1) the age of viability occurs sometime between _______ and _______ weeks.
a)18; 22
b)20; 24
c)22; 26
d)26; 30
2) according to piaget, organization takes place
a)apart from direct contact with the environment.
b)only during the preoperational stage.
c)during substage 3 of piagets sensorimotor period.
d)when new schemes are formed.
3) most girls with bulimia nervosa
a)are underweight.
b)were later maturers.
c)are impulsive.
d)are perfectionists.
4) the mozart effect
a)only applies to infants and young toddlers.
b)lasts only about 15 minutes.
c)is easily replicated in participants of all ages.
d)results in iq gains of 10 to 15 points.
along with benjamin spocks baby and child care, _____________s books became a central
part of a rapidly expanding popular literature for parents.
5) a)g. stanley hall
b)alfred binet
c)theodore simon
d)arnold gesell
6) students who are not assigned to a college preparatory track or who do poorly in high
school can still get a college education in
a)china.
b)japan.
c)western europe.
d)the united states.
7) ellie was sexually abused as a child. this increases her chances of ________ in
adulthood.
a)engaging in authoritative parenting
b)engaging in coercive parenting
c)choosing a nonabusive partner
d)avoiding sexual activity
8) charlene believes that her daughters ability to think in complex ways is largely the
result of an inborn timetable of growth. charlenes view emphasizes
a)nurture.
b)nature.
c)plasticity.
d)early experiences.
9) osita is a 4-year-old ethiopian boy. he survived kwashiorkor and was recently
adopted by a canadian couple. osita will probably
a)continue to undereat even when food is plentiful.
b)gain very little weight as his diet improves.
c)have an average to high basal metabolism rate.
d)suffer from lasting damage to the brain, heart, or other organs.
10) american high school students who work many hours a week and hold a heavy
commitment to their job
a)usually have stimulating, well-paid jobs.
b)do better in school than their unemployed counterparts.
c)tend to be depressed and disliked by peers.
d)earn lower grades and report more drug and alcohol use.
11) which of the following statements is true about the newborn babys appearance?
a)proportionally, if an adult head were as large as that of a newborn infant, it would be
the size of an orange.
b)their round faces, chubby cheeks, large foreheads, and big eyes make adults feel like
picking them up and cuddling them.
c)they may not match their parents idealized image because they have a combination of
a small head and a long torso.
d)their legs are long and bowed, and their heads are small compared to the rest of the
body.
12) which of the following statements is true?
a)according to your text, gun control legislation would have no impact on the number of
teenage suicides.
b)thoughts of suicide should be viewed as normal and just a passing phase.
c)most, if not all, successful suicides are sudden and impulsive.
d)teenage suicides often occur in clusters.
13) the phonics approach to reading
a)claims that as long as reading is kept meaningful, children will be motivated to
discover the specific skills they need.
b)stresses the relationship between letters and sounds, thus enabling children to decode
words.
c)stresses an appreciation for word concepts in a story context.
d)allows children to decipher meanings of words by reading the words around them.
14) baby dak quickly establishes regular routines, is generally cheerful, and adapts
easily to new experiences. dak would be classified by thomas and chess as
a)slow-to-warm-up.
b)uninhibited.
c)difficult.
d)easy.
15) contact with the baby after birth
a)guarantees immediate emotional closeness between the new mother and the newborn.
b)is vital for fathers so they can bond with the baby.
c)may be one of several factors that help build a good parentinfant relationship.
d)is essential for maternal bonding because birth-related hormones facilitate
responsiveness to the infant.
16) as baby harriet smiles and laughs, her mother responds by smiling, laughing, and
talking gently to her. this makes harriet smile and laugh more often. the mothers
behavior is an example of
a)habituation.
b)a reinforcer.
c)recovery.
d)extinction.
17) holden, a prosocial child, is friends with jack, an aggressive child. which of the
following is most likely to be true?
a)they will remain friends through adulthood.
b)they will have a high exchange of private feelings.
c)each boy will be able to rely on support from the other.
d)their friendship will be riddled with hostile interaction.
18) six-year-old kirstens parents are eager to have her play tennis. because her
gross-motor skills are not fully developed, a more appropriate sport or game would be
a)softball.
b)basketball.
c)football.
d)four-square.
19) rhodas parents frequently degrade her. they rarely listen to her point of view. they
use force and punishment and sometime threaten withdrawal of affection. rhodas
parents have a(n) __________ style of child rearing.
a)authoritarian
b)permissive
c)authoritative
d)uninvolved
20) in a study of face perception, by 9 months, infants
a)could discriminate the individual faces of both humans and monkeys.
b)no longer showed a novelty preference when viewing monkey pairs.
c)showed a novelty preference only when viewing monkey pairs.
d)could not yet discriminate the individual faces of humans or monkeys.