Question 1

Mary and Paul are playing house when Paul's friends come over. Paul quickly stops playing house and gets out his trucks. Why is Paul reacting this way?

Accepted Answer

A)   socialization through classical conditioning
B)   socialization through operant conditioning
C)   socialization through cognitive learning
D)   socialization through adaptation B

Question 2

Fred developed based on what he experienced in life and learned to behave based on whether his parents approved or disapproved of his actions. Which theorist would agree with this developmental proposal?

Accepted Answer

A)   Locke
B)   Piaget
C)   Hall
D)   Rousseau A

Question 3

Which of the following would involve a child interacting with the zoo representative on a field trip?

Accepted Answer

A)   microsystem
B)   mesosystem
C)   exosystem
D)   macrosystem B

Question 4

Which ethical guideline did Watson's experiment with Little Albert violate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Participants may withdraw from the study at any time, for any reason.
B)   Participants must provide voluntary consent to participate in the study.
C)   Participants should be offered information about the results of the study.
D)   Researchers are not to use methods that may do physical or psychological harm.

Question 5

Which of the following systems would be in place as a child negotiates with her mother over her allowance?

Accepted Answer

A)   microsystem
B)   mesosystem
C)   exosystem
D)   macrosystem

Question 6

Addie is assigned to a group that does not receive the treatment being studied. What is her part in this experiment?

Accepted Answer

A)   She is part of an experimental group.
B)   She is part of the dependent variable.
C)   She is part of a control group.
D)   She is part of the treatment group.

Question 7

Which of the following is likely to occur when you remove the bell in school?

Accepted Answer

A)   extinction
B)   reinforcement
C)   conditioned response
D)   consequence

Question 8

Which of the following theorists would have been most interested in a child's mental processes when answering a question?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bandura
B)   Freud
C)   Lorenz
D)   Piaget

Question 9

In which psychosexual stage is gratification obtained through control and elimination of waste products?

Accepted Answer

A)   phallic
B)   latency
C)   oral
D)   anal

Question 10

A Skinner box uses the reinforcement of water.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A scientist decides to see how many cars use the far parking lot in the early morning. He sits inside where he can see the parking lot and counts cars. Which type of research is he using?

Accepted Answer

A)   naturalistic-observation
B)   case study
C)   experiment
D)   survey

Question 12

Hailey is a one-year-old baby who is hungry. She begins crying and does not stop until she is fed, regardless of what her parents do to soothe her. Which part of Freud's theory is at work with Hailey?

Accepted Answer

A)   the id
B)   the ego
C)   the superego
D)   the conscious

Question 13

Social cognitive theorists focus on people's mental processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following increases the frequency of a desired behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)   extinction
B)   positive reinforcer
C)   negative reinforcer
D)   conditioned stimulus

Question 15

Which of the following focuses on how a person's cultural environment influences his or her development?

Accepted Answer

A)   maturation
B)   psychosexual development
C)   developmental psychology
D)   stage theory

Question 16

In ancient times and in the Middle Ages, children often were valued for their contributions to the home.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is a proposition to be tested?

Accepted Answer

A)   correlation coefficient
B)   experiment
C)   hypothesis
D)   variable

Question 18

Steve decides to do a study on intelligence in math based on age. He takes three groups of children in three different ages and studies them at the same time. Which type of research is he conducting?

Accepted Answer

A)   experimental
B)   observational
C)   cross-sequential
D)   longitudinal

Question 19

In social cognitive theory, the people after whom we pattern our own behavior are termed models.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What alters the behavior of the pigeons in the Skinner box?

Accepted Answer

A)   reinforcements
B)   stimuli
C)   punishments
D)   consequences

Exam 1: What Is Lifespan Development

Mary and Paul are playing house when Paul's friends come over. Paul quickly stops playing house and gets out his trucks. Why is Paul reacting this way?

Fred developed based on what he experienced in life and learned to behave based on whether his parents approved or disapproved of his actions. Which theorist would agree with this developmental proposal?

Which of the following would involve a child interacting with the zoo representative on a field trip?

Which ethical guideline did Watson's experiment with Little Albert violate?

Which of the following systems would be in place as a child negotiates with her mother over her allowance?

Addie is assigned to a group that does not receive the treatment being studied. What is her part in this experiment?

Which of the following is likely to occur when you remove the bell in school?

Which of the following theorists would have been most interested in a child's mental processes when answering a question?

In which psychosexual stage is gratification obtained through control and elimination of waste products?

A Skinner box uses the reinforcement of water.

A scientist decides to see how many cars use the far parking lot in the early morning. He sits inside where he can see the parking lot and counts cars. Which type of research is he using?

Hailey is a one-year-old baby who is hungry. She begins crying and does not stop until she is fed, regardless of what her parents do to soothe her. Which part of Freud's theory is at work with Hailey?

Social cognitive theorists focus on people's mental processes.

Which of the following increases the frequency of a desired behavior?

Which of the following focuses on how a person's cultural environment influences his or her development?

In ancient times and in the Middle Ages, children often were valued for their contributions to the home.

Which of the following is a proposition to be tested?

Steve decides to do a study on intelligence in math based on age. He takes three groups of children in three different ages and studies them at the same time. Which type of research is he conducting?

In social cognitive theory, the people after whom we pattern our own behavior are termed models.

What alters the behavior of the pigeons in the Skinner box?