Question 1

Adolescent relationships are characterized by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Relationships with parents become more important, while relationships with peers become less important. 
B) Relationships with peers become all important, while relationships with parents are not important at all. 
C) Relationships with peers increase in importance but relationships with parents remain important. 
D) Relationships with other people become less important, as an adolescent tends to focus on developing his or her own identity. 
A) Relationships with parents become more important, while relationships with peers become less important. 
B) Relationships with peers become all important, while relationships with parents are not important at all. 
C) Relationships with peers increase in importance but relationships with parents remain important. 
D) Relationships with other people become less important, as an adolescent tends to focus on developing his or her own identity.

Question 2

Ever since she was a few weeks old Shelly has been an unusually contented baby who slept and ate well. She also adapted easily to new experiences. A developmental psychologist would probably describe Shelly's temperament as:

Accepted Answer

A) slow-to-warm-up. 
B) difficult. 
C) easy. 
D) above average. 
A) slow-to-warm-up. 
B) difficult. 
C) easy. 
D) above average.

Question 3

Which of the following statements BEST defines a chromosome?

Accepted Answer

A) a single unit of DNA instructions for making a particular protein molecule 
B) the chemical genetic code that is the basis of heredity 
C) a long, thread-like structure composed of twisted parallel strands of DNA and found in the cell nucleus 
D) the observable traits or characteristics displayed by an organism 
A) a single unit of DNA instructions for making a particular protein molecule 
B) the chemical genetic code that is the basis of heredity 
C) a long, thread-like structure composed of twisted parallel strands of DNA and found in the cell nucleus 
D) the observable traits or characteristics displayed by an organism

Question 4

Hall has always enjoyed quiet, solitary pursuits, such as gardening and reading. Now that she is almost 80, the activity theory of aging would predict that her life satisfaction will be highest if she:

Accepted Answer

A) disengages from those activities. 
B) joins several senior citizen groups, travels, and takes up new hobbies that force her to interact with other people. 
C) continues to pursue the activities that she has always enjoyed. 
D) enters a nursing home. 
A) disengages from those activities. 
B) joins several senior citizen groups, travels, and takes up new hobbies that force her to interact with other people. 
C) continues to pursue the activities that she has always enjoyed. 
D) enters a nursing home.

Question 5

Which of the following illustrates egocentrism?

Accepted Answer

A) When presented with two rows each having six pennies a child thinks that the row of pennies spaced further apart has more than the other row. 
B) While talking on the phone a little boy holds up four fingers in response to being asked how old he is. 
C) Shown two equal balls of clay a child correctly says that each ball still has the same amount even when one ball of clay is rolled out in a sausage shape. 
D) A child creates a "treasure chest" from an old shoe box. 
A) When presented with two rows each having six pennies a child thinks that the row of pennies spaced further apart has more than the other row. 
B) While talking on the phone a little boy holds up four fingers in response to being asked how old he is. 
C) Shown two equal balls of clay a child correctly says that each ball still has the same amount even when one ball of clay is rolled out in a sausage shape. 
D) A child creates a "treasure chest" from an old shoe box.

Question 6

According to researchers Eagly and Wood, there are social and psychological factors that create expectations in society that make the "division of labor" seem natural and inevitable. This statement illustrates the _____ perspective.

Accepted Answer

A) social learning 
B) interactionist 
C) social identity 
D) evolutionary 
A) social learning 
B) interactionist 
C) social identity 
D) evolutionary

Question 7

The behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that are designated as being either masculine or feminine in a given culture:

Accepted Answer

A) are called gender roles. 
B) are genetically determined and do not vary across cultures. 
C) determine whether a person's emotional and erotic attraction is directed toward members of the opposite sex, same sex, or both. 
D) have a great deal of variability within a specific culture but show little or no variation across different cultures. 
A) are called gender roles. 
B) are genetically determined and do not vary across cultures. 
C) determine whether a person's emotional and erotic attraction is directed toward members of the opposite sex, same sex, or both. 
D) have a great deal of variability within a specific culture but show little or no variation across different cultures.

Question 8

The _____ research design tracks a particular variable or group of variables in the same group of participants over time, sometimes for years.

Accepted Answer

A) correlational 
B) cross-sectional 
C) experimental 
D) longitudinal 
A) correlational 
B) cross-sectional 
C) experimental 
D) longitudinal

Question 9

Nicholas is 15 years old. Talking with his friends, he says, "Sometimes I think I would like to be a scientist, someone who makes discoveries that help people. Then I think that maybe a career in politics or medicine is more my style. I can't decide whether I should study pre-med, pre-law, or maybe microbiology." It is likely that Nicholas is in the _____ of identity development.

Accepted Answer

A) generativity phase 
B) moratorium period 
C) integrated identity stage 
D) ego integrity stage 
A) generativity phase 
B) moratorium period 
C) integrated identity stage 
D) ego integrity stage

Question 10

According to Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, infancy is characterized by the psychosocial conflict of:

Accepted Answer

A) trust versus mistrust. 
B) identity versus role confusion. 
C) autonomy versus doubt. 
D) intimacy versus isolation. 
A) trust versus mistrust. 
B) identity versus role confusion. 
C) autonomy versus doubt. 
D) intimacy versus isolation.

Question 11

The three distinct levels of moral reasoning that Kohlberg proposed are:

Accepted Answer

A) preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. 
B) legal principles, universal moral principles, and law and order principles. 
C) preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. 
D) abstract thinking, rational thinking, and logical reasoning. 
A) preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. 
B) legal principles, universal moral principles, and law and order principles. 
C) preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. 
D) abstract thinking, rational thinking, and logical reasoning.

Question 12

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of development of language production from birth to about age 2?

Accepted Answer

A) cooing, babbling, one-word stage, two-word stage 
B) babbling, cooing, two-word stage, four-word stage 
C) production, comprehension, one-word stage 
D) consonants, vowels, babbling, two-word stage 
A) cooing, babbling, one-word stage, two-word stage 
B) babbling, cooing, two-word stage, four-word stage 
C) production, comprehension, one-word stage 
D) consonants, vowels, babbling, two-word stage

Question 13

The term used by psychologists to describe and measure the emotional bond between an infant and his or her caregiver is called:

Accepted Answer

A) temperament. 
B) attachment. 
C) the rooting reflex. 
D) motherese. 
A) temperament. 
B) attachment. 
C) the rooting reflex. 
D) motherese.

Question 14

When he went to Yale University, Richard Raskind was captain of the Yale tennis team. In 1975 at the age of 41, and after years of counseling and a failed marriage, Raskind came to terms with his lifelong discomfort of being a male. He underwent sex-change surgery and re-emerged as Renée Richards. Using the terminology presented in your text, prior to the sex-reassignment surgery, Raskind would have been described as:

Accepted Answer

A) a transgendered man. 
B) bisexual. 
C) an intersexed individual. 
D) a transgendered woman. 
A) a transgendered man. 
B) bisexual. 
C) an intersexed individual. 
D) a transgendered woman.

Question 15

When Ryan brings home his spelling and math papers from the second grade, Ryan's stepmother expresses pride in his work and posts the papers on the refrigerator for the other family members to see. In terms of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, Ryan's stepmother is fostering a sense of _____ in Ryan.

Accepted Answer

A) generativity 
B) identity 
C) industry 
D) autonomy 
A) generativity 
B) identity 
C) industry 
D) autonomy

Question 16

Genes make up _____ percent of human DNA.

Accepted Answer

A) 99.9 
B) about 20 to 25 
C) less than 2 
D) about 60 
A) 99.9 
B) about 20 to 25 
C) less than 2 
D) about 60

Question 17

An individual who is anatomically female but identifies with or wishes to become a male would be termed:

Accepted Answer

A) bisexual. 
B) a transgendered woman. 
C) a transgendered man. 
D) an intersexed individual. 
A) bisexual. 
B) a transgendered woman. 
C) a transgendered man. 
D) an intersexed individual.

Question 18

Ten-year-old Ben helped his 5-year-old sister Hannah learn how to tie her shoelaces. This example illustrates which concept?

Accepted Answer

A) the activity theory of aging 
B) Baillargeon's event-specific expectations 
C) Piaget's formal operations 
D) Vygotsky's zone of proximal development 
A) the activity theory of aging 
B) Baillargeon's event-specific expectations 
C) Piaget's formal operations 
D) Vygotsky's zone of proximal development

Question 19

Because different genotypes react differently to environmental factors, psychologists and other scientists speak of the _____ to develop in a particular way.

Accepted Answer

A) genetic predisposition 
B) genetic blueprint 
C) environmental predisposition 
D) epigenetic tendency 
A) genetic predisposition 
B) genetic blueprint 
C) environmental predisposition 
D) epigenetic tendency

Question 20

Dina and Mark have been married for three years and are expecting their first child. If their relationship follows the most common pattern they can expect that their satisfaction with their marital relationship to _____ after the baby is born.

Accepted Answer

A) increase gradually and then plateau 
B) stay the same 
C) decrease 
D) increase sharply 
A) increase gradually and then plateau 
B) stay the same 
C) decrease 
D) increase sharply

Exam 9: Section 2: Lifespan Development

Adolescent relationships are characterized by which of the following?

Ever since she was a few weeks old Shelly has been an unusually contented baby who slept and ate well. She also adapted easily to new experiences. A developmental psychologist would probably describe Shelly's temperament as:

Which of the following statements BEST defines a chromosome?

Hall has always enjoyed quiet, solitary pursuits, such as gardening and reading. Now that she is almost 80, the activity theory of aging would predict that her life satisfaction will be highest if she:

Which of the following illustrates egocentrism?

According to researchers Eagly and Wood, there are social and psychological factors that create expectations in society that make the "division of labor" seem natural and inevitable. This statement illustrates the _____ perspective.

The behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that are designated as being either masculine or feminine in a given culture:

The _____ research design tracks a particular variable or group of variables in the same group of participants over time, sometimes for years.

According to Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, infancy is characterized by the psychosocial conflict of:

The three distinct levels of moral reasoning that Kohlberg proposed are:

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of development of language production from birth to about age 2?

The term used by psychologists to describe and measure the emotional bond between an infant and his or her caregiver is called:

Genes make up _____ percent of human DNA.

An individual who is anatomically female but identifies with or wishes to become a male would be termed:

Ten-year-old Ben helped his 5-year-old sister Hannah learn how to tie her shoelaces. This example illustrates which concept?

Because different genotypes react differently to environmental factors, psychologists and other scientists speak of the _____ to develop in a particular way.

Dina and Mark have been married for three years and are expecting their first child. If their relationship follows the most common pattern they can expect that their satisfaction with their marital relationship to _____ after the baby is born.

Section 1: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 2: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 3: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 4: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 5: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1: Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 2: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 3: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 4: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 5: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 3: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5: Learning

Section 1: Memory

Section 2: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 1: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 2: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 3: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 4: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 5: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 1: Motivation and Emotion

Section 2: Motivation and Emotion

Section 3: Motivation and Emotion

Section 4: Motivation and Emotion

Section 5: Motivation and Emotion

Section 1: Lifespan Development

Section 3: Lifespan Development

Section 4: Lifespan Development

Section 5: Lifespan Development

Section 1: Personality

Section 2: Personality

Section 3: Personality

Section 4: Personality

Section 5: Personality

Section 1: Social Psychology

Section 2: Social Psychology

Section 3: Social Psychology

Section 4: Social Psychology

Section 5: Social Psychology

Section 1: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 2: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 3: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 4: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 5: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 1: Psychological Disorders

Section 2: Psychological Disorders

Section 3: Psychological Disorders