Deck 11: Section 6: Development

Question 1

During the Strange Situation test, Gravis notices when his mother leaves the room but does not appear upset. When she returns, Gravis smiles at her and continues to play happily with a truck. What attachment style does Gravis MOST likely have?

A)secure
B)avoidant
C)ambivalent
D)disorganized

Answer 1

secure

Question 2

Compared to younger adults, older adults are _____ to attend to and be influenced emotionally by negative information.

A)equally likely
B)less likely
C)slightly more likely
D)uniquely driven

Answer 2

less likely

Question 3

Piaget suggested that young children have trouble understanding other people's points of view because of:

A)rigid rules for assimilation and accommodation.
B)different cultural beliefs.
C)egocentrism.
D)conservation.

Answer 3

egocentrism.

Question 4

Throughout adolescence, people spend _____ time with opposite-sex peers and _____ time is spent with same-sex peers.

A)more; more
B)less; maintain the amount of
C)more; less
D)more; maintain the amount of

Question 5

All of these are associated with fetal alcohol syndrome EXCEPT:

A)a thin upper lip.
B)large eye openings.
C)a flat midface.
D)an underdeveloped jaw.

Question 6

Presented with two identical balls of clay, children in the _____ stage say that the two balls still contain the same amount of clay, even when one is rolled out into a snake or flattened into a pancake.

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

Question 7

The theories of Lev Vygotsky emphasized the role that _____ plays in cognitive development.

A)individual experience
B)mental representation
C)social life
D)theory of mind

Question 8

Parents generally report that having children _____ their happiness; these survey results also suggest that marital happiness _____ after children are born.

A)decreases; increases
B)increases; decreases
C)increases; increases
D)decreases; decreases

Question 9

Ricky will not pull Amber's hair, even though he wants to do so, because he is afraid Amber would tell the teacher and get him in trouble. According to Kohlberg, Ricky probably is in the _____ stage of moral development.

A)relativistic
B)preconventional
C)conventional
D)prescriptive

Question 10

Infants will _____ to a physically _____ event.

A)assimilate rapidly; impossible
B)accommodate slowly; possible
C)demonstrate object permanence more quickly; possible
D)habituate slowly; impossible

Question 11

In the final stage of moral development, Piaget suggests that children shift their thinking from _____ to _____.

A)intentions; drives
B)outcomes; intentions
C)outcomes; drives
D)intentions; outcomes

Question 12

The ability to reason about abstract concepts, such as freedom and love, occurs during the _____ stage.

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

Question 13

Once a zygote has implanted itself on the uterine wall, this signifies the end of the _____ stage of development and the beginning of the _____ stage.

A)germinal; embryonic
B)germinal; fetal
C)embryonic; fetal
D)embryonic; germinal

Question 14

Recent studies suggest that genetics _____ in determining sexual orientation.

A)plays a minor role
B)does not play any role
C)is the sole factor
D)plays a significant role

Question 15

Sex education during adolescence:

A)increases sexual activity among teenagers.
B)decreases the number of teenage pregnancies.
C)increases the number of sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers.
D)substantially decreases sexual activity among teenagers.