dagwood and marcia postponed parenthood until dagwood was 32 and marcia was 31. they
have a happy marriage and both have fulfilling careers. compared to younger parents,
which of the following statements is most likely to be true?
1) a)dagwood will be less enthusiastic about being a father.
b)marcia is less likely to encourage dagwood to share in child care.
c)dagwood will be more willing to participate in parenting.
d)marcia will be less likely to encourage dagwood to share housework.
2) charlene received many positive and no negative votes on peer acceptance
self-reports from the children in her class. how would charlene be classified?
a)popular
b)rejected
c)controversial
d)neglected
nate, whose parents are involved in his school activities, probably
3) a)resents his parents involvement in his education.
b)shows better academic achievement than his agemates whose parents are uninvolved.
c)lives in a low-ses household with many siblings.
d)attends a private school in a large city.
4) in the 1950s, a famous experiment of rhesus monkeys reared with terry-cloth and
wire-mesh surrogate mothers provided evidence that
a)the development of emotional ties between infant and mother does not depend on
hunger satisfaction.
b)the infants characteristics play a larger role in the relationship than the caregivers
contributions.
c)continuous, sensitive caregiving is key to the development of a secure attachment
pattern.
d)attachment security in infancy is highly dependent on hunger satisfaction.
5) which of the following statements is true about skeletal age?
a)caucasian-american children tend to be slightly ahead of african-american children in
skeletal age.
b)at birth, the sexes differ by about 2 to 3 weeks in skeletal age.
c)girls are considerably ahead of boys in skeletal age.
d)the gap between the sexes in skeletal age closes during toddlerhood.
6) which child is the most likely to blame himself for his parents divorce?
a)dewayne, age 4
b)emmit, age 9
c)gregory, age 12
d)killian, age 15
7) during the ________ phase of the ________ period of vocational development, an
individual typically gathers more information about a set of possibilities that blends
with his or her personal characteristics.
a)exploration; fantasy
b)exploration; tentative
c)crystallization; realistic
d)exploration; realistic
8) in international rankings, the infant death rate in the united states has slipped from
seventh in the 1950s to ____ in 2009.
a)tenth
b)fourteenth
c)twentieth
d)twenty-eighth
9) during the period of the fetus, the
a) developing organism increases rapidly in size.
b) most rapid prenatal changes take place.
c) heart begins to pump blood.
d) brain is formed.
10) janelle, a teenager, is chronically tired, but she appears to be growing normally. she
should have a medical checkup because she might be suffering from
a)anemia.
b)obesity.
c)diabetes.
d)anorexia nervosa.
11) like piagets cognitive stages, kohlbergs moral stages
a)are loosely organized and overlapping.
b)facilitate concrete reasoning.
c)are hypothetical.
d)are universal.
12) recent reports indicate that over _____percent of students in some inner-city high
schools do not graduate.
a)30
b)40
c)50
d)60
13) which of the following statements is true about preterm infants?
a)they are born below their expected weight considering the length of the pregnancy.
b)they usually have more serious problems than small-for-date infants.
c)although they are small, their weight may still be appropriate, based on time spent in
the uterus.
d)they are more likely than small-for-date infants to show evidence of brain damage.
14) in ms. allisons piagetian kindergarten classroom, teachers introduce activities that
build on childrens current thinking, challenging their incorrect ways of viewing the
work. but they do not try to speed up development by imposing new skills before
children indicate that they are interested and ready. this kindergarten emphasizes the
piagetian principle of
a)sensitivity to childrens readiness to learn.
b)scaffolding.
c)discovery learning.
d)acceptance of individual differences.
15) one-year-old manny pulls up an individual blade of grass. he is probably using
a)the pincer grasp.
b)prereaching.
c)gross-motor skills.
d)the ulnar grasp.
16) laboratory research reveals that deferred imitation is present at ________ of age.
a)6 weeks
b)4 months
c)6 months
d)18 months
17) the marinuzzis are a well-functioning family who are experiencing mild conflicts
with their teenage son. they should know that these conflicts
a)will facilitate identity and autonomy by helping their son learn to express and tolerate
disagreement.
b)will continue to escalate throughout the high school years and then will gradually
decrease.
c)are common among young people who are abusing alcohol or drugs.
d)are unusual for most adolescents and may indicate that their son is depressed.
18) which of the following is true about school recess?
a)in recent years, recess time has increased.
b)recess periods tend to subtract from classroom learning.
c)distributing cognitively demanding tasks over a longer time by introducing recess
breaks enhances attention.
d)classroom disruptive behavior increases for children who have more than 15 minutes
of daily recess.