Question 1

Which of these represents Piaget's concept of "conservation"?​

Accepted Answer

A) It is important to try to see something from another person's perspective. 
B) ​An object continues to exist even if you are not looking at it. 
C) ​The number, weight, and volume of an object remain the same after change of shape. 
D) ​Someone who wasn't present when you saw something may not know what you know. 
A) It is important to try to see something from another person's perspective. 
B) ​An object continues to exist even if you are not looking at it. 
C) ​The number, weight, and volume of an object remain the same after change of shape. 
D) ​Someone who wasn't present when you saw something may not know what you know.

Question 2

​How might an investigator test for the concept of conservation?

Accepted Answer

A) Place a toy behind a barrier and see whether the child reaches around it to get the toy. 
B) ​Ask a hypothetical question, such as "How could we move a mountain of whipped cream from one part of the city to another?" 
C) ​Show the child two equal rows of coins and then spread out one row and ask whether the rows are still the same. 
D) ​Demonstrate a way of playing with a toy, then give the child the toy and see whether he or she plays with it the same way. 
A) Place a toy behind a barrier and see whether the child reaches around it to get the toy. 
B) ​Ask a hypothetical question, such as "How could we move a mountain of whipped cream from one part of the city to another?" 
C) ​Show the child two equal rows of coins and then spread out one row and ask whether the rows are still the same. 
D) ​Demonstrate a way of playing with a toy, then give the child the toy and see whether he or she plays with it the same way.

Question 3

​According to current evidence,how are children affected if they are reared by gays or lesbians?

Accepted Answer

A) They have a greater than 50 percent probability of being gay or lesbian themselves. 
B) ​They perform as well as average socially, but not intellectually. 
C) ​They perform as well as average intellectually, but not socially. 
D) ​They develop about the same as other children. 
A) They have a greater than 50 percent probability of being gay or lesbian themselves. 
B) ​They perform as well as average socially, but not intellectually. 
C) ​They perform as well as average intellectually, but not socially. 
D) ​They develop about the same as other children.

Question 4

​Which of the following can people do ONLY after reaching the stage of formal operations?

Accepted Answer

A) Understand which people are likely to know something, and which people are not 
B) ​Correctly answer questions about conservation of mass and volume 
C) ​Describe how something might look from another person's perspective 
D) ​Systematically plan approaches to hypothetical problems 
A) Understand which people are likely to know something, and which people are not 
B) ​Correctly answer questions about conservation of mass and volume 
C) ​Describe how something might look from another person's perspective 
D) ​Systematically plan approaches to hypothetical problems

Question 5

​What did Piaget mean by an "operation" (as in "concrete operations")?

Accepted Answer

A) A reversible mental process 
B) ​A pattern of brain activity 
C) ​A way of answering hypothetical questions 
D) ​An algorithm for solving a problem 
A) A reversible mental process 
B) ​A pattern of brain activity 
C) ​A way of answering hypothetical questions 
D) ​An algorithm for solving a problem

Question 6

A psychologist shows equal rows of coins,spreads out one row,and asks which row has more.What concept is she probably testing?​

Accepted Answer

A) Accommodation 
B) ​Theory of mind 
C) ​Assimilation 
D) ​Conservation 
A) Accommodation 
B) ​Theory of mind 
C) ​Assimilation 
D) ​Conservation

Question 7

Infants who cry easily are likely to grow up to have much anxiety in adulthood.That statement must be based on which kind of study?​

Accepted Answer

A) Longitudinal 
B) ​Cross-sectional 
C) ​Single-blind 
D) ​Double-blind 
A) Longitudinal 
B) ​Cross-sectional 
C) ​Single-blind 
D) ​Double-blind

Question 8

A cross-sectional research study of development examines what?​

Accepted Answer

A) People of different ages, at the same time 
B) ​People of different cultures, at the same time 
C) ​One group of people, repeatedly as they grow older 
D) ​Many types of behavior, for one group at one time 
A) People of different ages, at the same time 
B) ​People of different cultures, at the same time 
C) ​One group of people, repeatedly as they grow older 
D) ​Many types of behavior, for one group at one time

Question 9

​What observation persuaded Piaget that young children lack the concept of object permanence?

Accepted Answer

A) They don't reach around a barrier to retrieve a toy. 
B) ​They look away from a toy after seeing it for only a few seconds. 
C) ​They say that a row of coins has more after they are spread out. 
D) ​They say that a ball of clay weighs more after it has been squashed flat. 
A) They don't reach around a barrier to retrieve a toy. 
B) ​They look away from a toy after seeing it for only a few seconds. 
C) ​They say that a row of coins has more after they are spread out. 
D) ​They say that a ball of clay weighs more after it has been squashed flat.

Question 10

A researcher studies one group as they grow older in which type of study?​

Accepted Answer

A) Retrospective 
B) ​Longitudinal 
C) ​Cross-cultural 
D) ​Cross-sectional 
A) Retrospective 
B) ​Longitudinal 
C) ​Cross-cultural 
D) ​Cross-sectional

Question 11

Most 60-year-olds prefer different music than 20-year-olds.One interpretation is that people's preferences change as they grow older.What is another interpretation?​

Accepted Answer

A) The differences are due to dishabituation.​ 
B) ​The differences represent a cohort effect. 
C) ​The differences are due to equilibration. 
D) ​The differences represent the zone of proximal development. 
A) The differences are due to dishabituation.​ 
B) ​The differences represent a cohort effect. 
C) ​The differences are due to equilibration. 
D) ​The differences represent the zone of proximal development.

Question 12

What evidence indicates that newborn infants can distinguish between the sounds "ba" and "pa"?​

Accepted Answer

A) The sound "pa" causes a heart rate increase, and "ba" causes a decrease. 
B) ​After habituating to one sound, they dishabituate when they hear the other one. 
C) ​Their babbling includes both of these sounds at different times. 
D) ​They turn their heads toward "ba" but not toward "pa." 
A) The sound "pa" causes a heart rate increase, and "ba" causes a decrease. 
B) ​After habituating to one sound, they dishabituate when they hear the other one. 
C) ​Their babbling includes both of these sounds at different times. 
D) ​They turn their heads toward "ba" but not toward "pa."

Question 13

If you were conducting a longitudinal study of development,what would you do?​

Accepted Answer

A) Compare people to monkeys and chimpanzees. 
B) ​Compare people from several cultures. 
C) ​Compare a group at one time to the same group at a later time. 
D) ​Compare people of different ages at the same time. 
A) Compare people to monkeys and chimpanzees. 
B) ​Compare people from several cultures. 
C) ​Compare a group at one time to the same group at a later time. 
D) ​Compare people of different ages at the same time.

Question 14

Evidence suggests that which of these prompts people to develop a "collectivist" culture?​

Accepted Answer

A) A prolonged period of peace 
B) ​High vulnerability to communicable diseases 
C) ​A history of rice farming 
D) ​Sexual jealousy 
A) A prolonged period of peace 
B) ​High vulnerability to communicable diseases 
C) ​A history of rice farming 
D) ​Sexual jealousy

Question 15

​What causes a human fetus's first muscle movements?

Accepted Answer

A) Touch stimuli cause them. 
B) ​Visual stimuli cause them. 
C) ​Sounds cause them. 
D) ​The brain causes them without any stimuli. 
A) Touch stimuli cause them. 
B) ​Visual stimuli cause them. 
C) ​Sounds cause them. 
D) ​The brain causes them without any stimuli.

Question 16

An infant increases its sucking rate when it hears a sound.After repetitions of that sound,the sucking rate declines.What term applies to this decrease of response?​

Accepted Answer

A) Sensitization 
B) ​Habituation 
C) ​Dishabituation 
D) ​Confabulation 
A) Sensitization 
B) ​Habituation 
C) ​Dishabituation 
D) ​Confabulation

Question 17

​How has the condition of biracial children apparently changed over decades?

Accepted Answer

A) They have more academic difficulty than in the past. 
B) ​They have more health problems than in the past. 
C) ​They have better social acceptance than in the past. 
D) ​They report more turmoil and stress than in the past. 
A) They have more academic difficulty than in the past. 
B) ​They have more health problems than in the past. 
C) ​They have better social acceptance than in the past. 
D) ​They report more turmoil and stress than in the past.

Question 18

​In which of these regards do boys and girls show the greatest difference?

Accepted Answer

A) Overall intelligence 
B) ​Interests 
C) ​Ability to learn math 
D) ​Ability to learn chess 
A) Overall intelligence 
B) ​Interests 
C) ​Ability to learn math 
D) ​Ability to learn chess

Question 19

When children are in Piaget's preoperational stage,what do they often have trouble distinguishing?​

Accepted Answer

A) They often seem not to distinguish between pleasant and unpleasant. 
B) ​They often seem not to distinguish between appearance and reality. 
C) ​They often seem not to distinguish between children and adults. 
D) ​They often seem not to distinguish between happy and sad. 
A) They often seem not to distinguish between pleasant and unpleasant. 
B) ​They often seem not to distinguish between appearance and reality. 
C) ​They often seem not to distinguish between children and adults. 
D) ​They often seem not to distinguish between happy and sad.

Question 20

​How does drinking alcohol during pregnancy endanger a developing fetus?

Accepted Answer

A) It prevents oxygen from crossing through the placenta to the fetus. 
B) ​It decreases the excitation of neurons in the fetus's brain. 
C) ​It stimulates the mother's abdominal muscles, leading to premature birth. 
D) ​It changes the ratio of sodium to potassium within axons. 
A) It prevents oxygen from crossing through the placenta to the fetus. 
B) ​It decreases the excitation of neurons in the fetus's brain. 
C) ​It stimulates the mother's abdominal muscles, leading to premature birth. 
D) ​It changes the ratio of sodium to potassium within axons.

Exam 5: Development

Which of these represents Piaget's concept of "conservation"?​

​How might an investigator test for the concept of conservation?

​According to current evidence,how are children affected if they are reared by gays or lesbians?

​Which of the following can people do ONLY after reaching the stage of formal operations?

​What did Piaget mean by an "operation" (as in "concrete operations")?

A psychologist shows equal rows of coins,spreads out one row,and asks which row has more.What concept is she probably testing?​

Infants who cry easily are likely to grow up to have much anxiety in adulthood.That statement must be based on which kind of study?​

A cross-sectional research study of development examines what?​

​What observation persuaded Piaget that young children lack the concept of object permanence?

A researcher studies one group as they grow older in which type of study?​

Most 60-year-olds prefer different music than 20-year-olds.One interpretation is that people's preferences change as they grow older.What is another interpretation?​

What evidence indicates that newborn infants can distinguish between the sounds "ba" and "pa"?​

If you were conducting a longitudinal study of development,what would you do?​

Evidence suggests that which of these prompts people to develop a "collectivist" culture?​

​What causes a human fetus's first muscle movements?

An infant increases its sucking rate when it hears a sound.After repetitions of that sound,the sucking rate declines.What term applies to this decrease of response?​

​How has the condition of biracial children apparently changed over decades?

​In which of these regards do boys and girls show the greatest difference?

When children are in Piaget's preoperational stage,what do they often have trouble distinguishing?​

​How does drinking alcohol during pregnancy endanger a developing fetus?

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Which of these represents Piaget's concept of "conservation"?

How might an investigator test for the concept of conservation?

According to current evidence,how are children affected if they are reared by gays or lesbians?

Which of the following can people do ONLY after reaching the stage of formal operations?

What did Piaget mean by an "operation" (as in "concrete operations")?

A psychologist shows equal rows of coins,spreads out one row,and asks which row has more.What concept is she probably testing?

Infants who cry easily are likely to grow up to have much anxiety in adulthood.That statement must be based on which kind of study?

A cross-sectional research study of development examines what?

What observation persuaded Piaget that young children lack the concept of object permanence?

A researcher studies one group as they grow older in which type of study?

Most 60-year-olds prefer different music than 20-year-olds.One interpretation is that people's preferences change as they grow older.What is another interpretation?

What evidence indicates that newborn infants can distinguish between the sounds "ba" and "pa"?

If you were conducting a longitudinal study of development,what would you do?

Evidence suggests that which of these prompts people to develop a "collectivist" culture?

What causes a human fetus's first muscle movements?

An infant increases its sucking rate when it hears a sound.After repetitions of that sound,the sucking rate declines.What term applies to this decrease of response?

How has the condition of biracial children apparently changed over decades?

In which of these regards do boys and girls show the greatest difference?

When children are in Piaget's preoperational stage,what do they often have trouble distinguishing?

How does drinking alcohol during pregnancy endanger a developing fetus?