According to Erikson, the positive resolution of which developmental stage culminates
in existential identity in old age?
A.Generativity vs. stagnation
B.Industry vs. inferiority
C.Integrity vs. despair
D.Intimacy vs. isolation
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When people become parents through pregnancy, adoption, or step-parenting, they face
_____ and must adapt.
A. equilibrium
B. disturbance
C. disequilibrium
D. symmetry
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Don and Ellie have been married for over 30 years. Which of the following is likely to
be MOST important in their relationship?
A.Romance
B.Passion
C.Physical attraction
D.Security
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Which of the following is a key developmental task as children move toward
autonomy?
A.Regulating to have complete control over their own lives.
B.Learning to relate to adults outside the family on a regular basis.
C.Learning to live with deprivation of privileges.
D.Exercising supervision and control of younger siblings.
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Jessica, 16, is in the process of deciding what she wants to study in college. She wants
to be an engineer one day and a painter the next day. Erik Erikson would say Jessica is
in the _____ stage of development.
A. intimacy versus isolation
B. identity versus identity confusion
C. initiative versus guilt
D. industry versus inferiority
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According to a recent study, which of the following observations was made about
women who participated in Centering Pregnancy care?
A. More women felt secure without the aid of midwives.
B. Many women reported feeling more stressed after a session.
C. Women had higher breast-feeding rates.
D. Low-income women benefited less from the program.
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_____ occurs when information interacts with sensory receptorsthe eyes, ears, tongue,
nostrils, and skin.
A.Sensation
B.Perception
C.Reception
D.Transition
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As the benefits of evolutionary selection decrease with age, Baltes argues, the need for
all of the following increases, EXCEPT:
A. social support.
B. medical technology.
C. job training.
D. culture.
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The _____ involves the culture in which individuals live.
A. chronosystem
B. mesosystem
C. ethnosystem
D. macrosystem
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Most adolescents from ethnic minority groups develop a _____ identity.
A.bicultural
B.additive
C.multiplicative
D.mono-cultural
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Parents often interact differently with each sibling, and siblings interact differently with
parents. Even these experiences occurring within the family can be part of the _____ of
siblings.
A. shared environment
B. nonshared environment
C. shared genes
D. nonshared genes
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According to Jean Piaget, which of the following characterizes the thinking of 7- to
11-year-olds?
A.Preoperational thinking
B.Formal operational thinking
C.Concrete operational thinking
D.Sensorimotor thinking
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Prenatal cocaine exposure has been linked to all of the following EXCEPT:
A. less effective self-regulation.
B. lower quality of reflexes at 1 month of age.
C. increased head circumference and lower excitability.
D. impaired motor development at 2 years of age.
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A recent meta-analysis of 124 studies by Jane Kroger and her colleagues revealed that
identity _____ rose across late adolescence and emerging adulthood.
A.moratorium
B.foreclosure
C.achievement
D.diffusion
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Two-year-old Julia is learning to talk, and her parents would say that her favorite word
is “no”. This would be considered normal for a child in Erik Erikson’s life-span stage of:
A.initiative versus guilt.
B.intimacy versus isolation.
C.autonomy versus shame and doubt.
D.trust versus mistrust.
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In which of the following situations will 9-month-old Lucy show the LEAST stranger
anxiety?
A. When she meets an unsmiling stranger at her home
B. When she meets another 9-month-old baby at her home
C. When she meets a passive stranger in an unfamiliar place
D. When she meets an aggressive stranger in an unfamiliar place
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Amber knows that a dinner plate is the same object whether it is flat on the table or
standing in the dish drainer. Amber has developed:
A. size constancy.
B. depth perception.
C. shape constancy.
D. color constancy.
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Identify a temperament classification, according to Alexander Chess and Stella Thomas
that includes children who (a) are low in activity level, (b) are somewhat negative, and
(c) display a low intensity of mood.
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Sasha’s 23rd chromosome pair contains two X chromosomes. This indicates that Sasha:
A.has Down syndrome.
B.has fragile X syndrome.
C.is a female.
D.is a male.
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Three-year-old Jared was taken to the doctor by his parents who were concerned by his
seeming lack of attachment to those around him. Jared hardly spoke at all and spent all
day preoccupied with bouncing his ball off a wall. After a thorough investigation, his
pediatrician diagnosed him with _____.
A.fragile X syndrome
B.ADHD
C.autistic disorder
D.ICF syndrome
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The _____ includes the cerebral cortex and several structures beneath it.
A. forebrain
B. hindbrain
C. midbrain
D. topbrain
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Which of the following scenarios will most likely increase the tendency of a child’ to
become an introvert and create more emotional problems as an adult?
A.Admitting the child to peer groups with other inhibited children with common
interests.
B.Having caregivers who are sensitive and accepting, and allowing the child to set his
own pace.
C.Presence of ‘defensible shelters’ that the child can retreat to when there is too much
stimulation in the physical environment.
D.Enrolling the child in school that is undermanned.
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What is the notable finding of Schaie’s assessment of intellectual abilities of parents and
their children?
A.The second generation scored higher on numerical abilities.
B.The second generation showed higher levels of cognitive functioning in inductive
reasoning.
C.The offspring generation showed cognitive decline from 60 to 67 years of age.
D.The parent generation showed modest increase in cognitive functioning from 60 to 67
years of age.
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“My computer doesn’t like me. It keeps eating my pictures” says 3-year-old Kimberly.
This is an example of:
A.animism.
B.intuitive thinking.
C.conservation.
D.egocentrism.
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What is the term used to describe “reading” emotional cues in others to help determine
how to act in a particular situation?
A.Social referencing
B.Deferred imitation
C.Infinite generativity
D.Reciprocal socialization
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____ genes are those that make the individual more vulnerable to specific diseases or
acceleration of aging.
A. Susceptibility
B. Longevity
C. Vulnerability
D. Mutated
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The children of _____ parents are better at soothing themselves when they get upset,
more effective in regulating their negative affect, focus their attention better, and have
fewer behavior problems than the children of emotion-dismissing parents.
A.emotion-coaching
B.emotion-facilitator
C.emotion-encouraging
D.emotion-independent
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Kelly responds to her infant’s needs in a consistent and timely way. When he is tired she
puts him down for a nap, and when he is hungry she feeds him. Erikson would say that
Kelly is helping her son to develop a sense of:
A.autonomy.
B.initiative.
C.trust.
D.integrity.
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Children’s Saturday morning cartoons show about _____ violent acts per hour.
A.5
B.10
C.15
D.25
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Ryan’s friend has been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. There are hard
painless bumps around his anal area. The doctor reveals that it was caused by the
human papillomavirus (HPV). Ryan’s friend has been diagnosed with which of the
following sexually transmitted infections?
A.Gonorrhea
B.Syphilis
C.Genital warts
D.Chlamydia
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Anorexia and bulimia nervosa affect:
A.men and women equally.
B.men more than women.
C.women more than men.
D.women more than older men, but less than younger men.
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Which of the following functions of friendship involves providing encouragement and
feedback, thus, allowing children to maintain an impression of themselves as
competent, attractive, and worthwhile individuals?
A.Physical support
B.Affection and intimacy
C.Social comparison
D.Ego support
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Is giftedness a product of heredity or environment? Give one example.
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What is the term for a concept that suggests that it is possible to maintain performance
in some areas through continued practice and the use of new technologies?
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What is the parenting technique for handling misbehavior in children that is
characterized by removing the child from a setting that offers positive reinforcement.
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What is the term for the neurological definition of death that is indicated by no
electrical activity in the brain for a specified period of time?
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Identify the theorist who described three criteria that characterize gifted children,
whether in art, music, or academic domains: precocity, marching to their own drummer,
and a passion to master.
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Distinguish between the constructivist and direct instruction approaches to student
learning.
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Identify and discuss the seventh stage of Erikson’s psychosocial life-span development
perspective. Provide examples to illustrate your point.
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What does the cross-sectional study by Ursula Staudinger on personal life investments
across age groups reveal?
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Discuss the issue of ethnic identity in the third and later generations of immigrants.
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Which theorist proposed a triarchic theory of love?
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Briefly explain the cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns of development. Provide
an example of each type of pattern.
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What is bilingual education? What are the positive aspects of bilingual education?
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Identify a form of reciprocal socialization in which parents time interactions in such a
way that the infant experiences turn taking with parents.
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Describe the major changes in sexual functioning among older males.
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Is it true that most stage theories have a male bias? How differently do women
experience middle age?
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