Question 1

Psychologist Renée Baillargeon found that three-and-a-half-month-old infants appeared surprised when they watched a carrot pass behind a screen but fail to appear in a window in the screen. According to Baillargeon, this suggests that infants understand _____ at a much earlier age than Piaget suggested.

Accepted Answer

A)  conservation 
B)  object permanence 
C)  centration 
D)  symbolic thought

Question 2

Gender refers to the cultural, social, and psychological meanings that are associated with masculinity and femininity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Moral reasoning is defined as the aspect of cognitive development:

Accepted Answer

A)  that has to do with how an individual reasons about moral decisions. 
B)  involved in overcoming egocentrism. 
C)  that has to do with how an individual acquires the ability to think rationally through the basic processes of learning, including reinforcement, punishment, and modeling. 
D)  that develops when the ego integrity versus despair psychosocial conflict is resolved successfully.

Question 4

What changes take place as the human brain matures over the adolescent years into early adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A)  Immature white matter develops into mature gray matter. 
B)  The amount of gray matter steadily increases in the cerebral cortex and new neurons continue to be developed until about age 30. 
C)  Unused neurons and neuronal connections are pruned. 
D)  The brain goes through two critical periods in early adolescence, which are called generativity and induction.

Question 5

Some aspects of development, such as prenatal development and language development, are closely tied to _____, during which a child is maximally sensitive to environmental influences.

Accepted Answer

A)  germinal periods 
B)  critical periods 
C)  embryonic periods 
D)  fetal periods

Question 6

Makers of videos developed for infants and toddlers have claimed that the videos promote brain development. However, a study by Zimmerman and colleagues showed that viewing baby media was _____ with vocabulary growth in infants.

Accepted Answer

A)  not correlated 
B)  positively correlated 
C)  negatively correlated 
D)  quasi-correlated

Question 7

Most psychologists today agree that the quality of child care is a key factor in promoting secure attachment in early childhood and preventing problems in later childhood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Girls are inherently less interested in sports than boys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

During the germinal period:

Accepted Answer

A)  the zygote becomes implanted on the mother's uterine wall. 
B)  the pregnant woman is highly susceptible to colds and infections. 
C)  the mother can feel the fetus moving. 
D)  all of the organs and the major body systems have formed.

Question 10

According to Erikson's theory, in late adulthood, regret is to _____ as self-acceptance and pride is to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  inferiority; industry 
B)  isolation; intimacy 
C)  despair; ego integrity 
D)  stagnation; generativity

Question 11

Centration refers to the tendency for a child to focus on several aspects of a situation rather than focus on the central aspect of the situation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Lifespan Development

Gender refers to the cultural, social, and psychological meanings that are associated with masculinity and femininity.

Moral reasoning is defined as the aspect of cognitive development:

What changes take place as the human brain matures over the adolescent years into early adulthood?

Some aspects of development, such as prenatal development and language development, are closely tied to _____, during which a child is maximally sensitive to environmental influences.

Makers of videos developed for infants and toddlers have claimed that the videos promote brain development. However, a study by Zimmerman and colleagues showed that viewing baby media was _____ with vocabulary growth in infants.

Most psychologists today agree that the quality of child care is a key factor in promoting secure attachment in early childhood and preventing problems in later childhood.

Girls are inherently less interested in sports than boys.

During the germinal period:

According to Erikson's theory, in late adulthood, regret is to _ as self-acceptance and pride is to _.

Centration refers to the tendency for a child to focus on several aspects of a situation rather than focus on the central aspect of the situation.