Around 9 to 10 years, _______ is/are clearly evident in children’s drawings.
A)mastery of humanlike figures
B)accurate copies of two-dimensional shapes
C)depth cues
D)the third dimension
Which of the following statements about grandparents who are primary caregivers is true?
A)Warm grandparent-grandchild bonds help protect children from worsening adjustment
problems, even under conditions of great hardship.
B)Less than 1 percent of the U.S. child population live with their grandparents but apart
from parents.
C)Grandparents in Caucasian families are more likely to serve as children’s primary
caregivers than grandparents in other ethnic groups.
D)Grandparent caregivers rarely forge significant attachment relationships with their
grandchildren.
__________ babies tend to receive overstimulating, intensive care.
A)Avoidant
B)Secure
C)Disorganized/disoriented
D)Resistant
Eight-year-old Goran immigrates to the United States with his family. About how long
will it take Croatian-speaking Goran to attain speaking and writing skills in English on
a par with his English-speaking agemates?
A)1 to 2 years
B)3 to 5 years
C)5 to 7 years
D)until he is an adult
Worldwide,
A)the shortest children can be found in hot, tropical regions.
B)body size always reflects evolutionary adaptations, regardless of environment.
C)growth norms can be applied universally to children age 8 and older.
D)a 9-inch gap exists between the smallest and the largest 8-year-olds.
Which of the following statements about the effectiveness of the Nurse-Family Partnership
is true?
A)The benefits of the intervention were the greatest for children from high-SES families.
B)Trained paraprofessionals were more effective than professional nurses in preventing
delayed mental development.
C)As kindergartners, program children scored higher in language, but lower in
intelligence, than comparison children.
D)From their baby’s birth on, home-visited mothers were on a more favorable life course
than comparison mothers.
In classical conditioning, if the conditioned stimulus is presented alone enough times,
without being paired with the unconditioned stimulus, __________ occurs.
A)habituation
B)extinction
C)imitation
D)recovery
Longitudinal research can identify common patterns as well as individual differences in
development because the investigator
A)studies groups of participants differing in age at the same point in time.
B)randomly assigns participants to treatment conditions.
C)tracks the performance of each person over time.
D)conducts quasi-experiments, comparing conditions that already exist.
Young children’s moral reasoning
A)tends to be rigid.
B)is rarely based on consequences.
C)is usually complex.
D)rarely centers on physical harm.
Conscience formation is promoted by __________ discipline.
A)child-directed
B)authoritarian
C)permissive
D)inductive
Infants and toddlers grow
A)by making steady gains over time.
B)slower than at any other time during childhood.
C)in little spurts.
D)in dramatic leaps.
The harm done by teratogens
A)is not always simple and straightforward.
B)always creates a monstrosity or malformation.
C)is never subtle.
D)can rarely be prevented.
Which of the following statements regarding the major domains of development is true?
A)The domains of development are separate and distinct.
B)Each period of development is made up of a new set of domains.
C)The physical domain has little influence on the other domains.
D)Development is divided into three broad domains.
The hippocampus plays a vital role in
A)balance.
B)consciousness.
C)control of body movement.
D)memory.
In the eighth month of pregnancy,
A)fetal growth doubles.
B)a layer of fat is added to assist with temperature regulation.
C)most fetuses assume an upright position.
D)neurons are produced at a rapid rate.
Which of the following young adults is most likely to live independently?
A)Alan, who is middle-SES
B)Isaiah, who is low-SES
C)Jesus, who is Hispanic
D)Tommy, who is Native American
Most 5- to 6-year-olds learn how to
A)use scissors.
B)gallop and skip with one foot.
C)draw a person with six parts.
D)catch a ball against their chest.
On the basis of cross-cultural research, some investigators have concluded that the
forms of logic required by Piagetian tasks
A)emerge earlier in collectivist than individualist cultures.
B)emerge spontaneously in children from diverse cultures.
C)are heavily influenced by heredity.
D)are heavily influenced by training, context, and cultural conditions.