Question 1

Research on the stability of temperament indicates that it is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  relatively stable through the first 3 to 4 years of life but begins to vary dramatically once a child reaches school age 
B)  unstable during childhood but stabilizes during adolescence and remains stable throughout a person's adult life 
C)  unstable subject to wide variations over the course of a lifetime 
D)  relatively stable throughout childhood and into adulthood 
A)  relatively stable through the first 3 to 4 years of life but begins to vary dramatically once a child reaches school age 
B)  unstable during childhood but stabilizes during adolescence and remains stable throughout a person's adult life 
C)  unstable subject to wide variations over the course of a lifetime 
D)  relatively stable throughout childhood and into adulthood

Question 2

A researcher decides to study cognitive changes in children by tracking a group of 3-year-olds until they reach the age of 18. This researcher is conducting a ________ study.

Accepted Answer

A)  longitudinal 
B)  biographical 
C)  cross-sectional 
D)  strain 
A)  longitudinal 
B)  biographical 
C)  cross-sectional 
D)  strain

Question 3

Children generally begin to realize that friendship is a two-way street and that while friends do things for us, we are also expected to do things for them, at about age ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  5 
B)  3 
C)  9 
D)  7 
A)  5 
B)  3 
C)  9 
D)  7

Question 4

________ generally see retirement as a time to slow down and do less, whereas ________ view it as a time to learn new things and explore new possibilities.

Accepted Answer

A)  Both men and women; neither men nor women 
B)  Neither men nor women; both men and women 
C)  Men; women 
D)  Women; men 
A)  Both men and women; neither men nor women 
B)  Neither men nor women; both men and women 
C)  Men; women 
D)  Women; men

Question 5

Data suggest that with increasing age, both sexes display ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  more self-confidence and better self-control 
B)  less self-control and poorer coping skills 
C)  more self-control and poorer coping skills 
D)  more self-centeredness and better coping skills 
A)  more self-confidence and better self-control 
B)  less self-control and poorer coping skills 
C)  more self-control and poorer coping skills 
D)  more self-centeredness and better coping skills

Question 6

Briefly summarize the research on the effects of television viewing on children. What does the evidence say about how television viewing affects their levels of violence and their IQs?

Accepted Answer

Research on the effects of television vi

Question 7

Of the following, ________ shows the largest decrease with age.

Accepted Answer

A)  reasoning 
B)  verbal memory 
C)  mathematical computation 
D)  spatial orientation 
A)  reasoning 
B)  verbal memory 
C)  mathematical computation 
D)  spatial orientation

Question 8

Research on young children indicates that motor development is the result of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  almost exclusively environmental factors such as practice 
B)  almost exclusively maturational factors 
C)  a combination of maturation and practice 
D)  neither maturational factors nor practice 
A)  almost exclusively environmental factors such as practice 
B)  almost exclusively maturational factors 
C)  a combination of maturation and practice 
D)  neither maturational factors nor practice

Question 9

The nondescript sounds made by an infant at about 2 months of age are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  telegraphic speech 
B)  babbling 
C)  holophrasing 
D)  cooing 
A)  telegraphic speech 
B)  babbling 
C)  holophrasing 
D)  cooing

Question 10

Anne is self-reliant and socially responsible. If Baumrind's research is correct, her parents were ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  permissive-indifferent 
B)  permissive-indulgent 
C)  authoritarian 
D)  authoritative 
A)  permissive-indifferent 
B)  permissive-indulgent 
C)  authoritarian 
D)  authoritative

Question 11

The period when a child is fully transformed into an adult is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the growth spurt 
B)  young adulthood 
C)  puberty 
D)  adolescence 
A)  the growth spurt 
B)  young adulthood 
C)  puberty 
D)  adolescence

Question 12

According to Piaget, children begin to develop concepts and the ability to think in terms of abstractions in the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  concrete-operational 
B)  preoperational 
C)  sensory-motor 
D)  formal-operational 
A)  concrete-operational 
B)  preoperational 
C)  sensory-motor 
D)  formal-operational

Question 13

Marianne's baby is sitting up, crawling around, and beginning to stand with a little help. Her baby is most likely to be about ________ months of age.

Accepted Answer

A)  11 
B)  9 
C)  13 
D)  7 
A)  11 
B)  9 
C)  13 
D)  7

Question 14

Which of the following is not true of older people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Those who remain involved in intellectually stimulating activities can maintain high levels of mental functioning. 
B)  Their minds tend to work a little more slowly than when they were younger. 
C)  There are significant and serious declines in their ability to process and attend to information. 
D)  There is a general decline in intellectual abilities over a long period of time. 
A)  Those who remain involved in intellectually stimulating activities can maintain high levels of mental functioning. 
B)  Their minds tend to work a little more slowly than when they were younger. 
C)  There are significant and serious declines in their ability to process and attend to information. 
D)  There is a general decline in intellectual abilities over a long period of time.

Question 15

Infants begin to be wary of strangers at approximately ________ months of age.

Accepted Answer

A)  12 
B)  17 
C)  7 
D)  2 
A)  12 
B)  17 
C)  7 
D)  2

Question 16

A developmental psychologist believes that increased TV watching by young children is responsible for a decline in reading stories when these children enter school. To explore her hypothesis, she records the TV viewing habits of toddlers in a suburban community. She examines these habits again when the children enter kindergarten and again every year until the kids enter the sixth grade. This is the ________ method.

Accepted Answer

A)  experimental 
B)  cross-sectional 
C)  biographical 
D)  longitudinal 
A)  experimental 
B)  cross-sectional 
C)  biographical 
D)  longitudinal

Question 17

Children begin to think in abstract terms in the stage of concrete operations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The typical American family still consists of a husband who works outside the home and a wife who stays home to care for their children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The typical sequence of the five stages of dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance 
B)  anger, denial, depression, bargaining, acceptance 
C)  depression, anger, denial, bargaining, acceptance 
D)  anger, bargaining, depression, denial, acceptance 
A)  denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance 
B)  anger, denial, depression, bargaining, acceptance 
C)  depression, anger, denial, bargaining, acceptance 
D)  anger, bargaining, depression, denial, acceptance

Question 20

The period of development from conception to birth is called the ________ period.

Accepted Answer

A)  prenatal 
B)  postnatal 
C)  neonate 
D)  natal 
A)  prenatal 
B)  postnatal 
C)  neonate 
D)  natal

Research on the stability of temperament indicates that it is ________.

A researcher decides to study cognitive changes in children by tracking a group of 3-year-olds until they reach the age of 18. This researcher is conducting a ________ study.

Children generally begin to realize that friendship is a two-way street and that while friends do things for us, we are also expected to do things for them, at about age ________.

generally see retirement as a time to slow down and do less, whereas view it as a time to learn new things and explore new possibilities.

Data suggest that with increasing age, both sexes display ________.

Briefly summarize the research on the effects of television viewing on children. What does the evidence say about how television viewing affects their levels of violence and their IQs?

Of the following, ________ shows the largest decrease with age.

Research on young children indicates that motor development is the result of ________.

The nondescript sounds made by an infant at about 2 months of age are called ________.

Anne is self-reliant and socially responsible. If Baumrind's research is correct, her parents were ________.

The period when a child is fully transformed into an adult is known as ________.

According to Piaget, children begin to develop concepts and the ability to think in terms of abstractions in the ________ stage.

Marianne's baby is sitting up, crawling around, and beginning to stand with a little help. Her baby is most likely to be about ________ months of age.

Which of the following is not true of older people?

Infants begin to be wary of strangers at approximately ________ months of age.

Children begin to think in abstract terms in the stage of concrete operations.

The typical American family still consists of a husband who works outside the home and a wife who stays home to care for their children.

The typical sequence of the five stages of dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ________.

The period of development from conception to birth is called the ________ period.

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Exam 9: Life-Span Development

Research on the stability of temperament indicates that it is ________.

A researcher decides to study cognitive changes in children by tracking a group of 3-year-olds until they reach the age of 18. This researcher is conducting a ________ study.

Children generally begin to realize that friendship is a two-way street and that while friends do things for us, we are also expected to do things for them, at about age ________.

________ generally see retirement as a time to slow down and do less, whereas ________ view it as a time to learn new things and explore new possibilities.

Data suggest that with increasing age, both sexes display ________.

Briefly summarize the research on the effects of television viewing on children. What does the evidence say about how television viewing affects their levels of violence and their IQs?

Of the following, ________ shows the largest decrease with age.

Research on young children indicates that motor development is the result of ________.

The nondescript sounds made by an infant at about 2 months of age are called ________.

Anne is self-reliant and socially responsible. If Baumrind's research is correct, her parents were ________.

The period when a child is fully transformed into an adult is known as ________.

According to Piaget, children begin to develop concepts and the ability to think in terms of abstractions in the ________ stage.

Marianne's baby is sitting up, crawling around, and beginning to stand with a little help. Her baby is most likely to be about ________ months of age.

Which of the following is not true of older people?

Infants begin to be wary of strangers at approximately ________ months of age.

Children begin to think in abstract terms in the stage of concrete operations.

The typical American family still consists of a husband who works outside the home and a wife who stays home to care for their children.

The typical sequence of the five stages of dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ________.

The period of development from conception to birth is called the ________ period.

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Basis of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition and Mental Abilities

Motivation and Emotion

Personality

Stress and Health Psychology

Psychological Disorders

A: Psychological Disorders

Therapies

Social Psychology

Measurement and Statistical Methods

Psychology Applied to Work

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generally see retirement as a time to slow down and do less, whereas view it as a time to learn new things and explore new possibilities.