Chronic delinquents typically
A)experience peer rejection in childhood.
B)show few academic problems in childhood.
C)behave rebelliously despite good parental discipline.
D)are unresponsive to pressures of the peer group.
Victims of persistent bullying are likely to
A)experience low peer acceptance.
B)experience relationships high in personal sharing.
C)have a history of avoidant attachment.
D)experience increased production of cortisol.
Dr. Thayer’s research shows that college students make impressive strides in cognition.
She focuses on cognitive development beyond Piaget’s formal operational stage. Dr.
Thayer studies
A)preoperational thought.
B)postformal thought.
C)epistemic cognition.
D)postoperational thought.
Which of the following children is most likely to lack immunizations?
A)Emma, who is from the United States
B)Kristen, who is from Canada
C)Nigel, who is from the United Kingdom
D)Elsa, who is from Sweden
Which of the following statements about dominant and recessive diseases is true?
A)Children who inherit the dominant allele rarely develop the disorder.
B)Males are more likely than females to inherit recessive disorders carried on the
autosomes.
C)Only rarely are serious diseases due to dominant alleles.
D)The recessive allele has no effect on the individual’s characteristics.
The amnion
A)develops into the nervous system and the skin.
B)surrounds the chorion.
C)contains one large vein that delivers blood to the developing organism.
D)encloses the developing organism in amniotic fluid.
In the final three months of pregnancy, the fetus
A)gains more than 5 pounds and grows 7 inches.
B)spends the majority of the day awake.
C)assumes a right-side-up position.
D)gains less than 2 pounds and grows less than 3 inches.
Chalise is an African-American woman who works at a law firm. She would probably
describe her mother as
A) a controlling force in her adolescence.
B) emotionally withdrawn and distant.
C) an inspiring role model who set high standards for her.
D) uninvolved in her identity development.
Which of the following statements about childhood immunizations is true?
A)The United States is ahead of Australia, Denmark, Norway, Canada, the Netherlands,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom in immunization rates.
B)Overall, 17 percent of U.S. preschoolers lack essential immunizations, and the rate rises
to 22 percent for poverty-stricken children.
C)Nearly 100 percent of U.S. children who receive a complete schedule of vaccinations in
the first two years continue to receive the immunizations they need later, in early
childhood.
D)Disease outbreaks of whooping cough and rubella have not occurred in the United
States since the development of vaccines for these diseases.
__________ enable(s) older toddlers to solve advanced object permanence problems
involving invisible displacement.
A)Imitation
B)Reflexive schemes
C)Mental representation
D)Realistic props
Parents
A)more often praise girls for knowledge and boys for obedience.
B)behave in more mastery-oriented ways with daughters than with sons.
C)less often encourage girls to make their own decisions.
D)set higher standards for girls than for boys when helping a child with a task.
When combined with a sensation-seeking personality, the personal fable seems to
contribute to
A)risk taking.
B)disengagement from others.
C)poor schoolwork.
D)peer conformity.
Which of the following statements about preterm infants is true?
A)They are born below their expected weight considering the length of the pregnancy.
B)They usually have more serious problems than small-for-date infants.
C)Although they are small, their weight may still be appropriate, based on time spent in
the uterus.
D)They are more likely than small-for-date infants to show evidence of brain damage.
Hillary, an African-American adolescent, will have fewer self-esteem problems
A)if she is the only African-American girl in an otherwise all-white school.
B)in a school with just a few other African-American students.
C)in a school with many other African-American students.
D)if she is home-schooled by a female relative.
Jazmin, age 18 months, cries and climbs on her mother when she attempts to leave Jazmin
with a babysitter. Jazmin is displaying
A)an internal working model.
B)interactional synchrony
C)social referencing.
D)separation anxiety.
Which of the following is the best protection against lasting problems for children living in
chronic danger?
A)education and high-quality child care
B)individual and family therapy
C)parental affection and reassurance
D)drawing and writing about traumatic experiences
Lily is 21 inches long and weighs 8 pounds at birth. She is __________ than the average
newborn.
A)shorter but heavier
B)longer and heavier
C)longer but lighter
D)shorter and lighter