Question 1

Which of the following statements is TRUE about separation and loss in infancy?

Accepted Answer

A) The most profound responses occur if the separation takes place before 6 months. 
B) Babies who suffer a loss of the primary caregiver will not suffer any developmental delays. 
C) There appear to be more problems for children who fail to form an attachment than for those who lose their primary caregiver. 
D) There are more behavior problems from stable homes in which the mother has died than from homes with family problems that caused a breakup. 
A) The most profound responses occur if the separation takes place before 6 months. 
B) Babies who suffer a loss of the primary caregiver will not suffer any developmental delays. 
C) There appear to be more problems for children who fail to form an attachment than for those who lose their primary caregiver. 
D) There are more behavior problems from stable homes in which the mother has died than from homes with family problems that caused a breakup. C

Question 2

The following statements about breastfeeding are true EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) it is recommended that infants be breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months of life. 
B) a mother passes her antibodies through her breastmilk to the baby. 
C) long-term benefits of breastfeeding include reducing type I and type II diabetes. 
D) breastfeeding should stop after 6 months of age. 
A) it is recommended that infants be breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months of life. 
B) a mother passes her antibodies through her breastmilk to the baby. 
C) long-term benefits of breastfeeding include reducing type I and type II diabetes. 
D) breastfeeding should stop after 6 months of age. D

Question 3

Which of the following statements is FALSE about quality day care?

Accepted Answer

A) The child-to-adult ratio is high. 
B) Caregivers have less authoritarian beliefs about child rearing. 
C) The provision of stimulating physical facilities 
D) The quality of caregiving is typically higher among in-home caregivers compared to caregiving in childcare centers. 
A) The child-to-adult ratio is high. 
B) Caregivers have less authoritarian beliefs about child rearing. 
C) The provision of stimulating physical facilities 
D) The quality of caregiving is typically higher among in-home caregivers compared to caregiving in childcare centers. A

Question 4

Which of the following statements is FALSE about Native American adoptions?

Accepted Answer

A) Adoptions involving Native American children require a release from the birth parents and the tribe. 
B) In order to reduce time in foster care for Native American children, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act, which prohibits adoption decisions based solely on race, color, or national origin. 
C) In order to preserve cultural heritage, Native American tribes feel that Native American children need to be raised by Native American families. 
D) In the 50s and 60s, many Native American children were removed from their families and were deprived of their culture and heritage. 
A) Adoptions involving Native American children require a release from the birth parents and the tribe. 
B) In order to reduce time in foster care for Native American children, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act, which prohibits adoption decisions based solely on race, color, or national origin. 
C) In order to preserve cultural heritage, Native American tribes feel that Native American children need to be raised by Native American families. 
D) In the 50s and 60s, many Native American children were removed from their families and were deprived of their culture and heritage.

Question 5

The strange situation procedure for measuring attachment was developed by

Accepted Answer

A) Bowlby. 
B) Zeaneh. 
C) Ainsworth. 
D) Main and Solomon. 
A) Bowlby. 
B) Zeaneh. 
C) Ainsworth. 
D) Main and Solomon.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is FALSE about parents with a history of developmental delay?

Accepted Answer

A) They may lack judgment about what is safe handling of an infant. 
B) They may lack the capacity to love an infant. 
C) They may lack the ability to be flexible and adapt their responses to the changing needs of a growing child. 
D) They may be unable to budget and plan finances adequately or access resources in a crisis. 
A) They may lack judgment about what is safe handling of an infant. 
B) They may lack the capacity to love an infant. 
C) They may lack the ability to be flexible and adapt their responses to the changing needs of a growing child. 
D) They may be unable to budget and plan finances adequately or access resources in a crisis.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is TRUE about failure to thrive infants?

Accepted Answer

A) Failure to thrive is usually associated with maternal deprivation. 
B) Usually failure to thrive cases can be divided into those with identifiable organic and nonorganic causes. 
C) Failure to thrive is often an interaction between biologic and environmental factors. 
D) Failure to thrive infants start life at a low birth weight. 
A) Failure to thrive is usually associated with maternal deprivation. 
B) Usually failure to thrive cases can be divided into those with identifiable organic and nonorganic causes. 
C) Failure to thrive is often an interaction between biologic and environmental factors. 
D) Failure to thrive infants start life at a low birth weight.

Question 8

Thomas and Chess identified three temperament types. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?

Accepted Answer

A) Slow to warm up 
B) Easy 
C) Disorganized 
D) Difficult 
A) Slow to warm up 
B) Easy 
C) Disorganized 
D) Difficult

Question 9

Which of the following statements is TRUE about attachment theory?

Accepted Answer

A) The caregiver and the infant seem to both be biologically programmed to form an attachment. 
B) The infant forms an attachment with the caregiver because that person fulfills the infant's need for food. 
C) Adults do not instinctively know how to talk to a baby; they have to be instructed in the proper method. 
D) The primitive infant reflexes of grasping, sucking, and rooting are not appealing to parents, so these reflexes disappear quickly or they will interfere with attachment. 
A) The caregiver and the infant seem to both be biologically programmed to form an attachment. 
B) The infant forms an attachment with the caregiver because that person fulfills the infant's need for food. 
C) Adults do not instinctively know how to talk to a baby; they have to be instructed in the proper method. 
D) The primitive infant reflexes of grasping, sucking, and rooting are not appealing to parents, so these reflexes disappear quickly or they will interfere with attachment.

Question 10

Which of the following scenarios is an example of separation anxiety?

Accepted Answer

A) Tommy hits his 10-month-old brother, John. Now, whenever John sees Tommy in the room, John begins to cry. 
B) Kerry has been in day care since she was three months old. She has always seemed happy there. But now she is 10 months old and has started to cry every morning as soon as she sees the door to the day care center. 
C) Andrea is laying in her crib, about to fall asleep. A car backfires outside her window and Andrea begins to cry. 
D) Adrian's mother walks into a crowded store, holding Adrian in her arms. Adrian looks at the strangers in the room and pushes away from his mother's arms. 
A) Tommy hits his 10-month-old brother, John. Now, whenever John sees Tommy in the room, John begins to cry. 
B) Kerry has been in day care since she was three months old. She has always seemed happy there. But now she is 10 months old and has started to cry every morning as soon as she sees the door to the day care center. 
C) Andrea is laying in her crib, about to fall asleep. A car backfires outside her window and Andrea begins to cry. 
D) Adrian's mother walks into a crowded store, holding Adrian in her arms. Adrian looks at the strangers in the room and pushes away from his mother's arms.

Question 11

Which of the following statements is FALSE about research in information processing?

Accepted Answer

A) Research suggests that parents should schedule structured teaching sessions with their infants to facilitate learning and enhance infant/parent interactions. 
B) Research suggests that babies may achieve object permanence earlier than Piaget suggested. 
C) Research suggests that babies have an innate core of knowledge of the world. 
D) Research suggests that information processing may be used to identify children at risk of developing learning problems. 
A) Research suggests that parents should schedule structured teaching sessions with their infants to facilitate learning and enhance infant/parent interactions. 
B) Research suggests that babies may achieve object permanence earlier than Piaget suggested. 
C) Research suggests that babies have an innate core of knowledge of the world. 
D) Research suggests that information processing may be used to identify children at risk of developing learning problems.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is FALSE about adoptive families?

Accepted Answer

A) Openly adopted children who maintain contact with their birth mothers are not confused about their parents' identity. 
B) Families can decide together how much contact they want birth parents to have as part of their adoption plan. 
C) Open adoption has the best outcomes for children. 
D) Adopted and non-adopted children have the same rates of clinical intervention required for severe behavioral problems. 
A) Openly adopted children who maintain contact with their birth mothers are not confused about their parents' identity. 
B) Families can decide together how much contact they want birth parents to have as part of their adoption plan. 
C) Open adoption has the best outcomes for children. 
D) Adopted and non-adopted children have the same rates of clinical intervention required for severe behavioral problems.

Question 13

Ron and Sue had a baby in the hopes of saving their marriage. The baby, however, is fussy and demanding. Lack of sleep has intensified the tension between the couple. The more they fight, the more demanding the baby becomes. The more the baby demands, the more the couple argues. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) marital problems. 
B) the transactional family pattern. 
C) circular family influences. 
D) infant responsiveness. 
A) marital problems. 
B) the transactional family pattern. 
C) circular family influences. 
D) infant responsiveness.

Question 14

Which of the following has NOT been associated with an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome?

Accepted Answer

A) Exposure to tobacco smoke 
B) Placing the infant on his stomach to sleep 
C) Placing the infant in the caregiver's bed to sleep 
D) Prematurity 
A) Exposure to tobacco smoke 
B) Placing the infant on his stomach to sleep 
C) Placing the infant in the caregiver's bed to sleep 
D) Prematurity

Question 15

Depression can interfere with parenting an infant in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) the depressed parent is less responsive to the infant. 
B) the depressed parent is less inclined to play with the infant. 
C) the depressed parent is less likely to change the infant's diapers. 
D) the depressed parent makes less eye contact when feeding the infant. 
A) the depressed parent is less responsive to the infant. 
B) the depressed parent is less inclined to play with the infant. 
C) the depressed parent is less likely to change the infant's diapers. 
D) the depressed parent makes less eye contact when feeding the infant.

Question 16

Seth's mother is playing a game with him. She hides his favorite bear under a couch pillow. Seth pushes the pillow aside and picks up his bear. Seth is displaying

Accepted Answer

A) problem solving. 
B) object permanence. 
C) memory. 
D) primary circular reactions. 
A) problem solving. 
B) object permanence. 
C) memory. 
D) primary circular reactions.

Question 17

Fahlbery (1991)offered the following guidelines for children placed in foster care EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) children should participate in their own placement decision. 
B) siblings should be placed in the same foster home whenever possible. 
C) caregivers should continue visiting the child in foster care. 
D) the child's previous caregivers should participate in the placement decision. 
A) children should participate in their own placement decision. 
B) siblings should be placed in the same foster home whenever possible. 
C) caregivers should continue visiting the child in foster care. 
D) the child's previous caregivers should participate in the placement decision.

Question 18

All of the following might place a baby at risk for attachment failure EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) prematurity. 
B) maternal depression. 
C) high levels of environmental stress. 
D) substance abuse by parents. 
A) prematurity. 
B) maternal depression. 
C) high levels of environmental stress. 
D) substance abuse by parents.

Question 19

When David cries, he cries out loud. His mother has always had a hard time taking him anywhere. Crowds upset him. He hates changes in his routine. He spits out new foods. His mother has a hard time planning her day because she never knows when she will be able to get him down for his nap. He is so vigorous and demanding, she needs the nap more than he does. Which temperament type does David most likely have?

Accepted Answer

A) Slow to warm up 
B) Active 
C) Disorganized 
D) Difficult 
A) Slow to warm up 
B) Active 
C) Disorganized 
D) Difficult

Question 20

Now Kerry wants to take her blanket to day care with her every morning. She calms faster and seems happier when allowed to keep her blanket after her mother leaves. The blanket serves as

Accepted Answer

A) a comfort object. 
B) a substitute caregiver. 
C) a transference object. 
D) a transitional object. 
A) a comfort object. 
B) a substitute caregiver. 
C) a transference object. 
D) a transitional object.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about separation and loss in infancy?

The following statements about breastfeeding are true EXCEPT

Which of the following statements is FALSE about quality day care?

Which of the following statements is FALSE about Native American adoptions?

The strange situation procedure for measuring attachment was developed by

Which of the following statements is FALSE about parents with a history of developmental delay?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about failure to thrive infants?

Thomas and Chess identified three temperament types. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about attachment theory?

Which of the following scenarios is an example of separation anxiety?

Which of the following statements is FALSE about research in information processing?

Which of the following statements is FALSE about adoptive families?

Which of the following has NOT been associated with an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome?

Depression can interfere with parenting an infant in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Seth's mother is playing a game with him. She hides his favorite bear under a couch pillow. Seth pushes the pillow aside and picks up his bear. Seth is displaying

Fahlbery (1991)offered the following guidelines for children placed in foster care EXCEPT

All of the following might place a baby at risk for attachment failure EXCEPT

Now Kerry wants to take her blanket to day care with her every morning. She calms faster and seems happier when allowed to keep her blanket after her mother leaves. The blanket serves as

Introduction to Human Behavior in the Social Environment

An Integrative Multidimensional Framework for Assessing Current and Developmental Concerns

Pregnancy

Early Childhood

Middle Childhood

Adolescence

Emerging and Young Adulthood

Middle Adulthood

Late and Very Late Adulthood

Filters

Exam 4: Infancy

Which of the following statements is TRUE about separation and loss in infancy?

The following statements about breastfeeding are true EXCEPT

Which of the following statements is FALSE about quality day care?

Which of the following statements is FALSE about Native American adoptions?

The strange situation procedure for measuring attachment was developed by

Which of the following statements is FALSE about parents with a history of developmental delay?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about failure to thrive infants?

Thomas and Chess identified three temperament types. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about attachment theory?

Which of the following scenarios is an example of separation anxiety?

Which of the following statements is FALSE about research in information processing?

Which of the following statements is FALSE about adoptive families?

Which of the following has NOT been associated with an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome?

Depression can interfere with parenting an infant in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Seth's mother is playing a game with him. She hides his favorite bear under a couch pillow. Seth pushes the pillow aside and picks up his bear. Seth is displaying

Fahlbery (1991)offered the following guidelines for children placed in foster care EXCEPT

All of the following might place a baby at risk for attachment failure EXCEPT

Now Kerry wants to take her blanket to day care with her every morning. She calms faster and seems happier when allowed to keep her blanket after her mother leaves. The blanket serves as

Introduction to Human Behavior in the Social Environment

An Integrative Multidimensional Framework for Assessing Current and Developmental Concerns

Pregnancy

Early Childhood

Middle Childhood

Adolescence

Emerging and Young Adulthood

Middle Adulthood

Late and Very Late Adulthood

Filters