1) freud and erikson are associated with which kind of developmental theory?
a. psychoanalytic
b. behavioral
c. biological
d. cognitive
2) a(n) _____ is a variation of a single language spoken by members of a speech
community.
a. dialect
b. accent
c. phoneme
d. foreign language
3) piaget viewed language development as being influenced by:
a. innate factors.
b. environmental factors.
c. both innate and environmental factors.
d. neither innate nor environmental factors.
4) which of the following statements about eriksons theory of psychosocial
development is false?
a. more emphasis is placed on social, as opposed to biological, influences on
development.
b. development is believed to be a lifelong process.
c. personal relationships have little influence over the way people respond to basic
needs.
d. there are eight proposed stages of development.
5) according to the text, adolescents spend about what percentage of their time in
school?
a. 32
b. 27
c. 55
d. 41
6) marshas parents have always wanted her to be a doctor. although she has an interest
in graphic arts, marsha goes along with her parents wishes and attends medical school.
which identity status does marsha have?
a. diffusion
b. achievement
c. moratorium
d. foreclosure
7) which family is most likely to have the lowest median family income?
a. alice, a single mother with one child
b. barnabas, a single father with one child
c. clarice and rudolph, a married couple with one child
d. none of these; there are few differences in median income based on family structure
8) when tifara sees a zebra for the first time, she thinks it is a horse with stripes. tifaras
father says, that is a zebra. tifara changes her thinking by developing a new scheme,
called zebra. this is an example of:
a. equilibration.
b. scaffolding.
c. accommodation.
d. assimilation.
9) will, who is just learning the rules of language, should be first expected to learn rules
concerning:
a. present and past tense.
b. word order.
c. questions and negatives.
d. adverbs.
10) which three mental operations do children use to perform conservation tasks?
a. seriation, classification, and transitivity
b. animism, egocentrism, and deferred imitation
c. negation, compensation, and identity
d. propositional logic, deductive logic, and combinatorial reasoning
11) which of the following teachers is not likely to be successful working with high-risk
students?
a. mr. richards, who makes sure to take student input into account when developing
classroom policies
b. ms. swedloff, who is careful not to place the same high expectations on her high-risk
students as on her students from stable and supportive environments
c. mrs. bonilla, who designs lessons to appeal to the diverse interests and abilities of her
students
d. all of these teachers are likely to have positive outcomes.