1) studies on computer use in early childhood demonstrate that
a)computer storybooks and other literacy programs interfere with emergent literacy
skills.
b)children spend most of their time using computers for learning language and math
skills.
c)combining everyday and computer experiences with math manipulatives is especially
effective in promoting math concepts and skills.
d)video gaming consoles are among the bedroom furnishings of 30 percent of children
age 5 and younger.
2) in the united states, the most controversial aspect of adolescent pregnancy prevention
efforts is
a)the promotion of abstinence.
b)requiring sex education courses in school.
c)teaching social skills for handling sexual situations.
d)increasing the availability of contraceptives.
3) newborns relax their facial muscles in response to a ______ taste.
a)salty
b)sour
c)bitter
d)sweet
4) caitlyn, age 4, can probably
a)tie her shoes.
b)ride a bicycle with training wheels.
c)draw a person with six parts.
d)use scissors.
5) seven-year-old derek is having problems with bedwetting at night. which of the
following is probably true?
a)derek has not seen a health professional about his problem.
b)derek will outgrow this problem by age 8 or 9.
c)when dereks parents punish him for wetting, he wets less often.
d)dereks problem is a learned behavior, rather than a biological issue.
6) the average life expectancy of a north american with sickle cell anemia is
a)18.
b)35.
c)55.
d)62.
7) which of the following motor skills typically develops first?
a)rolling from back to side
b)building a tower of two cubes
c)grasping a cube
d)playing pat-a-cake
8) in healthy, physically fit women, ___________ exercise is related to _________.
a)aerobic; low birth weight
b)vigorous; a reduction in the risk of high blood pressure
c)moderate; a reduction in the risk of maternal diabetes
d)frequent; high birth weight
9) growth norms
a)for one population are not good standards for children elsewhere in the world.
b)are very similar in every country of the world.
c)vary from child to child in each population.
d)are the best estimate of skeletal age.
10) research on gender typing reveals that
a)beginning at birth, parents have different expectation of sons than of daughters.
b)parents tend to describe achievement and warmth as important for sons and
competition and closely supervised activities as important for daughters.
c)parents actively reinforce closeness and independence in boys and dependency in
girls.
d)fathers are more insistent that girls rather than boys conform to gender roles.
11) females may show an advantage in verbal skills because
a)the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex develops earlier in girls than in boys.
b)they rely on sensory brain regions to process spoken and written words.
c)they tend to work harder in school than boys.
d)they are more likely to attend college than boys.
12) jesse weighed 3.3 pounds when he was born. research shows that he is at an
increased risk of __________ in adulthood.
a)prostate cancer
b)diabetes
c)lymphatic cancer
d)alzheimers disease
13) research on biological influences on gender typing reveals that
a)sex differences in play and personality traits only appear in western cultures.
b)aggression preference for same-sex playmates is widespread among mammalian
species.
c)preschool girls prefer to play in larger-group play with other girls, while boys prefer
to play in pairs.
d)prenatally administered androgens decrease active play.
14) _____________ seems to foster a more positive, coherent early self-concept.
a)early birth order
b)a warm, sensitive parentchild relationship
c)permissive parenting
d)authoritarian parenting
15) in south america, the jarara mother
a)leans against the body of the head helper to give birth.
b)gives birth in full view of the entire community.
c)gives birth in a hammock with a crowd of women close by.
d)gives birth in a freestanding birth center.