1) according to research on cultural variations in personal storytelling, which of the
following self-descriptions is most likely to come from a chinese child?
a)i do lots of puzzles.
b)i like pigs.
c)i am really smart.
d)i help my sister wash dishes.
2) the eustachian tube becomes longer, narrow, and more slanted during middle
childhood, resulting in
a)more frequent bouts of otitis media.
b)higher rates of strep throat.
c)lower rates of sinus infections.
d)reduced incidence of otitis media.
3) which type of childteacher relationship is most likely to lead to a negative
self-fulfilling prophecy?
a)a quiet, withdrawn student with a teacher in an open classroom
b)a low-achieving student with a teacher who publicly compares children
c)a high-achieving student with a teacher in a traditional classroom
d)a low-achieving student with a teacher in an open classroom
4) ten-month-old thaddeus and his 12-year-old brother watch their cat play with a ball.
thaddeus looks at the cat and then looks at his brother to ensure that he is also watching
the cat. thaddeuss brother labels the cat and the ball. thaddeus and his brother are
engaged in
a)sustained attention.
b)telegraphic speech.
c)child-directed speech.
d)joint attention.
5) children from 4 to 7 years old regard friendship as
a)an understanding of thoughts and feelings.
b)pleasurable play and sharing of toys.
c)based on mutual trust.
d)long-term and enduring.
6) an experimenter hides a poker chip in her hand and asks children to indicate whether
the following statement is true, false, or uncertain: either the chip in my hand is green
or it is not green. a concrete operational child will say the statement is ________. a
formal operational adolescent will say the statement is ________.
a)uncertain; true
b)true; uncertain
c)uncertain; false
d)true; false
7) the most fleeting state of arousal is
a)nrem sleep.
b)rem sleep.
c)drowsiness.
d)quiet alertness.
8) a major shortcoming of the componential approach is that it
a)focuses too much on cultural-bias in intelligence testing.
b)regards intelligence as entirely due to causes within the child.
c)has not generated enough research.
d)does not try to uncover the underlying basis of iq.
9) when college students tackle challenging, ill-structured problems, interaction among
individuals who are _________________ is beneficial.
a)equal in authority but greater in knowledge
b)roughly equal in authority and knowledge
c)greater in authority and equal in knowledge
d)lesser in authority and knowledge
one limitation of microgenetic studies is that
10) a)participant dropout often distorts developmental trends.
b)they are difficult to carry out.
c)they often create ethical issues.
d)cohort effects often limit the generalizability of the findings.
11) obese children
a)are at a risk for social difficulties, but not emotional problems.
b)are likely to have at least one obese parent.
c)usually decide when to eat on the basis of hunger.
d)are less likely than average-weight peers to spend many hours watching television.
12) according to ecological systems theory, a parents workplace is in the
a)microsystem.
b)mesosystem.
c)exosystem.
d)macrosystem.
13) the experience of going to school seems to
a)delay mastery of conservation.
b)promote mastery of piagetian tasks.
c)delay mastery of transitive inference.
d)speed up the continuum of acquisition.