Question 1

Using evidence from the textbook regarding socio-emotional,cognitive,and physical changes in adulthood,explain why adulthood is considered both the most satisfying and most unsatisfying time of life.

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Question 2

Nicholas is an infant researcher and wants to use the strange-situation test in his work.Nicholas is most likely interested in seeing

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A)  how infants respond to separation and reunion with their caregivers. 
B)  an infant's tendency to seek or avoid novelty. 
C)  a mother's response to a fearful infant. 
D)  the level of social interaction with which an infant is comfortable.

Question 3

Sally is playing outside with her brother Micah one day and wants to push him down when he takes her swing.Sally does not push Micah,however,because she predicts that she will be punished with no television privileges after dinner if she does.Sally is most likely in the ________ stage of development.

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

Question 4

Thirteen-year-old Sasha has a hard time getting along with her siblings because she often feels emotional and acts irrationally.She knows that she overreacts to their teasing,but she cannot help it.Sasha's feelings are most likely due to activation in her

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A)  prefrontal cortex. 
B)  hippocampus. 
C)  limbic system. 
D)  temporal cortex.

Question 5

If Ansel believes in a dynamic systems perspective,he most likely believes that development occurs through a series of interactions between the child's biology,his or her ________,and his or her ________.

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A)  culture; genes 
B)  peers; environment 
C)  parents; genes 
D)  culture; environment

Question 6

Joey needs to use his fingers to add and subtract.Joey can sort blocks based on both their shape and color at the same time.Based on this information,you know that Joey is most likely in the ________ stage of development.

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

Question 7

When Kate's grandma leans over the crib with a toy in her hand,eight-month-old Kate grasps it and pulls on it.When Kate's mom hangs a set of animals across the crib,Kate reaches up,grabs them,and pulls them down.Kate seems to be working on ________ for grasping and pulling.

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A)  a reflex 
B)  a schema 
C)  object permanence 
D)  conservation

Question 8

Nora took her young son Alfred to the zoo,where he pointed to a zebra and said,"Look,Mommy,a horse!" Nora replied,"That is not a horse;that is a zebra.See,it has black and white stripes." Alfred then replied,"Wow! Look at the striped zebra!" In this situation,Henry's development of a zebra schema required

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A)  assimilation. 
B)  accommodation. 
C)  conservation. 
D)  object permanence.

Question 9

Robby is 11 months old and has begun making speech sounds like "baba" and "momo." On the other hand,16-month-old Rebecca can produce two-word sentences like "Daddy eat" and "Mama give." Robby's speech is ________,whereas Rebecca's speech is ________.

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A)  babbling; telegraphic 
B)  telegraphic; overregularized 
C)  overregularized; babbling 
D)  telegraphic; babbling

Question 10

Marcia's baby is just starting to eat solid food,and like all babies,he prefers certain tastes.Which of the following mashed foods is the baby most likely to want to eat?

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A)  peas 
B)  bananas 
C)  potatoes 
D)  rice

Question 11

Adeline has been struggling with divorcing her husband for quite some time and is worried that she will never date again.Erikson would classify Adeline as most likely dealing with the psychosocial conflict of

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A)  generativity versus stagnation. 
B)  identity versus role confusion. 
C)  integrity versus despair. 
D)  intimacy versus isolation.

Question 12

Sharon is 60 and has experienced slowness of thought over the last year.She goes to her doctor to discuss why this is.Her doctor is most likely to tell her that slowed mental processes are a result of

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A)  increases in muscle mass. 
B)  shrinking frontal lobes. 
C)  exercising too much. 
D)  experiencing a senior moment.

Question 13

Joe is nearing the end of his life.He reflects on his past,focusing on how he spent his whole life working long hours at his job.As a result,he is struggling with whether his life has been well lived.Joe is most likely experiencing the ________ stage of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.

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A)  intimacy versus isolation 
B)  generativity versus stagnation 
C)  integrity versus despair 
D)  trust versus mistrust

Question 14

Brooke is a developmental psychologist at USA College.Which of the following is Brooke most likely to study?

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A)  patterns of neural activation that influence memory retrieval 
B)  the subjective experience of the feeling "pride" 
C)  the ways in which children differ from adults in their thought processes 
D)  how effective behavior modification is for teenagers with depression

Question 15

Derek pretends to be a baker while playing in the sand.He forms five sand cookie balls,and then he forms a sixth but flattens it into a pancake."Wow! This cookie is way bigger than the others!" he exclaims.This example best illustrates Derek's ________ development.

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A)  socio-emotional 
B)  cognitive 
C)  moral 
D)  physical

Question 16

Angela works at a nursing home and notices some distinct differences among her patients.Which of her patients is LEAST likely to have Alzheimer's?

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A)  Dorothy, who has a genetic predisposition and goes dancing with her friends twice a week 
B)  Bill, who has no genetic predisposition and does not socialize or exercise 
C)  Reagan, who has a genetic predisposition and does not socialize or exercise 
D)  John, who has no genetic predisposition and goes dancing with his friends twice a week

Question 17

Helen keeps her new baby boy well fed and clean.However,she does not want to spoil him,so she does not hold him or touch him too much.After reading about Harry Harlow's research,Helen now knows that

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A)  humans are intelligent and their young can thrive even without being held. 
B)  babies need to be touched and held to develop normally. 
C)  infants prefer food more than comforting contact. 
D)  humans cannot form true attachments until they are 18 to 24 months old.

Question 18

Amelia has been quite stressed lately and is very alarmed when she goes into labor at 30 weeks of gestation.Her baby has not finished the ________ period of prenatal development.It ________ live outside of the womb.

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A)  embryonic; can 
B)  fetal; can 
C)  embryonic; cannot 
D)  fetal; cannot

Question 19

While he is in the waiting room at the doctor's office,Arthur tries to classify infants' attachment based on their behavior.He is certain that the baby girl is securely attached because she

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A)  explores the unfamiliar room and the objects in it while staying in view of her mother. 
B)  stays very close to her mother for support. 
C)  is fearful of any strangers who come into the room. 
D)  is not distressed when her mother leaves the room.

Question 20

A) Using Erikson's stages of development,describe which challenges are most prevalent in the developmental stages of adolescence and adulthood.
B) Choose one of the three challenges from adulthood.Describe how this challenge is difficult to navigate and describe the possible negative effects of this situation.

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Exam 4: Development Across the Life Span