Erica, who has two children, marries Waynewho has a daughter from his previous
marriage. After the union, their family will be considered a _____ stepfamily.
A.complex
B.segregated
C.simple
D.mixed
Answer:
Which parenting style is undemanding and uncontrolling, but is also rejecting and
unresponsive?
A.Authoritarian parenting
B.Indulgent parenting
C.Authoritative parenting
D.Neglectful parenting
Answer:
In 1994, Robert Michael and his colleagues conducted a comprehensive survey of
American sexual patterns. Results from this “Sex in America” survey suggested that
Americans’ sexual lives are _____ than previously believed.
A.more conservative
B.less conservative
C.more active
D.less active
Answer:
According to E. Mavis Hetherington, the _____ were mostly females who “grew more
competent, well-adjusted, and self-fulfilled” following their divorce.
A.good-enoughs
B.seekers
C.libertines
D.enhancers
Answer:
Jean Berko’s experiment involving “wugs” demonstrated that young children who took
part in the experiment knew:
A.the phonological rules.
B.the rules of syntax.
C.the pragmatic rules.
D.the morphological rules.
Answer:
A recent study of 70- to 75-year-olds revealed that a higher body mass index (BMI) was
associated with all-cause mortality risk, with the greatest risk occurring for death due
to:
A.kidney disease.
B.cardiovascular disease.
C.cancer.
D.liver disease.
Answer:
Which of the following statements is true about brain development?
A. The brain grows exponentially from conception to birth; causing the brain to be
completely developed at birth.
B. The process of brain development continues through the first year after birth and
then stops.
C. Extensive brain development continues after birth, through infancy and later.
D. Brain development continues after birth only among premature babies.
Answer:
An analysis of stepfamilies found that _____ percent of children in stepfamilies show
adjustment problems.
A.50
B.40
C.25
D.20
Answer:
Studies conducted in 2006 revealed that approximately _____ retired Americans return
to work after they have retired.
A.1 million
B.7 million
C.15 million
D.25 million
Answer:
According to the UNICEF (2011), in most cultures around the world:
A.women have less power than men but are given a higher social status.
B.women have less power and status than men, and they control fewer resources.
C.men have less power and status than women, and they control most of the resources.
D.men have less power than women but are given a higher social status.
Answer:
The term _____ refers to the ability to focus on a specific aspect of experience that is
relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant.
A.divided attention
B.selective attention
C.attention deficit
D.sustained attention
Answer:
The two types of perceptual constancy are:
A. size constancy and shape constancy.
B. shape constancy and color constancy.
C. color constancy and speed constancy.
D. speed constancy and size constancy.
Answer:
Adolescents who do not successfully resolve their identity crisis suffer from what
Erikson calls _____.
A.identity diffusion
B.unresolved identity
C.identity confusion
D.identity moratorium
Answer:
An aspect of _____ that involves having the confidence in one’s ability to adapt one’s
thinking to a particular situation is important in being cognitively flexible.
A.self-esteem
B.self-efficacy
C.self-concept
D.self-image
Answer:
Most researchers find that babies do not show _____ until the second half of the first
year.
A. dishabituation
B. explicit memory
C. habituation
D. implicit memory
Answer:
When a mother has active genital herpes, about _____ of children who are delivered
through the infected birth canal become brain damaged.
A. one-third
B. one-fourth
C. one-half
D. one-tenth
Answer:
Lorenzo was born during the depression era in the U.S. Now he and others who were
born at about the same time show greater cognitive decline than people born at later
times. This illustrates that cohort effects are differences based on:
A.gender.
B.historical contexts.
C.genetic traits.
D.cultural aspects.
Answer:
Feelings or affects that occur when a person is in a state or an interaction that is
important to him or her, especially to his or her well-being are known as:
A.temperament.
B.emotions.
C.personality trait.
D.feeling states.
Answer:
Which of the following is TRUE about Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl?
A.He argued that examining the finiteness of our existence and the certainty of death
adds meaning to life.
B.He said that the two most distinct human qualities are religiousness and philanthropy.
C.Spirituality, in his view, has a religious underpinning.
D.He argued that freedom refers to a human being’s uniqueness of spirit, philosophy,
and mind.
Answer:
The initial stage of development of romantic relationships in adolescence is
characterized by entry into romantic attractions and affiliations at about _____ years of
age.
A.8 to 9
B.11 to 13
C.14 to 16
D.17 to 19
Answer:
All of the following are symptoms of major depression EXCEPT:
A.boredom.
B.lack of motivation.
C.paranoia.
D.listlessness.
Answer:
In a recent study of Navajo adolescents, positive ethnic heritage was linked to all of the
following EXCEPT:
A.narcissism.
B.higher self-esteem.
C.school connectedness.
D.social functioning.
Answer:
When do the hemispheres of the cerebral cortex begin to specialize?
A. Before birth
B. At birth
C. At seven days of age
D. Around the first birthday
Answer:
According to the study by Lloyd Johnston and his colleagues at the Institute of Social
Research at the University of Michigan monitoring the drug use of America’s high
school seniors in a wide range of public and private high schools, the percentage of
illicit drug use:
A.declined in the late 1990s.
B.was highest during the early 1990s.
C.has been at the same level since 1990.
D.increased significantly between 2000 and 2005.
Answer:
According to the Seattle Longitudinal Study of individuals aged 25 to 95, which of the
following abilities showed the least decline with age?
A.Verbal comprehension
B.Spatial orientation
C.Inductive reasoning
D.Numerical abilities
Answer:
Which of the following statements is true about better care for dying individuals?
A.Many health care professionals have received little training to provide adequate
end-of-life care or to understand its importance.
B.In every case, doctors usually provide ample information to the dying individuals
about how long they are likely to live.
C.Scientific advances have always made dying easier by hardly delaying the inevitable.
D.Care providers are increasingly losing interest in helping individuals experience a
“good death.”
Answer:
Erik Erikson believed that people who experience isolation and stagnation in earlier
adulthood are more likely to experience _____ in later adulthood.
A.despair
B.inferiority
C.shame and doubt
D.identity diffusion
Answer:
At birth, infants communicate by _____.
A. cooing
B. crying
C. gestures
D. babbling
Answer:
Recent studies confirmed that _____ individuals showed strong ambivalence toward a
romantic partner.
A.Attachment-anxious
B.Securely attached
C.Attachment-avoidant
D.Attachment-disorganized
Answer:
Ramada, 69, an avid golfer and fitness enthusiast, recently got a comprehensive health
exam done, and her physician remarked that her vital organs were in such good shape
that her _____ age was about 10 years less than her chronological age.
A. social
B. mental
C. biological
D. psychological
Answer:
The tiny bodies within cells that supply essential energy for function, growth, and repair
are known as:
A.Lewy bodies.
B.ribosomes.
C.chromosomes.
D.mitochondria.
Answer:
Who amongst the following is most likely to be dissatisfied with body image as
pubertal change proceeds?
A.A girl in early adolescence
B.A girl in late adolescence
C.A boy in early adolescence
D.A boy in late adolescence
Answer:
Identify the correct sequence of vocalization in infants.
A. Crying, babbling, cooing
B. Crying, cooing, babbling
C. Babbling, crying, cooing
D. Cooing, crying, babbling
Answer:
By 2 to 3 months of age, most infants expect people to react positively when the infants
initiate a behavior, such as a smile or a vocalization. This finding has been discovered
using a method called the:
A.regulation of affect.
B.parallel paradigm.
C.still-face paradigm.
D.interactive repair.
Answer:
Research on the idea of the postformal stage of cognitive development has:
A.proven that formal operational thinking is qualitatively more advanced than
postformal thinking.
B.found no evidence of postformal thought in young adults.
C.yet to document that postformal thought is a qualitatively more advanced stage than
formal operational thought.
D.found that concrete operational thought is more advanced than postformal thought.
Answer:
List three ways by which Lev Vygotsky’s theory can be incorporated in classrooms.
Answer:
Identify the substage of preoperational thought in which the young child gains the
ability to mentally represent an object that is not present.
Answer:
Describe the transition to middle adulthood according to Levinson.
Answer:
Identify the period of prenatal development that occurs two to eight weeks after
conception. During this time, the rate of cell differentiation intensifies, support systems
for the cells form, and organs appear.
Answer:
Describe the empty nest syndrome.
Answer:
Identify the leading expert who described seven major pathways that adults in their
sixties take to retirement.
Answer:
Identify the social support model that says that individuals go through life embedded in
a personal network of individuals from who they give and receive social support.
Answer:
What is AIDS? Describe the modes and effects of transmission from the mother to the
child.
Answer:
Gustavo believes that motor skills represent solutions to the infant’s goals. So when you
offer a new toy to a baby, the baby attempts to grab the toy while also balancing itself.
This active improvisation and adaptation to achieve one’s goal demonstrates that nature,
nurture, the infant, and the environment are all working together. Gustavo is a
proponent of which theory?
Answer:
Explain consensual validation and the matching hypothesis. Give an example of the
matching hypothesis in the real world.
Answer:
What are some of the physical and psychological effects of unemployment?
Answer:
Identify the theorist who proposed the ‘selective optimization with compensation
theory” of aging.
Answer:
Describe the emotional regulation and coping techniques that infants develop over the
initial years.
Answer:
What term is used to describe a small group that ranges from 2 to about 12 individuals,
averaging about 5 to 6 individuals, and can form because adolescents engage in similar
activities?
Answer:
Identify the stage of cognitive development that is believed to follow Piaget’s fourth
state of formal operational thought.
Answer:
Name a prenatal medical procedure in which a sample of amniotic fluid is withdrawn
by a syringe and tested for chromosomal or metabolic disorders.
Answer: