Question 1

Bea is 70 years old and works part-time at a discount store.She has kept herself busy by engaging in various activities she enjoyed during middle adulthood.She volunteers occasionally at a local food bank,and enjoys the company of her family and the members of her bridge club.According to the _____ theory of aging,Bea is aging successfully.

Accepted Answer

A) activity 
B) Kübler-Ross 
C) disengagement 
D) wear-and-tear

Question 2

Approximately _____ of American children are likely to experience the breakup of their parents' marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) one-quarter 
B) one-third 
C) two-fifths 
D) one-half

Question 3

Discuss the risks associated with longitudinal research studies.

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Question 4

As psychologists use the term,habituation means:

Accepted Answer

A) signs of recognition that infants exhibit on seeing familiar faces and things. 
B) the repulsiveness toward certain things that children develop early in life depending on their environment. 
C) the reaction that neonates exhibit when there is a disturbance in their environment. 
D) decrease in the response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus.

Question 5

_____ is the period at which maturation of the sexual organs occurs,beginning at about age 11 or 12 for girls and 13 or 14 for boys.

Accepted Answer

A) Puberty 
B) Amenorrhea 
C) Menopause 
D) Sensorimotor stage

Question 6

During the concrete operational period,children learn to undo operations in their minds.Piaget termed this ability as the_____ principle.

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Question 7

"Age-related declines in memory and cognition are largely a matter of nature." "Age-related declines in memory and cognition are largely a matter of nurture." Support either of these propositions and provide strong evidence in support of your answer.

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Question 8

Which of the following primarily studies the patterns of growth and change that occur throughout life?

Accepted Answer

A) Oncology 
B) Developmental psychology 
C) Cytology 
D) Parapsychology

Question 9

Making explicit reference to specific stages and concepts,describe your own adolescent and young adult development from an Eriksonian perspective.Try to capture some of the developmental tensions and challenges during this period in your narrative.

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Question 10

Which of the following sequences accurately reflects the order of the stages of prenatal development?

Accepted Answer

A) Germinal,embryonic,and fetal 
B) Fetal,embryonic,and germinal 
C) Germinal,fetal,and embryonic 
D) Fetal,germinal,and embryonic

Question 11

Yolanda is 24,Zachary is 44,and Andrew is 73.Assume that each successfully completes the identity crisis associated with his or her current Eriksonian stage.Which of the following alternatives matches each individual with the correct developmental outcome?

Accepted Answer

A) Yolanda: intimacy; Zachary: generativity; and Andrew: wisdom 
B) Yolanda: wisdom; Zachary: intimacy; and Andrew: generativity 
C) Yolanda: intimacy; Zachary: wisdom; and Andrew: generativity 
D) Yolanda: generativity; Zachary: intimacy; and Andrew: wisdom

Question 12

A local community center asks you to give a presentation to parents-to-be on out-of-home care and its potential influence on child development.What points might you include in your presentation? Make explicit reference to the prevalence of out-of-home care and to the effects of the child's background,the quality of the care,and the amount of time spent in out-of-home care.

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Question 13

Maura and Trish are eighth graders who have been caught smoking.Maura's parents yell at her and refuse to let her explain things.They ground her for a month and take away her television and Internet privileges for two months.Trish's parents talk to her about their disappointment and concern; additionally,they make her spend every afternoon for a week at the library,researching the dangers of smoking and discussing her findings with them each night at dinner.Most likely,Maura's parents are _____ and Trish's are _____.

Accepted Answer

A) permissive; authoritative 
B) authoritarian; permissive 
C) authoritarian; authoritative 
D) authoritative; permissive

Question 14

Preschoolers can hold only two or three chunks of information in short-term memory,5-year-olds can hold four,and 7-year-olds can hold _____.

Accepted Answer

A) five 
B) eight 
C) seven 
D) ten

Question 15

Bonnie is 3 months old.Her parents are inconsistent in attending to her needs.Sometimes they are very attentive,feeding her promptly when she cries and comforting her when she seems upset.At other times,Bonnie cries for a long time before her parents attend to her.Based on Erikson's theory,it is likely that Bonnie will develop:

Accepted Answer

A) a general sense of mistrust. 
B) a sense of superiority. 
C) an inflated id. 
D) memory impairment.

Question 16

Identical twins are _____identical.

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Question 17

Which alternative below best approximates the frequency of adolescent suicide?

Accepted Answer

A) It is the leading cause of death among teenagers; every 30 minutes,a teenager commits suicide. 
B) It is among the top five leading causes of death among teenagers; every 90 minutes,a teenager commits suicide. 
C) It is among the top 10 leading causes of death among teenagers; every 2 hours,a teenager commits suicide. 
D) It is actually less common than one might think and is not among the top 10 leading causes of death among adolescents.

Question 18

The realization that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight is termed as_____ in Piaget's theory.

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Question 19

According to Carol Gilligan,women's morality centers on individual well-being and social relationships-a morality of _____.

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Question 20

As compared to Piaget,Vygotsky placed _____ emphasis on the _____ bases of cognitive development.

Accepted Answer

A) less; social 
B) less; linguistic 
C) more; social 
D) more; perceptual

Exam 12: Development