Deck 6: Developing Through the Life Span

Question 1

The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth is known as a(n)

A) embryo.
B) fetus.
C) zygote.
D) ovum.

Answer 1

fetus.

Question 2

The branch of psychology that systematically focuses on the physical,cognitive,and social changes that occur throughout the human life-span cycle is called

A) social psychology.
B) personality psychology.
C) developmental psychology.
D) biological psychology.

Answer 2

developmental psychology.

Question 3

Many of the outer cells of the zygote become the

A) fetus.
B) embryo.
C) placenta.
D) brainstem.

Answer 3

placenta.

Question 4

Sperm cells release ________ that eat away a mature egg cell's protective coating.

A) placentas
B) teratogens
C) enzymes
D) zygotes

Question 5

Responsiveness to sound begins during ________ development.

A) embryonic
B) zygotic
C) ovular
D) fetal

Question 6

Ross believes that personality development is a matter of sudden qualitative changes at various turning points in the life span.His viewpoint is most directly relevant to the issue of

A) stability and change.
B) nature and nurture.
C) stimulation and habituation.
D) continuity and stages.

Question 7

Stage theories of adult development are most likely to be criticized for exaggerating the

A) importance of social influence.
B) predictability of development.
C) importance of epigenetic effects.
D) interaction of nature and nurture.

Question 8

Exceptionally timid and cautious infants tend to become shy and unassertive adolescents.This best illustrates the long-term stability of

A) temperament.
B) individualism.
C) teratogens.
D) habituation.

Question 9

From 2 weeks to 8 weeks after conception,the human organism is known as a(n)

A) embryo.
B) fetus.
C) zygote.
D) ovum.

Question 10

One of the three major issues in developmental psychology involves a focus on

A) stimulation and habituation.
B) conception and prenatal development.
C) embryonic and fetal development.
D) stability and change.

Question 11

Learning the rising or falling intonations of spoken language first begins during

A) conception.
B) the first week after birth.
C) the embryonic stage.
D) the fetal period.

Question 12

As boys with explosive tempers grow older,they are especially likely to have difficulty maintaining good jobs and happy marriages.This fact is most relevant to the issue of

A) nature and nurture.
B) cognitive or social development.
C) stability and change.
D) continuity or stages.

Question 13

One research team observed that out-of-control 3-year-olds were the most likely to become out-of-control adult gamblers.This finding is most central to the issue of

A) stability and change.
B) habituation and attention.
C) continuity and stages.
D) nature and nurture.

Question 14

Professor Conrad is a research specialist in the study of identity formation during adolescence.It is most likely that the professor is a ________ psychologist.

A) developmental
B) biological
C) psychodynamic
D) clinical

Question 15

Researchers who emphasize learning and experience tend to view development as

A) a continuous process,while those who emphasize maturation often view development as a sequence of stages.
B) a sequence of stages,while those who emphasize maturation often view development as a continuous process.
C) a cognitive process,while those who emphasize maturation often view development as a social process.
D) a social process,while those who emphasize maturation often view development as a cognitive process.

Question 16

Mature eggs first begin to be released from the ovaries of human females a short time after the onset of

A) conception.
B) habituation.
C) puberty.
D) fetal development.

Question 17

Human personality shows the greatest stability during

A) preschool years.
B) late childhood.
C) teenage years.
D) adulthood.

Question 18

Boys first begin producing sperm during

A) embryonic development.
B) fetal development.
C) the first year after birth.
D) puberty.

Question 19

A fertilized egg is called a(n)

A) embryo.
B) zygote.
C) teratogen.
D) fetus.

Question 20

A stage theory of development was advanced by

A) Kohlberg.
B) Erikson.
C) Piaget.
D) all of these psychologists.

Question 21

Kristen is a normal,healthy newborn.Research indicates that

A) she has most of the brain cells she is ever going to have.
B) the neural connections that will enable her to think and talk are already completely formed.
C) she is already capable of forming permanent lifelong memories.
D) all of these statements are true.

Question 22

Harmful chemicals or viruses that can be transferred from a mother to her developing fetus are called

A) embryos.
B) placentas.
C) teratogens.
D) zygotes.

Question 23

Research on the perceptual abilities of newborns indicates that they

A) see nothing for the first 12 hours.
B) see only differences in brightness.
C) recognize the outlines of objects but none of the details.
D) look more at a face-like image.

Question 24

In general,children cannot be trained to walk before they are 10 months old.This best illustrates the importance of

A) conservation.
B) attachment.
C) object permanence.
D) maturation.

Question 25

Cocaine use during Shanda's pregnancy damaged her developing fetus.The cocaine was a(n)

A) enzyme.
B) teratogen.
C) genome.
D) placenta.

Question 26

A use-it-or-lose-it pruning process shuts down some ________ and strengthens others.

A) secure attachments
B) epigenetic marks
C) neural connections
D) critical periods

Question 27

A decrease in responding with repeated stimulation is called

A) a reflex response.
B) FAS.
C) habituation.
D) epigenetics.

Question 28

The symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome demonstrate that alcohol is a

A) teratogen.
B) genome.
C) telomere.
D) schema.

Question 29

When Joan touched her infant's cheek,he turned his head toward the side that was touched and opened his mouth.Joan was eliciting the reflex to

A) root for a nipple.
B) avoid pain.
C) habituate to touch.
D) facilitate social interaction.

Question 30

Three-month-old Andrew was obviously startled by the first ring of the telephone,but with each subsequent ring he seemed to become less reactive.This best illustrates the process of

A) vocal intonation.
B) reflexive responding.
C) biological maturation.
D) habituation.

Question 31

The immaturity of an infant's nervous system is best demonstrated by its limited

A) accommodation.
B) number of brain cells.
C) imprinting.
D) neural networks.

Question 32

Noticeable facial misproportions and cognitive abnormalities are most likely to be associated with severe cases of

A) hypertension.
B) habituation.
C) diabetes.
D) fetal alcohol syndrome.

Question 33

Research indicates that newborns can distinguish

A) their mother's voice from another woman's voice.
B) differences in light intensity but not differences in shape.
C) their mother's face from another woman's face.
D) differences in sound intensity but not differences in sound quality.

Question 34

Substantial prenatal stress exposure puts a child at increased risk for

A) obesity.
B) heart disease.
C) psychiatric disorders.
D) all of these outcomes.

Question 35

Biological growth processes that are relatively uninfluenced by experience and that enable orderly changes in behavior are referred to as

A) schemas.
B) attachments.
C) accommodation.
D) maturation.

Question 36

The recommended position for putting babies to sleep is

A) on their stomachs.
B) on their backs.
C) on their sides.
D) in a nearly upright sitting position.

Question 37

An unlearned,automatic response to a sensory stimulus is called a

A) neural network.
B) synapse.
C) teratogen.
D) reflex.

Question 38

Excess neural connections within the brain are reduced through a process of

A) accommodation.
B) imprinting.
C) attachment.
D) pruning.

Question 39

Automatically withdrawing our limbs to escape pain illustrates

A) habituation.
B) the influence of teratogens.
C) an epigenetic effect.
D) a reflex response.

Question 40

As newborns,we turn our heads in the direction of human voices and we gaze longer at more face-like images.This best illustrates that we are born preferring sights and sounds that facilitate

A) development through distinct stages.
B) continuity of personality.
C) cumulative growth.
D) social responsiveness.

Question 41

Lisa attempts to retrieve her bottle after her father hides it under a blanket.This suggests that Lisa has developed a sense of

A) egocentrism.
B) object permanence.
C) conservation.
D) accommodation.

Question 42

Poor memory for early life experiences results from a baby's relative lack of

A) secure attachment.
B) maturation.
C) egocentrism.
D) stranger anxiety.

Question 43

When tethered to a mobile,infants learned the association between

A) looking and the mobile's smell.
B) rooting and the mobile's sound.
C) swallowing and the mobile's color.
D) kicking and the mobile's movement.

Question 44

The recommended back to sleep position (putting babies to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of a smothering crib death)has been associated with

A) somewhat later walking.
B) somewhat earlier walking.
C) somewhat earlier crawling.
D) somewhat later crawling.

Question 45

Three-year-old Zara calls all four-legged animals "kitties." Her tendency to fit all four-legged animals into her existing conception of a kitten illustrates the process of

A) conservation.
B) assimilation.
C) accommodation.
D) egocentrism.

Question 46

The relative lack of neural interconnections in the hippocampus and frontal lobes at the time of birth is most likely to contribute to

A) infantile amnesia.
B) imprinting.
C) insecure attachment.
D) stranger anxiety.

Question 47

Piaget suggested that cognitive development involved an individual's construction of

A) neural networks.
B) schemas.
C) attachments.
D) critical periods.

Question 48

The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived is known as

A) conservation.
B) assimilation.
C) object permanence.
D) a secure attachment.

Question 49

We refer to all the mental activities associated with thinking,knowing,remembering,and communicating as

A) cognition.
B) maturation.
C) accommodation.
D) assimilation.

Question 50

Piaget is best known for his interest in the process of ________ development.

A) social
B) cognitive
C) emotional
D) physical

Question 51

Remembering things one can no longer perceive is most clearly an indication of

A) assimilation.
B) basic trust.
C) egocentrism.
D) object permanence.

Question 52

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information is called a(n)

A) attachment.
B) theory of mind.
C) schema.
D) neural network.

Question 53

Identical twins typically begin walking on nearly the same day.This best illustrates the importance of ________ to motor skills.

A) responsive parenting
B) maturation
C) accommodation
D) conservation

Question 54

According to Piaget,we come to know the world primarily by looking,touching,mouthing,and grasping during the ________ stage.

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

Question 55

The processes of assimilation and accommodation were most clearly highlighted by

A) Rovee-Collier's infant memory theory.
B) the Harlows' attachment theory.
C) Erikson's psychosocial development theory.
D) Piaget's cognitive development theory.

Question 56

When people recognize the inaccuracy of ethnic stereotypes and revise their beliefs,they are demonstrating the process of

A) maturation.
B) assimilation.
C) imprinting.
D) accommodation.

Question 57

At age 10,Cameron is unable to remember the dramatic car accident he experienced or the injuries he suffered when he was almost 3 years old.This best illustrates

A) an insecure attachment.
B) infantile amnesia.
C) stranger anxiety.
D) autism spectrum disorder.

Question 58

According to Piaget,assimilation involves

A) the absorption of nutrients into the body for growth and development.
B) training children to behave in a socially acceptable manner.
C) interpreting new experiences in terms of one's current understanding.
D) altering existing schemas in order to incorporate new information.

Question 59

Mr.and Mrs.Batson can't wait to begin toilet training their 1-year-old daughter.The Batsons most clearly need to be told about the importance of

A) imprinting.
B) conservation.
C) maturation.
D) object permanence.

Question 60

Adjusting current schemas to make sense of new information is called

A) egocentrism.
B) accommodation.
C) assimilation.
D) maturation.

Question 61

Even young infants will at least temporarily look for a toy where they saw it hidden a moment before.This suggests that Piaget

A) underestimated the importance of imprinting on infant attachment.
B) overestimated the impact of culture on infant intelligence.
C) underestimated the cognitive capacities of infants.
D) overestimated the continuity of cognitive development.

Question 62

Although Mr.Tong was obviously busy reading an absorbing novel,his 5-year-old daughter kept interrupting him with comments and questions about the TV cartoons she was watching.Before Mr.Tong becomes irritated with his daughter for being inconsiderate,he should be alerted to Piaget's concept of

A) object permanence.
B) conservation.
C) egocentrism.
D) accommodation.

Question 63

According to Piaget,children acquire the mental operations needed to comprehend such things as mathematical transformations and conservation during the ________ stage.

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

Question 64

According to Piaget,children in the preoperational stage are able to

A) represent objects with words and images.
B) reason abstractly and test hypotheses.
C) understand the principle of conservation.
D) think logically about tangible things.

Question 65

Compared with time spent looking at the scene of a ball falling,infants spend ________ time looking at a ball stopping in midair.Compared with time spent looking at the scene of a moving car,infants spend ________ time looking at a moving car seeming to pass through a solid object.

A) less;more
B) more;less
C) less;less
D) more;more

Question 66

Five-year-old Tammy mistakenly believes that her short,wide glass contains less soda than her brother's tall,narrow glass.Actually,both glasses contain the same amount of soda.This illustrates that Tammy lacks the concept of

A) conservation.
B) egocentrism.
C) assimilation.
D) object permanence.

Question 67

Children's ability to infer other people's intentions and feelings is indicative of their emerging

A) theory of mind.
B) conservation.
C) egocentrism.
D) object permanence.

Question 68

The ability of preschool children to empathize with classmates who are feeling sad illustrates that preoperational children have developed

A) egocentrism.
B) the curse of knowledge.
C) a theory of mind.
D) a concept of conservation.

Question 69

Julie understands that if 4 coins added to 5 coins equals 9 coins,then 4 coins subtracted from 9 coins equals 5 coins.This indicates that Julie has reached

A) a critical period.
B) the formal operational stage.
C) a secure attachment.
D) the concrete operational stage.

Question 70

According to Piaget,the preoperational stage is to the concrete operational stage as ________ is to ________.

A) assimilation;accommodation
B) object permanence;stranger anxiety
C) egocentrism;conservation
D) responsive parenting;temperament

Question 71

Current research on cognitive development indicates that

A) Piaget overestimated the cognitive competence of young children.
B) symbolic thinking develops earlier than Piaget believed.
C) Piaget's theory may apply only to middle-class male children.
D) Piaget overlooked the importance of imprinting on cognitive development.

Question 72

The preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view is called

A) stranger anxiety.
B) egocentrism.
C) imprinting.
D) conservation.

Question 73

According to Piaget,an egocentric child can best be described as

A) selfish.
B) conceited.
C) lacking in self-esteem.
D) cognitively limited.

Question 74

Children's emerging ability to tease,empathize,and persuade is a sign that they are developing a theory of mind and that they are not completely

A) egocentric.
B) imprinted.
C) assimilated.
D) accommodated.

Question 75

If a child realizes that others may have false beliefs,we can probably say that the child is not completely

A) egocentric.
B) accommodated.
C) imprinted.
D) authoritarian.

Question 76

Mistakenly assuming that the instructions for assembling a model ship would be clear to your brother because they are clear to you best illustrates

A) egocentrism.
B) imprinting.
C) conservation.
D) object permanence.

Question 77

The principle that properties such as mass,volume,and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects is called

A) imprinting.
B) conservation.
C) object permanence.
D) accommodation.

Question 78

A susceptibility to the curse of knowledge is especially likely to be associated with

A) conservation.
B) egocentrism.
C) stranger anxiety.
D) assimilation.

Question 79

Gilbert notices that his sausage is sliced into six pieces,whereas his brother's is sliced into nine pieces.He understands,however,that his brother's sausage is not actually any larger than his own.This indicates that Gilbert has by now reached the ________ stage of development.

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

Question 80

In an experiment,children saw a doll named Sally leave her ball in a red cupboard and go away.They then observed another doll,Anne,move the ball to a different location.In asking children where Sally will look for the ball upon her return,the investigators were testing the children's

A) secure attachment.
B) sense of object permanence.
C) theory of mind.
D) stranger anxiety.