Question 1

According to Carol Gilligan,Kohlberg's assumption that the moral reasoning of girls is less well-developed than that of boys was faulty because

Accepted Answer

A)   the moral reasoning of girls is oriented towards relationships rather than abstract principles.
B)   Kohlberg's original moral dilemma was gender-biased.
C)   most of our laws were written by men.
D)   Kohlberg's studies did not include any girls. A

Question 2

Once a child can perform mental operations on concrete objects and can understand the principles of conservation and reversibility,she has reached Piaget's ___ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)   preoperational
B)   concrete operations
C)   formal operations
D)   post operational B

Question 3

If a newborn looks at a face,they will focus on the ___.

Accepted Answer

chin or hairline

Question 4

A point in development during which an organism is extremely sensitive to environmental input is called

Accepted Answer

A)   a developmental window.
B)   a sensitive period.
C)   a critical period.
D)   a transitional phase.

Question 5

With respect to the timing of puberty,a ___ who develops ___ would have the most difficult time making the transition through adolescence.

Accepted Answer

A)   female; late
B)   male; early
C)   female; on time
D)   male; late

Question 6

What happens in a sequential developmental research design?

Accepted Answer

A)   Participants of the same age are tested repeatedly over time.
B)   Participants of different ages are tested repeatedly over time.
C)   Participants of different ages are tested at one point in time.
D)   Participants of the same age are tested at one point in time.

Question 7

Which of the following pairs are INCORRECTLY matched?

Accepted Answer

A)   alcohol - teratogen
B)   Down syndrome -- extra chromosome
C)   Cystic fibrosis -- recessive gene
D)   PKU - teratogen

Question 8

Continuous development involves clear qualitative differences in thinking or behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

After drinking a quart of rum,sixteen-year old Brady and his friends thought it would be fun to "borrow" Brady's father's car and take it for a drive.Brady realized his bad decision when he missed a turn and put the car in the ditch.Which of the following best explains Brady's poor decision making?

Accepted Answer

A)   peer pressure
B)   development of Brady's prefrontal cortex is incomplete
C)   alcohol has affected Brady's judgment
D)   both peer pressure and the incomplete development of Brady's prefrontal cortex.

Question 10

How would an anxious/avoidant attached infant react in the Strange Situation procedure?

Accepted Answer

A)   The infant would treat the mother as a base and explore the room; the infant would get upset when the mother left but would be happy upon her return.
B)   The infant would not respond to the mother; the infant would not respond when the mother left or returned.
C)   The infant would react strongly when the mother left and show mixed emotions when she returns.
D)   The infant would look dazed and confused when the mother returns.

Question 11

Dace's genotype is homozygous for a specific discrete trait.What does it mean for Dace's phenotype?

Accepted Answer

A)   The trait will not be expressed in his phenotype, but he will pass it on to his children.
B)   The trait will only be expressed in his phenotype if he has the proper environmental exposure during his critical period.
C)   If the trait is dominant, it will be expressed in his phenotype, but if it is recessive it won't be expressed.
D)   The trait will be expressed in his phenotype.

Question 12

According to Erikson,what happens if we don't reach successful resolution of the conflict facing us at a particular stage of psychosocial development?

Accepted Answer

A)   We may find it more difficult to successfully resolve subsequent stages.
B)   We stay at that stage until it is resolved.
C)   We start over at the first stage.
D)   We skip a stage.

Question 13

In which developmental research design are participants of the same age tested at multiple points in time?

Accepted Answer

A)   longitudinal
B)   experimental
C)   cross-sectional
D)   sequential

Question 14

Jacob is 55.He has taken early retirement and now just sits around the house watching TV.Which of Erikson's stages is Jacob experiencing?

Accepted Answer

A)   integrity vs. despair
B)   identity vs. role confusion
C)   industry vs. inferiority
D)   generativity vs. self-absorption

Question 15

Dana is looking at a school bus for the first time and mistakenly calls it a truck.Her mother corrects her,point out the yellow colour and all the windows.As a result,Dana's idea of a truck is now a bit different.What process of acquiring knowledge would Piaget call this?

Accepted Answer

A)   assimilation
B)   accommodation
C)   equilibrium
D)   schematic reorganization

Question 16

Joseph recently found some duckling eggs that had been abandoned and took them home until they hatched.The ducklings followed Joseph around everywhere.Which of the following experiments was Joseph replicating?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lorenz's studies of unconscious attachment
B)   Lorenz's studies of imprinting
C)   Piaget's theory of cognitive alignment
D)   Bowlby's studies of attachment

Question 17

___ theory examines the importance of the early parent-infant relationship.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ___ theory examines the importance of the...

Question 18

Which theory of aging below provides a chemical-oriented explanation?

Accepted Answer

A)   wear-and-tear
B)   free radical
C)   cellular clock
D)   use-it-or-lose-it

Question 19

Pia is bragging to all her friends at work about how good her 1-year old baby is.She said that when she dropped him off at daycare for the first time,he didn't even cry or seem to notice that she was gone and that when she returned to pick him up at the end of the day he didn't even care that she was there.He was so good! What kind of attachment style does it look like Pia has with her infant?

Accepted Answer

A)   secure
B)   anxious/resistant
C)   anxious/avoidant
D)   disorganized/disoriented

Question 20

As we grow older,80% of our early synaptic connections are lost.

Accepted Answer