The experience of our world as a smooth, unitary episode is made possible by
intermodal:
A. reflection.
B. perception.
C. sensation.
D. interpretation.
Answer:
From the following options identify the disorder that consists of serious, persistent
problems involving relationships, aggression, depression, and fears associated with
personal or school matters, as well as other inappropriate socioemotional
characteristics. Approximately 8 percent of children who have a disability and require
an individualized education plan fall into this classification.
A.Autism
B.ADHD
C.Emotional and behavioral disorders
D.Learning disorders
Answer:
Religiousness has been associated with all of the following EXCEPT:
A.a lower rate of depression.
B.a lower rate of hypertension.
C.a lower risk of cancer.
D.longevity.
Answer:
When asked why she participated with other students in a protest against treatment of
women on her campus, Kai says that all human beings should have equal rights.
According to Kai, the university has rules that are unfair to women; and she is morally
against such discriminatory practices. Which of the following is likely to be Kai’s moral
level according to Lawrence Kohlberg?
A.Postconventional reasoning
B.Conventional reasoning
C.Unconventional reasoning
D.Preconventional reasoning
Answer:
Puberty:
A.is the same as adolescence.
B.ends long before adolescence does.
C.occurs in a single, sudden event.
D.has an easily identifiable beginning and ending.
Answer:
Combining the genes of two parents in offspring increases _____ in the population,
which is valuable for a species because it provides more characteristics for natural
selection to operate on.
A.the number of males
B.the number of females
C.genetic variability
D.genetic uniformity
Answer:
Katie weighs less than 85 percent of what is considered normal for her age and height.
Yet, she sees herself as too fat and starves to become thinner. Katie most likely suffers
from:
A.anorexia nervosa.
B.bulimia nervosa.
C.sickle-cell anemia.
D.hypochondria.
Answer:
T. Berry Brazelton, along with Barry Lester and Edward Tronick, developed the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS) specifically to
assess:
A. a normal, healthy infant.
B. the “at-risk” infant.
C. the newborn’s ability to cope with the new environment.
D. adolescents between the ages of 10 and 18.
Answer:
The sensorimotor stage of development lasts from birth to about:
A. six months of age.
B. eight months of age.
C. one year of age.
D. two years of age.
Answer:
In short-term memory, individuals retain information for up to _____ if there is no
rehearsal of the information.
A. 30 seconds
B. 15 minutes
C. 5 hours
D. 2 days
Answer:
Exercise can reduce the risk of all of the following conditions EXCEPT:
A.type 1 diabetes.
B.stroke.
C.osteoporosis.
D.breast cancer.
Answer:
Mini wants to know what activities would be most conducive to creative thinking.
Based on what people reported in Csikszentmihalyi’s research, you would suggest that
Mini would be at her creative best during activities that:
A.demand complete attention.
B.leave little time free to think about peripheral issues.
C.are semiautomatic.
D.demand practically no attention.
Answer:
Penny has been diagnosed as suffering from bulimia nervosa. It is most likely that she:
A.has a positive body image.
B.also suffers from anorexia.
C.is severely underweight.
D.falls within a normal weight range.
Answer:
In his studies on wisdom, Paul Baltes has found all of the following EXCEPT:
A.wisdom is correlated with cognitive factors such as intelligence.
B.wisdom is associated with creativity and openness to experience.
C.higher levels of wisdom is achieved through certain life experiences, such as being
trained and working in a field concerned with difficult life problems.
D.having wisdom-enhancing mentors contribute to higher levels of wisdom.
Answer:
Centering Pregnancy is an innovative prenatal care program provides complete prenatal
care:
A.in individual homes.
B.in rural clinical settings.
C.in group settings.
D.to low-income women only.
Answer:
Which of the following is TRUE of bullying?
A.Having supportive friends was linked to a lower level of bullying and victimization.
B.Frequent bullying was linked to low social status as indexed by perceived popularity
in the peer group.
C.Recent meta-analysis indicated that positive parenting behavior was related to a
greater likelihood of becoming a victim of bullying at school.
D.Children who said they were bullied were more likely to have low grades, and to
smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
Answer:
Identify the Big Five personality factor that describes whether an individual is
fun-loving or somber.
A.Agreeableness
B.Openness to experience
C.Conscientiousness
D.Extraversion
Answer:
In interviews with 12- to 22-year-olds about finding their purpose in life, William
Damon found that:
A.most expressed no aspirations, and in some instances said they didn’t see any reason
to have aspirations.
B.the largest percentage had engaged in some potentially purposeful activities, but still
did not have a real commitment or any reasonable plans for reaching their goals.
C.most have a clear vision of where they want to go in life, what they want to achieve,
and why.
D.most of those who had engaged in service learning or career counseling had a
commitment and reasonable plans for reaching their goals.
Answer:
Which of the following is true of the American attitude toward death?
A.Americans consider death of the biological body as the end of existence.
B.Americans do not believe in a spiritual body that lives on after death.
C.Belief in reincarnation is a defining aspect of the American belief about death.
D.Americans are generally death avoiders and death deniers.
Answer:
What is the rationale for the practice of a waterbirth?
A.Water pressure reduces the strain of contractions.
B.It creates an environment similar to that inside the amniotic sac.
C.Getting into water speeds up the labor process.
D.Water makes the contractions more intense.
Answer:
Who created the concept of intelligence quotient?
A.Alfred Binet
B.William Stern
C.David Wechsler
D.Robert J. Sternberg
Answer:
Shaken baby syndrome causes several symptoms including:
A. brain swelling and hemorrhaging.
B. brain tumors.
C. cardiac arrest.
D. swelling of the arms and legs.
Answer:
Which of the following is the BEST description of scaffolding?
A.Parents time interactions in such a way that the infant experiences turn taking with
the parents.
B.The caregiver and infant focus on the same object or event.
C.Mothers and their infants interact in a dance-like pattern of closely coordinated
actions.
D.The child is presented with a series of introductions, separations, and reunions with
the caregiver.
Answer:
_____ reflects an individual’s personal investment in identity.
A.Commitment
B.Collaboration
C.Calling
D.Conscientiousness
Answer:
Klinefelter syndrome occurs approximately _____ live male births.
A.once in every 100
B.once in every 600
C.once in every 10,000
D.once in every 100,000
Answer:
Behavior geneticist Robert Plomin has found that shared environment:
A.is independent of heredity influences.
B.accounts for most of the variation in children’s personality or interests.
C.is responsible for higher incidence of rivalry and aggression between siblings.
D.accounts for little of the variation in children’s personality or interests.
Answer:
Which of the following chronic conditions has been associated with the greatest
limitations on work?
A.Asthma
B.Diabetes
C.Arthritis
D.Heart condition
Answer:
Which of the following educational strategies would Vygotsky say should be
incorporated in classrooms?
A. Making each child responsible for his or her work without relying on peers or
teachers for support
B. Formal, standardized tests to assess children’s learning
C. Discouraging distractions like self-talk or private talk
D. Offering just enough assistance to a child to accomplish a task
Answer:
About _____ percent of individuals with bulimia nervosa eventually recover from their
disorders.
A.25
B.40
C.90
D.70
Answer:
According to David Elkind, personal fable and imaginary audience are parts of
adolescent:
A.co-rumination.
B.expression.
C.egocentrism.
D.solipsism.
Answer:
An adult in middle age will be most likely to do POORLY on which of the following
tasks?
A.Understanding verbal directions
B.Completing a crossword puzzle
C.Hitting the brakes of a car when the light suddenly turns red
D.Lifting a box that weighs 20 pounds
Answer:
Why do women have an easier time with the loss of their spouse than do men?
A.Women receive larger insurance payouts.
B.Women have better social networks.
C.Women experience less loneliness in general.
D.Women are more likely to remarry quickly.
Answer:
Leading researcher Charles Nelson proposed the view that, although adolescents are
capable of very strong emotions, their prefrontal cortex has not adequately developed to
the point at which they can control these passions. His view reflects the rapidly
emerging field of _____, which involves connections between development, the brain,
and cognitive or socioemotional processes.
A.socioemotional neuroscience
B.biosocial neuroscience
C.psychosocial neuroscience
D.developmental social neuroscience
Answer: