In 2009, approximately 702,000 U.S. children were found to be victims of child abuse
at least once during that year. _____ of these children were abused by their parent(s).
A.Ten percent
B.Twenty-five percent
C.Fifty-four percent
D.Eighty-one percent
Answer:
Which of the following would Erik Erikson be most likely to recommend about
soothing a crying infant?
A.Do not soothe the baby because he or she will be spoiled.
B.Pick up the baby and soothe him or her so that a healthy sense of trust develops.
C.Allow the infant to cry because this will encourage the development of a
self-sufficient child.
D.Soothe the baby every other time, so that he or she does not become dependent on
external comforters.
Answer:
Which of the following statements is true about the contexts in which people die?
A.For many individuals, regardless of the time left before death, the context in which
they die is of hardly any importance.
B.Individuals who are facing death worry about the competency of caregivers.
C.There is a huge decline in the number of dying individuals who chose to die in the
humane atmosphere of a hospice.
D.Individuals who are facing death are carefree about the availability of medical
treatment if they remain at home.
Answer:
For the majority of teens, adolescence is marked by:
A.stress and storm.
B.delinquency.
C.a healthy self-image.
D.low self-esteem.
Answer:
According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, _____ refers to a heightened state of pleasure
experienced when we are engaged in mental and physical challenges that absorb us.
A.bliss
B.flow
C.euphoria
D.nirvana
Answer:
Bob worships his colleague Anne. He loves her from afar but there is no intimacy or
closeness between them. Sternberg would characterize this as _____ love.
A.consummate
B.fatuous
C.affectionate
D.passionate
Answer:
According to Kübler-Ross, _____ is the stage of dying in which the person develops the
hope that death can somehow be postponed or delayed.
A.bargaining
B.acceptance
C.depression
D.anger
Answer:
Mrs. Hernandez has considerable pain and swelling in her wrists, fingers, and knees. It
is becoming very difficult for her to maintain her usual routines as her stiffness
increases. Mrs. Hernandez has _____.
A.arteriosclerosis
B.diabetes
C.arthritis
D.osteoporosis
Answer:
Brenda’s baby was born just minutes ago, and the doctor is checking the baby’s heart
rate, respiratory effort, body color, reflex irritability, and muscle tone. Brenda’s baby is
being tested with the:
A.Apgar Scale.
B.preterm outcome test.
C.Rogers-Randall Assessment.
D.Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale.
Answer:
Because of a decline in the functioning of the immune systems, vaccination against
_____ is especially important in older adults.
A.acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
B.influenza
C.osteoarthritis
D.osteoporosis
Answer:
Diana is fun-loving, sociable, and affectionate with all her friends and acquaintances.
Identify the Big Five personality factor that describes this aspect of Diana’s personality.
A.Extraversion
B.Conscientiousness
C.Neuroticism
D.Agreeableness
Answer:
Piaget stressed that young adults are more quantitatively advanced in their thinking than
adolescents because:
A.they engage in less logical and abstract thinking.
B.they have more knowledge.
C.they enter the concrete operational stage at about 18 years of age.
D.they engage in more idealistic thinking.
Answer:
A gender _____ organizes the world in terms of female and male.
A.role
B.identity
C. bias
D.schema
Answer:
The second stage of childbirth begins with the _____ and ends with the _____.
A. emergence of the child’s head; delivery of the placenta
B. opening of the cervix; delivery of the child out of the mother
C. emergence of the child’s head; delivery of the child out of the mother
D. opening of the cervix; delivery of the placenta
Answer:
The idea that gifted children are maladjusted is a _____, as Lewis Terman found when
he conducted an extensive study of 1,500 children whose Stanford-Binet IQs averaged
_____.
A.reality; 75
B.reality; 150
C.myth; 75
D.myth; 150
Answer:
Which of the following is a good example of scaffolding?
A.Child-directed speech
B.The Strange Situation
C.A game of peek-a-boo
D.Social referencing
Answer:
As per the study conducted by Lachman, Maier, & Budner in 2000, it was found that
_____ of the individuals 65 to 69 years of age considered themselves middle-aged.
A.almost all
B.almost half
C.one-third
D.one-fourth
Answer:
With regard to the timing of remarriage, in the United States:
A.men tend to remarry sooner than women do.
B.women tend to remarry sooner than men do.
C.men with lower incomes are more likely to remarry than their counterparts who have
high incomes.
D.men and women have an equal likelihood of remarrying.
Answer:
Anorexic people use food as a means of:
A.control.
B.reward.
C.punishment.
D.gaining popularity.
Answer:
The _____ is a philosophy of education in which children are given considerable
freedom and spontaneity in choosing activities.
A. child-centered kindergarten
B. Montessori approach
C. developmentally appropriate practice
D. developmentally inappropriate practice
Answer:
Sarah, an infant of seven months, loves repeatedly hitting a toy that lights up and plays
music on impact with her toy hammer. Sarah is in Piaget’s substage of:
A. reflexes.
B. primary circular reaction.
C. secondary circular reaction.
D. tertiary circular reaction.
Answer:
Orthodox Jews and Mormons have especially low rates of alcohol use, underscoring
the:
A.environment’s role in alcoholism.
B.role of genes in alcoholism.
C.fact that alcoholism is largely inherited.
D.fact that cultural variations do not impact alcoholism.
Answer:
What are gametes?
A. Zygotes
B. Embryos
C. Fertilized eggs
D. Eggs and sperm
Answer:
Approximately _____ percent of U.S. women are estimated to develop bulimia nervosa.
A.1 to 2
B.5 to 6
C.10 to 12
D.15 to 20
Answer:
In a cross-sectional study of persons ranging in age from 13 to 90, researchers found
that self-control was lowest in the _____ domain for individuals who were 60 to 90
years old.
A.physical
B.social
C.emotional
D.familial
Answer:
Calvin has just turned 90 years old. He would be considered among the:
A.young-old.
B.middle-old.
C.old-old.
D.oldest-old.
Answer:
Which of the following is a similarity between anorexics and bulimics?
A.They are highly perfectionistic.
B.They are severely underweight.
C.They have a positive body image.
D.They have a fear of weight loss.
Answer:
Which of the following statements is true about sexual attitudes and behavior among
men and women?
A.Men usually hold stronger permissive attitudes about casual sex than their female
counterparts.
B.Women usually engage more in pornography use and casual sex than men.
C.Women have slightly more sexual experience than men for most aspects of sexuality.
D.Latino and Asian males have more permissive sexual attitudes than African males.
Answer:
According to Piaget, physical activities such as sucking, grasping, and walking are
examples of:
A. mental schemes.
B. mental adaptations.
C. behavioral adaptations.
D. behavioral schemes.
Answer:
Cohorts refer to:
A.groups of individuals born in the same year or time period.
B.groups of individuals who have the same socioeconomic status.
C.individuals of the same gender.
D.individuals who are working in the same field.
Answer:
The peak rate of pubertal change occurs at _____ years for girls and _____ years for
boys.
A.13; 14½
B.12½; 11½
C.11½; 13½
D.10½; 13
Answer:
In Jewish tradition, the 30-day period following the burial including shivah is known as
_____.
A.rendering
B.sheloshim
C.aninut
D.avelut
Answer:
Which of the following stages of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development is
characterized by moral judgments based on understanding the social order, law, justice,
and duty?
A.Individualism, instrumental purpose, and exchange
B.Social systems morality
C.Universal ethical principles
D.Social contract or utility and individual rights
Answer:
Richard believes he is gay. This orientation is part of Richard’s _____ identity.
A.relationship
B.intellectual
C.sexual
D.ethnic
Answer: