A recent meta-analysis of 124 studies by Jane Kroger and her colleagues revealed that
during adolescence and emerging adulthood, identity _____ status rose steadily to age
19 and then declined.
A.achievement
B.foreclosure
C.diffusion
D.moratorium
Answer:
_____ especially plays a key role in children’s ability to manage the demands and
conflicts they face in interacting with others. It is an important component of executive
function.
A.Moral integrity
B.Emotion regulation
C.Moral development
D.Independence
Answer:
A number of leading experts on adolescent sexuality conclude that abstinence-only
programs:
A.are less effective at reducing the risk of adolescent pregnancy than sex-education
programs.
B.prevent adolescent pregnancies better than sex-education programs emphasizing
contraceptive knowledge.
C.are more effective at reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections than
sex-education programs.
D.provide useful knowledge about safe sex to sexually active adolescents.
Answer:
Lydia has been diagnosed with early macular degeneration. Which of the following
treatments is her doctor most likely to recommend?
A.Eye drops
B.Removal of the lens of her eye
C.Prescription for glasses
D.Laser surgery
Answer:
Approximately _____ percent of all low birth weight children are enrolled in special
education programs.
A. 12
B. 22
C. 50
D. 70
Answer:
A police officer visits Timothy and Evelyn’s class to discuss safety rules. To attract the
children’s attention, the officer brings colorful balloons and many jars of bubbles for the
children to blow. Later, Timothy tells his parents about all the safety rules the officer
discussed. Timothy obviously paid attention to what was _____.
A.salient
B.relevant
C.habituated
D.superfluous
Answer:
Twice each month, Gini helps to serve dinner at the “Community Table”, a program that
assists homeless people in the town. She brings her two children, aged nine and eleven,
with her and talks to them about the need to share time, food, and kindness with others
who are less fortunate. Social cognitive theorists would say that Gini’s children:
A.are likely to develop moral behavior that includes helping others.
B.are not likely to be impacted by this as their moral behavior is modeled on peers, not
parents.
C.will not benefit from these experiences until they are teens.
D.will fail to model their behavior to their mother’s unless they see some reward in it.
Answer:
Perceptual constancy is reflected when:
A.sensory stimulation remains constant, but perception of the world changes.
B.sensory stimulation changes, but perception of the physical world remains constant.
C.constant sensory stimulation receives a constant perceptual response.
D.perception of the physical world remains constant owing to limited visual acuity.
Answer:
Slightly less than _____ percent of American girls develop anorexia nervosa.
A.1
B.10
C.5
D.15
Answer:
Implantation, the attachment of the zygote to the uterine wall, takes place about _____
days after conception.
A. 6 to 8
B. 8 to 10
C. 11 to 15
D. 14 to 16
Answer:
A recent television documentary concluded that, from birth, girls are more nurturing
than are boys. Daniel agrees with this because he believes nurturing is an evolutionary
trait passed on through the generations, because females needed to be more nurturing to
aid the survival of the species. Daniel’s view reflects the _____ perspective of
development.
A. ideological
B. clinical
C. ethological
D. theological
Answer:
The life-events approach to understanding adult development has been criticized
because it:
A.placed too much emphasis on change.
B.ignored the developmental stages adults go through.
C.did not consider the female experience.
D.focused on minor and not major life events.
Answer:
A _____ is a minimal unit of meaning; it is a word or a part of a word that cannot be
broken into smaller meaningful parts.
A. symbol
B. morpheme
C. phoneme
D. taxon
Answer:
According to a recent study of more than 17,000 Chinese 11- to 22-year-olds, males in
China have a higher rate of depression than females because:
A.they experience puberty earlier than females.
B.they have a less positive coping style.
C.they have a negative self-image.
D.they face more discrimination than females.
Answer:
The _____ is a layer of the embryo, which will become the nervous system and brain,
sensory receptors, and skin parts.
A. mesoderm
B. ectoderm
C. trophoblast
D. endoderm
Answer:
Individuals who _____, have the moral personality, identity, character, and set of virtues
that reflect moral excellence and commitment.
A.have a moral character
B.have a moral identity
C.are characterized as moral exemplars
D.are characterized as gender biased
Answer:
According to James Marcia, what determines an individual’s identity status?
A.The choices and alternatives they have access to
B.Their socioeconomic and academic profile
C.The existence or extent of their crisis or commitment
D.The existence or extent of parental and social support
Answer:
Six-month-old Carson grabs for a toy using his whole hand. He is demonstrating a:
A. palmer grasp.
B. pincer grip.
C. Moro reflex.
D. fencing reflex.
Answer:
The type of thinking that produces many answers to the same question is called:
A.divergent thinking.
B.convergent thinking.
C.oblique thinking.
D.finite thinking.
Answer:
Baby Luis interacts with his grandma and makes gurgling sounds in the back of his
throat to express pleasure. This demonstrates _____.
A. talking
B. babbling
C. crying
D. cooing
Answer:
The _____ is involved in smell.
A.hippocampus
B.amygdala
C.olfactory bulb
D.prefrontal cortex
Answer:
Infants usually double their birth weight by the age of:
A. one month.
B. one year.
C. four months.
D. eight months.
Answer:
Which of the following is most likely to be the reason why, according to the
socioemotional selectivity theory, older adults deliberately increase the time spent with
close friends and family members?
A.They crave financial security
B.They want to maximize emotional risks
C.They cannot communicate effectively with new individuals
D.They place a high value on emotional satisfaction
Answer:
Which of the following statements is TRUE about perception in infants?
A.Infants are not able to perceive the localization of a sound.
B.Newborns cannot hear soft sounds quite as well as adults can.
C.Infants are very sensitive to the pitch of a sound.
D.Infants are not able to perceive pain.
Answer:
In which parenting style do parents show pleasure and support in response to children’s
constructive behavior?
A.Authoritarian parenting
B.Authoritative parenting
C.Indulgent parenting
D.Neglectful parenting
Answer:
_____ refers to the attachment of the zygote to the uterine wall.
A. Implantation
B. Conception
C. Fertilization
D. Involution
Answer:
Four-month-old infants rely greatly on _____ to determine how they will grip an object;
8-month-olds are more likely to use _____ as a guide.
A. touch; vision
B. their caregivers; their own experiences
C. vision; touch
D. fine motor skills; gross motor skills
Answer:
Konrad Lorenz performed research with goslings and found that many, upon hatching,
identified him as their mother. He coined this form of attachment _____.
A. conditioning
B. imprinting
C. internalizing
D. acclimatizing
Answer:
The Apgar Scale is a method used to assess the health of newborns. A score of 3 would
indicate:
A. that the newborn’s condition is good.
B. that there may be some developmental difficulties.
C. an emergency because the baby’s survival is in doubt.
D. that the evaluator has not made a proper reading.
Answer:
Which of the following is the identity status where crisis and commitment are both
absent?
A.Identity diffusion
B.Identity foreclosure
C.Identity moratorium
D.Identity achievement
Answer: