Question 1

The capacity to reproduce is attained during pubescence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Maternal ____________________ during the prenatal period has been linked to birth complications.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Maternal ____________________ during the prenatal period has...

Question 3

Dementia occurs in ____________________ of people over the age of 75.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Dementia occurs in ____________________ of people over...

Question 4

In relation to age,which of the following does NOT belong with the others?

Accepted Answer

A)  development of secondary sex characteristics 
B)  autonomy versus shame 
C)  formal operations 
D)  postconventional moral reasoning

Question 5

A child who successfully completes stage 1 of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development will acquire

Accepted Answer

A)  an ability to initiate one's own activities. 
B)  self-sufficiency. 
C)  a sense of competence. 
D)  optimism and trust toward the world.

Question 6

Both Amy and Barb are pregnant.Currently Amy's pregnancy is in the shortest stage of prenatal development and Barb's is in the longest stage.Amy's pregnancy is in the ____ stage and Barb's is in the ____ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  germinal; fetal 
B)  embryonic; fetal 
C)  germinal; embryonic 
D)  fetal; germinal

Question 7

Water is poured from a short,broad beaker into a tall,skinny beaker.Is there more or less water now? A child answers that it's the same amount,only it's taller.The child is in which stage of cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

A)  sensorimotor 
B)  concrete operational 
C)  preoperational 
D)  preconventional

Question 8

Gender differences in the cognitive domain show that ____________________ tend to exhibit slightly better verbal skills while ____________________ show a slight advantages in mathematical ability beginning in high school.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Gender differences in the cognitive domain show...

Question 9

Cohort effects are most closely associated with the cross-sectional research design

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which type of intelligence involves basic reasoning ability,memory capacity,and speed of information processing?

Accepted Answer

A)  fluid 
B)  crystallized 
C)  episodic 
D)  procedural

Question 11

Piaget asserted that the child's experiences in the world,in combination with maturation,together influence the child's cognitive development.This assertion BEST reflects the unifying theme in psychology that

Accepted Answer

A)  psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context. 
B)  heredity and environment jointly influence behavior. 
C)  psychology is theoretically diverse. 
D)  our experience of the world is highly subjective.

Question 12

The stage of concrete operations is said to be "concrete" because

Accepted Answer

A)  the child attributes human qualities to concrete objects. 
B)  facts are taken to be set in stone, not to be given up easily. 
C)  an object must be present for the child to recognize its existence. 
D)  children can perform operations only on tangible objects and actual events.

Question 13

Cross cultural research shows that separation anxiety emerges and peaks at similar ages world-wide,but that cultural variations in child rearing affects the patterns of attachment seen in a society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The better documented gender differences in cognitive abilities,aggression,and sexual behavior appear

Accepted Answer

A)  to depend on culture. 
B)  to be decreasing as more women enter the work force. 
C)  across a wide range of cultures. 
D)  to be increasing as more women enter the work force.

Question 15

According to behavioral theory,how do children develop special attachments to their mothers?

Accepted Answer

A)  The mother provides innate contact comfort to the infant. 
B)  The infant is biologically programmed to emit behavior that triggers a protective response from adult females. 
C)  The mother becomes a conditioned reinforcer because she is associated with the reinforcing act of being fed. 
D)  Maternal attachment behavior is the result of reproductive fitness.

Question 16

During Erikson's crisis of intimacy versus isolation the key concern involves developing the capacity to share intimacy with others.This stage is associated with

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

As children grow older and acquire specialized motor skills,which of the following becomes increasingly critical?

Accepted Answer

A)  maturation 
B)  experience 
C)  genetic predispositions 
D)  nutrition

Question 18

A five-year-old boy tells you that his kindergarten class has more boys than children.This indicates that he

Accepted Answer

A)  fails to understand the concept of reversibility. 
B)  dislikes girls. 
C)  cannot yet solve problems involving conservation of number. 
D)  cannot handle hierarchical classification problems.

Question 19

In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease,the neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are largely centered in the

Accepted Answer

A)  left hemisphere of the cortex. 
B)  the brain stem. 
C)  hippocampal region. 
D)  the thalamus and hypothalamus.

Question 20

Piaget called the tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem while neglecting other aspects ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Piaget called the tendency to focus on...

Exam 11: Human Development Across the Life Span

The capacity to reproduce is attained during pubescence.

Maternal ____________________ during the prenatal period has been linked to birth complications.

Dementia occurs in ____________________ of people over the age of 75.

In relation to age,which of the following does NOT belong with the others?

A child who successfully completes stage 1 of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development will acquire

Both Amy and Barb are pregnant.Currently Amy's pregnancy is in the shortest stage of prenatal development and Barb's is in the longest stage.Amy's pregnancy is in the stage and Barb's is in the stage.

Water is poured from a short,broad beaker into a tall,skinny beaker.Is there more or less water now? A child answers that it's the same amount,only it's taller.The child is in which stage of cognitive development?

Gender differences in the cognitive domain show that tend to exhibit slightly better verbal skills while show a slight advantages in mathematical ability beginning in high school.

Cohort effects are most closely associated with the cross-sectional research design

Which type of intelligence involves basic reasoning ability,memory capacity,and speed of information processing?

Piaget asserted that the child's experiences in the world,in combination with maturation,together influence the child's cognitive development.This assertion BEST reflects the unifying theme in psychology that

The stage of concrete operations is said to be "concrete" because

Cross cultural research shows that separation anxiety emerges and peaks at similar ages world-wide,but that cultural variations in child rearing affects the patterns of attachment seen in a society.

The better documented gender differences in cognitive abilities,aggression,and sexual behavior appear

According to behavioral theory,how do children develop special attachments to their mothers?

During Erikson's crisis of intimacy versus isolation the key concern involves developing the capacity to share intimacy with others.This stage is associated with

As children grow older and acquire specialized motor skills,which of the following becomes increasingly critical?

A five-year-old boy tells you that his kindergarten class has more boys than children.This indicates that he

In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease,the neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are largely centered in the

Piaget called the tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem while neglecting other aspects ____________________.