Question 1

An investigator plays the sound "ba" until an infant habituates.Then the investigator switches to the sound "pa." What is the investigator probably trying to determine?​

Accepted Answer

A) Which sound, if either, can an infant imitate? 
B) ​Do infants remember sounds as well as they remember sights? 
C) ​Does the infant hear a difference between the sounds? 
A) Which sound, if either, can an infant imitate? 
B) ​Do infants remember sounds as well as they remember sights? 
C) ​Does the infant hear a difference between the sounds?

Question 2

​With which of these statements would Lev Vygotsky strongly disagree?

Accepted Answer

A) Children gradually advance through various stages of understanding. 
B) ​How well a child appears to understand a concept depends on how we test it. 
C) ​We have to wait for children to discover concepts on their own. 
D) ​Educators can push many children beyond their current level of understanding. 
A) Children gradually advance through various stages of understanding. 
B) ​How well a child appears to understand a concept depends on how we test it. 
C) ​We have to wait for children to discover concepts on their own. 
D) ​Educators can push many children beyond their current level of understanding.

Question 3

Why can we not draw firm conclusions from most research on parenting style and children's behavior?​

Accepted Answer

A) Psychologists have not devised ways to categorize parenting style. 
B) ​The research is correlational and not experimental. 
C) ​The effects are small and cannot be replicated. 
D) ​Different parenting styles seem to lead to differences in children's behavior. 
A) Psychologists have not devised ways to categorize parenting style. 
B) ​The research is correlational and not experimental. 
C) ​The effects are small and cannot be replicated. 
D) ​Different parenting styles seem to lead to differences in children's behavior.

Question 4

​How might Piaget determine whether a child's thinking is egocentric?

Accepted Answer

A) Ask the child to share a bag of candies with other children.c 
B) ​Watch which other children, if any, the child imitates. 
C) ​Tell the child not to play with his or her favorite toy. 
D) ​Ask how a pile of blocks would look from a different angle. 
A) Ask the child to share a bag of candies with other children.c 
B) ​Watch which other children, if any, the child imitates. 
C) ​Tell the child not to play with his or her favorite toy. 
D) ​Ask how a pile of blocks would look from a different angle.

Question 5

What did Lev Vygotsky argue that educators should consider?​

Accepted Answer

A) A child's birth order 
B) ​A child's genetic predispositions 
C) ​A child's current stage of cognitive development 
D) ​A child's zone of proximal development 
A) A child's birth order 
B) ​A child's genetic predispositions 
C) ​A child's current stage of cognitive development 
D) ​A child's zone of proximal development

Question 6

On average,which immigrants adapt to a new culture most easily?​

Accepted Answer

A) Retired people 
B) ​Adults with a job 
C) ​Adults without a job 
D) ​Children 
A) Retired people 
B) ​Adults with a job 
C) ​Adults without a job 
D) ​Children

Question 7

In the "Strange Situation" that Mary Ainsworth devised,psychologists evaluate a child's reactions to which of the following? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Apparent violations of the laws of physics 
B) ​The presence or absence of the mother and a stranger 
C) ​Video games that provide rewards on an unpredictable schedule 
D) ​Sounds that seem to come from people who are not moving their lips 
A) Apparent violations of the laws of physics 
B) ​The presence or absence of the mother and a stranger 
C) ​Video games that provide rewards on an unpredictable schedule 
D) ​Sounds that seem to come from people who are not moving their lips

Question 8

On which of the following do women generally perform better than men?​

Accepted Answer

A) Learning a route from one place to another 
B) ​Detecting emotional signals 
C) ​Imagining how a three-dimensional display would look from a different angle 
D) ​Estimating distances and directions 
A) Learning a route from one place to another 
B) ​Detecting emotional signals 
C) ​Imagining how a three-dimensional display would look from a different angle 
D) ​Estimating distances and directions

Question 9

According to Piaget,children in the concrete operations stage have difficulties with what?​

Accepted Answer

A) The concept of object permanence 
B) ​The distinction between appearance and reality 
C) ​Hypothetical or abstract ideas 
D) ​Conservation of number 
A) The concept of object permanence 
B) ​The distinction between appearance and reality 
C) ​Hypothetical or abstract ideas 
D) ​Conservation of number

Question 10

According to terror-management theory,people reaffirm their self-esteem,hope,and values in response to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Global climate change 
B) ​Panic attacks 
C) ​Reminders of death 
D) ​Loneliness 
A) Global climate change 
B) ​Panic attacks 
C) ​Reminders of death 
D) ​Loneliness

Question 11

After infants learn not to crawl off ledges,why is it misleading to say they learned a fear of heights?​

Accepted Answer

A) They show no fear when being held over a great height. 
B) ​When they start walking, they have to learn again not to step off ledges. 
C) ​They don't seem afraid when they watch something else fall. 
D) ​At this age, they are afraid of everything. 
A) They show no fear when being held over a great height. 
B) ​When they start walking, they have to learn again not to step off ledges. 
C) ​They don't seem afraid when they watch something else fall. 
D) ​At this age, they are afraid of everything.

Question 12

Differences in the tendency to be active or inactive,outgoing or reserved,are known as what?​

Accepted Answer

A) Parasympathetic tone 
B) ​Dysphoria 
C) ​Temperament 
D) ​Schemata 
A) Parasympathetic tone 
B) ​Dysphoria 
C) ​Temperament 
D) ​Schemata

Question 13

Whose theory proposes that people begin in the stage of basic trust versus mistrust?​

Accepted Answer

A) William James 
B) ​Jean Piaget 
C) ​Sigmund Freud 
D) ​Erik Erikson 
A) William James 
B) ​Jean Piaget 
C) ​Sigmund Freud 
D) ​Erik Erikson

Question 14

Many adolescents silently believe "I will succeed in all my ambitions," and "Everyone notices how I look." What term did David Elkind use to characterize these and similar beliefs?​

Accepted Answer

A) Concrete operations 
B) ​External locus of control 
C) ​Identity achievement 
D) ​Personal fable 
A) Concrete operations 
B) ​External locus of control 
C) ​Identity achievement 
D) ​Personal fable

Question 15

​An infant shows habituation after repetitions of the sound "ba." When the sound shifts to "pa," the infant increases responses.What do psychologists infer?

Accepted Answer

A) The infant hears a difference between the two sounds. 
B) ​The infant prefers "pa" to "ba." 
C) ​The infant prefers "ba" to "pa." 
D) ​The infant is learning to imitate these sounds. 
A) The infant hears a difference between the two sounds. 
B) ​The infant prefers "pa" to "ba." 
C) ​The infant prefers "ba" to "pa." 
D) ​The infant is learning to imitate these sounds.

Question 16

​At least in the United States,what do women say more often than men?

Accepted Answer

A) "I'm sorry." 
B) ​"See you soon." 
C) ​"I can do that." 
D) ​"Nice day today." 
A) "I'm sorry." 
B) ​"See you soon." 
C) ​"I can do that." 
D) ​"Nice day today."

Question 17

What evidence do we have that babies can hear,even in the first 3 days after birth?​

Accepted Answer

A) The words they hear in the first 3 days enter their vocabulary sooner than average. 
B) ​They babble more loudly in a loud room than in a quiet room. 
C) ​They respond differently to their mother's voice than to that of other women. 
D) ​They kick their legs in time with the rhythm of any song they hear. 
A) The words they hear in the first 3 days enter their vocabulary sooner than average. 
B) ​They babble more loudly in a loud room than in a quiet room. 
C) ​They respond differently to their mother's voice than to that of other women. 
D) ​They kick their legs in time with the rhythm of any song they hear.

Question 18

When infants look at a picture of a face,does it matter how realistic the picture is?​

Accepted Answer

A) Any display that remotely resembles a face is equally effective in gaining attention. 
B) ​Any drawing with a smile is effective, but the face must be smiling. 
C) ​Any drawing with the eyes toward the top is effective. 
D) ​The picture must be detailed and realistic to gain the infant's attention. 
A) Any display that remotely resembles a face is equally effective in gaining attention. 
B) ​Any drawing with a smile is effective, but the face must be smiling. 
C) ​Any drawing with the eyes toward the top is effective. 
D) ​The picture must be detailed and realistic to gain the infant's attention.

Question 19

A psychologist compares children's reading ability on the first day of school to their ability on the last day.What type of research is this?​

Accepted Answer

A) Single-blind 
B) ​Double-blind 
C) ​Cross-sectional 
D) ​Longitudinal 
A) Single-blind 
B) ​Double-blind 
C) ​Cross-sectional 
D) ​Longitudinal

Question 20

​In what way do young infants show evidence of object permanence?

Accepted Answer

A) They hold their hands in the shape of the object they had just seen. 
B) ​They gaze long if a toy car passes through where a block should have been. 
C) ​They frown at someone who hid or removed a toy they had been playing with. 
D) ​They point to where an object used to be, seconds after it disappeared. 
A) They hold their hands in the shape of the object they had just seen. 
B) ​They gaze long if a toy car passes through where a block should have been. 
C) ​They frown at someone who hid or removed a toy they had been playing with. 
D) ​They point to where an object used to be, seconds after it disappeared.

Exam 5: Development

An investigator plays the sound "ba" until an infant habituates.Then the investigator switches to the sound "pa." What is the investigator probably trying to determine?​

​With which of these statements would Lev Vygotsky strongly disagree?

Why can we not draw firm conclusions from most research on parenting style and children's behavior?​

​How might Piaget determine whether a child's thinking is egocentric?

What did Lev Vygotsky argue that educators should consider?​

On average,which immigrants adapt to a new culture most easily?​

In the "Strange Situation" that Mary Ainsworth devised,psychologists evaluate a child's reactions to which of the following? ​

On which of the following do women generally perform better than men?​

According to Piaget,children in the concrete operations stage have difficulties with what?​

According to terror-management theory,people reaffirm their self-esteem,hope,and values in response to which of the following?

After infants learn not to crawl off ledges,why is it misleading to say they learned a fear of heights?​

Differences in the tendency to be active or inactive,outgoing or reserved,are known as what?​

Whose theory proposes that people begin in the stage of basic trust versus mistrust?​

Many adolescents silently believe "I will succeed in all my ambitions," and "Everyone notices how I look." What term did David Elkind use to characterize these and similar beliefs?​

​An infant shows habituation after repetitions of the sound "ba." When the sound shifts to "pa," the infant increases responses.What do psychologists infer?

​At least in the United States,what do women say more often than men?

What evidence do we have that babies can hear,even in the first 3 days after birth?​

When infants look at a picture of a face,does it matter how realistic the picture is?​

A psychologist compares children's reading ability on the first day of school to their ability on the last day.What type of research is this?​

​In what way do young infants show evidence of object permanence?

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An investigator plays the sound "ba" until an infant habituates.Then the investigator switches to the sound "pa." What is the investigator probably trying to determine?

With which of these statements would Lev Vygotsky strongly disagree?

Why can we not draw firm conclusions from most research on parenting style and children's behavior?

How might Piaget determine whether a child's thinking is egocentric?

What did Lev Vygotsky argue that educators should consider?

On average,which immigrants adapt to a new culture most easily?

In the "Strange Situation" that Mary Ainsworth devised,psychologists evaluate a child's reactions to which of the following?

On which of the following do women generally perform better than men?

According to Piaget,children in the concrete operations stage have difficulties with what?

After infants learn not to crawl off ledges,why is it misleading to say they learned a fear of heights?

Differences in the tendency to be active or inactive,outgoing or reserved,are known as what?

Whose theory proposes that people begin in the stage of basic trust versus mistrust?

Many adolescents silently believe "I will succeed in all my ambitions," and "Everyone notices how I look." What term did David Elkind use to characterize these and similar beliefs?

An infant shows habituation after repetitions of the sound "ba." When the sound shifts to "pa," the infant increases responses.What do psychologists infer?

At least in the United States,what do women say more often than men?

What evidence do we have that babies can hear,even in the first 3 days after birth?

When infants look at a picture of a face,does it matter how realistic the picture is?

A psychologist compares children's reading ability on the first day of school to their ability on the last day.What type of research is this?

In what way do young infants show evidence of object permanence?