1) in general, research shows that the earlier the school transition, the
a)more powerful its impact, especially for boys.
b)more powerful its impact, especially for girls.
c)less its impact, especially for boys.
d)less its impact, especially for girls.
2) children will spend ________ of time working out the rules of a game as they will
spend playing the game.
a)twice the amount
b)half the amount
c)a quarter of the amount
d)equal amounts
3) _______ are at greater risk for injury than _________.
a)girls; boys
b)children with easy temperaments; irritable children
c)middle-ses children; low-ses children
d)economically advantaged u.s. children; children in western europe
4) improvements in sustained, controlled attention are due to growth of the
a)cerebellum.
b)hippocampus.
c)reticular formation.
d)corpus callosum.
5) using the ______________ design, researchers observe how developmental change
occurs.
a)longitudinal
b)cross-sectional
c)sequential
d)microgenetic
6) eriksons theory recognizes ________ as the major personality achievement of
adolescence.
a)autonomy
b)identity
c)guilt
d)diffusion
7) which of the following adolescent mothers in the most likely to break the
intergenerational cycle of adolescent parenthood?
a)prudence, who marries her daughters father
b)heidi, who obtains a low home score
c)natalia, who does not earn her high school diploma
d)emma, who moves to low-income housing and remains unmarried
8) the bones of the skull
a)begin to grow around age 2.
b)never completely grow together.
c)are fused at birth.
d)are separated by six fontanels at birth.
9) the function of the babinski reflex is
a)unknown.
b)to prepare the infant for voluntary walking.
c)to prepare the infant for voluntary reaching.
d)to help the infant cling to its mother.
10) one of the greatest immediate benefits of the u.s. health-care reform act is that
a)all employers are required to provide affordable coverage to all workers.
b)medicaid will no longer be necessary for low-income families.
c)government-sponsored health care will be provided free of charge for all families.
d)insurance companies cannot deny coverage because of preexisting conditions.
11) jesi, age 3, is asked to draw a cylinder. based on her age, she will probably draw
a)nothing.
b)nonrepresentational scribbles.
c)a circle, an oval, or a rectangle.
d)two circles and some lines.
12) danica is a healthy 35-year-old woman who is pregnant with her first child. danica
is
a)more likely than a younger woman to have a low birth-weight baby.
b)likely to have a longer and more difficult labor than a younger woman.
c)more likely to have prenatal complications than a woman in her twenties.
d)as likely as a younger women to have no prenatal or birth complications.
13) jaylynn has an above-average iq, but low reading achievement scores. jaylynn has
a)a learning disability.
b)mild mental retardation.
c)an emotional disability.
d)a behavioral disability.
14) gender intensification refers to
a)a cognitive distortion.
b)gender-role flexibility.
c)increased gender stereotyping of attitudes and behavior.
d)reduced gender-role bias by parents and teachers.
15) research on hearing shows that newborns
a)can perceive only those sounds that are found in their own native language.
b)prefer pure tones to complex sounds, such as human language.
c)can tell the difference between a series of tones arranged in ascending versus
descending order.
d)cannot distinguish happy-sounding speech from speech with negative emotional
qualities.
16) during the school years, childrens gender-stereotyped beliefs
a)increase in obvious areas of activities and occupations.
b)increase in less obvious areas of personality traits and achievement.
c)decrease in both obvious and less obvious areas.
d)decrease in less obvious areas of achievement and personality traits.