Deck 9: Extension: Life-Span Development

Question 1

The head completes virtually all of its growth by age ________.

A) 20
B) 5
C) 15
D) 10

Answer 1

10

Question 2

In America, ________ of children between birth and third grade spend some time being regularly cared for by persons other than their parents.

A) more than one-half
B) more than three-fourths
C) about one-fourth
D) about one-third

Answer 2

more than one-half

Question 3

Mature adults tend to see complex problems ________.

A) as requiring realistic as well as reasonable solutions
B) in terms of how they saw problems as adolescents
C) in an oversimplified, idealistic manner
D) as overwhelming, and virtually unresolveable

Answer 3

as requiring realistic as well as reasonable solutions

Question 4

The term used by psychologists to describe the characteristic patterns of emotional reactions and emotional self-regulation in the newborn child and young infant is ________.

A) maturity
B) development
C) cognitive capacity
D) temperament

Question 5

An internal mechanism for processing speech that is wired into all humans is a ________.

A) language acquisition device
B) holophrastic speech generator
C) universal translator
D) voice box

Question 6

Games like "Dungeons and Dragons," which involve active use of the imagination, have been popular among adolescents for some time. The game could not have risen to its high level of popularity if teenagers were not capable of ________.

A) egocentric distortion
B) introspection
C) animism
D) formal operational thought

Question 7

Greta is a heavy drinker. While her newborn baby could be quite healthy, it could also have several health problems related to her drinking. If her baby has health problems, it is most likely to ________.

A) be blind
B) be born prematurely
C) be deaf
D) have cognitive impairments

Question 8

Some critics of Piaget's theory believe that ________.

A) it is completely refuted by scientific research
B) cognitive development is best characterized as distinct stages separated by breaks
C) children must progress through one stage before arriving at the next
D) cognitive development is an ongoing, gradual, and continuous process

Question 9

Jack is 24 years old. His major task, according to Erikson, is to develop a sense of ________.

A) generativity
B) initiative
C) intimacy
D) identity

Question 10

The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some. Taking the glass of milk, she poured it all into a smaller cup and said, "There! Now you won't have to drink so much." She would never have fooled the child if he had not been in the ________ stage.

A) concrete-operational
B) formal-operational
C) preconventional
D) preoperational