Question 1

Erikson and other authors devote considerable attention to the "midlife transition." This transition involves a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  reappraisal of one's life and career 
B)  redefinition of life purpose from personal to more social and altruistic goals 
C)  turning away from more material interests to more philosophical and spiritual ones 
D)  renewed interest in the ideas and pursuits of one's adolescence and young adulthood 
A)  reappraisal of one's life and career 
B)  redefinition of life purpose from personal to more social and altruistic goals 
C)  turning away from more material interests to more philosophical and spiritual ones 
D)  renewed interest in the ideas and pursuits of one's adolescence and young adulthood

Question 2

Vygotsky's zone of proximal development refers to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  capacities that the child has recently acquired 
B)  skills that the child mastered several years earlier 
C)  skills that the child cannot yet demonstrate independently but can demonstrate with judicious guidance from an adult 
D)  understandings acquired in the concrete operational stage 
A)  capacities that the child has recently acquired 
B)  skills that the child mastered several years earlier 
C)  skills that the child cannot yet demonstrate independently but can demonstrate with judicious guidance from an adult 
D)  understandings acquired in the concrete operational stage

Question 3

A child complains to his father that he wants more juice. The father takes the juice the child has in his glass and pours it into a taller but narrower glass. The child is now content that he has more juice. This child has apparently failed to develop __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  object permanence 
B)  visual perspective taking 
C)  conservation of quantity 
D)  class inclusion 
A)  object permanence 
B)  visual perspective taking 
C)  conservation of quantity 
D)  class inclusion

Question 4

Which of the following beliefs would Piaget NOT endorse?

Accepted Answer

A)  A child's thinking is profoundly different from an adult's. 
B)  The thinking of young children is strikingly limited in many ways. 
C)  The boundaries between developmental stages are blurry. 
D)  Children rely on a different type of thinking than do adults. 
A)  A child's thinking is profoundly different from an adult's. 
B)  The thinking of young children is strikingly limited in many ways. 
C)  The boundaries between developmental stages are blurry. 
D)  Children rely on a different type of thinking than do adults.

Question 5

Which of the following statements BEST expresses the relationship between cognitive and socioemotional development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Socioemotional development gives rise to cognitive development. 
B)  Cognitive development directs socioemotional development. 
C)  Cognitive and socioemotional development interact. 
D)  Cognitive and socioemotional development proceed independently. 
A)  Socioemotional development gives rise to cognitive development. 
B)  Cognitive development directs socioemotional development. 
C)  Cognitive and socioemotional development interact. 
D)  Cognitive and socioemotional development proceed independently.

Question 6

Imagine that you could enter Harlow's lab. You see a cage full of rhesus monkeys, one of which is huddling alone in a corner, rocking and biting itself. Chances are that this monkey was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  isolated from all living creatures for the first 3 months of its life 
B)  abandoned by its mother at about a year old 
C)  isolated from all living creatures for the first year of its life 
D)  forced into isolation after chasing the other monkeys 
A)  isolated from all living creatures for the first 3 months of its life 
B)  abandoned by its mother at about a year old 
C)  isolated from all living creatures for the first year of its life 
D)  forced into isolation after chasing the other monkeys

Question 7

If you stick out your tongue at a 3-week-old infant, she will probably __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  laugh at you 
B)  frown, because she cannot figure out how to imitate the expression 
C)  stick out her tongue in imitation of your face 
D)  cry 
A)  laugh at you 
B)  frown, because she cannot figure out how to imitate the expression 
C)  stick out her tongue in imitation of your face 
D)  cry

Question 8

Yolanda is 24; Zachary is 44; Andrew is 74. Assume that each successfully completes the identity crisis associated with his or her current Eriksonian stage. Which of the following alternatives matches each individual with the correct developmental outcome?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yolanda: intimacy; Zachary: generativity; Andrew: wisdom 
B)  Yolanda: wisdom; Zachary: intimacy; Andrew: generativity 
C)  Yolanda: intimacy; Zachary: wisdom; Andrew: generativity 
D)  Yolanda: generativity; Zachary: intimacy; Andrew: wisdom 
A)  Yolanda: intimacy; Zachary: generativity; Andrew: wisdom 
B)  Yolanda: wisdom; Zachary: intimacy; Andrew: generativity 
C)  Yolanda: intimacy; Zachary: wisdom; Andrew: generativity 
D)  Yolanda: generativity; Zachary: intimacy; Andrew: wisdom

Question 9

What is a responsible conclusion to reach about the relationship between the use of childcare and the eventual effect of that childcare on children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parenting quality matters much more than does childcare. 
B)  The quality of childcare does not seem to make any difference, surprisingly enough. 
C)  A child's social responsiveness has nothing to do with the quality of childcare he receives. 
D)  The use of childcare harms children in a number of ways. 
A)  Parenting quality matters much more than does childcare. 
B)  The quality of childcare does not seem to make any difference, surprisingly enough. 
C)  A child's social responsiveness has nothing to do with the quality of childcare he receives. 
D)  The use of childcare harms children in a number of ways.

Question 10

A fertilized egg, or zygote, contains __________ chromosomes.

Accepted Answer

A)  46 pairs of 
B)  23 
C)  23 pairs of 
D)  2 pairs of 
A)  46 pairs of 
B)  23 
C)  23 pairs of 
D)  2 pairs of

Question 11

Aggressive-rejected is to withdrawn-rejected as __________ is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  hostility; anxiety 
B)  anxiety; hostility 
C)  anxiety; depression 
D)  depression; anxiety 
A)  hostility; anxiety 
B)  anxiety; hostility 
C)  anxiety; depression 
D)  depression; anxiety

Question 12

Let's say an infant crawls up to an iguana that was temporarily let out of its cage and allowed to explore the carpet. From time to time the infant looks back at her mother to see how she is responding. This sort of checking-in behavior is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  attachment 
B)  social referencing 
C)  distress tolerance 
D)  separation anxiety 
A)  attachment 
B)  social referencing 
C)  distress tolerance 
D)  separation anxiety

Question 13

There is a parallel between the development of theory of mind and language learning in that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  each may be driven by innate learning mechanisms 
B)  both develop primarily in Piaget's concrete operational stage 
C)  both develop primarily in Piaget's formal operational stage 
D)  both improve as egocentrism increases 
A)  each may be driven by innate learning mechanisms 
B)  both develop primarily in Piaget's concrete operational stage 
C)  both develop primarily in Piaget's formal operational stage 
D)  both improve as egocentrism increases

Question 14

Hideki was unable to attend a little league baseball game in which both of his children played. In order both to find out what he missed and to help his children develop better autobiographical memory, Hideki should ask __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  both the younger and older child general questions such as "How did the game go?" 
B)  both the younger and older child specific questions such as "Who pitched for your team?" 
C)  the older child more specific questions and the younger child more general questions 
D)  the younger child more specific questions and the older child more general questions 
A)  both the younger and older child general questions such as "How did the game go?" 
B)  both the younger and older child specific questions such as "Who pitched for your team?" 
C)  the older child more specific questions and the younger child more general questions 
D)  the younger child more specific questions and the older child more general questions

Question 15

According to Piaget, a child who demonstrates conservation and difficulty in thinking abstractly is in which stage?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensorimotor 
B)  formal operational 
C)  preoperational 
D)  concrete operational 
A)  sensorimotor 
B)  formal operational 
C)  preoperational 
D)  concrete operational

Question 16

Maura and Trish are eighth graders who have been caught smoking. Maura's parents yell at her, ground her for a month, and take away her television and Internet privileges for 2 months. Trish's parents talk to her about their disappointment and concern; in addition, they make her spend every afternoon for a week at the library researching the dangers of smoking and discuss her findings with them each night at dinner. Most likely, Maura's parents are __________ and Trish's are __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  permissive; authoritative 
B)  authoritarian; permissive 
C)  authoritarian; authoritative 
D)  authoritative; permissive 
A)  permissive; authoritative 
B)  authoritarian; permissive 
C)  authoritarian; authoritative 
D)  authoritative; permissive

Question 17

What marks the end of Piaget's sensorimotor period?

Accepted Answer

A)  the achievement of object permanence 
B)  leaving behind egocentrism 
C)  conservation of number 
D)  the disappearance of reflexes 
A)  the achievement of object permanence 
B)  leaving behind egocentrism 
C)  conservation of number 
D)  the disappearance of reflexes

Question 18

One-year-old Freddy is interacting with his mother. If she looks over to the side, Freddy will probably __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  look to where she seems to be looking 
B)  look at her eyes to try to figure out why they have moved 
C)  look somewhere else now that she is not paying attention to him 
D)  imitate whatever she is doing with her mouth 
A)  look to where she seems to be looking 
B)  look at her eyes to try to figure out why they have moved 
C)  look somewhere else now that she is not paying attention to him 
D)  imitate whatever she is doing with her mouth

Question 19

Dennis taunts his 4-month-old sister by moving his new kaleidoscope back and forth in front of her. He has put his arm out in front of the toy to prevent the baby from getting it. This arm blocks the baby's view of the middle of the toy. Habituation research suggests that the baby __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  thinks the arm is part of the toy 
B)  does not know that the kaleidoscope has a middle section because she cannot see it 
C)  assumes that the visible parts of the toy are connected, even though she cannot see the connecting section 
D)  assumes that the toy has no middle section because she lacks object permanence 
A)  thinks the arm is part of the toy 
B)  does not know that the kaleidoscope has a middle section because she cannot see it 
C)  assumes that the visible parts of the toy are connected, even though she cannot see the connecting section 
D)  assumes that the toy has no middle section because she lacks object permanence

Question 20

What is the relationship between separation anxiety and attachment?

Accepted Answer

A)  The more attached the child is, the less he feels separation anxiety. 
B)  If the child is securely attached, then he never feels separation anxiety because he trusts the caregiver to return. 
C)  The presence of separation anxiety indicates that the child has formed an attachment to the caregiver. 
D)  If the child is insecurely attached, then he never feels separation anxiety, since he does not care whether the mother (or father) returns at all. 
A)  The more attached the child is, the less he feels separation anxiety. 
B)  If the child is securely attached, then he never feels separation anxiety because he trusts the caregiver to return. 
C)  The presence of separation anxiety indicates that the child has formed an attachment to the caregiver. 
D)  If the child is insecurely attached, then he never feels separation anxiety, since he does not care whether the mother (or father) returns at all.

Erikson and other authors devote considerable attention to the "midlife transition." This transition involves a __________.

Vygotsky's zone of proximal development refers to __________.

A child complains to his father that he wants more juice. The father takes the juice the child has in his glass and pours it into a taller but narrower glass. The child is now content that he has more juice. This child has apparently failed to develop __________.

Which of the following beliefs would Piaget NOT endorse?

Which of the following statements BEST expresses the relationship between cognitive and socioemotional development?

Imagine that you could enter Harlow's lab. You see a cage full of rhesus monkeys, one of which is huddling alone in a corner, rocking and biting itself. Chances are that this monkey was __________.

If you stick out your tongue at a 3-week-old infant, she will probably __________.

Yolanda is 24; Zachary is 44; Andrew is 74. Assume that each successfully completes the identity crisis associated with his or her current Eriksonian stage. Which of the following alternatives matches each individual with the correct developmental outcome?

What is a responsible conclusion to reach about the relationship between the use of childcare and the eventual effect of that childcare on children?

A fertilized egg, or zygote, contains __________ chromosomes.

Aggressive-rejected is to withdrawn-rejected as is to .

Let's say an infant crawls up to an iguana that was temporarily let out of its cage and allowed to explore the carpet. From time to time the infant looks back at her mother to see how she is responding. This sort of checking-in behavior is called __________.

There is a parallel between the development of theory of mind and language learning in that __________.

Hideki was unable to attend a little league baseball game in which both of his children played. In order both to find out what he missed and to help his children develop better autobiographical memory, Hideki should ask __________.

According to Piaget, a child who demonstrates conservation and difficulty in thinking abstractly is in which stage?

What marks the end of Piaget's sensorimotor period?

One-year-old Freddy is interacting with his mother. If she looks over to the side, Freddy will probably __________.

Dennis taunts his 4-month-old sister by moving his new kaleidoscope back and forth in front of her. He has put his arm out in front of the toy to prevent the baby from getting it. This arm blocks the baby's view of the middle of the toy. Habituation research suggests that the baby __________.

What is the relationship between separation anxiety and attachment?

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

Erikson and other authors devote considerable attention to the "midlife transition." This transition involves a __________.

Vygotsky's zone of proximal development refers to __________.

A child complains to his father that he wants more juice. The father takes the juice the child has in his glass and pours it into a taller but narrower glass. The child is now content that he has more juice. This child has apparently failed to develop __________.

Which of the following beliefs would Piaget NOT endorse?

Which of the following statements BEST expresses the relationship between cognitive and socioemotional development?

Imagine that you could enter Harlow's lab. You see a cage full of rhesus monkeys, one of which is huddling alone in a corner, rocking and biting itself. Chances are that this monkey was __________.

If you stick out your tongue at a 3-week-old infant, she will probably __________.

Yolanda is 24; Zachary is 44; Andrew is 74. Assume that each successfully completes the identity crisis associated with his or her current Eriksonian stage. Which of the following alternatives matches each individual with the correct developmental outcome?

What is a responsible conclusion to reach about the relationship between the use of childcare and the eventual effect of that childcare on children?

A fertilized egg, or zygote, contains __________ chromosomes.

Aggressive-rejected is to withdrawn-rejected as __________ is to __________.

Let's say an infant crawls up to an iguana that was temporarily let out of its cage and allowed to explore the carpet. From time to time the infant looks back at her mother to see how she is responding. This sort of checking-in behavior is called __________.

There is a parallel between the development of theory of mind and language learning in that __________.

Hideki was unable to attend a little league baseball game in which both of his children played. In order both to find out what he missed and to help his children develop better autobiographical memory, Hideki should ask __________.

According to Piaget, a child who demonstrates conservation and difficulty in thinking abstractly is in which stage?

What marks the end of Piaget's sensorimotor period?

One-year-old Freddy is interacting with his mother. If she looks over to the side, Freddy will probably __________.

Dennis taunts his 4-month-old sister by moving his new kaleidoscope back and forth in front of her. He has put his arm out in front of the toy to prevent the baby from getting it. This arm blocks the baby's view of the middle of the toy. Habituation research suggests that the baby __________.

What is the relationship between separation anxiety and attachment?

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

Aggressive-rejected is to withdrawn-rejected as is to .