1) girls who develop anorexia nervosa typically have
a)at least one overweight parent.
b)a long history of yo-yo dieting.
c)poor academic performance at school.
d)unrealistically high standards for their own performance.
2) emotional expressions are well-organized and specific
a)at birth.
b)by 3 months of age.
c)by the middle of the first year.
d)only after the start of the second year.
3) which of the following is a behavior displayed by lower-ses parents that influences
career choices of their children?
a)engaging in a wide range of strategies to promote a childs progress
b)gathering information on colleges and areas of study
c)emphasizing conformity and obedience
d)identifying knowledgeable professionals who can help children make vocational
decisions
4) today, the majority of pregnant adolescents
a)marry and keep their babies.
b)abort their pregnancies.
c)put their babies up for adoption.
d)stay unmarried and keep their babies.
5) three-year-old audrey is presented with a picture-matching problem, play dough is to
cut-up play dough as a loaf of bread is to . . . ? which answer is audrey is most likely to
select?
a)a cut-up apple
b)a biscuit
c)bread crumbs
d)a cut-up loaf of bread
6) when childrens safety and security are at risk, it is adaptive for them to
a)reproduce early.
b)reproduce later.
c)fail to reproduce.
d)fail to reach menarche or spermarche.
7) reasoning at kohlbergs stage 4 and above depends on
a)understanding the role of larger social structures in resolving moral conflict.
b)understanding the content of hypothetical moral dilemmas.
c)the age and gender of the respondent.
d)the ability to deal with day-to-day conflict, particularly with parents.
8) gains in language development during adolescence are largely due to
a)biological maturation.
b)reading adult literary works.
c)improved capacity for reflective thought and abstraction.
d)adult instruction.
9) during the preschool and early school years, children
a)have a good understanding of what is inside the body but do not apply this knowledge
to explain causes of illness.
b)do not have a good understanding of what is inside the body but do understand
biological causes of illness.
c)do not have much biological knowledge to bring to bear on their understanding of
health and illness.
d)have limited understanding of illness unless they have experienced a serious threat to
their health.
10) information-processing findings confirm that scientific reasoning
a)results from abrupt, stagewise change.
b)develops gradually.
c)is fully developed by age 12.
d)is more advanced in boys than girls.
11) in high school, ________ students are assigned in large numbers to noncollege
tracks.
a)female
b)male
c)middle-ses
d)low-ses minority