Question 1

The best predictor of a couple's marital satisfaction is the

Accepted Answer

A)  frequency of their sexual intimacy. 
B)  intensity of their passionate feelings. 
C)  ratio of their positive to negative interactions with each other. 
D)  experience or nonexperience of a prior marriage.

Question 2

Mr. Lambers refuses to pay income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billions of dollars on military weapons. Mr. Lambers' reasoning best illustrates Kohlberg's ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  postconventional 
B)  concrete operational 
C)  preconventional 
D)  conventional

Question 3

After their grown children have left home, most couples experience

Accepted Answer

A)  the distress of the empty nest syndrome. 
B)  increased strain in their marital relationship. 
C)  the need to have their children visit often. 
D)  greater happiness and enjoyment in their relationship.

Question 4

Dr. Ensing studies the reactions of very young children who are briefly separated from their mothers while in an unfamiliar setting. It is most likely that Dr. Ensing is conducting research on

Accepted Answer

A)  attachment. 
B)  conservation. 
C)  egocentrism. 
D)  imprinting.

Question 5

When pregnant rats drink alcohol, their young offspring later display a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  immunity to fetal alcohol syndrome. 
B)  aversion to the taste of alcohol. 
C)  unusually rapid development of bladder control. 
D)  liking for the taste and odor of alcohol.

Question 6

When asked to recall the one or two most important events over the last half century, older adults tend to name events that occurred when they were between ________ years of age.

Accepted Answer

A)  2 and 5 
B)  5 and 10 
C)  10 and 30 
D)  30 and 50

Exam 4: Developing Through the Life Span