1) five-year-old anthony and his 4-year-old sister angela are engaged in a typical sibling
dispute over a favorite chair. in order to help them gain sensitivity to their siblings
feelings, their parents should
a)intervene with reasoning and negotiating.
b)let them work through the dispute on their own, intervening only if there are tears
involved.
c)settle the dispute by making the children each take a turn in the chair for a set amount
of time.
d)totally ignore the dispute.
2) andrew is an emerging adult. he is likely to say that ________ is essential for him to
attain adult status.
a)getting married
b)settling into a career
c)finishing his education
d)constructing a worldview
3) when francine sees a dump truck in the sandbox, she wonders, do i like this toy? she
then decides to play with the truck. francine
a)is a gender-schematic child.
b)is using her gender-salience filter.
c)is a gender-aschematic child.
d)has well-developed gender schemas.
4) the carolina abecedarian project shows that ________ is an effective way to reduce
the negative effects of poverty on childrens mental development.
a)furnishing free nutrition and health services for parents and children
b)providing children a special resource teacher during the early elementary school years
c)an early intervention approach that focuses on parental involvement
d)enrollment in full-time, year-round child care through the preschool years
5) research shows that _________________ tend to have lasting adjustment problems
in later life.
a)early-maturing boys
b)late-maturing boys
c)late-maturing girls
d)early-maturing girls
6) of the following, suicide rates are highest in
a)canada.
b)japan.
c)the united states.
d)finland.
7) babies earliest emotional life consists of which two global arousal states?
a)happiness and sadness
b)fullness and hunger
c)attraction to pleasant stimuli and withdrawal from unpleasant stimuli
d)happiness and fear
8) andrei skillfully adapts his thinking to fit with both his desires and the demands of
his everyday world. when he cannot adapt to a new situation, andrei tries to shape it to
meet his needs. according to sternberg, andrei excels in ________ intelligence.
a)analytical
b)creative
c)practical
d)experiential
9) ________ is a very difficult response to classically condition in young infants
because they _______________.
a)hunger; are almost always hungry
b)fear; do not have the motor skills to escape unpleasant events
c)happiness; express happiness only in familiar contexts
d)anger; do not yet have the capacity to express anger
10) mr. and mrs. fischman keep tabs on their teenagers school progress and
communicate with her teachers frequently. however, as their daughter moves into high
school, they wonder whether they should decrease their level of involvement. what
should you tell them?
a)they should continue to stay involved; these efforts are just as important during high
school as they were earlier.
b)they should decrease their level of school involvement, so as not to embarrass their
daughter.
c)parents school involvement has no correlation to grade-point average or other
indicators of school success.
d)children pay no attention to their parents level of school involvement, so they should
do whatever feels best to them.
11) research using the home observation for measurement of the environment (home)
indicates that
a)preschoolers who develop well intellectually have homes rich in educational toys and
books.
b)preschoolers who develop well intellectually have parents who resolve conflicts with
punishment.
c)home scores predict academic achievement better than iq scores.
d)the organization of the physical environment predicts iq gains only among high-ses
children.
the largest barrier to the education of girls worldwide is/are
12) a)cultural beliefs about gender roles.
b)a reluctance to give up a daughters work at home.
c)that many schools charge parents a fee for each child enrolled.
d)a limited number of schools in developing areas.
in proteomics,
13) a)researchers map the sequence of all human dna base pairs.
b)scientists modify gene-specified proteins involved in disease.
c)doctors correct genetic abnormalities by delivering dna carrying a functional gene to the
cells.
d)the fetus is inspected for defects of the limbs and face using a small tube with a light
source.
14) a behavior that is strongly canalized
a)is easily modified by environmental conditions.
b)varies greatly with changes in the environment.
c)develops similarly in a wide range of environments.
d)influences the environment to which the individual is exposed.
15) in denyses preschool classroom, girls spent more time in the housekeeping, art, and
reading corners, while boys gathered more often in the areas devoted to blocks,
woodworking, and active play. this conformity to these cultural stereotypes is known as
gender
a)typing.
b)identity.
c)segregation.
d)schema.
16) when young children converse with adults, they ask
a)mostly non-information-seeking questions.
b)more than one question per minute, on average.
c)comparatively few information-seeking questions.
d)relatively few purposeful questions.
17) kristen exhibits hyperactive, inattentive, and impulsive behavior. she is deficient in
perspective taking, and shows high rates of physical and relational conflict. kristen is a
______________ child.
a)rejected-withdrawn
b)rejected-aggressive
c)popular-prosocial
d)popular-antisocial
postpartum depression
18) a)occurs only in first-time mothers.
b)fails to subside as a new mother adjusts to hormonal changes in her body.
c)affects 15 to 20 percent of women.
d)usually subsides after a week or two.