Question 1

The broad outlines of the human growth sequence are virtually universal.This fact is evidence of the effect of which of the following on development?

Accepted Answer

A)  heredity 
B)  temperament 
C)  environment 
D)  motor primacy 
A)  heredity 
B)  temperament 
C)  environment 
D)  motor primacy

Question 2

During which cognitive stage do children begin to use concepts of time, space, and number and begin to think logically (but not abstractly)about tangible objects and actual situations?

Accepted Answer

A)  preoperational 
B)  formal operational 
C)  concrete operational 
D)  postformal 
A)  preoperational 
B)  formal operational 
C)  concrete operational 
D)  postformal

Question 3

A time during which certain events must take place for normal development to occur is called a

Accepted Answer

A)  maturational milestone. 
B)  sensitive period. 
C)  biological stage. 
D)  period of motor primacy. 
A)  maturational milestone. 
B)  sensitive period. 
C)  biological stage. 
D)  period of motor primacy.

Question 4

According to Piaget, the concepts of reversibility and conservation develop during the __________ stage.

Accepted Answer

concrete o

Question 5

Jean Piaget is best known for studying __________ development.

Accepted Answer

A)  language 
B)  sexual 
C)  social 
D)  cognitive 
A)  language 
B)  sexual 
C)  social 
D)  cognitive

Question 6

Regarding the challenges of adulthood, which of the following statements is FALSE?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​The work that adults do in their careers is critical to feeling successful. 
B)  ​Some of the common social challenges faced by adults include becoming "empty nesters," becoming grandparents, experiencing marital strife or divorce, living as singles or in blended families, and seeing parents grow old. 
C)  ​About 80 percent of men and women in Western societies believe that they have experienced a midlife crisis. 
D)  ​How an adult deals with the inevitable slow declines during adulthood strongly influences that person's degree of life satisfaction. 
A)  ​The work that adults do in their careers is critical to feeling successful. 
B)  ​Some of the common social challenges faced by adults include becoming "empty nesters," becoming grandparents, experiencing marital strife or divorce, living as singles or in blended families, and seeing parents grow old. 
C)  ​About 80 percent of men and women in Western societies believe that they have experienced a midlife crisis. 
D)  ​How an adult deals with the inevitable slow declines during adulthood strongly influences that person's degree of life satisfaction.

Question 7

Tanya is helping her daughter Tina with her math homework, but rather than giving her the answer, Tanya makes helpful suggestions that serve to guide Tina's efforts.Vygotsky called this type of guidance

Accepted Answer

A)  conservation. 
B)  preoperational thinking. 
C)  vicarious learning. 
D)  scaffolding. 
A)  conservation. 
B)  preoperational thinking. 
C)  vicarious learning. 
D)  scaffolding.

Question 8

Two-year-old Marcus wants to dress, eat, and walk without his mother's assistance.Erikson would say that the child is operating at the stage of

Accepted Answer

A)  initiative versus guilt. 
B)  industry versus inferiority. 
C)  trust versus mistrust. 
D)  autonomy versus shame and doubt. 
A)  initiative versus guilt. 
B)  industry versus inferiority. 
C)  trust versus mistrust. 
D)  autonomy versus shame and doubt.

Question 9

If you agree with the statements that "the conditions of your life are excellent" and that "so far you have gotten the important things you want in life," you

Accepted Answer

A)  are high in life satisfaction. 
B)  have achieved self-actualization. 
C)  tend to be overly optimistic and somewhat naive. 
D)  have a Type C personality. 
A)  are high in life satisfaction. 
B)  have achieved self-actualization. 
C)  tend to be overly optimistic and somewhat naive. 
D)  have a Type C personality.

Question 10

The emotional reactions to death described by Kübler-Ross are

Accepted Answer

A)  fixed and invariant. 
B)  comparable to other developmental stage theories. 
C)  a progression in which each successive stage is more advanced. 
D)  common but not universal. 
A)  fixed and invariant. 
B)  comparable to other developmental stage theories. 
C)  a progression in which each successive stage is more advanced. 
D)  common but not universal.

Question 11

The dying individual asks, "Why me?" in which emotional reaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  anger 
B)  denial and isolation 
C)  bargaining 
D)  depression 
A)  anger 
B)  denial and isolation 
C)  bargaining 
D)  depression

Question 12

Emily takes her new baby to the grocery store for the first time, and the baby shows the most common infant expression.According to psychologist Carroll Izard, this expression is

Accepted Answer

A)  fear. 
B)  happiness. 
C)  interest. 
D)  anger. 
A)  fear. 
B)  happiness. 
C)  interest. 
D)  anger.

Question 13

Authoritarian parents tend to use which two discipline approaches?

Accepted Answer

A)  management techniques and assertiveness training 
B)  power assertion and withdrawal of love 
C)  active and passive enforcement approaches 
D)  accountability training and logical reasoning 
A)  management techniques and assertiveness training 
B)  power assertion and withdrawal of love 
C)  active and passive enforcement approaches 
D)  accountability training and logical reasoning

Question 14

If a person fails to develop a sense of integrity and self-respect in later adulthood, feelings of which of the following tend to result?

Accepted Answer

A)  despair 
B)  isolation 
C)  mistrust 
D)  stagnation 
A)  despair 
B)  isolation 
C)  mistrust 
D)  stagnation

Question 15

Lawrence Kohlberg is known for his research in the area of __________ development.

Accepted Answer

A)  language 
B)  physical 
C)  moral 
D)  motor 
A)  language 
B)  physical 
C)  moral 
D)  motor

Question 16

When children in the concrete operational stage are able to recognize that if 4 x 2 = 8, then 2 x 4 does, too, they are exhibiting

Accepted Answer

A)  reversibility. 
B)  object permanence. 
C)  animism. 
D)  egocentric thought. 
A)  reversibility. 
B)  object permanence. 
C)  animism. 
D)  egocentric thought.

Question 17

According to Carol Gilligan, a woman's concern with what pleases or helps others would be placed at which level in Kohlberg's system of moral development?

Accepted Answer

A)  preconventional 
B)  conventional 
C)  postconventional 
D)  postformal 
A)  preconventional 
B)  conventional 
C)  postconventional 
D)  postformal

Question 18

Derrick is seven months old has begun to use the consonant sounds of b, d, m, and g in combination with vowel sounds, such as saying "ba-ba-ba." Derrick has entered the language stage known as

Accepted Answer

A)  babbling. 
B)  cooing. 
C)  the single-word stage. 
D)  turn-taking. 
A)  babbling. 
B)  cooing. 
C)  the single-word stage. 
D)  turn-taking.

Question 19

Regarding puberty, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most people reach reproductive maturity in their early teens. 
B)  Most people reach social and intellectual maturity before they reach reproductive maturity. 
C)  High rates of teenage pregnancy and drug abuse may be due to adolescents' mental and social skills being immature. 
D)  Puberty is a biological event, not a social status. 
A)  Most people reach reproductive maturity in their early teens. 
B)  Most people reach social and intellectual maturity before they reach reproductive maturity. 
C)  High rates of teenage pregnancy and drug abuse may be due to adolescents' mental and social skills being immature. 
D)  Puberty is a biological event, not a social status.

Question 20

According to Izard and other emotional researchers, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Izard believes that emotions are "hard-wired" by heredity and related to evolution. 
B)  At first, a baby's smiling is haphazard, but by the age of eight to 12 months, infants smile more frequently when another person is nearby. 
C)  Smiling probably helps babies survive by inviting parents to care for them. 
D)  Izard believes that anger is the most common infant expression. 
A)  Izard believes that emotions are "hard-wired" by heredity and related to evolution. 
B)  At first, a baby's smiling is haphazard, but by the age of eight to 12 months, infants smile more frequently when another person is nearby. 
C)  Smiling probably helps babies survive by inviting parents to care for them. 
D)  Izard believes that anger is the most common infant expression.

The broad outlines of the human growth sequence are virtually universal.This fact is evidence of the effect of which of the following on development?

During which cognitive stage do children begin to use concepts of time, space, and number and begin to think logically (but not abstractly)about tangible objects and actual situations?

A time during which certain events must take place for normal development to occur is called a

According to Piaget, the concepts of reversibility and conservation develop during the __________ stage.

Jean Piaget is best known for studying __________ development.

Regarding the challenges of adulthood, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Tanya is helping her daughter Tina with her math homework, but rather than giving her the answer, Tanya makes helpful suggestions that serve to guide Tina's efforts.Vygotsky called this type of guidance

Two-year-old Marcus wants to dress, eat, and walk without his mother's assistance.Erikson would say that the child is operating at the stage of

If you agree with the statements that "the conditions of your life are excellent" and that "so far you have gotten the important things you want in life," you

The emotional reactions to death described by Kübler-Ross are

The dying individual asks, "Why me?" in which emotional reaction?

Emily takes her new baby to the grocery store for the first time, and the baby shows the most common infant expression.According to psychologist Carroll Izard, this expression is

Authoritarian parents tend to use which two discipline approaches?

If a person fails to develop a sense of integrity and self-respect in later adulthood, feelings of which of the following tend to result?

Lawrence Kohlberg is known for his research in the area of __________ development.

When children in the concrete operational stage are able to recognize that if 4 x 2 = 8, then 2 x 4 does, too, they are exhibiting

According to Carol Gilligan, a woman's concern with what pleases or helps others would be placed at which level in Kohlberg's system of moral development?

Derrick is seven months old has begun to use the consonant sounds of b, d, m, and g in combination with vowel sounds, such as saying "ba-ba-ba." Derrick has entered the language stage known as

Regarding puberty, which of the following statements is FALSE?

According to Izard and other emotional researchers, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Exam 3: Human Development

The broad outlines of the human growth sequence are virtually universal.This fact is evidence of the effect of which of the following on development?

During which cognitive stage do children begin to use concepts of time, space, and number and begin to think logically (but not abstractly)about tangible objects and actual situations?

A time during which certain events must take place for normal development to occur is called a

According to Piaget, the concepts of reversibility and conservation develop during the __________ stage.

Jean Piaget is best known for studying __________ development.

Regarding the challenges of adulthood, which of the following statements is FALSE?​

Tanya is helping her daughter Tina with her math homework, but rather than giving her the answer, Tanya makes helpful suggestions that serve to guide Tina's efforts.Vygotsky called this type of guidance

Two-year-old Marcus wants to dress, eat, and walk without his mother's assistance.Erikson would say that the child is operating at the stage of

If you agree with the statements that "the conditions of your life are excellent" and that "so far you have gotten the important things you want in life," you

The emotional reactions to death described by Kübler-Ross are

The dying individual asks, "Why me?" in which emotional reaction?

Emily takes her new baby to the grocery store for the first time, and the baby shows the most common infant expression.According to psychologist Carroll Izard, this expression is

Authoritarian parents tend to use which two discipline approaches?

If a person fails to develop a sense of integrity and self-respect in later adulthood, feelings of which of the following tend to result?

Lawrence Kohlberg is known for his research in the area of __________ development.

When children in the concrete operational stage are able to recognize that if 4 x 2 = 8, then 2 x 4 does, too, they are exhibiting

According to Carol Gilligan, a woman's concern with what pleases or helps others would be placed at which level in Kohlberg's system of moral development?

Derrick is seven months old has begun to use the consonant sounds of b, d, m, and g in combination with vowel sounds, such as saying "ba-ba-ba." Derrick has entered the language stage known as

Regarding puberty, which of the following statements is FALSE?

According to Izard and other emotional researchers, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Sensation and Perception.

States of Consciousness.

Conditioning and Learning.

Memory.

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Intelligence.

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Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.

Personality.

Health, Stress, and Coping.

Psychological Disorders.

Therapies.

Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.

Applied Psychology.

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Regarding the challenges of adulthood, which of the following statements is FALSE?