Which of the following statements about emerging adulthood is true?
A)It is a period of development that spans from age 15 to 21 years.
B)It is a period of development unique to underdeveloped nations.
C)Although emerging adults have moved beyond adolescence, they have not yet fully
assumed adult roles.
D)It is a period of development mostly limited to young people in developing nations.
In a face perception study involving both human and monkey pairs, 9-month-old infants
A)could discriminate the individual faces of both humans and monkeys.
B)did not show a novelty preference when viewing the monkey pair.
C)showed a novelty preference only when viewing the monkey pair.
D)could not yet discriminate the individual faces of humans or monkeys.
Some researchers think that autism is due to
A)impairment in an innate, core brain function that leaves the child unable to detect others’
mental states.
B)mercury commonly found in recommended childhood vaccinations.
C)mutations in the child’s genetic code, usually inherited through the father’s genes.
D)a diet during the prenatal period and the first year that was lacking in essential vitamins
and proteins.
Which of the following children is the most likely to suffer from untreated tooth decay?
A)Devon, who lives in a single-parent household
B)Vincent, who is low-SES
C)Penny, who is an only child
D)Jiyeon, who is Korean American
Which of the following girls is most likely to develop anorexia nervosa?
A)Cheyanne, an African American
B)Brenda, an Asian American
C)Ashley, a Caucasian American
D)Delilah, a Hispanic American
An estimated 21,000 __________, which directly affect our body’s characteristics, lie
along the human chromosomes.
A)nuclei
B)regulator genes
C)protein-coding genes
D)sex genes
A correlation of +.55 between preschool attendance and self-esteem indicates that children
who attend preschool have __________ self-esteem scores than children who do not attend
preschool.
A)moderately higher
B)significantly higher
C)significantly lower
D)moderately lower
Today, in Western industrialized nations, the issue of whether to have children is a
A)biological given.
B)compelling social expectation.
C)matter of true individual choice.
D)matter of legacy.
Which of the following is an example of a gross-motor skill?
A)climbing
B)pointing
C)reaching
D)scribbling
At 6 months, Annabelle dropped her rattle in a fairly rigid way. By 12 months, she
tossed objects down the basement stairs, bounced them off walls, and threw them in the
air. Annabelle’s modifications of her dropping scheme are an example of
A)accommodation.
B)equilibrium.
C)organization.
D)assimilation.
Sarah’s mom told her they were going outside in the rain and needed a bumbershoot. Sarah
had never heard the word bumbershoot before, but she knew the word umbrella. Sarah
tries to figure out what the new word means, and eventually she decides that a
bumbershoot must be an umbrella. Sarah must abandon her __________ to reach this
conclusion.
A)cardinality principle
B)shape bias
C)overregularization principle
D)mutual exclusivity bias
Quality tends to be the lowest in
A)nonprofit child-care centers.
B)family child-care settings.
C)for-profit child-care centers.
D)single child-care settings.
In which of the following countries does the greatest percentage of the population rate
religion as very important in their lives?
A)Sweden
B)Great Britain
C)Canada
D)the United States
Which of the following statements about vocabulary and reading is true?
A)Preschoolers’ reading habits strongly predict later vocabulary size into high school.
B)Avid readers are exposed to more than 4 million words per year.
C)On average, children learn about 10 new words each day.
D)Children who rarely read encounter only about 600,000 words per year.
The overall stability of temperament is
A)moderate in infancy and toddlerhood.
B)low from the preschool years on.
C)low in infancy and toddlerhood.
D)high from the preschool years on.
Which of the following statements about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) is true?
A)Boys are diagnosed three to nine times as often as girls.
B)Girls are diagnosed twice as often as boys.
C)ADHD affects about 15 percent of U.S. school children.
D)All children with ADHD are hyperactive.
The placenta is delivered during
A)the first stage of labor.
B)the second stage of labor.
C)crowning.
D)the third stage of labor.
Describe the development of drawing in children in Western nations.
Cite the arguments that critics have made in opposition of emerging adulthood as a distinct
stage of development.
Compare and contrast the terms critical period and sensitive period, and discuss how
observations of imprinting led to the development of these concepts.
Describe the sex differences in body growth.
Explain how adults can foster preschoolers’ language development.
Define size and shape constancy, and explain how they contribute to infants€ perception
of objects.
Describe the Apgar Scale, and explain how it is used.
What are scripts? How do they contribute to young children’s memory development?
Do sex differences in mental abilities exist during childhood and adolescence? Explain.
Explain the work of William Perry and how emerging adults gain in epistemic cognition.