Deck 9: Section 2: Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser

Question 1

Professor Sanchez is interested in studying development of motor skills.She collects data from 200 1-year-olds and follows and assesses them for a period of 5 years.What type of research design is Professor Sanchez using?

A)cohort design
B)longitudinal design
C)behavior genetics design
D)cross-sectional design

Answer 1

longitudinal design

Question 2

________ psychology encompasses the study of human growth and change over the life span.

A)Social
B)Developmental
C)Applied
D)Health

Answer 2

Developmental

Question 3

The sounds t, th, and sh are ______.

A)morphemes
B)phonemes
C)semantics
D)sound bytes

Answer 3

phonemes

Question 4

Infants who tend to show a(n)________ response typically respond positively to new situations or stimuli.

A)approach
B)withdrawal
C)easy
D)difficult

Question 5

A teratogen is typically thought of as ________ that can cause damage to the ________.

A)a chemical; fetus only
B)any chemical or radiation; embryo or fetus only
C)virus; fetus only
D)any chemical, virus, or radiation; zygote, embryo, or fetus

Question 6

Brad is in an electronics store with his parents.He looks at the CDs and thinks for a moment that he could grab one and put it beneath his coat.As he considers this possibility, he decides not to do it because he might get caught and his parents would punish him.What stage of moral development does Brad's decision represent?

A)preoperational
B)preconventional
C)autonomous moral principles
D)conventional role conformity

Question 7

Assimilation is to accommodation as ________.

A)necessary is to optional
B)help is to hinder
C)hinder is to help
D)using is to changing

Question 8

Which of the following teenagers is the most likely to become pregnant?

A)teenagers who are have an absent mother
B)teenagers with an absent father
C)teenagers without siblings
D)teenagers who live in suburbs

Question 9

What was Mary Ainsworth trying to determine when she devised an experimental method called the Strange Situation?

A)the nature of gestural communication between mothers and babies
B)aspects of purposeful exploration as the baby investigates a strange environment
C)parental discipline styles in the first year of life
D)the nature of attachment between caretakers and babies

Question 10

If a child successfully navigates this stage of psychosocial development, they will make decisions and act independently.

A)integrity vs.despair
B)autonomy vs.doubt
C)initiative vs.guilt
D)basic trust vs.mistrust