Mel wonders when he will be able to find out the sex of his baby. You tell him that he
should be able to detect the sex of the fetus with ultrasound by the __________ week of
pregnancy.
A)ninth
B)twelfth
C)fifteenth
D)eighteenth
Which of the following statements about anoxia is true?
A)After initial brain injury from anoxia, another phase of cell death can occur several
weeks later.
B)Whole-body cooling involves immersing an anoxic newborn in freezing water.
C)The effects of mild or even moderate anoxia rarely persist beyond infancy.
D)When development is severely impaired, the anoxia was probably extreme.
According to Erikson, the psychological conflict of adolescence is identity versus
A)autonomy.
B)role confusion.
C)exploration.
D)inferiority.
Which of the following statements about appetite in early childhood is true?
A)Preschoolers’ appetites increase because their growth is at an all-time high.
B)Parents should be concerned if their preschooler varies the amount eaten from meal to
meal.
C)Preschoolers’ wariness of new foods is adaptive.
D)Preschoolers need a different quality of food than adults need.
Research on biological influences on gender typing reveals that
A)sex differences in play and personality traits only appear in Western cultures.
B)aggression and preference for same-sex playmates are widespread among mammalian
species.
C)preschool girls prefer to play in larger-group play with other girls.
D)prenatally administered androgens decrease active play.
Maggi is a later-maturing girl. She is most likely to be regarded as
A)a leader at school.
B)unpopular.
C)lacking in self-confidence.
D)withdrawn.
School-age children with a history of __________ have more complex, favorable, and
coherent self-concepts.
A)elaborative parent-child conversations about past experiences
B)authoritarian parent-child interactions
C)permissive parent-child interactions
D)routine parent-child conversations about current events
In an experiment examining whether phonics instruction in preschool increases a child’s
reading level in third grade, the dependent variable would be the
A)type of phonics instruction.
B)number of children in the experiment.
C)child’s reading level in third grade.
D)frequency of phonics instruction.
The __________ plays a critical role in the rate of physical growth.
A)pituitary gland
B)hippocampus
C)reticular formation
D)corpus callosum
The two factors that are largely responsible for neonatal mortality are __________ and
__________.
A)birth defects; sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
B)child abuse; sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
C)serious physical defects; low birth weight
D)unintentional injuries; low birth weight
When Aziz was born, his parents were told he had the most common chromosomal
disorder, occurring in 1 out of every 700 live births. Aziz has __________ syndrome.
A)XYY
B)Klinefelter
C)Turner
D)Down
All U.S. states require that each newborn be given a blood test for
A)cystic fibrosis.
B)phenylketonuria (PKU).
C)sickle cell anemia.
D)Tay-Sachs disease.