Question 1

Babies become attached to their mothers because their mothers provide them with food and warmth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

__________ may have a difficult time as the teen years approach,but by the end of adolescence many feel better about their appearance and are more popular than __________.

Accepted Answer

A) Late-maturing girls;early-maturing girls 
B) Late-maturing boys;late-maturing girls 
C) Early-maturing girls;late-maturing girls 
D) Early-maturing boys;late-maturing boys 
A) Late-maturing girls;early-maturing girls 
B) Late-maturing boys;late-maturing girls 
C) Early-maturing girls;late-maturing girls 
D) Early-maturing boys;late-maturing boys

Question 3

Theory of __________ is the ability to think about how one's own and other people's thought processes work and how cognitions and feelings affect behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) cognition 
B) perception 
C) brain 
D) mind 
A) cognition 
B) perception 
C) brain 
D) mind

Question 4

Piaget mistakenly believed that

Accepted Answer

A) children began to grasp the concept of object permanence during the sensorimotor stage. 
B) during the stage of concrete operations,children have the ability to compare and classify ideas. 
C) an understanding of serial ordering does not emerge until the stage of formal operations. 
D) preoperational children cannot take another person's point of view. 
A) children began to grasp the concept of object permanence during the sensorimotor stage. 
B) during the stage of concrete operations,children have the ability to compare and classify ideas. 
C) an understanding of serial ordering does not emerge until the stage of formal operations. 
D) preoperational children cannot take another person's point of view.

Question 5

A mental network of knowledge,beliefs,metaphors,and expectations about what it means to be male or female is called

Accepted Answer

A) gender identity. 
B) gender typing. 
C) a gender schema. 
D) gender. 
A) gender identity. 
B) gender typing. 
C) a gender schema. 
D) gender.

Question 6

Describe the ways in which gerontologists have made great strides in separating conditions once thought to be an inevitable part of old age from those that are preventable or treatable.

Accepted Answer

A good answer will include the following

Question 7

A person feels competent in acquiring skills,using tools,and learning to make things.According to Erikson's theory,she has successfully resolved the inevitable crisis that occurred when she was

Accepted Answer

A) a preschooler. 
B) a school-age child. 
C) an adolescent. 
D) a young adult. 
A) a preschooler. 
B) a school-age child. 
C) an adolescent. 
D) a young adult.

Question 8

When Larry's mother leaves a room,he does not care,and upon her return he makes little effort to seek contact with her.Larry's attachment style is

Accepted Answer

A) avoidant. 
B) securely attached. 
C) aloof. 
D) anxious or ambivalent. 
A) avoidant. 
B) securely attached. 
C) aloof. 
D) anxious or ambivalent.

Question 9

Margaret and Harry Harlow demonstrated the importance of __________ in their experiments with rhesus monkeys.

Accepted Answer

A) contact comfort 
B) safety 
C) food access 
D) proximity control 
A) contact comfort 
B) safety 
C) food access 
D) proximity control

Question 10

The two types of insecure attachment,according to Mary Ainsworth,are

Accepted Answer

A) avoidant attachment and anxious-ambivalent attachment. 
B) hostile attachment and withdrawn attachment. 
C) anxious attachment and withdrawn attachment. 
D) resistant attachment and hostile attachment. 
A) avoidant attachment and anxious-ambivalent attachment. 
B) hostile attachment and withdrawn attachment. 
C) anxious attachment and withdrawn attachment. 
D) resistant attachment and hostile attachment.

Question 11

An identity crisis is most likely experienced,according to Erikson,at which of the following stages?

Accepted Answer

A) late childhood 
B) adolescence 
C) early adulthood 
D) middle adulthood 
A) late childhood 
B) adolescence 
C) early adulthood 
D) middle adulthood

Question 12

The sensory abilities of newborn infants

Accepted Answer

A) are poor,resulting in a confused picture of the world. 
B) include the ability to see and hear,but not to discriminate tastes and smells. 
C) include visual abilities that are much like that of an adult. 
D) include the ability to discriminate smells,tastes,and sounds almost immediately. 
A) are poor,resulting in a confused picture of the world. 
B) include the ability to see and hear,but not to discriminate tastes and smells. 
C) include visual abilities that are much like that of an adult. 
D) include the ability to discriminate smells,tastes,and sounds almost immediately.

Question 13

In Harlow's studies with young monkeys,the monkeys were exposed to a wire mother with a bottle and a cloth mother without a bottle.The young monkeys spent their nonfeeding time

Accepted Answer

A) with the wire mother. 
B) with both mothers equally. 
C) with the cloth mother. 
D) away from both mothers. 
A) with the wire mother. 
B) with both mothers equally. 
C) with the cloth mother. 
D) away from both mothers.

Question 14

Erikson's theory of social development viewed the ages of 3 to 6,his third stage,as being characterized by the major challenge of

Accepted Answer

A) identity versus role diffusion . 
B) initiative versus guilt. 
C) industry versus inferiority. 
D) autonomy versus shame and doubt. 
A) identity versus role diffusion . 
B) initiative versus guilt. 
C) industry versus inferiority. 
D) autonomy versus shame and doubt.

Question 15

Stanley has just entered puberty.This means that he is

Accepted Answer

A) entering middle school or junior high. 
B) beginning to be treated in an adult manner. 
C) experiencing his growth spurt. 
D) capable of sexual reproduction. 
A) entering middle school or junior high. 
B) beginning to be treated in an adult manner. 
C) experiencing his growth spurt. 
D) capable of sexual reproduction.

Question 16

Noam Chomsky viewed language acquisition in children as the result of

Accepted Answer

A) utilitarian learning in which children learn that correct language produces desirable results. 
B) reinforcement by adults of correct language production. 
C) an innate mental module that allows young children to develop language. 
D) imitating adults. 
A) utilitarian learning in which children learn that correct language produces desirable results. 
B) reinforcement by adults of correct language production. 
C) an innate mental module that allows young children to develop language. 
D) imitating adults.

Question 17

The germinal stage begins at conception and ends when implantation in the uterine wall is complete.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Lawrence Kohlberg is noted for his theories of __________ development.

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive 
B) social 
C) moral 
D) emotional 
A) cognitive 
B) social 
C) moral 
D) emotional

Question 19

A method of child rearing in which the parent appeals to the child's own resources,abilities,sense of responsibility,and feeling for others in correcting misbehavior is called

Accepted Answer

A) induction. 
B) Kohlbergian parenting. 
C) justice-based reasoning. 
D) power assertion. 
A) induction. 
B) Kohlbergian parenting. 
C) justice-based reasoning. 
D) power assertion.

Question 20

A major accomplishment during the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development is grasping the concept of conservation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Babies become attached to their mothers because their mothers provide them with food and warmth.

may have a difficult time as the teen years approach,but by the end of adolescence many feel better about their appearance and are more popular than .

Theory of __________ is the ability to think about how one's own and other people's thought processes work and how cognitions and feelings affect behaviors.

Piaget mistakenly believed that

A mental network of knowledge,beliefs,metaphors,and expectations about what it means to be male or female is called

Describe the ways in which gerontologists have made great strides in separating conditions once thought to be an inevitable part of old age from those that are preventable or treatable.

A person feels competent in acquiring skills,using tools,and learning to make things.According to Erikson's theory,she has successfully resolved the inevitable crisis that occurred when she was

When Larry's mother leaves a room,he does not care,and upon her return he makes little effort to seek contact with her.Larry's attachment style is

Margaret and Harry Harlow demonstrated the importance of __________ in their experiments with rhesus monkeys.

The two types of insecure attachment,according to Mary Ainsworth,are

An identity crisis is most likely experienced,according to Erikson,at which of the following stages?

The sensory abilities of newborn infants

In Harlow's studies with young monkeys,the monkeys were exposed to a wire mother with a bottle and a cloth mother without a bottle.The young monkeys spent their nonfeeding time

Erikson's theory of social development viewed the ages of 3 to 6,his third stage,as being characterized by the major challenge of

Stanley has just entered puberty.This means that he is

Noam Chomsky viewed language acquisition in children as the result of

The germinal stage begins at conception and ends when implantation in the uterine wall is complete.

Lawrence Kohlberg is noted for his theories of __________ development.

A method of child rearing in which the parent appeals to the child's own resources,abilities,sense of responsibility,and feeling for others in correcting misbehavior is called

A major accomplishment during the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development is grasping the concept of conservation.

What Is Psychology

Theories of Personality

Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain

Body Rhythms and Mental States

Sensation and Perception

Thinking and Intelligence

Memory

Learning and Conditioning

Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

Psychological Disorders

Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Emotion, Stress, and Health

The Major Motives of Life: Food, Love, Sex, and Work

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Exam 3: Development Over the Life Span

Babies become attached to their mothers because their mothers provide them with food and warmth.

__________ may have a difficult time as the teen years approach,but by the end of adolescence many feel better about their appearance and are more popular than __________.

Theory of __________ is the ability to think about how one's own and other people's thought processes work and how cognitions and feelings affect behaviors.

Piaget mistakenly believed that

A mental network of knowledge,beliefs,metaphors,and expectations about what it means to be male or female is called

Describe the ways in which gerontologists have made great strides in separating conditions once thought to be an inevitable part of old age from those that are preventable or treatable.

A person feels competent in acquiring skills,using tools,and learning to make things.According to Erikson's theory,she has successfully resolved the inevitable crisis that occurred when she was

When Larry's mother leaves a room,he does not care,and upon her return he makes little effort to seek contact with her.Larry's attachment style is

Margaret and Harry Harlow demonstrated the importance of __________ in their experiments with rhesus monkeys.

The two types of insecure attachment,according to Mary Ainsworth,are

An identity crisis is most likely experienced,according to Erikson,at which of the following stages?

The sensory abilities of newborn infants

In Harlow's studies with young monkeys,the monkeys were exposed to a wire mother with a bottle and a cloth mother without a bottle.The young monkeys spent their nonfeeding time

Erikson's theory of social development viewed the ages of 3 to 6,his third stage,as being characterized by the major challenge of

Stanley has just entered puberty.This means that he is

Noam Chomsky viewed language acquisition in children as the result of

The germinal stage begins at conception and ends when implantation in the uterine wall is complete.

Lawrence Kohlberg is noted for his theories of __________ development.

A method of child rearing in which the parent appeals to the child's own resources,abilities,sense of responsibility,and feeling for others in correcting misbehavior is called

A major accomplishment during the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development is grasping the concept of conservation.

What Is Psychology

Theories of Personality

Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain

Body Rhythms and Mental States

Sensation and Perception

Thinking and Intelligence

Memory

Learning and Conditioning

Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

Psychological Disorders

Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Emotion, Stress, and Health

The Major Motives of Life: Food, Love, Sex, and Work

Filters

may have a difficult time as the teen years approach,but by the end of adolescence many feel better about their appearance and are more popular than .