1) adolescent response to puberty is affected by:
a. the nature of pubertal changes.
b. the timing of pubertal changes.
c. societal expectations for their behavior during puberty.
d. all of these.
2) leigh ann is in the process of figuring out who she is and what direction she should
take in life. she is exploring different ways of dressing and behaving, as well as looking
at different careers. which of eriksons stages describes leigh anns current concerns?
a. intimacy vs. isolation
b. initiative vs. guilt
c. identity vs. role confusion
d. industry vs. inferiority
3) as a fifth-grade teacher, you would expect your students to be experiencing eriksons
stage of ______.
a. identity versus role confusion
b. industry versus inferiority
c. concrete operations
d. formal operations
4) which of the following usually accompanies the transition to middle school?
a. an increase in student motivation
b. increased difficulties with social adjustment
c. declines in student achievement
d. both increased social adjustment dificulties and declines in achievement
5) baby huey is a happy baby. because he is always cheerful and positive, people tend to
give him positive responses and lots of attention. this, in turn, reinforces his pleasant
disposition. according to sandra scarr, this is an example of a(n) ______
gene-environment effect.
a. evocative
b. passive
c. active
d. proactive
6) in a research study examining the gender schemas of preschool-age children, subjects
watched videotapes of girls playing with trucks and boys playing with dolls. several
days later, the children were asked to recall what they saw on the videotape. researchers
found that:
a. children correctly reported what they actually saw on the tape.
b. male children reported they saw boys playing with trucks and girls with dolls, while
female children correctly reported what they saw on the tape.
c. female children reported they saw boys playing with trucks and girls with dolls,
while male children correctly reported what they saw on the tape.
d. children reported they saw girls playing with dolls and boys playing with trucks.
7) as a future teacher, you should implement which of the following recommendations
if you want to base your teaching practices on vygotskys work?
a. use guided participation in which students can be apprentices in learning.
b. encourage students to talk themselves through challenging problems.
c. provide opportunities for students to collaborate on learning activities, especially
with more skilled peers.
d. all of these
8) the cell that is formed by the union of sperm and ovum is called a(n):
a. zygote.
b. chromosome.
c. fetus.
d. embryo.
9) chad has excellent word fluency, vocabulary, and verbal comprehension. these skills
are called:
a. crystallized intelligence.
b. fluid intelligence.
c. practical intelligence.
d. multiple intelligences.
10) the close relationship formed between a child and one or more caregivers is called:
a. trust.
b. attachment.
c. androgyny.
d. empathy.
11) regarding socialization, which school of thought suggests that successful
childrearing is a matter of managing childrens learning experiences so that proper
behavior is strengthened and problem behavior is extinguished?
a. psychoanalytic theory
b. attachment theory
c. humanism
d. behaviorism
12) as a new parent, you should expect your infant to prefer:
a. stimuli that are familiar rather than new and complex.
b. stimuli that are patterned over human faces.
c. both familiar stimuli and patterned stimuli.
d. neither familiar stimuli nor patterned stimuli.
13) elizabeth is a gifted student in mathematics, visual arts, and music. based on
research presented in the textbook, elizabeth is relatively likely to:
a. be right-handed.
b. have atypical brain organization.
c. have been exposed to atypical amounts of estrogen prenatally.
d. all of these
14) as a future teacher, you want to help your students be self-regulated learners. which
of the following strategies would be most effective at helping the students improve their
self-regulation?
a. using questions, outlines, and visual aids to help cue attention and keep students
focused
b. encouraging students to monitor and check their comprehension as they read and
learn
c. reviewing key concepts or information regularly
d. using instructional methods and formats that will hold students interest