Question 1

Regarding infants' learning abilities, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Research evidence shows that learning begins prenatally. 
B) Infants can learn simple responses at young ages. 
C) Infants can remember learned responses for days or weeks. 
D) Infants as young as six months old can retain memories for faces. 
E) Infants are active perceivers and passive learners in their environment. 
A) Research evidence shows that learning begins prenatally. 
B) Infants can learn simple responses at young ages. 
C) Infants can remember learned responses for days or weeks. 
D) Infants as young as six months old can retain memories for faces. 
E) Infants are active perceivers and passive learners in their environment.

Question 2

The Strange Situation was developed to study

Accepted Answer

A) imprinting in birds. 
B) attachment in monkeys. 
C) attachment in human infants. 
D) bonding with surrogate mothers. 
E) temperament of human infants. 
A) imprinting in birds. 
B) attachment in monkeys. 
C) attachment in human infants. 
D) bonding with surrogate mothers. 
E) temperament of human infants.

Question 3

All but which of the following cognitive abilities generally decline after early adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A) rapid problem solving 
B) memory for newly acquired information 
C) perception of relationships among patterns 
D) rapid abstract reasoning 
E) application of acquired knowledge 
A) rapid problem solving 
B) memory for newly acquired information 
C) perception of relationships among patterns 
D) rapid abstract reasoning 
E) application of acquired knowledge

Question 4

Disbelief that one is really dying is characteristic of which stage of death and dying?

Accepted Answer

A) depression 
B) acceptance 
C) denial 
D) bargaining 
E) anger 
A) depression 
B) acceptance 
C) denial 
D) bargaining 
E) anger

Question 5

Vygotsky saw cognitive development through the lens of children's

Accepted Answer

A) egocentrism. 
B) culture and social worlds. 
C) biological programming. 
D) parental controls. 
E) schemas. 
A) egocentrism. 
B) culture and social worlds. 
C) biological programming. 
D) parental controls. 
E) schemas.

Question 6

Which of the following answers to the "Heinz dilemma" best reflects postconventional moral reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A) Heinz should steal the drug because he needs his wife and she might die without it. 
B) Heinz should steal the drug to avoid being blamed if his wife dies. 
C) People would lose respect for Heinz if he didn't at least try to save his wife by stealing the drug. 
D) Heinz must steal the drug because he has a duty to protect his wife. 
E) Heinz would be morally wrong not to steal the drug because it would violate his belief in the absolute value of human life. 
A) Heinz should steal the drug because he needs his wife and she might die without it. 
B) Heinz should steal the drug to avoid being blamed if his wife dies. 
C) People would lose respect for Heinz if he didn't at least try to save his wife by stealing the drug. 
D) Heinz must steal the drug because he has a duty to protect his wife. 
E) Heinz would be morally wrong not to steal the drug because it would violate his belief in the absolute value of human life.

Question 7

Fourth-grade teacher Julie Farraday finds that her students are very eager to be helpful. They seem to care about being productive and involved in the class, as well as in their school. Farraday's students are best described at which stage of psychosocial development?

Accepted Answer

A) Autonomy vs. shame and doubt 
B) Trust vs. mistrust 
C) Initiative vs. guilt 
D) Identity vs. role diffusion 
E) Industry vs. inferiority 
A) Autonomy vs. shame and doubt 
B) Trust vs. mistrust 
C) Initiative vs. guilt 
D) Identity vs. role diffusion 
E) Industry vs. inferiority

Question 8

Regular exercise is associated with all but which of the following benefits?

Accepted Answer

A) increased life expectancy 
B) decreased late-life depression 
C) lower risk of heart disease and stroke 
D) preservation of cognitive functioning 
E) lower risk of all types of cancer 
A) increased life expectancy 
B) decreased late-life depression 
C) lower risk of heart disease and stroke 
D) preservation of cognitive functioning 
E) lower risk of all types of cancer

Question 9

What type of infant temperament is generally associated with better adjustment in adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A) inhibited 
B) slow-to-warm-up 
C) difficult 
D) easy 
E) secure 
A) inhibited 
B) slow-to-warm-up 
C) difficult 
D) easy 
E) secure

Question 10

Wilfred was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He is beginning to feel a sense of loss and hopelessness. This is characteristic of which stage of death and dying?

Accepted Answer

A) anger 
B) depression 
C) denial 
D) acceptance 
E) bargaining 
A) anger 
B) depression 
C) denial 
D) acceptance 
E) bargaining

Question 11

In Vygotsky's terms, the range between a child's present level of skills and knowledge and their potential level of skills and knowledge with appropriate guidance is called the child's

Accepted Answer

A) space of scaffolding. 
B) region of growth. 
C) zone of proximal development. 
D) zone of equilibrium. 
E) schema space. 
A) space of scaffolding. 
B) region of growth. 
C) zone of proximal development. 
D) zone of equilibrium. 
E) schema space.

Question 12

In the film " Fly Away Home ," a group of abandoned goslings develop a strong bond with a young girl. Since their mother is not there, the girl teaches the geese to fly using an ultralite airplane. This film is a good example of which concept from development psychology?

Accepted Answer

A) Attachment 
B) Parenting styles 
C) Conservation 
D) Temperament 
E) Imprinting 
A) Attachment 
B) Parenting styles 
C) Conservation 
D) Temperament 
E) Imprinting

Question 13

A medical doctor believes that terminally ill people have the right to control the time and circumstances of their death. Despite the fact that assisting a suicide is illegal, the doctor provides the means for many terminally ill people to end their lives. The doctor's actions best fit which level of moral reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A) postconventional 
B) preconventional 
C) conventional 
D) unconventional 
E) formal operational 
A) postconventional 
B) preconventional 
C) conventional 
D) unconventional 
E) formal operational

Question 14

All of the following are stages in Kohlberg's theory EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) social contract orientation. 
B) care and justice orientation. 
C) universal ethical principle orientation. 
D) obedience and punishment orientation. 
E) authority or law-and-order orientation. 
A) social contract orientation. 
B) care and justice orientation. 
C) universal ethical principle orientation. 
D) obedience and punishment orientation. 
E) authority or law-and-order orientation.

Question 15

In the Moro reflex, a newborn infant

Accepted Answer

A) blinks for protection against light or foreign objects. 
B) extends its arms and arches its back when its head falls backward or in response to loud noise. 
C) turns its head towards a cheek that has been touched. 
D) fans out and curls its toes when the sole of its foot is stroked. 
E) curls its fingers around an object that touches the palm. 
A) blinks for protection against light or foreign objects. 
B) extends its arms and arches its back when its head falls backward or in response to loud noise. 
C) turns its head towards a cheek that has been touched. 
D) fans out and curls its toes when the sole of its foot is stroked. 
E) curls its fingers around an object that touches the palm.

Question 16

Compared to the other temperament groups, difficult infants are more likely to experience all but which of the following in childhood?

Accepted Answer

A) develop acting-out behaviors 
B) develop mental health problems 
C) be highly spirited 
D) not be a "pushover" 
E) anxiety or depression 
A) develop acting-out behaviors 
B) develop mental health problems 
C) be highly spirited 
D) not be a "pushover" 
E) anxiety or depression

Question 17

Fifteen-year-old Erica is predicted to experience which psychosocial crisis?

Accepted Answer

A) industry vs. inferiority 
B) identity vs. role diffusion 
C) intimacy vs. isolation 
D) initiative vs. guilt 
E) integrity vs. despair 
A) industry vs. inferiority 
B) identity vs. role diffusion 
C) intimacy vs. isolation 
D) initiative vs. guilt 
E) integrity vs. despair

Question 18

What is the correct order of stages in prenatal development?

Accepted Answer

A) germinal, embryonic, fetal 
B) germinal, fetal, embryonic 
C) embryonic, germinal, fetal 
D) embryonic, fetal, germinal 
E) fetal, germinal, embryonic 
A) germinal, embryonic, fetal 
B) germinal, fetal, embryonic 
C) embryonic, germinal, fetal 
D) embryonic, fetal, germinal 
E) fetal, germinal, embryonic

Question 19

Other factors being equal, which child is at highest risk for negative outcomes in adolescence like poor school performance and low self-confidence?

Accepted Answer

A) a boy raised by permissive parents 
B) a girl raised by permissive parents 
C) a boy raised by authoritarian parents 
D) a girl raised by authoritarian parents 
E) a boy or girl raised by authoritative parents 
A) a boy raised by permissive parents 
B) a girl raised by permissive parents 
C) a boy raised by authoritarian parents 
D) a girl raised by authoritarian parents 
E) a boy or girl raised by authoritative parents

Question 20

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's model of death and dying is based on

Accepted Answer

A) observations of terminally ill people and their families. 
B) case studies of the journals of terminally ill people. 
C) case studies of people with infamous deaths. 
D) interviews with people who work with the terminally ill - hospice workers, nurses, doctors, and chaplains. 
E) interviews with terminally ill people. 
A) observations of terminally ill people and their families. 
B) case studies of the journals of terminally ill people. 
C) case studies of people with infamous deaths. 
D) interviews with people who work with the terminally ill - hospice workers, nurses, doctors, and chaplains. 
E) interviews with terminally ill people.

Regarding infants' learning abilities, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The Strange Situation was developed to study

All but which of the following cognitive abilities generally decline after early adulthood?

Disbelief that one is really dying is characteristic of which stage of death and dying?

Vygotsky saw cognitive development through the lens of children's

Which of the following answers to the "Heinz dilemma" best reflects postconventional moral reasoning?

Fourth-grade teacher Julie Farraday finds that her students are very eager to be helpful. They seem to care about being productive and involved in the class, as well as in their school. Farraday's students are best described at which stage of psychosocial development?

Regular exercise is associated with all but which of the following benefits?

What type of infant temperament is generally associated with better adjustment in adulthood?

Wilfred was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He is beginning to feel a sense of loss and hopelessness. This is characteristic of which stage of death and dying?

In Vygotsky's terms, the range between a child's present level of skills and knowledge and their potential level of skills and knowledge with appropriate guidance is called the child's

In the film " Fly Away Home ," a group of abandoned goslings develop a strong bond with a young girl. Since their mother is not there, the girl teaches the geese to fly using an ultralite airplane. This film is a good example of which concept from development psychology?

All of the following are stages in Kohlberg's theory EXCEPT

In the Moro reflex, a newborn infant

Compared to the other temperament groups, difficult infants are more likely to experience all but which of the following in childhood?

Fifteen-year-old Erica is predicted to experience which psychosocial crisis?

What is the correct order of stages in prenatal development?

Other factors being equal, which child is at highest risk for negative outcomes in adolescence like poor school performance and low self-confidence?

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's model of death and dying is based on

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Exam 9: Human Development

Regarding infants' learning abilities, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The Strange Situation was developed to study

All but which of the following cognitive abilities generally decline after early adulthood?

Disbelief that one is really dying is characteristic of which stage of death and dying?

Vygotsky saw cognitive development through the lens of children's

Which of the following answers to the "Heinz dilemma" best reflects postconventional moral reasoning?

Fourth-grade teacher Julie Farraday finds that her students are very eager to be helpful. They seem to care about being productive and involved in the class, as well as in their school. Farraday's students are best described at which stage of psychosocial development?

Regular exercise is associated with all but which of the following benefits?

What type of infant temperament is generally associated with better adjustment in adulthood?

Wilfred was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He is beginning to feel a sense of loss and hopelessness. This is characteristic of which stage of death and dying?

In Vygotsky's terms, the range between a child's present level of skills and knowledge and their potential level of skills and knowledge with appropriate guidance is called the child's

In the film " Fly Away Home ," a group of abandoned goslings develop a strong bond with a young girl. Since their mother is not there, the girl teaches the geese to fly using an ultralite airplane. This film is a good example of which concept from development psychology?

All of the following are stages in Kohlberg's theory EXCEPT

In the Moro reflex, a newborn infant

Compared to the other temperament groups, difficult infants are more likely to experience all but which of the following in childhood?

Fifteen-year-old Erica is predicted to experience which psychosocial crisis?

What is the correct order of stages in prenatal development?

Other factors being equal, which child is at highest risk for negative outcomes in adolescence like poor school performance and low self-confidence?

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's model of death and dying is based on

The Science of Psychology

Biological Foundations of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking Language and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Psychology and Health

Personality

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Methods of Therapy

Filters