Question 1

Barney's mother drank heavily during her pregnancy. Barney is short. He has learning disorders and displays some facial abnormality. Barney is a case of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Williams syndrome 
B)  phenylketonuria 
C)  Down syndrome 
D)  fetal alcohol syndrome 
A)  Williams syndrome 
B)  phenylketonuria 
C)  Down syndrome 
D)  fetal alcohol syndrome

Question 2

Carol Gilligan has suggested that men and women have different moral orientations. Which of the following statements forms the basis of her argument?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women focus on human relationships and compassion. 
B)  Men focus on practical realities 
C)  Women focus on abstract principles such as justice. 
D)  Men focus on human relationships and compassion. 
A)  Women focus on human relationships and compassion. 
B)  Men focus on practical realities 
C)  Women focus on abstract principles such as justice. 
D)  Men focus on human relationships and compassion.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of adolescence?

Accepted Answer

A)  physical maturation 
B)  inevitable emotional turbulence 
C)  separation between the adolescent and his parents 
D)  experimentation with different social roles 
A)  physical maturation 
B)  inevitable emotional turbulence 
C)  separation between the adolescent and his parents 
D)  experimentation with different social roles

Question 4

Based on Harlow's research with monkeys, what is the most helpful thing you can do for a frightened infant or child?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leave him alone. 
B)  Offer him something good to eat. 
C)  Talk to him. 
D)  Touch or hold him. 
A)  Leave him alone. 
B)  Offer him something good to eat. 
C)  Talk to him. 
D)  Touch or hold him.

Question 5

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both crystallized and fluid intelligence remain relatively stable across the life span. 
B)  While crystallized intelligence remains relatively stable across the life span, fluid intelligence begins to decline in the twenties. 
C)  While fluid intelligence remains relatively stable across the life span, crystallized intelligence begins to decline in the twenties. 
D)  Both crystallized and fluid intelligence begin to decline in the twenties. 
A)  Both crystallized and fluid intelligence remain relatively stable across the life span. 
B)  While crystallized intelligence remains relatively stable across the life span, fluid intelligence begins to decline in the twenties. 
C)  While fluid intelligence remains relatively stable across the life span, crystallized intelligence begins to decline in the twenties. 
D)  Both crystallized and fluid intelligence begin to decline in the twenties.

Question 6

On Monday, Jacques announces to his parents that he wants to be called "Jack." On Wednesday, he says he wants to drop out of school. On Friday, he says he wants to get a tattoo and become an architect. Erikson would say that Jacques is experiencing __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a crisis of trust versus mistrust 
B)  a crisis of competence versus inferiority 
C)  identity confusion 
D)  a crisis of generativity versus stagnation 
A)  a crisis of trust versus mistrust 
B)  a crisis of competence versus inferiority 
C)  identity confusion 
D)  a crisis of generativity versus stagnation

Question 7

The time at which a woman's menstrual cycle slows down and stops is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  menarche 
B)  menopause 
C)  zygosis 
D)  amenorrhea 
A)  menarche 
B)  menopause 
C)  zygosis 
D)  amenorrhea

Question 8

Kohlberg's moral reasoning classification is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  almost perfectly predictive of moral conduct 
B)  somewhat predictive of moral conduct 
C)  negatively correlated with moral conduct 
D)  unrelated to moral conduct 
A)  almost perfectly predictive of moral conduct 
B)  somewhat predictive of moral conduct 
C)  negatively correlated with moral conduct 
D)  unrelated to moral conduct

Question 9

Susie tells Sally that she does not eat cookies before dinner because her parents will send her to her room for the rest of the night. Susie is in which stage of Kohlberg's moral reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A)  rationalization 
B)  postconventional 
C)  conventional 
D)  preconventional 
A)  rationalization 
B)  postconventional 
C)  conventional 
D)  preconventional

Question 10

According to Piaget, during the formal operational period __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  abstract reasoning skills emerge 
B)  object permanence develops 
C)  children begin to show evidence of egocentrism 
D)  the principle of conservation is mastered 
A)  abstract reasoning skills emerge 
B)  object permanence develops 
C)  children begin to show evidence of egocentrism 
D)  the principle of conservation is mastered

Question 11

Popularity is associated with __________ maturation among boys and __________ maturation among girls.

Accepted Answer

A)  early; early 
B)  early; late 
C)  late; late 
D)  late; early 
A)  early; early 
B)  early; late 
C)  late; late 
D)  late; early

Question 12

A 4-year-old looks at a picture of a dragon while on the telephone with her grandfather. If Piaget's claims of egocentrism are correct, the child is likely to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  describe the dragon picture to her grandfather 
B)  ignore her grandfather when he asks her about her day 
C)  tell her grandfather to look at the dragon 
D)  ask her grandfather if he would like to see the picture the next time they are together 
A)  describe the dragon picture to her grandfather 
B)  ignore her grandfather when he asks her about her day 
C)  tell her grandfather to look at the dragon 
D)  ask her grandfather if he would like to see the picture the next time they are together

Question 13

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Autobiographical memories appear earlier when parents spend more time talking to their children about past events. 
B)  Cross-culturally, parents converse with their children in the same style, even though the languages may differ. 
C)  Overly specific questions about a past event can distort a child's memory for the event. 
D)  Questions that parents ask about past events may shape how children attend to events in the future. 
A)  Autobiographical memories appear earlier when parents spend more time talking to their children about past events. 
B)  Cross-culturally, parents converse with their children in the same style, even though the languages may differ. 
C)  Overly specific questions about a past event can distort a child's memory for the event. 
D)  Questions that parents ask about past events may shape how children attend to events in the future.

Question 14

Which of the following is TRUE regarding prenatal development of the nervous system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Between 20 and 80% of the neurons die as the brain develops. 
B)  The number of neurons increases by 20 to 80% as the brain develops. 
C)  Between 5 and 10% of the neurons die as the brain develops. 
D)  The number of neurons increases by 5 to 10% as the brain develops. 
A)  Between 20 and 80% of the neurons die as the brain develops. 
B)  The number of neurons increases by 20 to 80% as the brain develops. 
C)  Between 5 and 10% of the neurons die as the brain develops. 
D)  The number of neurons increases by 5 to 10% as the brain develops.

Question 15

Dr. Wasserman obtains a measure of the extent to which adolescents' parents might be described as authoritative. He additionally obtains scores on a measure of how cooperative adolescents are with their parents and with their friends. Which of the following alternative best approximates the correlation coefficients he is likely to obtain between scores on the authoritative parenting measure and scores on the parental and peer cooperation scales, respectively?

Accepted Answer

A)  .30; .30 
B)  .30; .00 
C)  .80; .30 
D)  .00; -.30 
A)  .30; .30 
B)  .30; .00 
C)  .80; .30 
D)  .00; -.30

Question 16

Della likes new and exciting experiences. She has a lot of fun, but she also gets in trouble quite often. Della is high in the personality trait of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoticism 
B)  extraversion 
C)  sensation seeking 
D)  impulsivity 
A)  psychoticism 
B)  extraversion 
C)  sensation seeking 
D)  impulsivity

Question 17

Your text suggests the potential utility of which of the following potential measures of the conversation parents direct toward their children?

Accepted Answer

A)  the ratio of questions to statements in parents' utterances 
B)  the average complexity of parents' utterances 
C)  the amount of information in parents' utterances that is different from that contained in the child's utterances 
D)  the mean length of parents' utterances 
A)  the ratio of questions to statements in parents' utterances 
B)  the average complexity of parents' utterances 
C)  the amount of information in parents' utterances that is different from that contained in the child's utterances 
D)  the mean length of parents' utterances

Question 18

When a child is forced through harsh threats and punishment to behave in a certain manner, she will probably __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  not internalize the behavior as valuable 
B)  not comply with the pressure she is under 
C)  understand the behavior better than a child who is asked to do it rather than being forced 
D)  both comply with the pressure and internalize the behavior as valuable 
A)  not internalize the behavior as valuable 
B)  not comply with the pressure she is under 
C)  understand the behavior better than a child who is asked to do it rather than being forced 
D)  both comply with the pressure and internalize the behavior as valuable

Question 19

A child asks, "Why do I have to?" and his mother responds, "Because I'm the mother!" The woman is probably using __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  social learning theory 
B)  the authoritarian pattern of child rearing 
C)  the permissive pattern of child rearing 
D)  the uninvolved pattern of child rearing 
A)  social learning theory 
B)  the authoritarian pattern of child rearing 
C)  the permissive pattern of child rearing 
D)  the uninvolved pattern of child rearing

Question 20

When an object touches baby Geraldine's palm, she closes her fist tightly around it. If the object is lifted up, Geraldine hangs on and is lifted up with it. In other words, Geraldine demonstrates what is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  preoperational thought 
B)  the rooting reflex 
C)  the Babinski reflex 
D)  the grasping reflex 
A)  preoperational thought 
B)  the rooting reflex 
C)  the Babinski reflex 
D)  the grasping reflex

Barney's mother drank heavily during her pregnancy. Barney is short. He has learning disorders and displays some facial abnormality. Barney is a case of __________.

Carol Gilligan has suggested that men and women have different moral orientations. Which of the following statements forms the basis of her argument?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of adolescence?

Based on Harlow's research with monkeys, what is the most helpful thing you can do for a frightened infant or child?

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

On Monday, Jacques announces to his parents that he wants to be called "Jack." On Wednesday, he says he wants to drop out of school. On Friday, he says he wants to get a tattoo and become an architect. Erikson would say that Jacques is experiencing __________.

The time at which a woman's menstrual cycle slows down and stops is called __________.

Kohlberg's moral reasoning classification is __________.

Susie tells Sally that she does not eat cookies before dinner because her parents will send her to her room for the rest of the night. Susie is in which stage of Kohlberg's moral reasoning?

According to Piaget, during the formal operational period __________.

Popularity is associated with maturation among boys and maturation among girls.

A 4-year-old looks at a picture of a dragon while on the telephone with her grandfather. If Piaget's claims of egocentrism are correct, the child is likely to __________.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is TRUE regarding prenatal development of the nervous system?

Della likes new and exciting experiences. She has a lot of fun, but she also gets in trouble quite often. Della is high in the personality trait of __________.

Your text suggests the potential utility of which of the following potential measures of the conversation parents direct toward their children?

When a child is forced through harsh threats and punishment to behave in a certain manner, she will probably __________.

A child asks, "Why do I have to?" and his mother responds, "Because I'm the mother!" The woman is probably using __________.

When an object touches baby Geraldine's palm, she closes her fist tightly around it. If the object is lifted up, Geraldine hangs on and is lifted up with it. In other words, Geraldine demonstrates what is called __________.

Research Methods

Evolutionary and Genetic Influences on Behavior

The Brain and the Nervous System

Sensation

Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking

Language

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Personality

Psychopathology

Treatment of Mental Disorders

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Exam 14: Development

Barney's mother drank heavily during her pregnancy. Barney is short. He has learning disorders and displays some facial abnormality. Barney is a case of __________.

Carol Gilligan has suggested that men and women have different moral orientations. Which of the following statements forms the basis of her argument?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of adolescence?

Based on Harlow's research with monkeys, what is the most helpful thing you can do for a frightened infant or child?

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

On Monday, Jacques announces to his parents that he wants to be called "Jack." On Wednesday, he says he wants to drop out of school. On Friday, he says he wants to get a tattoo and become an architect. Erikson would say that Jacques is experiencing __________.

The time at which a woman's menstrual cycle slows down and stops is called __________.

Kohlberg's moral reasoning classification is __________.

Susie tells Sally that she does not eat cookies before dinner because her parents will send her to her room for the rest of the night. Susie is in which stage of Kohlberg's moral reasoning?

According to Piaget, during the formal operational period __________.

Popularity is associated with __________ maturation among boys and __________ maturation among girls.

A 4-year-old looks at a picture of a dragon while on the telephone with her grandfather. If Piaget's claims of egocentrism are correct, the child is likely to __________.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is TRUE regarding prenatal development of the nervous system?

Della likes new and exciting experiences. She has a lot of fun, but she also gets in trouble quite often. Della is high in the personality trait of __________.

Your text suggests the potential utility of which of the following potential measures of the conversation parents direct toward their children?

When a child is forced through harsh threats and punishment to behave in a certain manner, she will probably __________.

A child asks, "Why do I have to?" and his mother responds, "Because I'm the mother!" The woman is probably using __________.

When an object touches baby Geraldine's palm, she closes her fist tightly around it. If the object is lifted up, Geraldine hangs on and is lifted up with it. In other words, Geraldine demonstrates what is called __________.

Research Methods

Evolutionary and Genetic Influences on Behavior

The Brain and the Nervous System

Sensation

Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking

Language

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Personality

Psychopathology

Treatment of Mental Disorders

Filters

Popularity is associated with maturation among boys and maturation among girls.