Question 1

Dion is a popular,independent,socially skilled 10-year-old.At one year of age,he probably had a(n)____ attachment style.

Accepted Answer

A)  social 
B)  independent 
C)  insecure 
D)  secure

Question 2

Longitudinal studies of intellectual abilities were conducted on about 5,000 people in Seattle over the past 50 years.Which of the following was a conclusion drawn from the study?

Accepted Answer

A)  General intellectual abilities gradually increase until the early 40s and then remain fairly stable until the mid-60s. 
B)  General intellectual abilities gradually increase after the early 40s till the mid 60s and then remain fairly stable until the late-70s. 
C)  There is an increase in general intellectual abilities up to the early 40s and thereafter it starts decreasing rapidly. 
D)  General intellectual abilities keep increasing with age and is at the highest during the time of death.

Question 3

Why is it more likely for the fetus to develop negative effects due to malnutrition in the last three months of pregnancy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because there are more chances of the nutrition going waste during this time which will affect the brain development of the fetus 
B)  Because if there is no sufficient nutrition,the growth of the fetus will stop 
C)  Because this is the time when the head of the fetus starts to grow 
D)  Because during this time the fetus gains most of its weight and new brain cells grow rapidly

Question 4

What is Gilligan's criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral development? Does the research support her position?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Which of the following statements is true about children of divorce?

Accepted Answer

A)  The emotional turmoil surrounding divorce may have a greater impact on younger children than on their older peers. 
B)  The emotional turmoil surrounding divorce may have a greater impact on older children than on their younger peers. 
C)  Divorce is much less likely to have a negative impact on children if the mother initiates divorce proceedings rather than the father. 
D)  The emotional turmoil surrounding divorce is the same for all children.

Question 6

What was Lev Vygotsky's argument against Jean Piaget's cognitive development theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  He argued that the basic learning skills of a child is developed in school rather than at home. 
B)  He argued that learning should be according to the surrounding in which the child lives and nothing more than that. 
C)  He argued that there were biological limits of learning in children due to age. 
D)  He argued that children's mental development can be accelerated if they are given instruction and guidance by someone who is more mentally mature.

Question 7

According to research,self-awareness develops in children at about ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  9 months of age 
B)  36 months of age 
C)  18 months of age 
D)  28 months of age

Question 8

The ____ is important in regulating and coordinating basic motor activities such as sucking and swallowing.

Accepted Answer

A)  cerebellum 
B)  cerebral cortex 
C)  frontal cortex 
D)  medulla oblongata

Question 9

Who proposed that attachment is part of many species' genetic heritage,and its evolutionary function is to keep immature animals close to their parents so that they are protected from predators?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean Piaget 
B)  Erik Erikson 
C)  John Bowlby 
D)  Lev Vygotsky

Question 10

In North American culture,the length of the adolescent period has gradually increased over the past 40 years.Which of the following is a likely reason for this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Late marriages of parents 
B)  More employment opportunities 
C)  Emphasis on attending college 
D)  Single parent families

Question 11

A basic ingredient in developing attachment that explains why children often clutch or stroke soft objects when they are tired is known as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  closeness 
B)  separation anxiety 
C)  contact comfort 
D)  temperament

Question 12

What do slow maturing girls and early maturing boys have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both tend to feel awkward in social situations 
B)  Both tend to be popular in their peer group 
C)  Both tend to exhibit inappropriate attention-seeking behaviors 
D)  Both a and c

Question 13

Which of the following statements is false about self-consciousness during adolescence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Despite self-consciousness concerns by some teenagers,in most areas of their lives,adolescents are as well adjusted as children and adults. 
B)  Teenagers are generally more aware of and concerned about being scrutinized by others than are younger children. 
C)  As adolescents develop formal operational thinking they begin developing individual differences in self-consciousness,with these differences extending into adulthood. 
D)  Almost all adolescents experience heightened self-consciousness.

Question 14

The fetal stage takes place during the ____ of prenatal development.

Accepted Answer

A)  first two weeks 
B)  conception phase 
C)  ninth through last week 
D)  This stage does not exist.

Question 15

You pour some soda for 4-year-old May into a short,wide glass.You pour the same amount into a tall,narrow glass for Leslie.May is upset because she thinks you've given Leslie more soda.May does not yet understand the principle of ____.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Object permanence is a major accomplishment occurring during Piaget's ____.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Desmond is an African-American teenager who is in the process of developing his ethnic identity.Lately,he has become very critical of any activities and values that he associates with the dominant White culture,rejecting them as evil and/or worthless.What stage of ethnic identity formation is Desmond likely experiencing based on this description?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unexamined ethnic identity stage 
B)  Ethnic identity search stage 
C)  Formal operational stage 
D)  Achieved ethnic identity stage

Question 18

Diana's baby,Pilar,has just started to become very upset when Diana leaves her at daycare or with the babysitter.Pilar is probably around ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  3 months old 
B)  7 months old 
C)  2 years old 
D)  4 years old

Question 19

A woman is dying from a special kind of cancer.The one drug that the doctors think might save her expensive to make,costing $200,and the druggist is charging 10 times his cost,or $2,000,for a small dose.The sick woman's husband,Heinz,is unable to raise the entire amount.He asks the druggist to lower the price or let him pay the balance later,but the druggist declines.In desperation,Heinz breaks into the druggist's office and steals the drug for his wife. You pose Heinz's moral dilemma to your nephew,Nick.He argues that it was wrong for Heinz to steal the drug because it's against the law.Nick's reasoning demonstrates Kohlberg's ____ level of moral development.

Accepted Answer

A)  preconventional 
B)  conventional 
C)  postconventional 
D)  preoperational

Question 20

How does growing older affect a person's intellectual abilities?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 3: Human Development

Dion is a popular,independent,socially skilled 10-year-old.At one year of age,he probably had a(n) ____ attachment style.