 
D)  Piaget's concept that the qualitative changes in cognitive processing are more important than the quantitative changes has been effectively refuted. 
A)  The capacities of infants usually are not as high as claimed by Piaget. 
B)  Object permanence has been shown as early as 1 month of age, thus refuting Piaget's claim that it is not established until toddlerhood. 
C)  Piaget's theory seems to underestimate the age by which a child masters object permanence, indicating they are not as egocentric as Piaget believed. 
D)  Piaget's concept that the qualitative changes in cognitive processing are more important than the quantitative changes has been effectively refuted.

Question 14

Comparing the same group of people on the same measure(s) over a lengthy time period defines _______ research.

Accepted Answer

A)  longitudinal 
B)  cross-sectional 
C)  basic 
D)  applied 
A)  longitudinal 
B)  cross-sectional 
C)  basic 
D)  applied

Question 15

Which of the following is the term that refers to the difference between what a child can do alone and what that child can do with the help of a teacher?

Accepted Answer

A)  scaffolding 
B)  conservation 
C)  hypothetical thinking 
D)  zone of proximal development 
A)  scaffolding 
B)  conservation 
C)  hypothetical thinking 
D)  zone of proximal development

Question 16

Discuss the terms nature and nurture as they pertain to human development.

Accepted Answer

The terms nature and nurture refer to th

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of temperament described by Thomas and Chess?

Accepted Answer

A)  active 
B)  slow-to-warm-up 
C)  difficult 
D)  easy 
A)  active 
B)  slow-to-warm-up 
C)  difficult 
D)  easy

Question 18

Monique says "milk" when she wants her milk from the kitchen counter. Subsequently, she says "milk" after she has had a drink. Using a single phrase to mean different things is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  telephrase. 
B)  private speech. 
C)  holophrase. 
D)  public speech. 
A)  telephrase. 
B)  private speech. 
C)  holophrase. 
D)  public speech.

Question 19

Menopause is the cessation of the menstrual cycle and ovulation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Ashani is 18 months old. When her mom leaves her at the babysitter's house, Ashani cries initially. After a few moments, she stops crying because her mom is "out of sight and out of mind." According to Piaget, which period of cognitive development would Ashani be in?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensorimotor 
B)  preoperational 
C)  concrete operations 
D)  formal operations 
A)  sensorimotor 
B)  preoperational 
C)  concrete operations 
D)  formal operations

A trait controlled by a dominant gene will _______.

Piaget's term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is _______.

Kohlberg found that the typical responses of adolescents to the moral dilemmas he presented them were at the _______ level.

Tim and Jean are both young adolescents who are maturing earlier than most of their peers. Based on this information, which of the following is MOST likely to be true?

Which of the following is defined as a gene that controls the appearance of a certain trait?

Sheila was born a female with only one X chromosome on the 23^rd pair. As a result, she is very short, infertile, and sexually underdeveloped. With which disorder is she likely to be diagnosed?

Which of the following is the MOST common cause of death in middle adulthood?

Hector is 70 years old and has just retired from a career as a lawyer. He is now spending time looking back on his life and is recognizing, as well as coming to terms with, mistakes, regrets, and unfinished business. Hector is engaging in a process called _______.

Monozygotic twins _______.

At what point during infancy can babies tell the difference between their own mother's milk scent and another woman's milk scent?

Gender schema theory is based on ________.

Older people who were often labeled as "senile" in the past, were most likely suffering from __________.

According to the most recent evidence, what can be said of Piaget's findings?

Comparing the same group of people on the same measure(s) over a lengthy time period defines _______ research.

Which of the following is the term that refers to the difference between what a child can do alone and what that child can do with the help of a teacher?

Discuss the terms nature and nurture as they pertain to human development.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of temperament described by Thomas and Chess?

Monique says "milk" when she wants her milk from the kitchen counter. Subsequently, she says "milk" after she has had a drink. Using a single phrase to mean different things is an example of

Menopause is the cessation of the menstrual cycle and ovulation.

Ashani is 18 months old. When her mom leaves her at the babysitter's house, Ashani cries initially. After a few moments, she stops crying because her mom is "out of sight and out of mind." According to Piaget, which period of cognitive development would Ashani be in?

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Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

A trait controlled by a dominant gene will _______.

Piaget's term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is _______.

Kohlberg found that the typical responses of adolescents to the moral dilemmas he presented them were at the _______ level.

Tim and Jean are both young adolescents who are maturing earlier than most of their peers. Based on this information, which of the following is MOST likely to be true?

Which of the following is defined as a gene that controls the appearance of a certain trait?

Sheila was born a female with only one X chromosome on the 23rd pair. As a result, she is very short, infertile, and sexually underdeveloped. With which disorder is she likely to be diagnosed?

Which of the following is the MOST common cause of death in middle adulthood?

Hector is 70 years old and has just retired from a career as a lawyer. He is now spending time looking back on his life and is recognizing, as well as coming to terms with, mistakes, regrets, and unfinished business. Hector is engaging in a process called _______.

Monozygotic twins _______.

At what point during infancy can babies tell the difference between their own mother's milk scent and another woman's milk scent?

Gender schema theory is based on ________.

Older people who were often labeled as "senile" in the past, were most likely suffering from __________.

According to the most recent evidence, what can be said of Piaget's findings?

Comparing the same group of people on the same measure(s) over a lengthy time period defines _______ research.

Which of the following is the term that refers to the difference between what a child can do alone and what that child can do with the help of a teacher?

Discuss the terms nature and nurture as they pertain to human development.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of temperament described by Thomas and Chess?

Monique says "milk" when she wants her milk from the kitchen counter. Subsequently, she says "milk" after she has had a drink. Using a single phrase to mean different things is an example of

Menopause is the cessation of the menstrual cycle and ovulation.

Ashani is 18 months old. When her mom leaves her at the babysitter's house, Ashani cries initially. After a few moments, she stops crying because her mom is "out of sight and out of mind." According to Piaget, which period of cognitive development would Ashani be in?

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

Social Psychology

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Filters

Sheila was born a female with only one X chromosome on the 23^rd pair. As a result, she is very short, infertile, and sexually underdeveloped. With which disorder is she likely to be diagnosed?