_____ illness often follows a pattern of an acute period that may require hospitalization,
followed by a longer period of remission, and then repetitions of this pattern.
A.Acute
B.Chronic
C.Terminal
D.Debilitating
Answer:
A consensus is developing that the key changes in identity are more likely to take place
at _____.
A.18 to 25 years of age
B.15 to 17 years of age
C.12 to 15 years of age
D.9 to 12 years of age
Answer:
Which of the following statements is TRUE about metabolic syndrome?
A.Weight loss and exercise are strongly recommended as part of the treatment of
metabolic syndrome.
B.Metabolic syndrome usually reduces any risk of diabetes or any other cardiovascular
disease.
C.Metabolic syndrome often leads to anorexia nervosa.
D.Waist circumference is the least recommended method in predicting metabolic
syndrome.
Answer:
The interpretation of sensory information is called _____.
A. sensation
B. reception
C. perception
D. transition
Answer:
Which of the following biological theories of aging states that people age because their
cells’ normal metabolism produces unstable oxygen molecules?
A.Cellular clock theory
B.Free-radical theory
C.Telomerase-injection theory
D.Hormonal stress theory
Answer:
Which of the following is NOT one of the important characteristics men look for in
women?
A.Good looks
B.Cooking skills
C.Frugality
D.Understanding
Answer:
In the cerebral cortex, the _____ lobes have an active role in hearing, language
processing, and memory.
A. frontal
B. parietal
C. occipital
D. temporal
Answer:
In contrast to Piaget’s views, the development of formal operational thinking:
A.does not occur during adolescence.
B.is promoted by education in the logic of science and mathematics.
C.is unaffected by the influence of culture and education.
D.is commonly seen among all American adults.
Answer:
Research indicates that it is unlikely learning disabilities:
A.reside in a single, specific brain location.
B.are due to problems in integrating information from multiple brain regions.
C.are a result of subtle difficulties in brain structures.
D.occur as a result of subtle difficulties in brain functions.
Answer:
In which of the following substages of sensorimotor development do infants become
intrigued by the many properties of objects and by the many things they can make
happen to objects?
A. Tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity
B. Coordination of primary circular reactions
C. Coordination of secondary circular reactions
D. Internalization of schemes
Answer:
A police officer visits Ben and Heather’s class to discuss safety rules. To attract the
children’s attention, the officer brings colorful balloons and many jars of bubbles for the
children to blow. Later, Heather tells her parents all about the balloons and bubbles but
cannot remember any of the safety rules the officer presented. Heather obviously paid
more attention to what was _____.
A.salient
B.relevant
C.habituated
D.intended
Answer:
Lindsay’s body does not produce enough insulin, causing an abnormal metabolism of
sugar. She is receiving insulin treatment. Lindsay has:
A.spina bifida.
B.hemophilia.
C.phenylketonuria.
D.diabetes.
Answer:
A person’s knowledge about the world is called _____ memory.
A.schematic
B.functional
C.normative
D.semantic
Answer:
Drawing on beliefs, values, and goals to change the meaning of a stressful situation is
known as:
A.self-efficacy.
B.problem-focused coping.
C.meaning-making coping.
D.proactive coping.
Answer:
Children’s shows like Sesame Street are:
A.good at teaching prosocial skills.
B.detrimental to children learning positive social interchange.
C.good electronic babysitters but not good at teaching any skills.
D.not effective when they try to teach; they are more effective when they are aimed at
entertainment.
Answer:
A girl’s first menstruation is called _____.
A.gonadarche
B.spermarche
C.menarche
D.adrenarche
Answer:
Reaching in four-month-old infants is guided by:
A. keeping their limbs in sight.
B. touch.
C. cues from muscles, tendons, and joints.
D. auditory cues.
Answer:
Children are internally motivated to perceive the world and to act in accordance with
their developing _____.
A.preferences
B.schemas
C. roles
D.orientations
Answer:
Identify the status of individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis or made any
commitments.
A.Identity crisis
B.Identity diffusion
C.Identity foreclosure
D.Identity achievement
Answer:
Which of the following is typically the last male pubertal characteristic to occur?
A.The first ejaculation
B.Voice changes
C.Increased penis and testicle size
D.Growth of facial hair
Answer:
According to Freud, the moral element of the personality is called the _____.
A.id
B.superid
C.ego
D.superego
Answer:
A teratogen is any agent that can cause:
A.organogenesis.
B.birth defects.
C.fetal movement.
D.maternal back pain.
Answer:
Landon has a metabolic syndrome. His doctor is concerned because in many patients
this leads to:
A.arteriosclerosis and cirrhosis of the liver.
B.pancreatic cancer and fatty liver.
C.irritable bowel syndrome and gastric ulcers.
D.diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Answer:
At which age do infants have the highest risk of dying from sudden infant death
syndrome (SIDS)?
A.2 to 4 months of age
B.5 to 6 months of age
C.7 to 9 months of age
D.10 to 12 months of age
Answer:
Which of the following is a drug that is used in the treatment of Parkinson disease?
A.ACE inhibitors
B.Cholinerase inhibitors
C.L-dopa
D.Serotonin
Answer:
According to the observations made by the authors Joseph and Claudia Allen, the
current generation of adolescents is experiencing _____ after adolescence.
A.early adulthood
B.parenthood
C.more adolescence
D.infirmity
Answer:
Which of the following is true of middle-aged and older adults who had poor sibling
relationships in childhood?
A.Men were more likely to develop depression by age 50.
B.Women were more likely to develop depression by 40.
C.Both men and women tended to re-bond with their siblings during middle-age.
D.Women tended to move away from sibling relationships.
Answer:
In general, in the United States, African American and Latino family orientations differ
from White family orientations in that:
A.the nuclear family is less prominent in White families.
B.the extended family plays a greater role in African American and Latino families.
C.the emphasis in African American and Latino families is on individual self-reliance.
D.the emphasis in White families is on family attachment and unity.
Answer:
A characteristic feature of information-processing psychologists are that they are most
likely to:
A. emphasize the influence of culture on development.
B. emphasize that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and strategize about
it.
C. state that individuals develop a gradually decreasing capacity for processing
information.
D. state that thinking does not constitute information processing.
Answer:
A cell which contains 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs undergoes the process of
_____ to produce two new cells, each containing the same DNA as the original cell,
arranged in the same 23 pairs of chromosomes.
A. mitosis
B. osmosis
C. meiosis
D. fertilization
Answer:
The United States currently allows up to _____ weeks of _____ leave for caring for a
newborn.
A. 12; unpaid
B. 14; paid
C. 18; paid
D. 18; unpaid
Answer:
Recent research indicates that the greater distractibility of older adults is associated
with less effective functioning in neural networks running through the _____ of the
brain, which are involved in cognitive control.
A.occipital and temporal lobes
B.frontal and parietal lobes
C.cerebellum
D.medulla
Answer:
List the physical changes that take place during middle adulthood.
Answer:
What is the label used to describe the onset of alcoholism after the age of 65.
Answer:
Which theorist has been studying married couples’ lives since the 1970s and has found
that seven main principles determine whether a marriage will work?
Answer:
What are the barriers to creating culture-fair tests?
Answer:
What is the psychological perspective that emphasizes the importance of adaptation,
reproduction, and ‘survival of the fittest” in shaping human behavior?
Answer:
Identify the theorist who developed and used the “looking chamber” to study the vision
of infants in the early 1960s.
Answer:
Based on the findings of the Berkeley Longitudinal Studies, what is the major criticism
against stage theories?
Answer:
Compare women’s and men’s friendship patterns.
Answer:
List four sex-linked chromosomal abnormalities.
Answer:
Define self-efficacy. How do children with low self-efficacy for learning differ from
children having high self-efficacy for learning?
Answer:
Which theory states that memory is best understood by considering two types of
memory representationverbatim memory trace and gist?
Answer:
List the five key features identified by Jeffrey Arnett as characterizing emerging
adulthood.
Answer:
List three possible causes of infertility in women and in men. What are the two
strategies that can be used to overcome infertility?
Answer:
The discretionary time available to U.S. adolescents is greater than that available to
their counterparts in East Asia, Europe, and other industrialized countries. Analyze if
this additional discretionary time is an asset or a liability for U.S. adolescents.
Answer:
What is the term for parents who monitor their children’s emotions, view their children’s
negative emotions as opportunities for teaching, and assist children in labeling their
emotions?
Answer:
Describe how adults cope with death.
Answer:
Identify the term that refers to the developmental issue or debate concerning whether
development is influenced by biology or environment.
Answer:
Define Gene environment (G E) interaction. Give an example of a study (either your
own or one from the book) that could illustrate the interaction between genes and the
environment.
Answer: