1) eight-year-old daniel focuses on several aspects of a problem and relates them, rather
than centering on just one. daniel is capable of
a)decentration.
b)conservation.
c)reversibility.
d)seriation.
2) according to gilligan, feminine morality is based on
a)rights and justice.
b)an ethic of care.
c)irrational reasoning.
d)the same principles as male morality.
3) the majority of u.s. teens learn about sex from their
a)friends or the media.
b)mothers.
c)fathers.
d)teachers.
4) because school-age children have difficulty putting what they know about thinking
into action, they are not yet good at
a)cognitive self-regulation.
b)metacognition.
c)problem solving.
d)conservation.
5) for disruptive, peer-rejected adolescents, antisocial friends facilitate each others
violent behavior while also
a)relieving loneliness.
b)lifting depressive moods.
c)enhancing popularity.
d)fostering a more realistic self-esteem.
6) range of reaction reveals that
a)individuals usually respond similarly to the same environment.
b)unique blends of heredity and environment lead to both similarities and differences in
behavior.
c)twins are more alike than other siblings because they are raised in the same
environment.
d)our genes influence the environments to which we are exposed.
7) which of the following statements is true?
a)adolescents career choices are largely a matter of chance.
b)teachers play a powerful role in adolescents career decisions.
c)family background has little to do with vocational choice.
d)peers have a major impact on vocational choice.
8) eighteen-month-old liam is putting together a puzzle. liams father begins by pointing
to where each piece needs to go and then straightening out each piece as liam places
them on the puzzle board. as liams competence with the task increases, his father
gradually withdraws support. this is an example of
a)scaffolding.
b)cooperative learning.
c)reciprocal teaching.
d)transitive inference.
9) the third stage of labor typically lasts
a)5 to 10 minutes.
b)15 to 30 minutes.
c)45 minutes to one hour.
d)one to two hours.
10) accordingly to case, once the schemes of a piagetian stage are sufficiently automatic
and integrated into an improved representation, children acquire _____________ that
permit them to think more efficiently in a wide range of situations.
a)abstract ideas
b)primary systems
c)discontinuous structures
d)central conceptual structures