1) according to piagets theory, in the sensorimotor stage, children
a)can think of all possible outcomes in a scientific problem.
b)organize objects into hierarchies of classes and subclasses.
c)think by acting on the world with their eyes, ears, hands, and mouth.
d)can evaluate the logic of verbal statements without referring to real-world
circumstances.
2) expressive-style children tend to
a)eagerly imitate their parents frequent naming of objects.
b)think that words are for naming objects or people.
c)have faster growing vocabularies than referential-style children.
d)have parents who more often use verbal routines that support social relationships.
3) condis parents are emotionally detached. her father is depressed and her mother has
little time or energy for condi and her brother. they neglect their children and are
indifferent to issues of autonomy. condis parents have a(n) ____________ style of child
rearing.
a)permissive
b)uninvolved
c)authoritarian
d)authoritative
4) when a 1-month-old kitten is put in the dark and kept there during the fourth week of
life and beyond, damage to visual centers of the brain is permanent. this example
provides evidence of
a)brain plasticity.
b)synaptic pruning.
c)lateralization of the cerebral cortex.
d)sensitive periods in brain development.
5) which of the following statements is true about adolescent mood variation?
a)high points tend to occur around noon each day.
b)low points tend to occur during times spent with friends.
c)high points tend to occur during self-chosen leisure activities.
d)low points tend to occur on friday nights.
6) by age 3,
a)self-conscious emotions are clearly linked to self-evaluation.
b)children no longer depend on adults to know when to feel self-conscious emotions.
c)children are not yet sensitive to praise and blame.
d)children have not yet developed the capacity to feel guilty or ashamed.
7) compared to older babies, very young babies prefer to look at large, bold
checkerboards over checkerboards with many small squares. this is because very young
infants
a)are overstimulated by more complex checkerboard patterns.
b)prefer the pattern with the least contrast.
c)are more sensitive to the greater contrast in complex patterns.
d)cannot resolve the small features in more complex patterns.
8) which of the following young adults is the most likely to live independently?
a)alan, a caucasian american
b)isaiah, an african american
c)jesus, a hispanic american
d)tommy, a native american
9) the percentage of american high school graduates who earn college degrees is nearly
____ percent.
a)30
b)40
c)50
d)60
10) which of the following is true about the iq scores of american children?
a)american white children score, on average, four to eight iq points below american
black children.
b)although the difference in iq scores has been shrinking over the past several decades,
a substantial gap remains.
c)over the past several decades, the difference in iq scores between american white
children and american black children has grown.
d)american black children fall midway between white and hispanic children in average
iq score.
11) which of the following is true about body fat and puberty?
a)breast and pubic hair growth occur later for heavier girls.
b)few studies report a link between body fat and puberty in boys.
c)few studies report a link between body fat and puberty in girls.
d)obese girls tend to experience later puberty.
12) approximately ________ of divorced parents remarry; and approximately _____
percent of those second marriages end in a divorce.
a)one-third; 45
b)one-half; 50
c)one-half; 75
d)two-thirds; 50
13) rewarding children for ________ seems to increase their sense of personal control
of exercising.
a)time spent exercising
b)giving up inactivity
c)eating less
d)documenting daily physical activity
14) dewey has no trouble when asked to place stickers on a map to indicate the location
of colored flags within a large-scale outdoor environment. dewey is probably
a)5.
b)7.
c)9.
d)12.
15) when assessing students, mrs. carter introduces purposeful teaching into the testing
situation to find out what the child can attain with social support. mrs. carter is using
a)dynamic assessment.
b)disengagement.
c)static assessment.
d)stereotype assessment.
which of the following statements reflects a widely held opinion in the united states?
16) a)the government should help poor parents raise their children.
b)most people are content with others intruding into family life as long as help is needed.
c)if you decide to have a baby, you should be ready to care for it.
d)people should try to define themselves as part of a group.
17) in classical conditioning, if a conditioned stimulus is presented alone enough times,
without being paired with the unconditioned stimulus, _________ occurs.
a)habituation
b)extinction
c)imitation
d)recovery
18) which of the following is true about adhd?
a)boys are diagnosed about four times as often as girls.
b)girls are diagnosed about twice as often as boys.
c)adhd affects about 15 percent of u.s. school children.
d)all children with adhd are hyperactive.
19) ________ is a modern substitute for the physical departure of the adolescent from
the home.
a)an initiation ceremony
b)a rite of passage
c)psychological distancing
d)a cultural script