Which of the following statements regarding the results of the landmark Kauai study is
true?
A)Children born with serious birth complications will not grow into competent,
well-adjusted adults unless they have supportive home environments.
B)Even when the overall balance of life events tips toward the favorable side, children
with serious birth problems rarely develop successfully.
C)The impact of early biological risks often wanes as children’s personal characteristics
and social experiences contribute increasingly to their functioning.
D)Children born with birth complications often develop severe behavioral problems
regardless of their home environment.
__________ is moderately related to attachment security in diverse cultures and SES
groups.
A)Goodness of fit
B)Social referencing
C)Grandparent primary caregiving
D)Sensitive caregiving
Which of the following tends to be associated with better psychological health in
adolescence, especially for girls?
A)gender intensification
B)a “feminine” gender identity
C)an androgynous gender identity
D)gender-typed pressures from others
The overwhelming majority of young people in traditional, non-Western countries
A)experience a prolonged emerging adulthood.
B)enter marriage late.
C)enter lifelong work late.
D)have no emerging adulthood.
Children who __________ develop a sense of academic self-efficacy.
A)have high IQ scores.
B)acquire academic integrity.
C)acquire effective self-regulatory skills
D)use abstract, logical thought.
Women’s progress in entering and excelling at male-dominated professions has been
A)nonexistent.
B)slow.
C)moderate.
D)rapid.
Treating individuals with anorexia is difficult because
A)they commonly deny the seriousness of their disorder.
B)their mothers are often overprotective and are reluctant to hospitalize them.
C)they tend to avoid intimate ties, such as those with a therapist.
D)abnormalities in their brains make effective change difficult.
Which of the following statements about physical activity in U.S. schools is true?
A)Only six U.S. states require 45 minutes of physical education per day through the high
school years.
B)More than two-thirds of school-age children do not attend any physical education
classes during a typical school week.
C)Most U.S. states require some physical education in every grade.
D)Only one state mandates at least 30 minutes of physical education per day in elementary
school.
Which of the following children is in Piaget’s formal operational stage?
A)Beth, who can think in a logical, orderly fashion when dealing with concrete
information
B)Abi, who can think abstractly about things she cannot perceive concretely
C)Isaac, who can create a relationship between pieces of information that are not from the
same category
D)Jonas, who can think through a process and then mentally reverse it
Taylor’s twenty-third pair of chromosomes is XY. Taylor
A)has phenylketonuria (PKU).
B)has Down syndrome.
C)is male.
D)is female.
Infant intelligence test scores often do not reflect true abilities because
A)the tests cannot be relied on for screening developmental problems.
B)the tests emphasize verbal, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
C)infants and toddlers easily become distracted, fatigued, or bored during testing.
D)the tests only identify infants and toddlers who are likely to be intellectually gifted as
older children.
__________ are at greater risk for injury than __________.
A)Three- to 5-year-old girls; 3- to 5-year-old boys
B)Children with easy temperaments; irritable children
C)Middle-SES children; low-SES children
D)U.S. children from advantaged families; children in Western Europe
Nianzu quickly applies learning and memory strategies to new situations and engages in
self-regulation. According to Sternberg, Nianzu excels in __________ intelligence.
A)analytical
B)creative
C)practical
D)experiential
Which of the following children is most likely to be a more frequent TV viewer?
A)Allen, whose parents both work full time
B)Kayleigh, who is the youngest of 4 children
C)Joaquin, who is enrolled in child care
D)Catherine, who is low SES