Question 1

MATCHING
-Punishment

Accepted Answer

A) Children actively construct their knowledge. 
B) maturation 
C) theory of psychosocial development 
D) place information into existing schemas 
E) outside of awareness
F)using consequences to alter behaviour
G)Children are innately good.
H)first year of life
I)theory of psychosexual development
J)standardized intelligence test
K)Children are caught in conflicts.
L)begins in the third year of life
M)tested in experiments
N)decreases behaviour
O)modify schema to fit new information
P)cultural setting
Q)increases behaviour
R)Pavlov
S)what we are currently aware of
T)tabula rasa 
A) Children actively construct their knowledge. 
B) maturation 
C) theory of psychosocial development 
D) place information into existing schemas 
E) outside of awareness
F)using consequences to alter behaviour
G)Children are innately good.
H)first year of life
I)theory of psychosexual development
J)standardized intelligence test
K)Children are caught in conflicts.
L)begins in the third year of life
M)tested in experiments
N)decreases behaviour
O)modify schema to fit new information
P)cultural setting
Q)increases behaviour
R)Pavlov
S)what we are currently aware of
T)tabula rasa

Question 2

According to Freud, what controls much of our behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A)  our unconscious desires 
B)  our mental associations 
C)  our environmental stimuli 
D)  our tabula rasa 
A)  our unconscious desires 
B)  our mental associations 
C)  our environmental stimuli 
D)  our tabula rasa

Question 3

What the best way to divide the participants into groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use random assignment. 
B)  Divide the group based on age; older and younger than 30 years. 
C)  Have all males in one group and all females in the other. 
D)  Make sure that each group wants to eat the chocolate or chew the gum. 
A)  Use random assignment. 
B)  Divide the group based on age; older and younger than 30 years. 
C)  Have all males in one group and all females in the other. 
D)  Make sure that each group wants to eat the chocolate or chew the gum.

Question 4

Sarah's mother works long hours at the office.As a result, she cannot always attend Sarah's soccer games.Which type of system does her mother's workplace represent for Sarah?

Accepted Answer

A)  an exosystem 
B)  a mesosystem 
C)  a microsystem 
D)  a macrosystem 
A)  an exosystem 
B)  a mesosystem 
C)  a microsystem 
D)  a macrosystem

Question 5

Which of the following is characteristic of a hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is tested in a research experiment 
B)  It is used only in correlational research. 
C)  It is always supported by the findings of an experiment. 
D)  It is ineffectual when comparing two equal groups of participants. 
A)  It is tested in a research experiment 
B)  It is used only in correlational research. 
C)  It is always supported by the findings of an experiment. 
D)  It is ineffectual when comparing two equal groups of participants.

Question 6

Which of the following statements best represents Piaget's thinking?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children are born with all of the schemes they will ever need. 
B)  Intelligence is genetic and unfolds through maturation with the passage of time. 
C)  Cognitive developments are based on children's interactions with the environment. 
D)  Cognition is a simple process that is innate and becomes stronger with experience and time. 
A)  Children are born with all of the schemes they will ever need. 
B)  Intelligence is genetic and unfolds through maturation with the passage of time. 
C)  Cognitive developments are based on children's interactions with the environment. 
D)  Cognition is a simple process that is innate and becomes stronger with experience and time.

Question 7

A teacher wants to apply Piaget's theory to the classroom setting.Which action is the teacher most likely to take?

Accepted Answer

A)  provide instructional activities aimed at the children's developmental levels 
B)  to first foster group discussion, then assist children in completing problems in their workbooks 
C)  recognize that children of all ages process information similarly 
D)  examine children's abilities to repress their aggressive tendencies 
A)  provide instructional activities aimed at the children's developmental levels 
B)  to first foster group discussion, then assist children in completing problems in their workbooks 
C)  recognize that children of all ages process information similarly 
D)  examine children's abilities to repress their aggressive tendencies

Question 8

According to psychoanalytic perspectives, what is a child's conflict during early development?

Accepted Answer

A)  the child's id 
B)  the child's sexual and aggressive tendencies 
C)  parental expectations, social rules, and moral codes 
D)  the child's external limits, which have been internalized 
A)  the child's id 
B)  the child's sexual and aggressive tendencies 
C)  parental expectations, social rules, and moral codes 
D)  the child's external limits, which have been internalized

Question 9

John has a 6-month-old son and is telling his friend Tom about his son's activities.Tom has just read a book by Sigmund Freud describing child development stages.According to Tom, which stage is John's son in?

Accepted Answer

A)  the oral stage 
B)  the anal stage 
C)  the fixated stage 
D)  the latency stage 
A)  the oral stage 
B)  the anal stage 
C)  the fixated stage 
D)  the latency stage

Question 10

MATCHING
-Phallic stage

Accepted Answer

A) Children actively construct their knowledge. 
B) maturation 
C) theory of psychosocial development 
D) place information into existing schemas 
E) outside of awareness
F)using consequences to alter behaviour
G)Children are innately good.
H)first year of life
I)theory of psychosexual development
J)standardized intelligence test
K)Children are caught in conflicts.
L)begins in the third year of life
M)tested in experiments
N)decreases behaviour
O)modify schema to fit new information
P)cultural setting
Q)increases behaviour
R)Pavlov
S)what we are currently aware of
T)tabula rasa 
A) Children actively construct their knowledge. 
B) maturation 
C) theory of psychosocial development 
D) place information into existing schemas 
E) outside of awareness
F)using consequences to alter behaviour
G)Children are innately good.
H)first year of life
I)theory of psychosexual development
J)standardized intelligence test
K)Children are caught in conflicts.
L)begins in the third year of life
M)tested in experiments
N)decreases behaviour
O)modify schema to fit new information
P)cultural setting
Q)increases behaviour
R)Pavlov
S)what we are currently aware of
T)tabula rasa

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT considered a drawback of the longitudinal method?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subjects may die. 
B)  Subjects may be studied over a number of years. 
C)  Subjects may lose track of their researchers. 
D)  Subjects may NOT want to invest their time into a long-term study. 
A)  Subjects may die. 
B)  Subjects may be studied over a number of years. 
C)  Subjects may lose track of their researchers. 
D)  Subjects may NOT want to invest their time into a long-term study.

Question 12

Punishment is sometimes used as a child-rearing technique to suppress the frequency of an unwanted behaviour.Why is punishment NOT the most effective strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  It may lead to feelings of anger and hostility. 
B)  It works even when delivery is NOT guaranteed. 
C)  It provides clear alternatives to unacceptable behaviour. 
D)  It suppresses the behaviour for both parents or for all teachers. 
A)  It may lead to feelings of anger and hostility. 
B)  It works even when delivery is NOT guaranteed. 
C)  It provides clear alternatives to unacceptable behaviour. 
D)  It suppresses the behaviour for both parents or for all teachers.

Question 13

Independent variables are manipulated by the experimenter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What topic is a cognitive theorist most likely to study?

Accepted Answer

A)  how children perceive and mentally represent the world 
B)  how patterns of reinforcement and punishment promote learning 
C)  how children confront and resolve developmental crises in their lives 
D)  how the id, ego, and superego work together to form a healthy personality 
A)  how children perceive and mentally represent the world 
B)  how patterns of reinforcement and punishment promote learning 
C)  how children confront and resolve developmental crises in their lives 
D)  how the id, ego, and superego work together to form a healthy personality

Question 15

According to the textbook, when does extinction of learning occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  when classically conditioned stimuli are discontinued 
B)  never; once something is learned it NOT possible to unlearn 
C)  with the passage of time, even if reinforcement continues 
D)  after repetitive performance of operant behaviour are without reinforcement 
A)  when classically conditioned stimuli are discontinued 
B)  never; once something is learned it NOT possible to unlearn 
C)  with the passage of time, even if reinforcement continues 
D)  after repetitive performance of operant behaviour are without reinforcement

Question 16

MATCHING
-Sigmund Freud

Accepted Answer

A) Children actively construct their knowledge. 
B) maturation 
C) theory of psychosocial development 
D) place information into existing schemas 
E) outside of awareness
F)using consequences to alter behaviour
G)Children are innately good.
H)first year of life
I)theory of psychosexual development
J)standardized intelligence test
K)Children are caught in conflicts.
L)begins in the third year of life
M)tested in experiments
N)decreases behaviour
O)modify schema to fit new information
P)cultural setting
Q)increases behaviour
R)Pavlov
S)what we are currently aware of
T)tabula rasa 
A) Children actively construct their knowledge. 
B) maturation 
C) theory of psychosocial development 
D) place information into existing schemas 
E) outside of awareness
F)using consequences to alter behaviour
G)Children are innately good.
H)first year of life
I)theory of psychosexual development
J)standardized intelligence test
K)Children are caught in conflicts.
L)begins in the third year of life
M)tested in experiments
N)decreases behaviour
O)modify schema to fit new information
P)cultural setting
Q)increases behaviour
R)Pavlov
S)what we are currently aware of
T)tabula rasa

Question 17

What did Piaget conclude from his work at the Binet Institute in Paris?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children's incorrect answers resulted from inconsistent cognitive processing. 
B)  Only children's correct answers demonstrated what they were thinking. 
C)  Children's incorrect answers followed consistent cognitive processes. 
D)  A child's comprehension precedes verbal production, which explains inaccuracies in testing. 
A)  Children's incorrect answers resulted from inconsistent cognitive processing. 
B)  Only children's correct answers demonstrated what they were thinking. 
C)  Children's incorrect answers followed consistent cognitive processes. 
D)  A child's comprehension precedes verbal production, which explains inaccuracies in testing.

Question 18

A control group in an experiment receives the experimental treatment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

MATCHING
-Conscious

Accepted Answer

A) Children actively construct their knowledge. 
B) maturation 
C) theory of psychosocial development 
D) place information into existing schemas 
E) outside of awareness
F)using consequences to alter behaviour
G)Children are innately good.
H)first year of life
I)theory of psychosexual development
J)standardized intelligence test
K)Children are caught in conflicts.
L)begins in the third year of life
M)tested in experiments
N)decreases behaviour
O)modify schema to fit new information
P)cultural setting
Q)increases behaviour
R)Pavlov
S)what we are currently aware of
T)tabula rasa 
A) Children actively construct their knowledge. 
B) maturation 
C) theory of psychosocial development 
D) place information into existing schemas 
E) outside of awareness
F)using consequences to alter behaviour
G)Children are innately good.
H)first year of life
I)theory of psychosexual development
J)standardized intelligence test
K)Children are caught in conflicts.
L)begins in the third year of life
M)tested in experiments
N)decreases behaviour
O)modify schema to fit new information
P)cultural setting
Q)increases behaviour
R)Pavlov
S)what we are currently aware of
T)tabula rasa

Question 20

Children adapt to their environments through assimilation and accommodation, according to Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

MATCHING -Punishment

According to Freud, what controls much of our behaviour?

What the best way to divide the participants into groups?

Sarah's mother works long hours at the office.As a result, she cannot always attend Sarah's soccer games.Which type of system does her mother's workplace represent for Sarah?

Which of the following is characteristic of a hypothesis?

Which of the following statements best represents Piaget's thinking?

A teacher wants to apply Piaget's theory to the classroom setting.Which action is the teacher most likely to take?

According to psychoanalytic perspectives, what is a child's conflict during early development?

John has a 6-month-old son and is telling his friend Tom about his son's activities.Tom has just read a book by Sigmund Freud describing child development stages.According to Tom, which stage is John's son in?

MATCHING -Phallic stage

Which of the following is NOT considered a drawback of the longitudinal method?

Punishment is sometimes used as a child-rearing technique to suppress the frequency of an unwanted behaviour.Why is punishment NOT the most effective strategy?

Independent variables are manipulated by the experimenter.

What topic is a cognitive theorist most likely to study?

According to the textbook, when does extinction of learning occur?

MATCHING -Sigmund Freud

What did Piaget conclude from his work at the Binet Institute in Paris?

A control group in an experiment receives the experimental treatment.

MATCHING -Conscious

Children adapt to their environments through assimilation and accommodation, according to Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory.

Heredity and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

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Exam 1: History, Theories, and Methods

MATCHING -Punishment

According to Freud, what controls much of our behaviour?

What the best way to divide the participants into groups?

Sarah's mother works long hours at the office.As a result, she cannot always attend Sarah's soccer games.Which type of system does her mother's workplace represent for Sarah?

Which of the following is characteristic of a hypothesis?

Which of the following statements best represents Piaget's thinking?

A teacher wants to apply Piaget's theory to the classroom setting.Which action is the teacher most likely to take?

According to psychoanalytic perspectives, what is a child's conflict during early development?

John has a 6-month-old son and is telling his friend Tom about his son's activities.Tom has just read a book by Sigmund Freud describing child development stages.According to Tom, which stage is John's son in?

MATCHING -Phallic stage

Which of the following is NOT considered a drawback of the longitudinal method?

Punishment is sometimes used as a child-rearing technique to suppress the frequency of an unwanted behaviour.Why is punishment NOT the most effective strategy?

Independent variables are manipulated by the experimenter.

What topic is a cognitive theorist most likely to study?

According to the textbook, when does extinction of learning occur?

MATCHING -Sigmund Freud

What did Piaget conclude from his work at the Binet Institute in Paris?

A control group in an experiment receives the experimental treatment.

MATCHING -Conscious

Children adapt to their environments through assimilation and accommodation, according to Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory.

Heredity and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Life's

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