1) piaget believed that through __________, young children practice and strengthen
newly acquired representational schemes.
a)logical reasoning
b)language acquisition
c)pretending
d)physical activity
2) which of the following is true about adolescent friendships?
a)they limit opportunities for self-exploration.
b)they reduce adolescents positive feelings about school.
c)they lead to daily hassles in getting along with others.
d)they are related to psychological health and competence.
3) research on kohlbergs stage sequence
a)supports the order of the stages.
b)indicates that movement through the stages is quite rapid.
c)confirms the existence of stage 6.
d)shows that postconventional morality is common in adulthood.
4) which of the following people is juanita, a middle-school student, most likely to look
to for feedback about herself?
a)aunt eva, who juanita sees a few times a month
b)mr. reckle, juanitas science teacher
c)kaitlynn, juanitas best friend
d)carlos, juanitas 8-year-old brother
5) ________ enhances older infants attention to an objects surface features.
a)motion
b)perception
c)the environment
d)experience
as vocabulary and pronunciation improve,
6) a)underextensions increase.
b)overextensions disappear.
c)overextensions increase.
d)underextensions replace overextensions.
7) when working mothers enjoy their jobs and remain committed to parenting, children
show
a)lower self-esteem.
b)less positive family and peer relations.
c)less gender-stereotyped beliefs.
d)poorer academic achievement.
delinquency usually ________ over adolescence and then ________.
8) a)declines; rises
b)rises; rises further
c)declines; declines further
d)rises; declines
9) children living in poverty
a)usually have access to free child care.
b)are likely to show gradual declines in intelligence test scores.
c)tend to show increases in iq once they reach school age.
d)are unlikely to benefit from early intervention programs.
10) gray matter
a)replaces white matter in middle childhood.
b)consists largely of myelinated nerve fibers.
c)increases steadily throughout childhood and adolescence.
d)declines as synaptic pruning and death of surrounding neurons proceed.
11) adolescents whose parents engage in _____________ show especially positive
outcomes.
a)joint decision making
b)authoritarian parenting
c)uninvolved parenting
d)mastery-oriented behavior
12) mothers who are supported during labor by a doula
a)often do not have access to other forms of support.
b)usually give birth at home or at the home of the doula.
c)have fewer birth complications than women who do not have supportive
companionship.
d)give birth lying flat on their backs with their feet in stirrups.
13) lauren first described herself as attractive. a moment later she said she was sort of
plain. these contradictory assertions suggest lauren is about ____ years of age.
a)10
b)13
c)16
d)18
dr. kudrow views development as open to change in response to influential experiences. dr.
kudrow probably emphasizes
14) a)stability.
b)heredity.
c)stages.
d)plasticity.
15) during adolescence, teenagers deidealize their parents. this contributes to
a)warmer sibling ties.
b)a rise in parent-child conflict.
c)a shift from authoritative to authoritarian child rearing.
d)a decline in academic achievement.
16) seven-year-old matthew and 14-year-old molly have been living with their mother
since their parents divorce two years ago. if their mother remarries, you would expect
a)matthew to show more adjustment problems than molly.
b)molly to show more adjustment problems than matthew.
c)neither child to show many adjustment problems.
d)both children to have a very difficult adjustment.