Which of the following is most likely to result in a heightened self-esteem in older
adults?
A.Being accepted by others and being told that they are nice
B.Having a low religious allegiance
C.Being widowed or institutionalized
D.Deteriorating physical health attitudes and negative societal
Answer:
Economic problems that led to the recession at the end of the first decade of the
twenty-first century produced:
A.stability in unemployment rates.
B.low unemployment rates.
C.moderate change in unemployment rates.
D.unusually high unemployment rates.
Answer:
Behind the first whisker in boys and the widening of hips in girls is a flood of _____,
powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the
body by the bloodstream.
A.amino acids
B.phospholipids
C.enzymes
D.hormones
Answer:
Which of the following statements about children who are bilingual is NOT true?
A.Children who are bilingual do better on tests of concept formation than children who
speak only one language.
B.Children who are bilingual are better at analytical reasoning than children who speak
only one language.
C.Children who are bilingual are less conscious of the structure of spoken language
than children who speak only one language.
D.Children who are bilingual have more cognitive flexibility than children who speak
only one language.
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Which of the following statements is true about MEG (magnetoencephalography)?
A. It is used in assessing an infant’s fine motor skills.
B. It is used in assessing an infant’s brain activity.
C. It is used in analyzing an infant’s suckling reflex.
D. It is used in analyzing an infant’s gross motor skills.
Answer:
One of the most common language difficulties that older adults experience is:
A.expressive aphasia.
B.stuttering.
C.making up new words that other people do not understand.
D.the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
Answer:
Mary often plays the game peek-a-boo with her baby. Initially, Mary covers her baby
and then removes the cover, registering ‘surprise” at the baby’s reappearance. After a
time, her baby does the covering and uncovering. This is an example of:
A.object permanence.
B.sociability.
C.attachment.
D.sociability.
Answer:
What is the consistent finding regarding age identity of 60- to 75-year-olds?
A.Half of them viewed themselves as being older than their chronological age.
B.Almost all of them felt that they were younger than their chronological age.
C.More than half of them considered that their mental age was higher than their
chronological age.
D.Half of them viewed themselves as being middle-aged.
Answer:
Which of the following statements is TRUE about chronic conditions?
A.Women have a higher incidence of fatal chronic conditions in middle age.
B.Men have a higher incidence of nonfatal chronic conditions in middle age.
C.Hypertension is the leading chronic disorder in early adulthood.
Answer:
_____ theories describe development as primarily unconscious and heavily colored by
emotion.
A. Behavioral
B. Social-cognitive
C. Evolutionary
D. Psychoanalytic
Answer:
According to a recent study by De Meyer and others, every one of the older adults with
mild cognitive impairment who had _____ in their spinal fluid developed Alzheimer
disease within five years.
A.the amyloid beta
B.acetylcholine
C.the apolipoprotein
D.oxytocin
Answer:
Older adults in _____ reported the highest perceptions of control over their lives in their
sixties and seventies.
A.Japan
B.Australia
C.Denmark
D.Great Britain
Answer:
During _____, a cell of the testes in men or ovaries in women duplicates its
chromosomes and then divides twice, thus forming four cells, each of which has only
half the genetic material of the parent cell.
A. meiosis
B. mitosis
C. osmosis
D. fertilization
Answer:
Which of the following is the first stage of Piaget’s theory of moral development?
A.Autonomous morality
B.Initiative versus guilt
C.Heteronomous morality
D.Autonomy versus shame and doubt
Answer:
Which of the following statements about Turner syndrome is true?
A. Turner syndrome occurs exclusively in females.
B. People with Turner syndrome have extremely poor verbal ability.
C. Males with Turner syndrome are short in stature and have webbed neck.
D. Turner syndrome occurs in approximately 1 of every 25,000 live female births.
Answer:
The _____ period is the time from conception to birth.
A. perinatal
B. prenatal
C. neonatal
D. postnatal
Answer:
The National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health of more than 12,000
adolescents found that those who _____ had dramatically higher rates of smoking,
drinking, using marijuana, getting into fights, and initiating sexual activity.
A.did not eat dinner with a parent five or more days a week
B.did not eat dinner with a parent one or two days a week
C.ate dinner with a parent all seven days of the week
D.ate dinner with a parent five or more days a week
Answer:
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic disorder in which the individual cannot properly
metabolize phenylalanine, which is a(n) _____.
A. vitamin
B. amino acid
C. mineral
D. carbohydrate
Answer:
Older children, who are _____, recognize that punishment occurs only if someone
witnesses the wrongdoing and that even then, punishment is not inevitable.
A.moral autonomists
B.empathic thinkers
C.gender-typed
D.heteronomous thinkers
Answer:
Fernando believes that as individuals adapt to their environment, development, or
phylogeny occurs. He further believes that there are critical periods that have also been
selected for. He is most likely taking a(n) _____ approach.
A. behavioral
B. ethological
C. social cognitive
D. psychoanalytic
Answer:
Anthony is rarely nominated as someone’s best friend. He is actively disliked by many
children in his class. He would be classified as a _____ child.
A.controversial
B.rejected
C.neglected
D.average
Answer:
Nellie, 3, bangs her head against the wall repeatedly throughout the day. How could
Skinner’s concept of operant conditioning be applied to address this behavior?
A. Explore experiences from Nellie’s early childhood and address them in therapy
B. Test Nellie to determine her current level of cognitive functioning
C. Investigate her psychosocial environment and eliminate stressors
D. Reward Nellie when she does not bang her head and punish the head-banging
behavior
Answer:
Critics of the daily hassles approach argue that:
A.it does not tell how individuals perceive or cope with hassles.
B.it emphasizes the male experience.
C.it does not have much impact on adult development.
D.it is culturally biased.
Answer:
If _____ are not developed during childhood, critical thinking skills are unlikely to
mature in adolescence.
A.moral values
B.hypothetical-deductive reasoning skills
C.formal operations
D.fundamental skills
Answer:
Considering the fact that many of the health problems of older adults are chronic rather
than acute, which of the following is likely to be a concern about the medical system?
A.Medicare does not have special provisions for chronic illnesses.
B.Costs of prescription drugs are still not subsidized for the elderly.
C.The medical system is still based on a “cure” rather than a “care” model.
D.Home-visits are not emphasized over hospital stays.
Answer:
_____ involves being aware that options and alternatives are available and adapting to
the situation.
A.Transitivity
B.Cognitive dissonance
C.Cognitive flexibility
D.Disequilibrium
Answer:
Shawn’s mother took him to the doctor as he frequently complained of fatigue. The
doctor diagnosed his condition as _____ that results from the failure to eat adequate
amounts of quality meats and dark green vegetables.
A. growth hormone deficiency
B.binge eating disorder
C.iron deficiency anemia
D.hemophilia
Answer:
Approximately _____ children is estimated to have some sort of autism spectrum
disorder.
A. 1 in 50
B. 1 in 150
C. 1 in 300
D. 1 in 500
Answer:
_____ occurs when the expression of a gene has different effects depending on whether
the mother or the father passed on the gene.
A. Polygenic inheritance
B. X-linked inheritance
C. Genetic imprinting
D. Y-linked inheritance
Answer:
What is the average life expectancy of individuals born today in the United States?
A.69.3 years
B.72.3 years
C.75.3 years
D.78.7 years
Answer:
Fathers engage in more _____ than mothers do.
A. peek-a-boo games
B. reciprocal socialization
C. rough-and-tumble play
D. pat-a-cake games
Answer:
In 2011, which of the following countries had the highest estimated life expectancy?
A.United States
B.Japan
C.Monaco
D.Sweden
Answer:
Identify the theorist who proposed that middle-aged adults faced the significant issue of
generativity versus stagnation.
Answer:
Identify the theorist who recently concluded that five key features characterize
emerging adulthood: identity exploration, instability, self-focused, feeling in-between,
and the age of possibilities.
Answer:
Should parents stay in an unhappy or conflicted marriage for the sake of their children?
Answer:
List & describe the three types of temperament as classified by Alexander Chess and
Stella Thomas. Provide examples of how a baby with each type might respond to
meeting a new person in a new situation.
Answer:
If, as a developmental researcher, one wished to study in-depth the life and mind of Ted
Kaczynskithe notorious Unabomberwhich method of data collection would one adopt
and why?
Answer:
Identify the theorist who distinguished between convergent thinking and divergent
thinking.
Answer:
List three possible problems associated with state-mandated testing in schools.
Answer:
Tabitha has a learning disability that involves a severe impairment in her ability to read
and spell. She most likely has _____.
Answer:
What are people who are 85 years and older called?
Answer:
Identify the social cognitive theorist who stated that self-efficacy is a critical factor in
whether or not students achieve.
Answer:
What does activity theory suggest for older adults?
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Identify the test that is given to the neonate within 24 to 36 hours after birth. It is
designed to assess a newborn’s neurological development and reflexes.
Answer:
Identify the inner layer of cells that develops during the germinal period. These cells
later develop into the embryo.
Answer:
Briefly describe what is meant by a child’s theory of mind? How are false-beliefs tasks
useful in assessing the theory of mind?
Answer:
Discuss the free-radical theory of aging.
Answer:
Which hypothesis states that although one may prefer a more attractive person in the
abstract, in the real world one ends up choosing someone who is close to one’s own
level of attractiveness?
Answer:
Which status of identity would be most closely linked to an authoritarian style of
parenting?
Answer: