1) nissa wants to be a physicist or an engineer. according to holland, she is a(n)
________ person.
a)realistic
b)conventional
c)investigative
d)enterprising
2) in terms of growth norms, which of the following children is most likely to be the
tallest?
a)miguel from south america
b)rondi from the pacific islands
c)kota from asia
d)rainer from switzerland
3) dr. kostelnik studies the early emergence of self-control by giving children a present
and asking them to wait to open it until after she reads a story. dr. kostelnik is
measuring
a)delay of gratification.
b)the categorical self.
c)the internal working model.
d)selfworld differentiation.
4) which of the following teens is more likely to have early sex or frequent teenage
sexual activity?
a)uli, who feels a strong sense of personal control over life events
b)howie, whose family is actively involved in their church
c)darwin, who was a late maturer
d)ryan, whose parents do not monitor his activities
5) after a trip to the supermarket, raj asks his daughter, do you remember the
supermarket? what did we do at the supermarket? what food did we buy at the
supermarket? raj is using a(n) __________ style to elicit his daughters autobiographical
memory.
a)deliberate
b)repetitive
c)reconstructive
d)elaborative
6) mr. linden wants to discuss sex with his teenage daughter. which of the following
would you recommend to him?
a)a parent-dominated explanation about the facts of life
b)a give-and-take conversation between parent and child
c)a child-led question/answer session
d)a conversation in which the parent provides judgmental comments about the childs
questions
7) in acquiring new vocabulary, infants rely solely on
a)perceptual features.
b)social cues.
c)sentence structure.
d)intonation.
8) the most successful approach to child rearing is a(n) __________ style.
a)permissive
b)authoritarian
c)uninvolved
d)authoritative
9) in designing the strange situation, mary ainsworth and her colleagues reasoned that
securely attached infants and toddlers
a)use the parent as a secure base from which to explore in an unfamiliar setting.
b)are just as comforted by an unfamiliar adult as by the parent.
c)combine anger and clinginess when reunited with a parent who has left the room for a
time.
d)do not show distress when the parent leaves the room.
10) sustained attention typically begins to improve in toddlerhood because childrens
ability to __________ improves.
a)inhibit impulses
b)plan out a sequence of acts
c)use memory strategies
d)think about thought
11) classical conditioning
a)helps infants anticipate what is about to happen next.
b)disappears once reflexive behaviors become voluntary.
c)plays a vital role in the formation of social relationships.
d)emerges only after newborn reflexes have begun to wane.
12) schools that have ________ promote a sense of civic responsibility.
a)a democratic climate
b)a diverse range of mentors
c)vocational courses
d)a range of extracurricular opportunities
13) if growth faltering is corrected in infancy, most babies
a)remain small.
b)show lasting cognitive difficulties.
c)show quick catch-up growth.
d)show lasting emotional difficulties.
14) which of the following is true about in-group and out-group racial biases?
a)by age 5 to 7, minority children generally evaluate their own racial group favorably.
b)after age 7 or 8, majority, but not minority, children express in-group favoritism.
c)by age 5 to 7, white children generally evaluate other racial groups less favorably.
d)white childrens prejudice against out-group members usually strengthens after age 7
or 8.
15) two-year-old beck runs around the room, grabs a car and rolls it on the floor, and
then pokes at some play dough. beck is engaging in ___________ play.
a)constructive
b)functional
c)parallel
d)make-believe
16) an english student who excels at analyzing the themes of a play
a)will also excel at analyzing political events.
b)can apply her formal operational abilities to mathematics problems.
c)may not be especially good at formal operational tasks in another subject area.
d)simultaneously develops formal operations that can be applied to academic tasks, but
not real-world problems.