Angie’s mother allows her to schedule her study and relaxation time on her own and, in
turn, expects Angie to continue doing well in school and to discuss her activities with
her mother ahead of time. Her mother checks on her school progress frequently, and
also talks to her about her problems and her social life. This approach is called:
A.boundary ambiguity.
B.latchkey control.
C.unilateral control.
D.coregulation.
Answer:
An egg is fertilized in the _____ period of prenatal development.
A. fetal
B. embryonic
C. implantation
D. germinal
Answer:
Which of the following is NOT a factor that predicts high status for the elderly in a
culture?
A.Whether older people control key community resources
B.Whether the extended family is a common family arrangement
C.Whether older people are permitted to engage in useful functions
D.Whether older people have had a large number of children
Answer:
The _____ lobe area in the cerebral cortex plays an important role in registering spatial
location and motor control.
A. frontal
B. parietal
C. occipital
D. temporal
Answer:
According to Rothbart and Bates’ new classification of temperament, in which category
would Kagan’s uninhibited children fit into?
A.Self-regulation
B.Negative affectivity
C.Extraversion/surgency
D.Effortful control
Answer:
Which of the following is the active drug in cigarettes?
A.Leptin
B.Barbiturate
C.Nicotine
D.Amphetamine
Answer:
Adolescents in the U.S. spend about _____ percent as much time on schoolwork as
their East Asian counterparts do.
A.80
B.20
C.60
D.40
Answer:
Which of the following is NOT a strategy for building exercise into one’s life?
A.Reduce TV time
B.Avoid tracking your progress too closely
C.Imagine the alternative
D.Get rid of excuses
Answer:
Nadine’s doctor is assessing her fine motor skills. This means that her doctor is going to
look at her ability to:
A.coordinate large muscle activity like walking.
B.maintain fine balance on a beam.
C.perform finely tuned movements like using a pencil.
D.perform reflexive behavior like stepping.
Answer:
In general, conservation involves the ability to understand that changes in physical
arrangement:
A. do not change an object’s basic properties.
B. affect an object’s inherent features.
C. determine the total volume needed for a given task.
D. must be considered before the characteristics of an object can be determined.
Answer:
Prolonged grief disorder is also known as _____.
A.depressive grief
B.complicated grief
C.abnormal grief
D.extended grief
Answer:
Hans feels ashamed when his parents say “You should feel bad about biting your
sister!” To experience a _____ emotion like shame, Hans must be able to refer to
himself as distinct from others.
A.social
B.self-conscious
C.penitent
D.sympathetic
Answer:
According to the fuzzy trace theory, the _____ consists of the precise details of the
information.
A.gist
B.verbatim memory trace
C.fuzzy trace
D.mental imagery
Answer:
The _____ stage is the longest stage of the birth process.
A. fourth
B. second
C. first
D. third
Answer:
Which of the following is a consistent finding regarding age identity?
A.As adults become older their age identity is younger than their chronological age.
B.Most adults feel that their age identity is five years more than their chronological age.
C.The age identity of adults is directly proportional to their chronological age.
D.Most adults feel that their age identity is much older than their chronological age.
Answer:
Which of the following statements about childhood obesity is true?
A. Children who are overweight at age 3 are also at the risk of being overweight at age
12.
B. There is no indication that overweight children will become overweight adults.
C. Obesity is not linked to type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes in children.
D. Obesity actually leads to decrease in hypertension levels in children when they are 5
years of age.
Answer:
Which of the following statements about the “young-old” is true?
A. They are people between 60 and 65 years of age.
B. They have little potential for physical and cognitive fitness.
C. They show considerable loss in cognitive skills.
D. They can develop strategies to cope with the gains and losses of aging.
Answer:
One day when Mark was crawling around, he fell down the stairs. After the doctor
examined him, Mark’s parents learned that he had damaged the parietal lobe. Mark’s
parents were told to expect that he would have difficulty with:
A. registering spatial locations.
B. processing auditory information.
C. vision.
D. initiating movement.
Answer:
A number of causes for ADHD have been proposed, including:
A.high birth weight.
B.poor discipline at home.
C.verbal and physical abuse during childhood.
D.cigarette and alcohol exposure during prenatal development.
Answer:
The majority of older adults aged 80 and over:
A.continue to live in the community.
B.are institutionalized.
C.report that their health is excellent or good.
D.have major health problems that limit their activity.
Answer:
Which of the following is a criticism of standardized tests?
A. They allow a person’s performance to be compared with that of other individuals.
B. They assume a person’s behavior is consistent and stable.
C. They provide information about individual differences among people.
D. They are difficult to design.
Answer:
Winnie is considering the use of anesthesia during the circumcision of her newborn son.
She wants to know if newborns can feel pain. What would you tell her?
A. Yes; recent research indicates that infants can feel pain.
B. No; infants cannot feel pain.
C. Maybe; research on the matter is inconclusive as of now.
D. Maybe; the level of pain felt depends on the newborn’s resilience.
Answer:
The life-support systems for the embryo include the:
A. umbilical cord, placenta, and amnion.
B. circulatory, nervous, and digestive systems.
C. digestive system, umbilical cord, and amnion.
D. nervous system, digestive system, and umbilical cord.
Answer:
Which of the following statements regarding paternal caregiving is FALSE?
A. Stay-at-home fathers were as satisfied with their marriage as traditional parents.
B. They tended to be ostracized when they took their children to playgrounds.
C. Fathers have the ability to act as sensitively and responsively as mothers with their
infants.
D. Paternal interactions usually center on child-care activities, such as feeding,
changing diapers, and bathing.
Answer:
Which of the following is Kübler-Ross’ fourth stage of dying?
A.Depression
B.Acceptance
C.Bargaining
D.Anger
Answer:
According to the 2009 Kaiser Family Foundation survey, which of the following groups
uses media for the longest time during a day?
A.11- to 14-year-olds
B.15- to 18-year-olds
C.8- to 11-year-olds
D.4- to 7-year-olds
Answer:
Luis is able to organize coins in a row from the largest in size to the smallest. His
newfound ability is called _____.
A.centration
B.seriation
C.reversibility
D.classification
Answer:
Which of the following is a result of declining color vision in the green-blue-violet part
of the color spectrum?
A.Difficulty in accurately matching closely related colors.
B.Difficulty in distinguishing between contrasting colors.
C.Difficulty in seeing colored objects at a distance.
D.Difficulty in seeing objects that are very close.
Answer:
_____ include biological processes such as puberty and menopause. They also include
sociocultural, environmental processes such as beginning formal education and
retirement.
A. Normative age-graded influences
B. Normative history-graded influences
C. Normative life events
D. Nonnormative life events
Answer:
Examples of Dana Torres, Olympic swimmer; Lance Armstrong, cyclist; and Tom
Watson, golfer; have been used to illustrate that:
A.there have been instances of highly conditioned athletes stretching the age limit on
winning performances.
B.peaking of physical performance occurs later than previously thought.
C.peaking of winning performances occurs earlier than previously thought.
D.the lessening of physical abilities is a common complaint, even among highly
conditioned athletes, past a certain age.
Answer:
Most divorces occur in the _____ year of marriage.
A.first to third
B.second to fifth
C.fifth to tenth
D.tenth to twelfth
Answer: