Deck 9: Life-Span Development

Question 1

Each of the following is true except ________.

A) different babies are likely to display individual differences in temperament
B) regardless of what initially causes a baby's temperament, it often remains quite stable over time
C) some differences in temperament may be due to prenatal influences
D) environmental influences have little or no effect on a child's temperament

Answer 1

environmental influences have little or no effect on a child's temperament

Question 2

Jeff's parents are thrilled because he has just said his first word -- "Dada." He is most likely about ________ months of age.

A) 18
B) 15
C) 12
D) 9

Answer 2

12

Question 3

According to Piaget, children learn to see more than one dimension to a problem, but cannot yet handle abstract concepts during the ________ stage.

A) sensory-motor
B) formal-operational
C) preoperational
D) concrete-operational

Answer 3

concrete-operational

Question 4

Tommy acts rough and noisy because he has learned to believe that as a male he is supposed to act that way. His behavior is an example of ________.

A) innate behavior patterns
B) sex-typed behavior
C) cross-typed behavior
D) gender identity confusion

Question 5

According to Baumrind's research, permissive-indifferent parents are likely to have children who are ________.

A) distrustful
B) intellectual
C) dependent
D) assertive

Question 6

A researcher decides to study cognitive changes in children by simultaneously studying groups of 3-year-olds, 6-year-olds, 9-year-olds, and 12-year-olds. This researcher is conducting a ________ study.

A) cross-sectional
B) strain
C) biographical
D) longitudinal

Question 7

The average age for an infant to stand up while holding onto something is about ________ months.

A) 9
B) 5
C) 11
D) 7

Question 8

Each of the following is linked to increased risk of teenage violence in boys except ________.

A) having experienced problems at school
B) exhibiting high levels of the power motive
C) coming from a family with a history of criminal violence
D) having been abused as a child

Question 9

Which of the following is not true of divorce?

A) It usually occurs after a long period of slowly increasing unhappiness.
B) It is usually the result of a mutual decision by both partners to end the marriage.
C) In the short term, it often brings about turmoil, animosity, and apprehension.
D) Children can adapt more successfully to a divorce when they have good support systems.

Question 10

The development of formal operations in adolescence leads to ________.

A) extroverted behavior
B) thinking in terms of concrete things
C) a lessening of self-analysis compared to preoperational thought
D) overconfidence and egocentrism