1) which of the following is an example of a fine-motor skill?
a)standing
b)throwing
c)sitting up
d)grasping
tonya is pregnant for a second time. she hopes to have a vaginal delivery, although her first
delivery was cesarean. you should advise tonya that
2) a)she will be required to have a second cesarean delivery.
b)a natural labor after a cesarean is associated with slightly increased rates of maternal
death.
c)a natural labor after a cesarean is just as safe as a repeated cesarean delivery.
d)a natural labor after a cesarean is associated with slightly increased rates of rupture of
the uterus.
3) from the twentieth week until birth,
a)brain weight increases tenfold.
b)glial cells decrease at a rapid rate.
c)the fetus is viable.
d)brain growth slows.
4) around age ____, the video deficit effect declines.
a)1
b)2
c)2
d)3
5) which of the following is true about firearms and adolescent injury?
a)firearms are the leading cause of adolescent fatalities in the united states.
b)violence-related behaviors among high school students have increased in the past
decade.
c)rates of gun violence are highest in poverty-stricken inner-city neighborhoods.
d)metal detectors in schools have had little impact on preventing youth violence.
6) children exposed to thalidomide were often born
a)with noncancerous tumors.
b)six to eight weeks premature.
c)with gross deformities of the arms and legs.
d)with severe cognitive delays.
7) brothers alan and james are very different in personality and temperament. what
should their parents do to help facilitate their sibling relationship?
a)they should maintain a hands-off approach and allow the boys to work independently
on the relationship.
b)they should use mediation techniques to increase the boys awareness of each others
perspectives and reduce animosity.
c)they should give alan, the older brother, authority over james, the younger brother,
especially in joint decision making.
d)they should insist that the brothers rely on each other for companionship by limiting
their outside friendships.
8) the heritability of attachment is
a)virtually nil.
b)moderately low.
c)moderately high.
d)very high.
9) eating an evening meal with parents leads to a diet
a)lower in fruits.
b)higher in soft drinks.
c)lower in fried foods.
d)lower in vegetables.
10) carol lives in wyoming and works for a small company with 12 employees. carol
hopes to take 12 weeks of maternity leave. what advice can you give carol?
a)the united states mandates 12 weeks of paid maternity leave for all new mothers.
b)federal law mandating unpaid maternity leave does not apply to her employer.
c)the united states mandates six weeks of paid maternity leave for all new mothers.
d)the united states mandates 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave for all new mothers.
11) which of the following is a critical factor in eliminating gender differences in math
and science?
a)finding a way to reduce genetic differences between the genders
b)creating all-girl science classes so that they will not be compared to boys
c)decreasing the amount of emphasis for boys to excel at math and science
d)promoting girls interest and confidence in math and science
12) eight-year-old ayanna is asked to rate herself on personality traits. ayanna rates
herself as ambitious, competitive, cheerful, and soft-spoken. ayanna has a(n)
_________ gender identity.
a)traditionally feminine
b)traditionally masculine
c)androgynous
d)stereotypical
13) at a parade, 3-year-old kyle puts his fingers in his ears when he hears the fire trucks
coming down the street. kyle is displaying
a)scaffolding.
b)situational empathy.
c)social problem-solving.
d)emotional self-regulation.
14) two strengths of longitudinal design are that researchers can ________ and
________.
a)collect a large amount of data in a short time span; identify both common patterns and
individual differences
b)explore similarities among children of different ages at the same time; examine
relationships between early and later behaviors
c)collect a large amount of data in a short time span; explore similarities among
children of different ages at the same time
d)identify both common patterns and individual differences; examine relationships
between early and later behaviors
15) which of the following statements is true?
a)caucasian-american adolescents have higher self-esteem than african-american
adolescents.
b)warm, extended families and a strong sense of ethnic pride lead to more positive
self-esteem for african-american adolescents than for caucasian-american adolescents.
c)caucasian-american girls are more satisfied with their peer relationships than
african-american girls.
d)there are no significant ses or ethnic differences in adolescent self-esteem.
16) child-invented games usually rely on
a)complex physical skills.
b)a sizable element of luck.
c)social problem-solving skills.
d)an element of physical risk-taking.
17) reaching is largely controlled by
a)hand-eye coordination.
b)gross-motor development.
c)proprioception.
d)vision.
18) according to erikson, a temporary period of confusion and distress as adolescents
experiment with alternatives before settling on a set of values is known as
a)diffusion.
b)a critical period.
c)identity formation.
d)an identity crisis.
19) pound for pound, a young infants energy needs are at least __ times those of an
adult.
a)2
b)3
c)4
d)5
20) reylynne describes herself by saying, im helpful, but im shy. reylynne is probably
a)under 3 years old.
b)3 to 5 years old.
c)4 to 5 years old.
d)not a preschooler.