When the inherited blood types of mother and fetus differ, the most common cause of
difficulties is
A) maternal age.
B) Rh factor incompatibility.
C) emotional stress.
D) prenatal malnutrition.
Which of the following women is more likely to delay parenthood or decide against it
altogether?
A) Molly, who has a traditional gender-role orientation
B) Rene, who has a high-status, demanding job
C) Ann, who works at a low-level, undemanding job
D) Amanda, who is unemployed
Mr. Dunn is concerned about his 17-year-old daughter, who has been exchanging text
messages with one particular boy. You should tell him that
A) this romantic involvement will probably last through college.
B) close romantic ties promote sensitivity, empathy, self-esteem, social support, and
identity development.
C) this relationship is probably interfering with her identity development.
D) his daughter is too young for dating and is at risk for drug use and early sexual
activity.
Anorexia nervosa is
A) more common among African-American girls than among Hispanic girls.
B) a tragic eating disorder in which young people starve themselves because of a
compulsive fear of getting fat.
C) more common than bulimia nervosa, affecting about 2 to 4 percent of teenage girls.
D) more common in high-SES groups than in low- and middle-SES groups.
Which of the following statements about the spread of STDs, including AIDS, is true?
A) It is at least five times as easy for a male to infect a female, as for a female to infect
a male.
B) It is at least five times as easy for a female to infect a male, as for a male to infect a
female.
C) It is just as easy for a female to infect a male, as for a male to infect a female.
D) It is at least twice as easy for a male to infect a female, as for a female to infect a
male.
Preterm infants
A) are those born several weeks or more before their due date.
B) include those born two weeks or more after their due date.
C) usually have more serious problems than small-for-date infants.
D) probably experienced inadequate nutrition before birth.
When he was dying of cancer, Mr. Babcock, a lifelong bird watcher, stated, “Whenever
I feel the pain or cannot catch my breath, I travel to the woods in my mind and search
for the red-winged blackbird.” Mr. Babcock views dying as
A) a mandate to live ever more fully.
B) imprisonment.
C) part of life’s journey.
D) an experience to be transformed.
Ray’s actual competence and performance in dealing with life’s challenges indicate his
__________ age.
A) chronological
B) biological
C) functional
D) social
Compared to men, middle-aged women report
A) a greater desire for other-sex friends.
B) less satisfaction with their friendships.
C) providing their friends with more emotional support.
D) a greater willingness to break off a friendship.
Around 3 to 4 months of age,
A) when infants gaze, smile, or vocalize, they expect their social partner to respond in
kind.
B) babies perceive facial expressions as organized patterns.
C) babies use social referencing to actively seek emotional information from a trusted
person.
D) stranger anxiety peaks, and then gradually declines over the first year of life.
Which of the following individuals has a higher risk of hypertension and heart disease?
A) Chandra, a Caucasian-American female
B) Vivica, an African-American female
C) Joh, an Asian-American male
D) Hunter, a Caucasian-American male
Samantha is a first-time expectant mother at age 35. You can tell her that healthy
women in their thirties have __________ as those in their twenties.
A) higher rates of pregnancy complications
B) lower rates of miscarriage
C) lower rates of pregnancy complications
D) about the same rates of pregnancy complications
Children who believe that people’s personality traits are __________ rather than
__________ often judge others as either “good” or “bad.”
A) fixed; changeable
B) malleable; constant
C) genetic; nurtured
D) singular; mixed
Sibling contact and support
A) decline from early to middle adulthood.
B) rise from early to middle adulthood.
C) are highest during middle adulthood.
D) decline from middle to late adulthood.
By 6 months of age, babies can categorize on the basis of
A) shape only.
B) size only.
C) two correlated features.
D) concepts.
Dr. Snyder decided to devote her career to the study of death and dying. Dr. Snyder’s
interdisciplinary field is
A) gerontology.
B) thanatology.
C) geriatrics.
D) anthropology.
Dr. Anodyne found a correlation of +.49 between illegal drug use and levels of
adolescent delinquency. This
correlation is __________ and __________.
A) moderate; positive
B) low; positive
C) high; negative
D) low; negative
Which of the following statements about obesity rates in China is true?
A) Obesity is nearly nonexistent in China.
B) Chinese boys are more likely than Chinese girls to be obese.
C) Today, 10 percent of Chinese children are overweight and 4 percent are obese.
D) A prevailing belief in the Chinese culture is that excess body fat signifies ill health
and laziness.
Which of the following statements about alcohol use in adulthood is true?
A) Alcohol induces anxiety at first but relieves stress over time.
B) About half of police activities in large cities involve alcohol-related offenses.
C) Almost 25 percent of fatal car crashes in the United States involve alcohol.
D) The most effective prevention strategy for reducing alcohol abuse is to raise the
minimum drinking age to 25.
The best way to reduce the suffering of a child sexual abuse victim is to
A) prevent sexual abuse from continuing.
B) expose the child to other children who have had similar experiences.
C) allow the child to see that the abuser is severely punished.
D) move on quickly and not dwell much on what has happened.
At the patient’s request, Dr. Abbott turns off the respirator of a patient who cannot
breathe independently. Dr. Abbott’s use of passive euthanasia is
A) widely practiced as part of ordinary medical procedure.
B) an unusual procedure that must be court ordered.
C) immoral, unethical, and rarely used in the United States.
D) permissible only for patients who are in intense pain and suffering.
Three-year-old J.T. understands that 3 is more than 2, and 2 is more than 1. J.T. has a
grasp of
A) ordinality.
B) cardinality.
C) chronological order.
D) one-to-one correspondence.
Principal Allen wants to reduce prejudice at his middle school. Which of the following
interventions should he use?
A) segregate the classrooms to promote ethnic pride
B) assign children to cooperative learning groups with peers of diverse backgrounds
C) highlight group distinctions
D) encourage children to view others’ traits as fixed
Paul is a male librarian. Which of the following individuals is the most likely to be
critical of Paul’s career choice?
A) Paul’s female supervisor
B) Paul’s female co-workers
C) Paul’s female friends in traditional careers
D) Paul’s male friends in traditional careers
__________ percent of babies’ total caloric intake is devoted to growth.
A) Ten
B) Fifteen
C) Twenty-five
D) Forty
Compared to other cultures, North American adolescents have
A) very open sexual attitudes.
B) a more open attitude toward homosexuality.
C) little or no information about sex.
D) relatively restrictive sexual attitudes.
U.S. Medicare funds about _____ percent of older adults’ medical needs.
A) 25
B) 40
C) 50
D) 75
Parents who __________ are more likely to gain in marital interaction, feel competent
as parents, use effective child-rearing practices, and have children who are developing
well.
A) attend couples’ therapy
B) engage in effective coparenting
C) have traditional gender roles around the home
D) delay childbirth until their thirties
Which of the following statements about exercise for older adults is true?
A) “Taking it easy” is the best treatment for many chronic diseases.
B) Good nutrition and physical activity are only beneficial when they are lifelong.
C) As many as 75 percent of those over age 75 do not exercise regularly.
D) Physically active seniors are at high risk for injury.
Ethel, age 65, and Raymond, age 72, cohabit. If they are typical of cohabiting older
adults, which of the following is most likely true?
A) They have plans to marry.
B) They are as satisfied with their partnered lives as are their married counterparts.
C) They are willing to give up their independence in order to be together.
D) They have conventional values.
A gamete
A) contains 46 chromosomes.
B) is formed through mitosis.
C) contains 23 chromosomes.
D) is formed when the chromosomes copy themselves.
Adult students in college courses
A) reinforce negative stereotypes of aging.
B) create more work for college teachers and staff.
C) outperform younger students by a two-to-one margin.
D) provide valuable intergenerational contact.
Children with diabetes tend to have fathers, not mothers, with the illness. The pattern of
inheritance is best explained by
A) incomplete dominance.
B) X-linked inheritance.
C) genomic imprinting.
D) genetic mutation.