Which of the following play behaviors is a cause for concern in a child?
A)spending long periods of time in solitary play
B)aimless wandering and hovering near peers
C)simple, repetitive motor movements without objects
D)kneading clay with no intent to make something
A researcher hangs a mobile over the crib of 4-month-old Anya. When the researcher
attaches Anya’s foot to the mobile with a long cord, Anya can, by kicking, make the mobile
turn. The turning of the mobile is an example of
A)a reinforcer.
B)punishment.
C)an unconditioned stimulus.
D)an conditioned response.
Which of the following statements best describes how current theorists view the period of
adolescence?
A)They argue that adolescence is mainly a period of upheaval, crisis, and inner
soul-searching.
B)They view identity development as a temporary traumatic process resulting in a mature
identity.
C)They no longer describe the process that adolescents go through in constructing an
identity as a “crisis.”
D)They argue that mature identity does not develop during adolescence but appears in
early adulthood.
Dr. Rasmussen believes that language acquisition occurs through exchanges between
inner capacities and environmental influences. Dr. Rasmussen is a(n)
A)acquisitionist.
B)behaviorist.
C)nativist.
D)interactionist.
Research on infant attention demonstrates that __________ between birth and 4 to 5
months of age.
A)attraction to novelty increases
B)sustained attention declines
C)habituation time decreases
D)the ability to shift attention declines
Which of the following is an example of applied behavior analysis?
A)letting children with burn injuries play a virtual reality game while nurses change their
bandages
B)modeling quiet reading for children to teach them to sit quietly while they read
C)talking with children about fears in an attempt to uncover the underlying cause of thumb
sucking
D)punishing a child by hitting him and then noticing that the child angrily hits a playmate
in the same way
According to __________, children move through a series of stages in which they confront
conflicts between biological drives and social expectations.
A)the normative approach
B)behaviorism
C)social learning theory
D)the psychoanalytic perspective
Johnson County officials are considering four options to help late-onset adolescent
delinquents. Based on research findings, which of the following proposals would you
recommend?
A)Proposal 1: Implement longer prison terms for repeat offenders.
B)Proposal 2: Eliminate juvenile court and prosecute teenagers in adult court.
C)Proposal 3: Hold parents of delinquent youths legally accountable for their children’s
behavior.
D)Proposal 4: Keep the delinquent youths in school and help them form positive, close
relationships.
The Carolina Abecedarian Project shows that __________ is an effective way to reduce the
negative effects of poverty on children’s mental development.
A)furnishing free nutrition and health services for parents and children
B)providing children a special resource teacher during the early elementary school years
C)an early intervention approach that focuses on parental involvement
D)enrollment in full-time, year-round child care through the preschool years
__________ intelligence reminds us that intelligent behavior is never culture-free.
A)Analytical
B)Creative
C)Practical
D)Experiential
Professor Diaz is conducting a study to determine whether a child’s information-processing
speed is related to her intelligence test score. He is conducting a
A)functional assessment.
B)factor analysis.
C)componential analysis.
D)dynamic assessment.
In one study, 8- to 10-year-olds judged the moral implications of flag burning. Which of
the following was a judgment the children made?
A)They stated that private flag burning is worse than public flag burning.
B)They stated that burning a flag to start a cooking fire was worse than burning it
accidentally.
C)They agreed that it was never acceptable to burn a flag, even in a country that treated its
citizens unfairly.
D)They stated that burning a flag was no different than burning other household items.