1) legibility of writing gradually increases as children
a)use larger, more uniform lettering.
b)produce letters with uniform height and spacing.
c)learn to make strokes with their entire arm.
d)learn to accurately integrate two-dimensional shapes.
2) most 3-year-olds
a)use an adult grip pattern to hold a pencil.
b)vary their pencil grip, depending on the location of marks they are trying to make.
c)use a constant pencil angle across a range of drawing and writing.
d)grip pencils indiscriminately in either their left or right hand.
3) which of the following statements is true about breastfeeding?
a)human milk is lower in fat and higher in protein than the milk of other mammals.
b)a mother who breastfeeds needs to add solid foods to her infants diet around 4 months.
c)breastfed babies suffer from more gastrointestinal problems than bottle-fed infants.
d)breastfed infants generally accept new solid foods more easily than bottle-fed infants.
4) authoritative child rearing is related to ________ for ___________.
a)higher grades; both boys and girls, regardless of ses
b)higher grades; both boys and girls but only in middle-and upper-ses groups
c)lower grades; girls in lower-ses groups
d)lower grades; boys in lower-ses groups
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5) a)has pku.
b)has down syndrome.
c)is male.
d)is female.
6) a major limitation of naturalistic observation is that
a)the findings cannot be generalized beyond the participants and settings in which the
research was originally conducted.
b)researchers cannot control the conditions under which participants are observed.
c)the research may not yield observations typical of participants behavior in everyday
life.
d)participants may not accurately report their thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
7) which of the following is true about sex hormones?
a)boys have only male hormones called androgens.
b)girls have only female hormones called estrogens.
c)neither androgens nor estrogens are present in the average boy.
d)both androgens and estrogens are present in different amounts in boys and girls.
8) approximately ____ percent of 15- to 44-year-olds identify as lesbian, gay, or
bisexual.
a)2
b)4
c)6
d)10
9) parents who __________ tend to have securely attached infants and to behave
sensitively toward them.
a)dismiss the importance of their early relationships
b)discuss their childhoods with objectivity and balance
c)report only positive childhood experiences
d)describe their negative childhood experiences in angry, confused ways
10) children should be in a properly installed car safety seat up to age ____ or until the
child is 4 feet 9 inches tall.
a)4
b)6
c)8
d)10
11) during emerging adulthood, supportive family, school, and community
environments
a)are crucial, just as they were at earlier stages of development.
b)are not nearly as important as they were in earlier stages of development.
c)can sometimes interfere with mature identity development.
d)are more important to affluent young people than their lower-ses counterparts.
12) mutations
a)rarely occur spontaneously.
b)can be caused by hazardous environmental agents.
c)affect only one gene.
d)cannot occur after birth.
13) daniella listens to and tells stories but rarely draws pictures. daniella displays
______ advanced central conceptual structures in ______________.
a)less; storytelling
b)no; storytelling
c)more; storytelling
d)more; drawing
14) ___________ doubles the risk of sids.
a)placing a sleeping baby on her back
b)prenatal abuse of drugs
c)placing a sleeping infant on his side
d)maternal cigarette smoking
15) when dealing with the personal fable, adolescents are concerned about the opinions
of others because
a)others evaluations have real consequences in terms of self-esteem, peer acceptance,
and social support.
b)such opinions help them transition smoothly from adolescence to adulthood.
c)they lack the ability to think independently and are unable to develop opinions of
their own.
d)they do not trust their own opinions or judgments.
16) the most effective forms of discipline encourage good conduct by
a)only punishing children for severe misconduct.
b)warning children that they will be punished if they act immaturely.
c)letting children know ahead of time how to act.
d)combining firm intervention with a temporary withdrawal of affection.
17) research reveals that babies perceive input from different sensory systems in a
unified way by detecting
a)amodal sensory properties.
b)invariant features of the environment.
c)affordances.
d)pictorial depth cues.
18) haeata lives in a tribal society and just experienced menarche. which of the
following is probably true?
a)haeata will feel ashamed and will not tell anyone about the onset of puberty.
b)haeata will still be regarded as a child by her parents and family.
c)the tribe will celebrate the onset of puberty with an initiation ceremony.
d)the tribe will acknowledge the onset of puberty, but it will not mark a change in
haeatas social status.