Membership in a crowd
A)promotes intimate interaction with the other sex.
B)grants adolescents an identity within the larger social structure of the school.
C)encourages delinquency and antisocial behavior.
D)has little impact, either positive or negative, on social development.
Which of the following demonstrates how children’s gender schemas are likely to affect
memory?
A)When shown a picture of a female wearing a dress, children may later remember her as
a male.
B)When shown a picture of a male firefighter, children may later remember him as a
female.
C)When shown a picture of a female cooking, children may later remember her as a male.
D)When shown a picture of a male nurse, children may later remember him as a doctor.
Which of the following is a function of the corpus callosum?
A)It plays a central role in processing of novelty and emotional information.
B)It creates a link between the right cerebral hemisphere and the hippocampus.
C)It generates synapses and myelinates throughout early childhood and into adolescence.
D)It supports smooth coordination of movements on both sides of the body.
Garrett, age 2 months, is an enthusiastic eater who nurses vigorously and gains weight
quickly. Garrett’s mom, Christine, is concerned that Garrett might be at risk of being
permanently overweight. You can advise Christine that
A)most chubby babies will continue to gain weight during toddlerhood and the preschool
years.
B)there is no evidence that rapid weight gain in infancy is related to later obesity.
C)she should start supplementing Garrett€s diet with cereal.
D)breastfeeding for the first six months is associated with a leaner body build through
early childhood.
Which of the following adolescents is most likely to engage in health-risk behaviors such
as drug use, unprotected sex, and agreeing to “do anything on a dare”?
A)Simon, who is a member of the “jock” crowd
B)Dave, who is a member of the “brain” crowd
C)Tim, who is a member of the “popular” crowd
D)Cory, who is a member of the “nonconformist” crowd
Which of the following is a limitation of the ethnographic method?
A)Research may not yield observations typical of participants’ behavior in everyday life.
B)Research does not yield as much information as naturalistic observations or structured
interviews.
C)Commonly used research techniques tend to ignore cultural and social influences that
affect development.
D)The findings cannot be assumed to generalize beyond the people and settings in which
the research was conducted.
Females may show an advantage in verbal abilities because
A)they are more likely to attend college than boys.
B)they tend to work harder in school than boys.
C)they rely on sensory brain regions to process spoken and written words.
D)the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex develops earlier in girls than in boys.
The greatest damage from rubella occurs when it strikes pregnant mothers during the
A)germinal period.
B)embryonic period.
C)second trimester.
D)third trimester.
According to the concept of gene-environment correlation,
A)the environments to which we are exposed determine which genes are expressed in our
phenotypes.
B)our genes influence the environments to which we are exposed.
C)heredity restricts the development of some characteristics to just one or a few outcomes.
D)our genes influence how we respond to the environment.
Which of the following statements is supported by research on babbling and deaf infants?
A)Deaf infants not exposed to sign language will stop babbling entirely.
B)Deaf infants do not babble or coo unless they are exposed to sign language.
C)Deaf infants start babbling much earlier than hearing infants.
D)Deaf infants start babbling much later than hearing infants.
Which of the following environmental influences contributes to monozygotic twinning?
A)early fertilization of the ovum
B)poor maternal nutrition
C)temperature changes
D)high-fructose diet
Benedicte has the ability to use her body skillfully for expressive as well as
goal-directed purposes and the ability to handle objects easily. According to Gardner,
Benedicte has a strong __________ intelligence.
A)bodily-kinesthetic
B)interpersonal
C)naturalist
D)musical
Which of the following children is likely to describe themselves with attributes that stress
group membership and relationships to others?
A)Laurie, an American girl
B)Alberto, a Hispanic boy
C)Tali, a Russian girl
D)Charin, a Chinese boy
Miguel is bilingual. He sometimes speaks sentences in English that contain one or more
Spanish words without violating the grammar of either language. Miguel engages in
A)a topic-focused style of communication.
B)a classic form.
C)a topic-associating style of communication.
D)code switching.
Which of the following statements about individual differences in motor skills is true?
A)Parents tend to actively discourage girls from participating in athletic activities.
B)Family income affects children’s access to lessons needed to develop certain abilities.
C)Boys are able to understand and process the rules of most athletic events more quickly
than girls.
D)Many low-SES children are less skilled in motor activities even when they are exposed
to formal lessons.