Question 1

The correct order of the stages of prenatal development is:

Accepted Answer

A) fetal stage,embryonic stage,zygotic stage. 
B) germinal stage,embryonic stage,fetal stage. 
C) zygotic stage,fetal stage,germinal stage. 
D) zygotic stage,embryonic stage,fetal stage.

Question 2

Menopause usually occurs around the age of 40.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of temperament described by Thomas and Chess?

Accepted Answer

A) active 
B) slow-to-warm-up 
C) difficult 
D) easy

Question 4

At the conventional stage,moral decisions are based on self-interest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When an object touches baby Geraldine's palm,she closes her fist tightly around it.If the object is lifted up,Geraldine hangs on and is lifted up with it.Geraldine is demonstrating the ______ reflex.

Accepted Answer

A) rooting 
B) Moro startle 
C) grasping 
D) sucking

Question 6

Weeks pregnant,and I already feel SO different!" Wanting to show off your new knowledge of developmental psychology and the prenatal stages,you smugly reply,"It is just so great that your child is in the __________ of development because its organs are just starting to develop!"

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

After spilling her milk,Adrianna remarked,"Oh no,milk down." This shortened sentence is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) private speech. 
B) telegraphic speech. 
C) babbling. 
D) cooing.

Question 8

Your one-year old sister picks up objects feels every part of them,and then puts them in her mouth.What stage of Jean Piaget's model of cognitive development does this behavior suggest she is in?

Accepted Answer

A) concrete operations 
B) sensorimotor 
C) preoperational 
D) formal operations

Question 9

At between 2 and 3 years of age children begin using three to four word sentences that contain only the words needed to communicate their meaning.These sentences reflect:

Accepted Answer

A) telegraphic speech. 
B) babbling. 
C) language schemas. 
D) private speech.

Question 10

Brody reminds her graduate students that development continues until death and that it reflects an ongoing,complex interaction between physical,cognitive,and social factors.Dr.Brody takes a(n)______ approach to human development.

Accepted Answer

A) multidirectional 
B) lifespan 
C) longitudinal 
D) "old-school"

Question 11

Years of age,in which an individual becomes capable of logical thought processes but is not yet capable of abstract thinking,is the ______ stage.

Accepted Answer

A) concrete operations 
B) sensorimotor 
C) preoperational 
D) formal operations

Question 12

Most young adolescents,especially those who receive a formal high school education,are at the level of thinking that Piaget described as:

Accepted Answer

A) formal operations. 
B) preoperational. 
C) preconventional. 
D) identity versus role confusion.

Question 13

The theory in which aging is attributed to our bodies' organs and cell tissues simply wearing out with repeated use and abuse is called_________ theory.

Accepted Answer

A) activity 
B) wear-and-tear 
C) disengagement 
D) cellular clock

Question 14

A developmental psychologist believes that increased TV watching by young children is responsible for a decline in reading stories when these children enter school.To explore her hypothesis,she records the TV viewing habits of toddlers in a suburban community.She examines these habits again when the children enter kindergarten and again every year until the kids enter the sixth grade.This is the ________ method.

Accepted Answer

A) cross-sectional 
B) longitudinal 
C) lifespan 
D) correlational

Question 15

Concerning the development of the brain during childhood and adolescence,which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The brain's development is more or less complete by the onset of puberty. 
B) Brain development virtually ceases following puberty. 
C) Brain development is faster during adolescence than during childhood. 
D) Different parts of the brain mature at different rates in adolescence.

Question 16

Which of Erik Erikson's psychosocial crises revolves around the child's learning to direct his or her own will?

Accepted Answer

A) trust versus mistrust 
B) initiative versus guilt 
C) industry versus inferiority 
D) autonomy versus shame and doubt

Question 17

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

If Mike is struggling to achieve generativity rather than stagnation,Mike is probably:

Accepted Answer

A) an adolescent. 
B) a young adult. 
C) middle-aged. 
D) elderly.

Question 19

Egbert is a quiet child who is very slow to adapt to change.However,if he is introduced gradually to new people or situations,then eventually he will accept them without too much distress.Thomas and Chess would say his temperament is ______.

Accepted Answer