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although baby irinas eyelids are closed, occasional rapid eye movements can been seen
beneath them. her breathing is irregular. she stirs occasionally and grimaces while she
sleeps. irina is most likely in which of the following states of arousal?
1) a)regular sleep
b)drowsiness
c)quiet alertness
d)rem sleep
2) ________ arise because our two eyes have slightly different views of the visual field.
a)pictorial depth cues
b)dimensions
c)binocular depth cues
d)receding lines
3) school-age children with a history of _________ have more complex, favorable, and
coherent self-concepts.
a)elaborative parentchild conversations about past experiences
b)authoritarian parentchild interactions
c)permissive parentchild interactions
d)routine parentchild conversations about current events
dorita is given an apgar appearance rating of 1. this means her
4) a)body is pink with blue arms and legs.
b)body, arms, and legs are all blue.
c)body, arms, and legs are all pink.
d)body is blue with pink arms and legs.
mr. and mrs. white are told that their son has the most common chromosomal disorder. the
whites son has _________ syndrome.
5) a)klinefelter
b)down
c)triple x
d)turner
6) which of the following is a cause of malocclusion?
a)sleeping with a bottle at night
b)eating too many sweets
c)wearing braces
d)crowding of permanent teeth
7) which of the following is a recessive trait?
a)curly hair
b)facial dimples
c)double-jointedness
d)red hair
8) ________ are responsible for coating neural fibers with an insulating fatty sheath.
a)glial cells
b)neurotransmitters
c)brain waves
d)synapses
9) an 11-year-olds reaction time is ________ a 5-year-olds.
a)twice as fast as
b)half as fast as
c)about equal to
d)five times as fast as
10) which of the following teens with family difficulties has an especially high risk of
substance abuse?
a)jake, whose mother is unemployed
b)ken, whose peers use and provide drugs
c)walt, whose sister used drugs but is now in recovery
d)paul, who has a below-average school performance
11) according to the core knowledge perspective, babies
a)construct knowledge through independent exploration of their world.
b)internalize knowledge though social interaction with others.
c)achieve new mental abilities through schedules of reinforcement and punishment.
d)are born with at set of innate special-purpose knowledge systems.
12) which of the following sounds is the best example of cooing?
a)oooo
b)mae-do (for tomato)
c)rrrrrr
d)dadada
13) a strength of the clinical interview is that
a)it can provide a large amount of information in a fairly brief period.
b)it provides highly objective and generalizable data.
c)it accurately assesses even those participants who have low verbal ability and
expressiveness.
d)each participant is asked the same questions in the same way.
14) when a peer is in distress, children who are assertive react with
a)lip biting.
b)a rise in heart rate.
c)an increase in eeg brain-wave activity.
d)sympathetic concern.
15) emily is chosen as student of the day. gretel is angry that she was not selected, and
she calls emily a do-do head. this is an example of ______________ aggression.
a)hostile
b)instrumental
c)passive
d)relational
___________ during pregnancy is associated with premature separation of the placenta.
16) a)tobacco and cocaine use
b)exposure to pcbs
c)high maternal stress
d)hiv infection
17) greta has just been shown two boxesa plain, unmarked box full of raisins and a
familiar marked raisin box that is empty. next, greta is asked to predict where another
child will look for raisins. this task assesses gretas understanding of
a)class inclusion.
b)conservation.
c)irreversibility.
d)false belief.
18) vacuum extractors
a)are not as safe as forceps.
b)are more likely than forceps to tear the mothers tissues.
c)have been used since the sixteenth century to speed up delivery.
d)can cause bleeding beneath the babys skin and on the outside of the skull.
