in a kinship study of intelligence, which of the following sibling pairs will likely share a
high correlation?
1) a)max and martin, nontwin brothers
b)jabar and tobias, identical twins
c)marci and sonia, fraternal twins
d)mary jane and susan, nontwin sisters
2) while out shopping, mrs. salveson becomes upset with her teenage daughters
sarcastic responses to her questions. understanding the concept of the imaginary
audience, how would you advise mrs. salveson to react to her daughters behavior?
a)address the problem immediately when it happens to avoid the likelihood of it
recurring.
b)wait until she can speak to her daughter alone, and address the problem then.
c)ignore the behavior and hope that it will disappear as she matures.
d)have another respected adult, like a teacher or counselor, deal with the behavior.
3) mr. and mrs. falk want to improve their teenagers diets. one simple and proven way
they can do this is to
a)forbid them from eating fast foods.
b)give them limited spending money.
c)find a way to eat together as a family most nights of the week.
d)remove all sweets from the home.
4) which of the following is supported by research on television violence?
a)childrens programming is below average in violent content.
b)watching violence on tv does not increase the likelihood of aggressive behavior.
c)older children are more likely than preschoolers and young school-age children to
imitate tv violence.
d)time spent watching tv in childhood and adolescence predicts aggressive behavior in
adulthood.
5) of the following, which is supported by research on emotional understanding?
a)preschoolers whose mothers negotiate during conflicts with them show delayed
emotional understanding.
b)preschoolers whose parents talk about diverse emotions are better able to judge others
emotions.
c)with age, preschoolers engage in less emotion talk with siblings and friends.
d)the less preschoolers refer to feelings when interacting with peers, the better they are
liked by their peers.
6) despite his aggressiveness, tyler is admired by his peers for his sophisticated but
devious social skills. tyler is a _____________ child.
a)rejected-withdrawn
b)rejected-aggressive
c)popular-antisocial
d)popular-prosocial
which of the following individuals is most likely to have fraternal twins?
7) a)marlie, a 25-year-old caucasian american
b)janie, a 30-year-old caucasian american
c)jessi, a 30-year-old asian american
d)rhoda, a 30-year-old african american
sickle cell anemia
8) a)is common among jews of european descent.
b)is common in children whose parents are of mediterranean descent.
c)occurs in full form when a child inherits two recessive alleles.
d)is a homogeneous condition.
9) which of the following is true about the psychoanalytic perspective and the
development of morality?
a)freud believed that young children form a superego by internalize the other-sex
parents moral standards.
b)most researchers today agree with freuds view of conscience development.
c)in freuds theory, fear of punishment and loss of parental love motivate moral
behavior.
d)freud believed that moral development is largely complete by 10 to 12 years of age.
10) damage to the frontal-lobe area of the adult left hemisphere usually yields
_______________ problems.
a)language comprehension
b)language production
c)no language
d)short-term, mild language
11) on average, the dramatic adolescent growth spurt occurs _____ earlier in girls than
in boys
a)6 months
b)1 year
c)18 months
d)2 years
12) of the following, which factors contribute to the sharp rise in suicide from
childhood to adolescence?
a)adolescent impulsiveness and teenagers stormy nature
b)improved ability to plan ahead and learned helplessness
c)increased emotional distance from parents and high ses
d)teenagers inability to think about the future