A recent study of end-of-life planning conducted by Clements in 2009 revealed that
_____ of patients 18 years of age and older had a living will.
A.over two-thirds
B.15 percent
C.just one-third
D.40 percent
Answer:
A(n) _____ is a layer of fat cells that encases and insulates many axons, and helps
electrical signals travel faster down the axon.
A. myelin sheath
B. astrocyte
C. dendrite
D. nociceptor
Answer:
In their longitudinal investigation, Chess and Thomas found that _____ percent of the
children they studied could be classified as easy.
A. 25
B. 30
C. 40
D. 55
Answer:
The developmentalist who believed that motor skills development comes about through
maturation is:
A.Dr. Konrad Lorenz.
B.Dr. Benjamin Spock.
C.Dr. T. Berry Brazelton.
D.Arnold Gesell.
Answer:
Six-year-old Patricia loves to draw pictures and describe them. Her ideas are more
balanced now. She has started to analyze and understand things. However, she is
egocentric and holds what her parents describe as “magical beliefs.” Patricia is in
Piaget’s _____ stage of development.
A. sensorimotor
B. concrete operational
C. formal operational
D. preoperational
Answer:
Betty and Allen’s child, Cara, is usually in a pleasant mood. She has a regular routine
but can readily adapt to changes. According to Chess and Thomas, Cara would be
classified as:
A.a passive child.
B.an easy child.
C.a slow-to-warm-up child.
D.an inhibited child.
Answer:
Living together in a sexual relationship without being married is known as _____.
A.consensual validation
B.attachment
C.coparenting
D.cohabitation
Answer:
A young child might be heard saying “That tree pushed the leaf off and it fell down.”
The child’s belief that the tree is capable of action is referred to as _____.
A. egocentrism
B. conservation
C. animism
D. kineticism
Answer:
The adult density of synapses in the prefrontal cortex is achieved in:
A. infancy.
B. early childhood.
C. late childhood.
D. middle to late adolescence.
Answer:
Approximately _____ of the total health bill of the United States is for the care of adults
65 and over, who comprise only 12 percent of the population.
A.one-fifth
B.one-fourth
C.half
D.one-third
Answer:
What percentage of elderly Latinas lived in poverty in 2010?
A.22 percent
B.51 percent
C.41 percent
D.60 percent
Answer:
Which of the following is the most frequent form of ageism?
A.Assumptions about frailty of older adults
B.Assumptions about ailments caused by age
C.Disrespect for older adults
D.Older adults being edged out of their family life
Answer:
Which of the following is true about implicit memory?
A.It is also known as declarative memory.
B.It is more likely to be adversely affected by aging than explicit memory.
C.It involves skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed.
D.It is memory of facts and experiences that individuals consciously know and can
state.
Answer:
In sum, adolescents’ lives are characterized by a combination of:
A.drug and alcohol use.
B.rebellion and delinquency.
C.storm and stress.
D.change and tradition.
Answer:
Which type of play increases dramatically during the preschool years?
A.Practice play
B.Sensorimotor play
C.Social play
D.Constructive play
Answer:
According to Salthouse, a recent analysis of research found:
A.no evidence for significant changes in everyday cognition from 20 to 75 years of age.
B.that everyday cognition continued to increase from 20 to 75 years of age.
C.evidence of significant decline in everyday cognition from 20 to 75 years of age.
D.that everyday cognition peaked in the twenties and then declined.
Answer:
Remembering how to ride a bike without having to consciously think about it is a part
of an individual’s _____ memory.
A.declarative
B.prospective
C.implicit
D.explicit
Answer:
A loss or impairment of language ability caused by brain injury is called _____.
A. dysphagia
B. aphasia
C. autism
D. mutism
Answer:
In which sensorimotor substage does an infant develop the ability to use primitive
symbols?
A. Simple reflexes
B. First habits and primary circular reactions
C. Secondary circular reactions
D. Internalization of schemes
Answer:
Approximately _____ percent of gay men are parents.
A.10
B.20
C.30
D.40
Answer:
Although Alicia has a great memory for trivia, she has difficulty remembering
important events in her life. Alicia has good _____ memory but poor _____ memory.
A.episodic; procedural
B.procedural; semantic
C.semantic; episodic
D.explicit; implicit
Answer:
Senior Odyssey participants showed increased _____ that involves generating new
ideas, being open to new information, and being aware of multiple perspectives.
A.openness to diversity
B.other-centeredness
C.multitasking
D.mindfulness
Answer:
According to Freud, to reduce anxiety, avoid punishment, and maintain parental
affection, children identify with parents, internalizing their standards of right and
wrong, and thus form the:
A.alter ego.
B.ego.
C.superego.
D.id.
Answer:
Which of the following characteristics do men rate in women as most important?
A.Good looks
B.Honesty
C.Understanding
D.Kindness
Answer:
A major study was conducted by Fisher, Cullen, & Turner in 2000 which focused on
campus sexual assault, involved a phone survey of 4,446 women attending two- or
four-year colleges. As per the study, which of the following observations is TRUE about
stalking?
A.Most women were stalked by strangers.
B.More than half of women students said that they had been stalked.
C.Most women knew their stalkers.
D.Stalking incidents last, on average, about 14 months.
Answer:
Which of the following is a benefit of everyday conflicts that characterize
parent-adolescent relationships?
A.It teaches adolescents that their parents are not perfect.
B.It helps adolescents become more autonomous.
C.It helps adolescents accept parental control over their lives.
D.It teaches parents how to exert more control over the lives of adolescents.
Answer:
For older adults, with a partner who reported not having sex, the main reason was:
A.poor physical health.
B.depression.
C.lack of privacy.
D.lack of interest.
Answer:
Lucy frequently spanks her child, enforces rigid household rules, and exhibits rage
toward her child when those rules are broken. Lucy is most likely a(n) _____.
A.authoritarian parent.
B.authoritative parent.
C.indulgent parent.
D.neglectful parent.
Answer:
_____ thinking characterizes the kind of thinking that is required on conventional tests
of intelligence.
A.Convergent
B.Creative
C.Divergent
D.Abstract
Answer:
Research conducted by Ruth Chao suggests that:
A.the high control of Asian parents is best conceptualized as “training” and is distinct
from the domineering control characteristic of an authoritarian style of parenting.
B.”authoritarian” parenting is “authoritarian” parenting, whether the parent is Asian
American, African American, or European American.
C.contrary to stereotypes, Asian parents are indulgent and permissive.
D.consistent with stereotypes, Asian parents are domineering, controlling, and have
rigid/unrealistic expectations for academic achievement in their children.
Answer:
The event that comes closest to being a culture-wide rite of passage in the United States
is:
A.hazing.
B.getting a driver’s license.
C.a high school graduation ceremony.
D.joining a college fraternity.
Answer:
Which of the following statements is true about nicotine?
A.It is a depressant that stimulates neurotransmitters that have a calming or
pain-reducing effect.
B.It increases the smoker’s energy and alertness.
C.It deprives the smoker a pleasurable and reinforcing experience.
D.It is a passive drug in cigarettes that reduces the dopamine levels of a smoker.
Answer:
Gonads are:
A.the two main classes of sex hormones.
B.ovaries in females and testes in males.
C.estrogens.
D.androgens.
Answer:
During the elementary school years, children grow an average of _____ inches a year.
A.1 to 2
B.2 to 3
C.5 to 7
D.7 to 10
Answer:
Ada knows that she has liver cancer and will not live much longer. In her prayers, she
asks God to let her live one more year, and promises to set everything right with her
family and loved ones. In this scenario, Ada is in which of the following Kübler-Ross’
stages of dying?
A.Bargaining
B.Denial
C.Anger
D.Acceptance
Answer: