1) today, an estimated ______ percent of u.s. women smoke during pregnancies.
a)4
b)10
c)14
d)20
2) renae has a compulsive fear of getting fat. as a result, she is starving herself. renae
has
a)bulimia nervosa.
b)typical adolescent insecurities.
c)a 10 percent chance of a full recovery.
d)anorexia nervosa.
3) which of the following children is the most likely to make the following statement:
you get a cold when your sinuses fill up with mucus. colds come from viruses.
a)jared, a 6-year-old
b)gina, an 8-year-old
c)david, a 10-year-old
d)olivia, a 13-year-old
4) chen, a preschooler, is most likely to view the mind as a(n)
a)active machine.
b)constructive agent that interprets information
c)passive container of information.
d)constantly spinning wheel.
5) white matter
a)increases steadily throughout childhood and adolescence.
b)consists mostly of neurons and synapses.
c)begins to decline in middle childhood.
d)contains fewer myelinated nerve fibers than does gray matter.
6) in the united states, under the childrens health insurance program (chip),
a)state control over program implementation enables each state to adapt insurance
coverage to meet its unique needs.
b)employers are required to provide paid leave for employees with a seriously ill child.
c)the states are mandated to provide free routine medical visits for all uninsured
children.
d)well-child checkups include parental counseling in nutrition, disease prevention, and
child development.
________ of all couples who try to conceive discover that they are infertile.
7) a)one-third
b)one-fourth
c)one-sixth
d)one-eighth
8) vygotskys theory emphasizes that ________ affect(s) mental strategies.
a)development of cognitive schemes
b)cultural differences in social experiences
c)repetition and training
d)cultural differences in formal schooling
9) which of the following teenagers will probably experience weekly self-esteem shifts?
a)sally, who is overly dependent on peer social approval
b)donald, who is somewhat dependent on peer social approval
c)anne, who does not depend on peer social approval at all
d)lisa, who actively despises peer approval
10) teenagers with a sense of civic responsibility are most likely to identify ________
as a cause for homelessness.
a)low intelligence
b)lack of job skills
c)unfair government practices
d)personal problems
11) habituation and recovery seem to be especially effective early indexes of
intelligence because they
a)indicate important sensorimotor milestones.
b)measure higher-order cognitive skills.
c)assess skills that underlie intelligent behavior at all ages.
d)reveal infants ability to process complex stimuli.
12) infants with severe visual impairments are not motivated to move independently
until
a)reaching on sound is achieved.
b)their parents push them to do so.
c)they have received extensive mobility training.
d)they receive vision correction through eyeglasses or surgery.
13) piaget acknowledged that ___________ is our most flexible means of mental
representation.
a)imagery
b)language
c)intentional behavior
d)deferred imitation
14) the psychological conflict of middle childhood is resolved positively when
a)children learn to have basic confidence in the future.
b)experiences lead children to develop a sense of competence at useful skills and tasks.
c)experiences lead children to develop a mature identity.
d)children learn to think in terms of conflict-free ideals, rather than conflict-laden
reality.
15) according to the _________ approach, young children rely on word meanings to
figure out grammatical rules.
a)fast mapping
b)semantic bootstrapping
c)mutual exclusivity
d)syntactic bootstrapping