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1.
Which of the following statements is true about identical twins?
A.
Twins are identical mainly due to dizygotic fertilization.
B.
In the womb, up to 5% of identical twins develop their own placenta.
C.
Identical twins develop from one fertilized egg.
D.
Identical twins turn out to be vastly different from each other in their personalities, intelligence, illness,
and disease histories.
2.
The
_____________
is the first major organ to form in a developing fetus.
A. heart
B. brain
C. liver
D. kidney
3. During the development of a fetus, the
A. skull
B. liver
C. intestine
D. heart
___________
develops about a week after the brain.
4. The
____________
A. embryonic
B. fetal
C. germinal
D. cephalocaudal
stage of development begins at conception and lasts for two weeks.
5. When a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting single cell is known as a(n) _________
.
A. zygote
B. fetus
C. blastocyst
D. embryo
6. Which of the following occurs by day seven after conception?
A. The sex of the embryo is determined and appropriate genitalia develop.
B. Major organs like the heart, kidneys, and the brain begin to develop.
C. The sperm attaches itself to the female and egg and forms a zygote.
D. The blastocyst travels down the fallopian tube and attaches to the uterine wall.7. Which of the following is the correct order of prenatal development—from the earliest stage to the latest
stage?
A. Zygote, germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage
B. Embryonic stage, germinal stage, fetal stage, zygote
C. Germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage, zygote
D. Fetal stage, zygote, germinal stage, embryonic stage
8. The formation of the brain, spinal cord, heart, ears, eyes, and palate takes place in the
of development.
A. cephalocaudal
B. fetal
C. embryonic
D. germinal
___________
stage
9. The
___________
A. heart
B. intestine
C. liver
D. central nervous system
takes the longest amount of time to develop.
10. The second stage of prenatal development begins at about two weeks after conception. At this point, the
growing bundle of cells is called a(n) __________
.
A. blastocyst
B. embryo
C. fetus
D. zygote
11. The key event that distinguishes the embryonic stage from the third stage, the fetal stage, is the formation
of the
.
___________
A. bone cells
B. zygote
C. brain
D. blastocyst
12.
Bevin and Essien’s obstetrician tells them that their baby has entered the fetal stage. The key event that
distinguishes this stage from the embryonic stage is the development of
___________
in their baby.
A. brain
B. bone cells
C. limbs
D. external genitalia
13.
Karen has been using her stethoscope for many days to listen to her fetus’ heartbeat. Today, for the first
time, she detected her fetus’ heart beat. Karen must be at least
_____________
weeks pregnant.
A. two
B. five
C. six
D. eight14.
A.
Find the correct statement about the embryonic stage:
It begins immediately after the zygote divides.
B.
It begins when the fertilized egg is a single-celled zygote.
C.
It starts at the moment of implantation.
D.
It is marked by the formation of the major organs.
15.
In which of the following stages of prenatal development does the formation of arms and legs occur?
A. Germinal stage
B. Embryonic stage
C. Fetal stage
D. Blastocyst stage
16. The
______________
A. germinal
B. embryonic
C. fetal
D. blastocyst
stage of prenatal development begins 8 weeks after conception.
17. Between 8 and 12 weeks into development, ____________
.
A. the heartbeat of the fetus can be detected with a stethoscope
B. the vision of the fetus is fully developed
C. the neurons connecting the ear to the brain of the fetus are completely developed
D. the taste buds of a fetus are completely developed
18. A baby begins to move its limbs in the
A. germinal
B. embryonic
C. fetal
D. blastocyst
____________
stage of development.
19. Becky, who is pregnant, will most likely feel the fetus moving for the first time at about
after conception.
A. one to two months
B. two to three months
C. four to six months
D. seven to eight months
____________20.
Tevy and Gellert are convinced that their baby will be able to recognize their voices and familiar
songs at birth if they begin singing and talking to their baby before it is born. At which stage of
prenatal development should Tevy and Gellert expect their baby to be able to respond to these sounds?
A. Blastocyst stage
B. Embryonic stage
C. Fetal stage
D. Zygote stage
21. A fetus begins to respond to sound around
_____________
weeks after conception.
A. 8
B. 12
C. 18
D. 26
22. By 13 to 15 weeks after conception, ___________
.
A. the head of the fetus has grown to 70% of its adult weight
B. the vision of the fetus is fully developed
C. the neurons connecting the ear to the brain are complete
D. the taste buds of a fetus look very much like an adult’s
23.
Which of the following fetal reactions indicates attention, interest, or orienting response on the part of the
fetus?
A. Increased rate of neuron development
B. Slowed heart rate
C. Turning over of the fetus
D. Greater frequency of kicking
24. Which of the following reactions displayed by a fetus indicates fear or distress?
A.
Decreased blood pressure
B. Increased rate of pruning
C. Increased heart rate
D. Increased rate of neuron development
25. Babies born prematurely—who would otherwise still be developing in the womb—prefer
flavors to other flavors.
______________
A. sweet
B. salty
C. sour
D. bitter
26.
The sense that is least well developed in the fetus is
.
___________
A. taste
B. vision
C. hearing
D. touch27. Which of the following statements is true regarding fetal vision?
A. Vision gets fully developed during the germinal stage.
B. By 13 to 15 weeks after conception, the vision of the fetus is very much like that of an adult.
C. At birth, infants are far-sighted.
D. Fetuses do not open their eyes when in the womb.
28. Infants cannot see as well as adults until they are at least
months old.
___________
A. two
B. four
C. six
D. eight
29. A teratogen is:
A. a brain region responsible for the ability to speak.
B.
any substance that disrupts normal prenatal development.
C. a weak brain synapse that disappears at around age six.
D. a vital nutrient that helps a fetus develop properly.
30. Which of the following is true about pregnancy sickness?
A. The body has its own built-in toxin detector called pregnancy sickness.
B. Pregnancy sickness is worst during the second trimester of pregnancy.
C. Foods such as cheese and mushrooms help reduce pregnancy sickness.
D. Pregnancy sickness is also known as “evening sickness.
“
31.
can be defined as the process by which events in the womb alter the development of
____________
physical and psychological health.
A. Prenatal programming
B. Neuron migration
C. Pruning
D. Generativity
32.
Pregnancy sickness occurs most commonly with exposure to foods susceptible to molds and to
substances.
____________
A. sweet
B. spicy
C. salty
D. bitter
33. Epigenetics is the study of how
.
____________
A. a genetic disorder is passed on to sons but not to daughters
B. an individual gets affected by a recessive disorder
C. a dominant gene becomes resistant to change
D. the environment affects gene expression34.
If a mother contracts an infection, such as flu, at four to six months of pregnancy, this can increase the
chance that the child will develop _____________
later in life.
A. schizophrenia
B. Huntington’s disease
C. anorexia nervosa
D. anemia
35. Which of the following is true regarding alcohol consumption of the mother during pregnancy?
A. 1 to 2 drinks per day is known as a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
B.
A maximum of 4 drinks per month is known as a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
C. 1 drink on an occasional basis is known as a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
D. There is no known safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
36.
Which of the following is most likely to cause mental retardation, low birth weight, and behavioral
problems to a developing baby?
A. Anorexia nervosa
B. Diarrhea
C. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
D. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
37. Which of the following is most likely to increase the risk of stillbirth?
A. Prescription drugs taken during pregnancy
B. Nicotine exposure from maternal smoking
C. Lack of vitamin B12 and folic acid in the mother’s diet
D. Developing an infection during pregnancy
38. Mothers who
_______________
are more likely to have infants who are temperamentally “difficult”
and “fussy.
“
A. are depressed or anxious
B. develop infections such as the flu towards the end of their pregnancy
C. consume less than the required amount of folic acid
D. develop gestational diabetes39.
A pediatrician is assessing nine-month-old Chiara’s motor development, which involves observing
changes in Chiara’s
.
_____________
A.
physical movement and body control
B.
emotional relationships with her parents and siblings
C.
peer relationships and status
D.
ability to see clearly and to recognize numbers
40. By ____________
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. six
41.
months, many babies can sit by themselves, without any help.
Which of the following senses develops to a greater extent after birth as compared to the fetal stage?
A. Vision
B. Hearing
C. Taste
D. Smell
42.
Which of the following senses is almost fully developed at birth?
A. Vision
B. Hearing
C. Touch
D. Smell
43. By age
A. 1 or 2
B. 3 or 4
C. 5 or 6
D. 8 or 9
____________, a child’s vision becomes similar to an adult’s. 44.
45. 46. Gibson and Walk’s classic visual cliff experiment on infants was designed to assess infants’
.
____________
A. brain-to-eye size ratio
B. ability to recognize faces
C. ability to detect colors
D. depth perception
With learning and experience certain synaptic connections become stronger, whereas those that do not
receive stimulation from the environment die off. This process is known as
.
___________
A. cognitive programming
B. pruning
C. rewiring
D. enriching
Which of the following is true of human brain development?
A. It is complete during the embryonic stage.
B. It is complete during the fetal stage.
C. It is complete at birth.
D. It continues after birth.
47.
Which of the following statements is true about pruning?
A.
Problems with neural pruning may result in neurological disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia.
B.
Pruning is usually independent of the quality of the environment in which the brain develops.
C.
Neural pruning results in the huge increase in the number of neurons and stimulates the unused
neurons.
D.
Normal and enriched environments create less developed neural connections.
48. 49. Gray matter is a measure of the number of
.
___________
A. axons
B. myelins
C. neurons
D. lobes
Which of the following statements is true regarding gray matter?
A.
Increase in gray matter volume suggest pruning.
B. Gray matter starts to decline in adolescence.
C. Gray matter continues to grow into one’s 40s.
D. Gray matter consists of axons and myelin.50. 51. 52. 53. 54. Which of the following statements is true regarding white matter?
A. White matter is made up of the axons and myelin.
B. White matter starts to decline in adolescence.
C. Development of white matter is completed in the embryonic stage.
D. White matter is a measure of the number of neurons.
Young brains are more flexible because they have less
A. gray matter
B. number of neurons
C. number of axons
D. myelin
.
__________
Which of the following terms refers to the fatty insulation that makes nerve impulses travel faster?
A. Plasmalogen
B. Cephalin
C. Myelin sheath
D. Choline
As compared to nonmusicians, musicians have
A. larger cerebellums
B. fewer neurons
C. thinner corpus callosum
D. more white matter
.
_________
As compared to musicians, nonmusicians have
A. larger cerebellums
B. more neurons
C. thinner corpus callosum
D. fewer synapses
.
___________
55.
Which of the following is true of the effects of musical training?
A.
It reduces neural activity in the hippocampus.
B.
Neuroplastic effects of musical training last well into adulthood.
C.
The earlier the musical training begins, the lesser is the degree of activation of the left-auditory cortex.
D.
It has always caused brain growth.
56. Jean Piaget pioneered theories in
A. emotional
B. cognitive
C. language
D. moral
____________
development. 57.
Which of the following is the correct order of the stages of Piaget’s principles of cognitive development,
from earliest to latest?
A. Preoperational, sensorimotor, formal operational, concrete operational
B. Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
C. Preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor
D. Sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational
58.
Eniko is currently 8 months old. According to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, she is in the
______
stage of cognitive development.
A.
sensorimotor
B.
preoperational
C.
concrete operational
D.
formal operational
59. 60. 61. According to Piaget, mastering object permanence is the hallmark of the
development.
A. concrete operational
B. formal operational
C. sensorimotor
D. preoperational
___________
stage of cognitive
When a child recognizes that objects continue to exist, even when they are no longer in sight, they have
mastered the concept that Piaget referred to as:
A. object permanence.
B.
object conservation.
C. pruning.
D. reversibility.
In which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development does object permanence develop?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Preoperational
C. Concrete operational
D. Formal operational62.
During playtime, Jamal’s mother hid his toy under a blanket. Jamal, who is 9 months old, reacted to this
by looking for his toy under the blanket. According to Piaget, Jack has developed
.
___________
A. seriation
B. transduction
C. object permanence
D. hypothetico-deductive reasoning
63.
Which of the following is true of Piaget’s preoperational stage of cognitive development?
A.
Object permanence begins to develop during this stage.
B.
64. 65. 66. 67. Lack of conservation is one of the features of this stage.
C. Children gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems during this stage.
D. This stage is marked by the development of the ability to reflect upon one’s thinking.
According to Piaget, animistic thinking is a characteristic of the
development.
A. sensorimotor
B. formal operational
C. concrete operational
D. preoperational
___________
stage of cognitive
According to Piaget, children move into the
2 and this period lasts until about age 5 or 6.
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operational
D. formal operational
____________
stage of cognitive development at around age
Entrance into Piaget’s preoperational stage of development is marked by ____________
.
A. emergence of symbolic thought
B. development of abstract reasoning
C. an understanding of conservation
D. the ability to reason scientifically
According to Piaget, egocentrism is a characteristic of the
development.
A. sensorimotor
B. formal operational
C. concrete operational
D. preoperational
_____________
stage of cognitive68. With reference to the stages of cognitive development introduced by Piaget, which of the following
statements is true regarding the preoperational stage?
A. During this stage children develop scientific reasoning and hypothesis-testing skills.
B. This stage is characterized my mastering object permanence.
C.
Typically, children between the ages of 6 months to 1 year are in this stage.
D. During this stage children cannot recognize that amounts stay the same when shapes change.
69. Piaget and Inhelder (1967) designed the ‘three mountains task’ to measure young children’s
.
______________
A. individuation
B. object permanence
C. egocentrism
D. animistic thinking
70.
When asked where the sun goes at night, 4-year-old Kiet explains to his dad that it goes to sleep. Later
that day, Kiet gets upset because he believes his sister’s glass contains more juice than his glass. Both
glasses actually contain the same amount of juice, but Kiet is confused because of the tall and thin shape
of his sister’s glass. From these instances, we can say that Kiet is in the
____________
stage of Piaget’s
cognitive development.
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operations
D. formal operations
71.
Four-year-old Edana thinks it is raining because the clouds are sad and crying. According to Jean Piaget’s
stages of cognitive development, Edana is demonstrating ____________
in this scenario.
A. matter conservation
B. animistic thinking
C. egocentrism
D. social referencing
72. Which of the following is an example of animistic thinking?
A.
A child believes that a tree is smiling and waving its limbs.
B.
A child is unable to distinguish between the names of two animals.
C.
A child cannot recognize that quantities remain the same even when shapes change.
D.
A child realizes that objects still exist even when they are not being sensed.73.
is the tendency to view the world from one’s own perspective and not see things from
_____________
another person’s perspective.
A. Egocentrism
B. Object permanence
C. Animistic thinking
D. Pruning
74.
____________
is the ability to recognize that when some properties (such as shape) of an object change,
other properties (such as mass) remain constant.
A. Egocentrism
B. Object permanence
C. Animistic thinking
D. Conservation
75.
Three-year-old Devesh gets upset because he believes his sister’s glass has more juice than his glass does.
Both of them have the same amounts of juice but Devesh is confused because of the difference in the
shape of their juice glasses. According to Piaget, this would be an example of Devesh’s:
A. egocentrism.
B. animistic thinking.
C. lack of conservation.
D. lack of understanding of object permanence.
76. According to the Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, children between the age of 6 to 11 are in the
stage.
______________
A. preoperational
B. formal operational
C. concrete operational
D. sensorimotor
77. During Piaget’s third stage of cognitive development, called the concrete operational stage (ages 6-11),
children
.
____________
A. gain the ability to systematically solve problems without resorting to trial and error
B. gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems
C.
develop the ability to perform mental operations on real, or concrete, objects and events
D. develop the ability to realize that objects still exist when they are not being sensed
78. According to Piaget, children acquire the ability to conserve during the
development.
A. sensorimotor
B. concrete operational
C. preoperational
D. formal operational
___________
stage of cognitive
79.
According to Piaget, in the
child can directly observe.
______________
stage of cognitive development, logic is limited to what a
A. sensorimotor
B. formal operational
C. preoperational
D. concrete operational80. Which of the following statements is true regarding the concrete operational stage of Piaget’s theory of
cognitive development?
A. Typically, children between ages 2 and 4 are in this stage.
B.
During this stage, logic remains concrete and limited to objects that a child directly observes.
C.
According to Piaget, this is the last stage of cognitive development.
D.
During this stage, children learn the concept of object permanence.
81. Which of the following statements is true regarding the formal operational stage of Piaget’s theory of
cognitive development?
A.
During this stage formal logic becomes possible.
B. This is the second stage of cognitive development.
C.
Typically, children between the ages of 2 to 4 years are in this stage.
D. During this stage children learn the concept of object permanence.
82. In which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development does abstract and scientific reasoning
develop?
A. Formal operational
B. Preoperational
C. Concrete operational
D. Sensorimotor
83.
Twelve-year-old Allen argues that,
“If Shamus is a man, and all men are mortal, then Shamus is mortal.
“
Based on the information given in this statement, which of the following is most likely to be true about
Allen?
A.
Allen is in the concrete operational stage of development of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.
B.
In this stage, Allen’s logic remains concrete and limited to objects that he directly observes.
C.
Allen is in the formal operational stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.
D
. Allen can perform mental operations—on real, or concrete, objects and events—but still has trouble
with abstract ideas and reasoning.84. The term
______________
A. cognitive programming
B. pruning
C. theory of mind
D. animistic thinking
refers to our knowledge and ideas of how other people’s minds work.
85. Psychologists created the false-belief task to determine when children develop ___________
.
A. egocentrism
B. animistic thinking
C. object permanence
D. theory of mind
86.
Quinn, who is in pre-school, was the only child to see the teacher take crackers out of the cracker box
and fill the box with potato chips instead. When asked what the other children will expect to find in the
cracker box, Quinn says “potato chips.
” This response is evidence that Quinn lacks:
A. object permanence.
B. conservation.
C. theory of mind.
D. egocentrism.
87. Kohlberg (1981) developed the “Heinz Dilemma” to assess
A. the development of moral reasoning in children
B. the physical development of children less than 5 years of age
C. the cognitive ability of children
D. the development of linguistic ability in children
.
___________
88.
According to the theory of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg, ____________
developed level of moral reasoning.
level is the least
A. concrete operational
B.
preconventional
C. formal operational
D.
postconventional
89. Johnny says he will not drive above the speed limit simply because he does not want to pay the cost
of a speeding ticket. Based on this information, it can be concluded that Johnny is operating at the
_____________
stage of Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning.
A. sensorimotor
B.
preconventional
C. concrete operational
D. preoperational90. 91. According to Kohlberg, how would a child whose thought is at the conventional level of moral reasoning
respond to the Heinz dilemma?
A.
B.
C.
“Heinz should steal the drug! Who cares?”
“Heinz should not steal the drug because he will be caught and sent to jail.
“
“Heinz should steal the drug and not worry about punishment because it is the right thing to do.
“
D.
“Heinz should not steal the drug, because stealing is wrong.
“
When Cathy was asked to respond to the Heinz dilemma developed by Kohlberg, she said,
“Although it
is legally wrong, Heinz should steal the drug to save his wife’s life. But he also has to be willing to suffer
the consequences and go to jail if need be.
” According to the theory of moral reasoning developed by
Kohlberg, Cathy is at the
_______________
stage of moral development.
A.
postconventional
B.
preconventional
C. concrete operational
D.
preoperational
92. According to Kohlberg, a person who is at the
______________
level of moral development
acknowledges both the norm and the law, but argues that there are universal moral rules that may trump
unjust or immoral local rules.
A. concrete operational
B.
preconventional
C. functional operational
D.
postconventional
93.
A.
According to Kohlberg, postconventional moral reasoning is based on:
avoidance of punishments.
B.
the social consequences of an action.
C. universal moral principles.
D.
individual moral temperaments.94.
Which of the following is the level of moral reasoning which, as proposed by Kohlberg, appears to be
limited to Western cultures?
A.
Functional operational level
B.
Postconventional level
C.
Preoperational level
D.
Conventional level
95. According to the model of temperament developed by Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess,
the
________________
child is predictable in daily functions, is happy most of the time, and is
adaptable.
A. difficult
B. conventional
C. slow-to-warm-up
D. easy
96.
According to the model of temperament developed by Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess, which of the
following statements is true regarding the difficult child?
A.
The difficult child is slow to adapt to new situations.
B.
The difficult child is happy most of the time.
C.
The difficult child is predictable in daily functions
D.
The difficult child is mildly irregular in the daily patterns of eating, sleeping, and eliminating.97.
According to the model of temperament developed by Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess, the
_____________
child is mildly intense in his or her reactions to new situations and mildly irregular in the
daily patterns of eating, sleeping, and eliminating.
A. difficult
B. conventional
C. slow-to-warm-up
D. easy
98. Some animals, especially birds, follow and imitate the first large creature they see immediately after
birth. This behavior is called
.
____________
A. pruning
B. imprinting
C. animistic thinking
D. egocentrism
99. In human development, ______________
life to keep infants close to their caregivers.
A. cognition
B. imprinting
C. attachment
D. sublimation
refers to the strong emotional connection that develops early in
100.
Nine-month-old Terrell is screaming and crying because his mother has dropped him off at the day care.
He displays this distress each time she leaves him. Terrell is likely experiencing _____
.
A.
preoperational thinking
B.
secure attachment
C.
object permanence
D.
separation anxiety
101.
Mary Ainsworth studied infant attachment with a procedure known as the
A. prison study
B. obedience experiment
C. strange situation
D. line judgment task
.
____________102.
According to the strange situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, ______________
infants
often show little to no distress in separation episodes, and when the mother returns, the infants tend to
ignore and avoid her, focusing instead on something else in the room.
A. insecure-resistant
B. insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-disoriented
D. insecure-disorganized
103.
With reference to the strange situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, ________________
infants cannot be comforted by the mother on reunion and show difficulty in returning to play.
A. insecure-resistant
B. insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-disorganized
D. insecure-disoriented
104.
With reference to the strange situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, ______________
infants show odd, conflicted behaviors in the strange situation.
A. insecure-resistant
B. insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-disoriented
D. insecure-attached
105.
With reference to the strange situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, the
_____________
classification is considered the most insecure because the infant’s fear of their attachment figure inhibits
the development of a strategy for effective regulation of stress.
A. insecure-attached
B. insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-resistant
D. insecure-disorganized
106.
Harry Harlow said that
_____________
is as essential a function of nursing in humans as is nutrition.
A. contact
B. protection
C. attention
D. training107.
Tiffany Field and her colleagues (1986) conducted an experiment to determine whether regular touch
might help tiny premature infants. During the experiment she found that the babies who received touch
therapy _____________
than those who did not.
A. cried less
B. gained significantly more weight
C. slept significantly more
D. fell ill more frequently
108.
is a movement disorder caused by brain damage at birth.
_______________
A. Schizophrenia
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Cerebral palsy
D. Osteoporosis
109.By the age of
______________, babies can discriminate between fearful and happy faces.
A. 2 years
B. 3 months
C. 1 year
D. 7 months
110.
Nine-year-old Jen has learnt to control her tears when she is in a social gathering. She also knows when it
is appropriate to smile in public. Based on this information, it can be said that Jen has
.
_____________
A. developed social referencing
B. achieved object permanence
C.
developed emotional competence
D. mastered animistic thinking
111.Children begin to interact socially during play at about age
.
____________
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
112.
In an experiment conducted by Gjerde & Cardilla in 2009, children were assessed at age 3 and 4 on the
dimension of openness to new experiences. Then the same children were assessed again at ages 18 and
23. The study indicated that the open and imaginative young girls tended to become
_____________
young women.
A. self-assured and flexible
B. highly career oriented
C. anxious and self-doubting
D. emotionally sterile and calculating113.
In an experiment conducted by Gjerde & Cardilla in 2009, children were assessed at age 3 and 4 on the
dimension of openness to new experiences. Then the same children were assessed again at ages 18 and
23. The study indicated that the open and imaginative young boys tended to become
______________
young adults.
A. self-doubting
B. extremely emotional
C. anxious
D. self-assured and flexible
114.
One longitudinal study evaluated 1,000 New Zealand children over an 18-year period to try to understand
what childhood temperament predicts about adult personality and behavior. Eighteen years after the
initial assessment, the individuals whose parents had classified them as undercontrolled at age 3 were
likely to
.
_____________
A. be nonassertive and over anxious
B. engage in thrill-seeking behaviors
C. suffer from prolonged depression
D. attempt suicide
115.Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and early adulthood, beginning at about age 11 or
12 and lasting until around age
.
_____________
A. 15
B. 18
C. 22
D. 25
116.The
B.
__________________ glands are also called gonads.
A. parathyroid
adrenaline
C. sex
D. alveolar
117.On average, girls reach puberty at about age
.
______________
A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15
118.On average, boys reach puberty at about age
.
______________
A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15119.Which of the following glands sends hormonal signals to the sex glands, telling them to mature?
A. Parathyroid
B.
Adrenaline
C. Alveolar
D. Pituitary
120.The female gonads are called
A. vagina
B. fallopian tubes
C. ovaries
D. uteri
.
_____________
121.The male gonads are called
A. testes
B. thymus
C. penises
D. adrenals
.
______________
122.
Lee, who is thirteen, is experiencing new growth of facial and pubic hair, a deepening of his voice, and
a widening of his shoulders. Which of the following hormones is responsible for these developments?
A. Leptin
B. Estrogen
C. Testosterone
D. Oxytocin
123.
is the sex hormone that initiates the growth of breasts, widening of hips, and increase in
____________
body fat in girls.
A. Testosterone
B. Estradiol
C. Leptin
D. Oxytocin
124.
marks the beginning of adolescence.
_____________
A. Symbolic thinking
B. Puberty
C. Animistic thinking
D. Egocentrism
125.Which of the following is a primary problem of adolescence?
A.
In boys, the event that signals readiness to reproduce is menarche.
B. Boys are not able to engage in scientific reasoning and hypothesis testing.
C. In boys and girls, the body is ready for parenthood far earlier than the mind is.
D. Boys and girls do not gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems.
126.The
_____________
adolescence or early adulthood.
A. abducens nuclei
B. medulla oblongata
C. globose nuclei
D. frontal lobes
are the last areas of the brain to fully develop, and they continue to mature until late127.Which of the following occurs after the frontal lobes have developed more fully?
A. Animistic thinking increases.
B. Heart rate decreases.
C. Scientific thinking becomes possible.
D. The possibility of developing anorexia nervosa increases.
128.
Which of the following statements is true about brain development during adolescence?
A.
Brain development starts in adolescence, with the frontal lobes being the first part of the brain to
develop.
B.
The brain develops more myelin around the axons as well as more neural connections.
C.
Animistic thinking begins during adolescence.
D.
Egocentrism is the hallmark of brain development in adolescence.
129.Myelination proceeds from the
A. bottom of the brain to the top
B. top of the brain to the bottom
C.
_____________
during the period from childhood to adolescence.
frontal lobes to the back of the brain
D. back of the brain to the frontal lobes
130.Which of the following statements is true regarding myelination?
A. The process of myelination is complete before the age of 10.
B. Myelination proceeds from the front of the brain to the back.
C. The rate and locations of myelination differs between boys and girls.
D. In boys, the increased white matter organization occurs in the right hemisphere.
131.Synaptic pruning refers to the process during which:
A. the rarely used synapses die off to make the brain more efficient.
B. children develop egocentrism.
C. the size of the frontal lobe increases.
D. new synapses are formed in order to accommodate newer knowledge and scientific thought.
132.
Philip Shaw and colleagues in 2006 demonstrated that the brains of highly intelligent children, as
compared to the brains of children with average intelligence, have a
.
_____________
A. thicker frontal cortex at age seven
B. thinner cortex at age nine
C.
thicker frontal cortex at midadolescence
D. thinner cortex at age nineteen133.
During complex and demanding tasks, teens
.
________________
A. distribute the workload evenly throughout the brain
B. overload their frontal lobes
C. distribute the workload evenly between abducens nucleus and globose nucleus
D. overload their flocculonodular lobe
134.With the onset of puberty and adolescence, children begin to focus on
A. egocentrism
B. developing their animistic thinking
C. the questions of who they are
D. motor skills
.
____________
135.Having close, intimate friends during adolescence is more likely to be associated with
.
_____________
A. poorer performance in school
B. more conflicts with authority figures
C. feelings of self-worth in adulthood
D. more conflicts with parents
136.
In the teen years, _____________
start to replace parents as a source of identification.
A.
teachers
B.
seniors
C.
siblings
D.
peers
137.
According to Erik Erikson, a(n) _____________
adjustment.
is an opportunity for adaptive or maladaptive
A.
identity crisis
B. sensorimotor stage
C. pruning
D. neural migration138.
Arnett calls the phase between adolescence and young adulthood
18-25 years.
A.
____________, which spans the ages
primary adulthood
B.
emerging adulthood
C.
early adulthood
D.
preliminary adulthood
139.Although much brain development has happened by the time of emerging adulthood, the brain continues
to change and grow. The prefrontal cortex continues to develop and fibers there are increasingly
_____________, which facilitates neural communication.
A. rewired
B. migrated
C. myelinated
D. pruned
140.
During their studies in 2009, Aberg and colleagues found positive correlation between
and better cognitive scores.
______________
A. vision
B.
muscular strength
C. size of the anterior lobe
D. cardiovascular fitness
141.Which among the following is the clearest marker of reaching adulthood?
A. Animistic thinking
B. Having a child
C. Symbolic thinking
D.
Graduating
142.
According to Erik Erikson, during one’s 20s, the primary conflict is between
.
___________
A. intimacy and isolation
B. career and family
C. integrity and despair
D. generativity and stagnation143.
Erik Erikson defined
of losing it.
______________
A. pruning
B. rewiring
C. intimacy
D. object permanence
144.
Which are the biggest predictors of hearing loss?
A. Social class and gender
B. Profession and social class
C.
Ethnicity, cultural environment, and gender
as the ability to fuse one’s identity with another’s without the fear
D.
Age, gender and profession
145.According to Jung, individuation is the process by which:
A. a person’s personality becomes whole and full.
B. neurons move from one part of the brain to their more permanent home.
C. unused synapses die off to make the brain more efficient.
D
the individual becomes more self-focused than oriented toward others and does not contribute in a
.
productive way to society or family.
146.
Erik Erikson proposed that in midlife one confronts the crisis between
.
____________
A. career and family
B. intimacy and isolation
C. generativity versus stagnation
D. creativity and conventionality
147.Erik Erikson defined
A. pruning
B. neural migration
C. prenatal programming
D. generativity
_______________
as the creation of new ideas, products, or people.
148.According to Erik Erikson, parenting, starting a business, and creating a work of art are examples of
.
____________
A. neural migration
B. generativity
C. individuation
D. stagnation149.
According to Erik Erikson, stagnation occurs when:
A. the adult becomes more self-focused than oriented toward others.
B. neurons move from one part of the brain to their more permanent home.
C. unused synapses die off to make the brain more efficient.
D. events in the womb alter the development of physical and psychological health.
150.Which of the following is true about late adulthood?
A. Late adulthood begins around age 55.
B.
The numbers of neurons (gray matter) increases in late adulthood.
C. The older brain does not change as rapidly as the younger brain, but it remains dynamic.
D.
The kind of memory involved in processing and maintaining information while making decisions
strengthens in late adulthood.
151.
______________
intelligence involves raw mental ability, pattern recognition, and abstract reasoning and
is applied to a problem that a person has never confronted before.
A. Crystallized
B. Alternative
C. Fluid
D. Amorphous
152.Problems that require finding relationships, understanding implications, and drawing conclusions all
______________
intelligence.
require
A. fluid
B. alternative
C. crystallized
D. amorphous
153.
Knowledge that one has gained from experience and learning, education, and practice, is called
______________
intelligence.
A. amorphous
B. crystallized
C. alternative
D. fluid
154.Which of the following statements is true regarding crystallized intelligence?
A. Crystallized intelligence involves raw mental ability, pattern recognition, and abstract reasoning.
B. Neither culture nor vocabulary influence crystallized intelligence.
C. Typically, crystallized intelligence is applied to a problem that a person has never confronted before.
D. Crystallized intelligence is strengthened in middle adulthood.155.
A.
Nathan’s uncle asks him whether Chihuahua is to dog as flamingo is to bird. Which of the following
statements is true about this scenario?
This is an example of a problem for which Nathan requires crystallized intelligence.
B.
This problem can be answered by Nathan using raw mental ability and abstract reasoning.
C.
Neither culture nor vocabulary influence Nathan’s ability to answer this problem.
D.
Nathan’s ability to answer this problem does not depend on his learning and education.
156.Which of the following is most likely to reduce cognitive decline with aging?
A. Reading in early childhood
B. Sleeping for more than 8 hours every day
C. Exercising
D. Playing a musical instrument
157.One cognitive benefit of aging is
good judgment.
A. fluid intelligence
B. wisdom
C. bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
D. crystallized intelligence
____________, the ability to live well, know what is important, and use
158.
_______________
is an unusual degree of loss in cognitive functions and includes memory problems and
difficulty reasoning, solving problems, making decisions, and using language.
A. Bipolar disorder
B. Cerebral palsy
C. Huntington’s disease
D. Dementia
159.Which of the following is most likely to be a risk factor for dementia?
A. Age
B. Gender
C. Ethnicity
D. Social class
160.Which of the following is true about dementia?
A. Aging is a necessary and sufficient cause of dementia.
B. Neurological conditions such as strokes can lead to dementia among the elderly.
C. Dementia can lead to multiple strokes among the elderly.
D. Pruning in early childhood is a significant cause of dementia in late adulthood.161.When a blood vessel that serves the brain is blocked, the brain tissue served by that vessel
does not receive the oxygen and nutrients it needs, and so the tissue dies. This is referred to as
.
_____________
A. Parkinson’s disease
B. a bipolar disorder
C. a stroke
D. Alzheimer’s disease
162.
________________
is a degenerative disease marked by progressive cognitive decline with symptoms
including confusion, memory loss, mood swings, and eventual loss of physical function.
A.
Down’s syndrome
B. Alzheimer’s disease
C. Schizophrenia
D. Bipolar disorder
163.
_______________
accounts for 60–70 percent of the cases of dementia among the elderly.
A. Bipolar disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Down syndrome
D. Alzheimer’s disease
164.The defining anatomical feature of Alzheimer’s is
A. the presence of bromelain in the brain
B. the absence of synapses in the frontal cortex
C. the presence of patches of dead tissue in the brain
D. the absence of neurons in the posterior cortex
.
____________
165.
Which of the following statements is true about Alzheimer’s disease?
A.
Early-onset of Alzheimer’s affects people younger than 35.
B.
Currently, the only way Alzheimer’s can be diagnosed definitively is by examining brain tissue after
death.
C.
Alzheimer’s accounts for only 10%-20% of the cases of dementia among the elderly.
D.
Alzheimer’s is non-progressive, and hence its fatality level is low.166.
Low levels of the neurotransmitter
Alzheimer’s disease.
________________
inhibit memory formation in people with
A. acetylcholine
B. dopamine
C. serotonin
D. norepinephrine
167.Some evidence suggests that
______________
might offset or even prevent the kind of neural
degeneration seen in Alzheimer’s and other age-related brain disorders.
A. pruning
B. neurogenesis
C. neural migration
D. individuation
168.
According to Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, the conflict of old age is between
.
_________________
A. intimacy and isolation
B. career and family
C. integrity and despair
D. generativity and stagnation
169.
Which of the following statements is true about aerobic exercising?
A.
Such brisk physical activity is usually dangerous to the heart and lungs and can cause death among
adults and aged people.
B.
Research suggests that it can actually make the brain grow.
C.
It fails to meet the body’s increased need for oxygen.
D.
It results in decline in higher mental processing of an individual.170.
According to Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, the core strength of old age is
.
________________
A. emotional intelligence
B. exuberance
C.
lack of fear
D. wisdom
171.
Which of the following is true about integrity in of the context of Erik Erikson’s theory of personality
development?
A.
Integrity is the sense that all of one’s life decisions are coming together.
B. Integrity is being informed and knowledgeable about life.
C. Integrity is the creation of new ideas, products, or people.
D. Integrity is the ability to fuse one’s identity with another’s without the fear of losing it.
172.
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross (1969) detailed the stages people may move through after learning they are going
to die and found their first stage in dealing with the end of life is
.
___________
A. bargaining
B. depression
C. anger
D. denial
173.
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross (1969) detailed the stages people may move through after learning they are going
to die and found their last stage in dealing with the end of life is
.
____________
A. acceptance
B. depression
C. anger
D. denial
174.
_______________
focus on the overall needs of the patient and family members, such as physical
comfort, emotional care, and a dignified death.
A. Hospitals
B. Intensive care units
C. Hospices
D. Diagnostic centers175.
is by far the most popular form of technology used in infancy.
______________
A. Computer
B.
Cellphone
C. Video game
D. Television
176.According to research, video games can
A. enhance mathematical skills in adolescents
B. impair linguistic skills
C. impair motor skills
D. enhance cognitive skills such as visual tracking
.
_____________
177.
According to the research conducted by Vandewater, Shim, & Caplovitz in 2004, heavy amounts of video
gaming–but not TV viewing–are associated with being ______
in children.
A.
overweight
B.
blind
C.
depressed
D.
violent
178.
Beginning at age
_____, children are quite mobile, able to get around, speak in sentences, and have motor
coordination which allows them to draw and write.
A.
1
B.
3
C.
9
D.
12179.Which of the following age groups is most influenced by technology?
A.
Infants
B.
Babies
C. Adolescents
D. Elderly adults
180.
A.
Identify the correct statement about multitasking among teens.
Heavy multitasking teens are able to filter out more irrelevant information than any other age group in
any given situation.
B.
As novice drivers, teens require more attention to complete the tasks of safely operating and navigating
a motor vehicle.
C
. While driving and using a hands-free cell phone, the reaction time and coordination of teens is much
better than someone who is legally drunk.
D.
Light multitaskers are less likely to get distracted while working on problem-solving tasks.
181.
The anterior cingulate will show the strongest activity when
A. talking on cell phones
B.
exposed to violence in video games
.
_____________
C.
engaged in challenging Mensa puzzles
D. texting in the classroom
182.
Which of the following terms can be defined as the willful and repeated harm inflicted through the
medium of electronic text?
A. Cyberbullying
B. Phishing
C. Pruning
D. Brandjacking183.
Most developmental psychologists place
______
A.
middle adulthood
B.
late adulthood
C.
emerging adulthood
D.
early adulthood
between the ages of 40 and 60 or 65.1.
(p. 160)
2.
(p. 161)
3.
(p. 161)
5 Key
Which of the following statements is true about identical twins?
A.
Twins are identical mainly due to dizygotic fertilization.
B.
In the womb, up to 5% of identical twins develop their own placenta.
C.
Identical twins develop from one fertilized egg.
D.
Identical twins turn out to be vastly different from each other in their personalities, intelligence,
illness, and disease histories.
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The
_____________
is the first major organ to form in a developing fetus.
A. heart
B. brain
C. liver
D. kidney
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Topic: Prenatal
During the development of a fetus, the
A. skull
B. liver
C. intestine
D. heart
___________
develops about a week after the brain.
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Topic: Prenatal4.
(p. 161)
5.
(p. 161)
6.
(p. 161)
7.
(p. 161-
162)
8.
(p. 162)
The
____________
A. embryonic
B. fetal
C. germinal
D. cephalocaudal
stage of development begins at conception and lasts for two weeks.
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Topic: Prenatal
When a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting single cell is known as a(n) _________
.
A. zygote
B. fetus
C. blastocyst
D. embryo
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Topic: Prenatal
Which of the following occurs by day seven after conception?
A. The sex of the embryo is determined and appropriate genitalia develop.
B. Major organs like the heart, kidneys, and the brain begin to develop.
C. The sperm attaches itself to the female and egg and forms a zygote.
D. The blastocyst travels down the fallopian tube and attaches to the uterine wall.
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Topic: Prenatal
Which of the following is the correct order of prenatal development—from the earliest stage to the
latest stage?
A. Zygote, germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage
B. Embryonic stage, germinal stage, fetal stage, zygote
C. Germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage, zygote
D. Fetal stage, zygote, germinal stage, embryonic stage
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Topic: Prenatal
___________
The formation of the brain, spinal cord, heart, ears, eyes, and palate takes place in the
stage of development.
A. cephalocaudal
B. fetal
C. embryonic
D. germinal
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Topic: Prenatal9.
(p. 162)
10.
(p. 162)
11.
(p. 162)
12.
(p. 162)
The
___________
A. heart
B. intestine
C. liver
D. central nervous system
takes the longest amount of time to develop.
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Topic: Prenatal
The second stage of prenatal development begins at about two weeks after conception. At this point,
the growing bundle of cells is called a(n) __________
.
A. blastocyst
B. embryo
C. fetus
D. zygote
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Topic: Prenatal
The key event that distinguishes the embryonic stage from the third stage, the fetal stage, is the
formation of the
A. bone cells
B. zygote
C. brain
D. blastocyst
.
___________
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Topic: Prenatal
Bevin and Essien’s obstetrician tells them that their baby has entered the fetal stage. The key event that
distinguishes this stage from the embryonic stage is the development of
___________
in their baby.
A. brain
B. bone cells
C. limbs
D. external genitalia
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Topic: Prenatal13.
(p. 162)
14.
(p. 162)
15.
(p. 162)
Karen has been using her stethoscope for many days to listen to her fetus’ heartbeat. Today, for the
first time, she detected her fetus’ heart beat. Karen must be at least
_____________
weeks pregnant.
A. two
B. five
C. six
D. eight
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Topic: Prenatal
Find the correct statement about the embryonic stage:
A.
It begins immediately after the zygote divides.
B.
It begins when the fertilized egg is a single-celled zygote.
C.
It starts at the moment of implantation.
D.
It is marked by the formation of the major organs.
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Topic: Prenatal
In which of the following stages of prenatal development does the formation of arms and legs occur?
A. Germinal stage
B. Embryonic stage
C. Fetal stage
D. Blastocyst stage
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Topic: Prenatal16.
(p. 162)
17.
(p. 162)
18.
(p. 162)
19.
(p. 162)
20.
(p. 162)
The
______________
A. germinal
B. embryonic
C. fetal
D. blastocyst
stage of prenatal development begins 8 weeks after conception.
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Topic: Prenatal
Between 8 and 12 weeks into development, ____________
.
A. the heartbeat of the fetus can be detected with a stethoscope
B. the vision of the fetus is fully developed
C. the neurons connecting the ear to the brain of the fetus are completely developed
D. the taste buds of a fetus are completely developed
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Topic: Prenatal
A baby begins to move its limbs in the
A. germinal
B. embryonic
C. fetal
D. blastocyst
____________
stage of development.
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Topic: Prenatal
Becky, who is pregnant, will most likely feel the fetus moving for the first time at about
____________
after conception.
A. one to two months
B. two to three months
C. four to six months
D. seven to eight months
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Topic: Prenatal
Tevy and Gellert are convinced that their baby will be able to recognize their voices and familiar
songs at birth if they begin singing and talking to their baby before it is born. At which stage of
prenatal development should Tevy and Gellert expect their baby to be able to respond to these sounds?
A. Blastocyst stage
B. Embryonic stage
C. Fetal stage
D. Zygote stage
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Topic: Prenatal21.
(p. 162)
22.
(p. 164)
23.
(p. 162)
24.
(p. 162)
25.
(p. 164)
A fetus begins to respond to sound around
_____________
A. 8
B. 12
C. 18
D. 26
weeks after conception.
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Topic: Prenatal
By 13 to 15 weeks after conception, ___________
.
A. the head of the fetus has grown to 70% of its adult weight
B. the vision of the fetus is fully developed
C. the neurons connecting the ear to the brain are complete
D. the taste buds of a fetus look very much like an adult’s
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Topic: Prenatal
Which of the following fetal reactions indicates attention, interest, or orienting response on the part of
the fetus?
A. Increased rate of neuron development
B. Slowed heart rate
C. Turning over of the fetus
D. Greater frequency of kicking
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Topic: Prenatal
Which of the following reactions displayed by a fetus indicates fear or distress?
A.
Decreased blood pressure
B. Increased rate of pruning
C. Increased heart rate
D. Increased rate of neuron development
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Topic: Prenatal
Babies born prematurely—who would otherwise still be developing in the womb—prefer
flavors to other flavors.
______________
A. sweet
B. salty
C. sour
D. bitter
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Feist – Chapter 05 #25
Topic: Prenatal26.
(p. 165)
27.
(p. 165)
28.
(p. 165)
29.
(p. 165)
30.
(p. 165)
The sense that is least well developed in the fetus is
.
___________
A. taste
B. vision
C. hearing
D. touch
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Feist – Chapter 05 #26
Topic: Prenatal
Which of the following statements is true regarding fetal vision?
A. Vision gets fully developed during the germinal stage.
B. By 13 to 15 weeks after conception, the vision of the fetus is very much like that of an adult.
C. At birth, infants are far-sighted.
D. Fetuses do not open their eyes when in the womb.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #27
Topic: Prenatal
Infants cannot see as well as adults until they are at least
___________
A. two
B. four
C. six
D. eight
months old.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #28
Topic: Prenatal
A teratogen is:
A. a brain region responsible for the ability to speak.
B.
any substance that disrupts normal prenatal development.
C. a weak brain synapse that disappears at around age six.
D. a vital nutrient that helps a fetus develop properly.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #29
Topic: Prenatal
Which of the following is true about pregnancy sickness?
A. The body has its own built-in toxin detector called pregnancy sickness.
B. Pregnancy sickness is worst during the second trimester of pregnancy.
C. Foods such as cheese and mushrooms help reduce pregnancy sickness.
D. Pregnancy sickness is also known as “evening sickness.
“
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Topic: Prenatal31.
(p. 165)
32.
(p. 165)
33.
(p. 165)
34.
(p. 166)
can be defined as the process by which events in the womb alter the development of
____________
physical and psychological health.
A. Prenatal programming
B. Neuron migration
C. Pruning
D. Generativity
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Feist – Chapter 05 #31
Topic: Prenatal
Pregnancy sickness occurs most commonly with exposure to foods susceptible to molds and to
substances.
____________
A. sweet
B. spicy
C. salty
D. bitter
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Feist – Chapter 05 #32
Topic: Prenatal
Epigenetics is the study of how
.
____________
A. a genetic disorder is passed on to sons but not to daughters
B. an individual gets affected by a recessive disorder
C. a dominant gene becomes resistant to change
D. the environment affects gene expression
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Feist – Chapter 05 #33
Topic: Prenatal
If a mother contracts an infection, such as flu, at four to six months of pregnancy, this can increase the
chance that the child will develop _____________
later in life.
A. schizophrenia
B. Huntington’s disease
C. anorexia nervosa
D. anemia
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Topic: Prenatal35.
(p. 166)
36.
(p. 166)
37.
(p. 166)
38.
(p. 166)
Which of the following is true regarding alcohol consumption of the mother during pregnancy?
A. 1 to 2 drinks per day is known as a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
B.
A maximum of 4 drinks per month is known as a safe level of alcohol consumption during
pregnancy.
C. 1 drink on an occasional basis is known as a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
D. There is no known safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #35
Topic: Environmental Influences on Fetal Development
Which of the following is most likely to cause mental retardation, low birth weight, and behavioral
problems to a developing baby?
A. Anorexia nervosa
B. Diarrhea
C. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
D. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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Feist – Chapter 05 #36
Topic: Prenatal
Which of the following is most likely to increase the risk of stillbirth?
A. Prescription drugs taken during pregnancy
B. Nicotine exposure from maternal smoking
C. Lack of vitamin B12 and folic acid in the mother’s diet
D. Developing an infection during pregnancy
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Feist – Chapter 05 #37
Topic: Prenatal
are more likely to have infants who are temperamentally “difficult”
Mothers who
_______________
and “fussy.
“
A. are depressed or anxious
B. develop infections such as the flu towards the end of their pregnancy
C. consume less than the required amount of folic acid
D. develop gestational diabetes
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Feist – Chapter 05 #38
Topic: Prenatal39.
(p. 167)
40.
(p. 168)
41.
(p. 168-
169)
A pediatrician is assessing nine-month-old Chiara’s motor development, which involves observing
changes in Chiara’s
.
_____________
A.
physical movement and body control
B.
emotional relationships with her parents and siblings
C.
peer relationships and status
D.
ability to see clearly and to recognize numbers
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Feist – Chapter 05 #39
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
By ____________
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. six
months, many babies can sit by themselves, without any help.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #40
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Which of the following senses develops to a greater extent after birth as compared to the fetal stage?
A. Vision
B. Hearing
C. Taste
D. Smell
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Feist – Chapter 05 #41
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy42.
(p. 168)
43.
(p. 168)
44.
(p. 169)
45.
(p. 169)
Which of the following senses is almost fully developed at birth?
A. Vision
B. Hearing
C. Touch
D. Smell
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Feist – Chapter 05 #42
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
By age
A. 1 or 2
B. 3 or 4
C. 5 or 6
D. 8 or 9
____________, a child’s vision becomes similar to an adult’s.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #43
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Gibson and Walk’s classic visual cliff experiment on infants was designed to assess infants’
.
____________
A. brain-to-eye size ratio
B. ability to recognize faces
C. ability to detect colors
D. depth perception
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Feist – Chapter 05 #44
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
With learning and experience certain synaptic connections become stronger, whereas those that do not
receive stimulation from the environment die off. This process is known as
.
___________
A. cognitive programming
B. pruning
C. rewiring
D. enriching
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Feist – Chapter 05 #45
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy46.
(p. 170)
47.
(p. 170)
48.
(p. 170)
Which of the following is true of human brain development?
A. It is complete during the embryonic stage.
B. It is complete during the fetal stage.
C. It is complete at birth.
D. It continues after birth.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #46
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Which of the following statements is true about pruning?
A.
Problems with neural pruning may result in neurological disorders, such as autism or
schizophrenia.
B.
Pruning is usually independent of the quality of the environment in which the brain develops.
C.
Neural pruning results in the huge increase in the number of neurons and stimulates the unused
neurons.
D.
Normal and enriched environments create less developed neural connections.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #47
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Gray matter is a measure of the number of
A. axons
B. myelins
C. neurons
D. lobes
.
___________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #48
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy49.
(p. 170)
50.
(p. 170)
51.
(p. 171)
52.
(p. 171)
53.
(p. 172)
Which of the following statements is true regarding gray matter?
A.
Increase in gray matter volume suggest pruning.
B. Gray matter starts to decline in adolescence.
C. Gray matter continues to grow into one’s 40s.
D. Gray matter consists of axons and myelin.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #49
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Which of the following statements is true regarding white matter?
A. White matter is made up of the axons and myelin.
B. White matter starts to decline in adolescence.
C. Development of white matter is completed in the embryonic stage.
D. White matter is a measure of the number of neurons.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #50
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Young brains are more flexible because they have less
A. gray matter
B. number of neurons
C. number of axons
D. myelin
.
__________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #51
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Which of the following terms refers to the fatty insulation that makes nerve impulses travel faster?
A. Plasmalogen
B. Cephalin
C. Myelin sheath
D. Choline
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Feist – Chapter 05 #52
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
As compared to nonmusicians, musicians have
A. larger cerebellums
B. fewer neurons
C. thinner corpus callosum
D. more white matter
_________
.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #53
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy54.
(p. 172)
55.
(p. 172)
56.
(p. 173)
As compared to musicians, nonmusicians have
A. larger cerebellums
B. more neurons
C. thinner corpus callosum
D. fewer synapses
.
___________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #54
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Which of the following is true of the effects of musical training?
A.
It reduces neural activity in the hippocampus.
B.
Neuroplastic effects of musical training last well into adulthood.
C.
The earlier the musical training begins, the lesser is the degree of activation of the left-auditory
cortex.
D.
It has always caused brain growth.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #55
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Jean Piaget pioneered theories in
A. emotional
B. cognitive
C. language
D. moral
____________
development.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #56
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy57.
(p. 174)
58.
(p. 174)
59.
(p. 174)
Which of the following is the correct order of the stages of Piaget’s principles of cognitive
development, from earliest to latest?
A. Preoperational, sensorimotor, formal operational, concrete operational
B. Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
C. Preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor
D. Sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational
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Feist – Chapter 05 #57
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Eniko is currently 8 months old. According to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, she is in the
______
stage of cognitive development.
A.
sensorimotor
B.
preoperational
C.
concrete operational
D.
formal operational
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Feist – Chapter 05 #58
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
stage of
According to Piaget, mastering object permanence is the hallmark of the
cognitive development.
A. concrete operational
B. formal operational
C. sensorimotor
D. preoperational
___________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #59
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy60.
(p. 174)
61.
(p. 174)
62.
(p. 174)
63.
(p. 175)
When a child recognizes that objects continue to exist, even when they are no longer in sight, they
have mastered the concept that Piaget referred to as:
A. object permanence.
B.
object conservation.
C. pruning.
D. reversibility.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #60
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
In which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development does object permanence develop?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Preoperational
C. Concrete operational
D. Formal operational
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Feist – Chapter 05 #61
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
During playtime, Jamal’s mother hid his toy under a blanket. Jamal, who is 9 months old, reacted to
this by looking for his toy under the blanket. According to Piaget, Jack has developed
___________
.
A. seriation
B. transduction
C. object permanence
D. hypothetico-deductive reasoning
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Feist – Chapter 05 #62
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Which of the following is true of Piaget’s preoperational stage of cognitive development?
A.
Object permanence begins to develop during this stage.
B.
Lack of conservation is one of the features of this stage.
C. Children gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems during this stage.
D. This stage is marked by the development of the ability to reflect upon one’s thinking.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #63
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy64.
(p. 175)
65.
(p. 175)
66.
(p. 175)
67.
(p. 175)
According to Piaget, animistic thinking is a characteristic of the
development.
A. sensorimotor
B. formal operational
C. concrete operational
D. preoperational
___________
stage of cognitive
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Feist – Chapter 05 #64
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
stage of cognitive development at around
According to Piaget, children move into the
____________
age 2 and this period lasts until about age 5 or 6.
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operational
D. formal operational
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Feist – Chapter 05 #65
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Entrance into Piaget’s preoperational stage of development is marked by ____________
.
A. emergence of symbolic thought
B. development of abstract reasoning
C. an understanding of conservation
D. the ability to reason scientifically
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Feist – Chapter 05 #66
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
According to Piaget, egocentrism is a characteristic of the
development.
A. sensorimotor
B. formal operational
C. concrete operational
D. preoperational
_____________
stage of cognitive
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Feist – Chapter 05 #67
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy68.
(p. 175)
69.
(p. 175)
70.
(p. 175-
177)
71.
(p. 175)
With reference to the stages of cognitive development introduced by Piaget, which of the following
statements is true regarding the preoperational stage?
A. During this stage children develop scientific reasoning and hypothesis-testing skills.
B. This stage is characterized my mastering object permanence.
C.
Typically, children between the ages of 6 months to 1 year are in this stage.
D. During this stage children cannot recognize that amounts stay the same when shapes change.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #68
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Piaget and Inhelder (1967) designed the ‘three mountains task’ to measure young children’s
.
______________
A. individuation
B. object permanence
C. egocentrism
D. animistic thinking
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Feist – Chapter 05 #69
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
When asked where the sun goes at night, 4-year-old Kiet explains to his dad that it goes to sleep. Later
that day, Kiet gets upset because he believes his sister’s glass contains more juice than his glass. Both
glasses actually contain the same amount of juice, but Kiet is confused because of the tall and thin
shape of his sister’s glass. From these instances, we can say that Kiet is in the
____________
stage of
Piaget’s cognitive development.
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. concrete operations
D. formal operations
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Feist – Chapter 05 #70
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Four-year-old Edana thinks it is raining because the clouds are sad and crying. According to Jean
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, Edana is demonstrating ____________
in this scenario.
A. matter conservation
B. animistic thinking
C. egocentrism
D. social referencing
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Feist – Chapter 05 #71
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy72.
(p. 175)
73.
(p. 175)
74.
(p. 176)
Which of the following is an example of animistic thinking?
A.
A child believes that a tree is smiling and waving its limbs.
B.
A child is unable to distinguish between the names of two animals.
C.
A child cannot recognize that quantities remain the same even when shapes change.
D.
A child realizes that objects still exist even when they are not being sensed.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #72
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
is the tendency to view the world from one’s own perspective and not see things from
_____________
another person’s perspective.
A. Egocentrism
B. Object permanence
C. Animistic thinking
D. Pruning
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Feist – Chapter 05 #73
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
____________
is the ability to recognize that when some properties (such as shape) of an object
change, other properties (such as mass) remain constant.
A. Egocentrism
B. Object permanence
C. Animistic thinking
D. Conservation
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Feist – Chapter 05 #74
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy75.
(p. 176-
177)
76.
(p. 177)
77.
(p. 177)
78.
(p. 177)
Three-year-old Devesh gets upset because he believes his sister’s glass has more juice than his glass
does. Both of them have the same amounts of juice but Devesh is confused because of the difference
in the shape of their juice glasses. According to Piaget, this would be an example of Devesh’s:
A. egocentrism.
B. animistic thinking.
C. lack of conservation.
D. lack of understanding of object permanence.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #75
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
According to the Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, children between the age of 6 to 11 are in
the
______________
A. preoperational
B. formal operational
C. concrete operational
D. sensorimotor
stage.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #76
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
During Piaget’s third stage of cognitive development, called the concrete operational stage (ages 6-
11), children
.
____________
A. gain the ability to systematically solve problems without resorting to trial and error
B. gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems
C.
develop the ability to perform mental operations on real, or concrete, objects and events
D. develop the ability to realize that objects still exist when they are not being sensed
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Feist – Chapter 05 #77
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
stage of
According to Piaget, children acquire the ability to conserve during the
cognitive development.
A. sensorimotor
B. concrete operational
C. preoperational
D. formal operational
___________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #78
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy79.
(p. 177)
80.
(p. 177)
81.
(p. 177)
According to Piaget, in the
a child can directly observe.
______________
stage of cognitive development, logic is limited to what
A. sensorimotor
B. formal operational
C. preoperational
D. concrete operational
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Feist – Chapter 05 #79
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Which of the following statements is true regarding the concrete operational stage of Piaget’s theory of
cognitive development?
A. Typically, children between ages 2 and 4 are in this stage.
B.
During this stage, logic remains concrete and limited to objects that a child directly observes.
C.
According to Piaget, this is the last stage of cognitive development.
D.
During this stage, children learn the concept of object permanence.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #80
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Which of the following statements is true regarding the formal operational stage of Piaget’s theory of
cognitive development?
A.
During this stage formal logic becomes possible.
B. This is the second stage of cognitive development.
C.
Typically, children between the ages of 2 to 4 years are in this stage.
D. During this stage children learn the concept of object permanence.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #81
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy82.
(p. 177)
83.
(p. 177)
84.
(p. 178)
In which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development does abstract and scientific reasoning
develop?
A. Formal operational
B. Preoperational
C. Concrete operational
D. Sensorimotor
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Feist – Chapter 05 #82
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Twelve-year-old Allen argues that,
“If Shamus is a man, and all men are mortal, then Shamus is
mortal.
” Based on the information given in this statement, which of the following is most likely to be
true about Allen?
A.
Allen is in the concrete operational stage of development of Piaget’s theory of cognitive
development.
B.
In this stage, Allen’s logic remains concrete and limited to objects that he directly observes.
C.
Allen is in the formal operational stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.
D
. Allen can perform mental operations—on real, or concrete, objects and events—but still has trouble
with abstract ideas and reasoning.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #83
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
The term
______________
A. cognitive programming
B. pruning
C. theory of mind
D. animistic thinking
refers to our knowledge and ideas of how other people’s minds work.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #84
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy85.
(p. 178)
86.
(p. 178-
179)
87.
(p. 178)
88.
(p. 180)
Psychologists created the false-belief task to determine when children develop ___________
.
A. egocentrism
B. animistic thinking
C. object permanence
D. theory of mind
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Feist – Chapter 05 #85
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Quinn, who is in pre-school, was the only child to see the teacher take crackers out of the cracker box
and fill the box with potato chips instead. When asked what the other children will expect to find in
the cracker box, Quinn says “potato chips.
” This response is evidence that Quinn lacks:
A. object permanence.
B. conservation.
C. theory of mind.
D. egocentrism.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #86
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Kohlberg (1981) developed the “Heinz Dilemma” to assess
A. the development of moral reasoning in children
B. the physical development of children less than 5 years of age
C. the cognitive ability of children
D. the development of linguistic ability in children
.
___________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #87
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
According to the theory of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg, ____________
developed level of moral reasoning.
level is the least
A. concrete operational
B.
preconventional
C. formal operational
D.
postconventional
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Feist – Chapter 05 #88
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy89.
(p. 180)
90.
(p. 180)
91.
(p. 180)
Johnny says he will not drive above the speed limit simply because he does not want to pay the cost
of a speeding ticket. Based on this information, it can be concluded that Johnny is operating at the
_____________
stage of Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning.
A. sensorimotor
B.
preconventional
C. concrete operational
D. preoperational
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Feist – Chapter 05 #89
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
According to Kohlberg, how would a child whose thought is at the conventional level of moral
reasoning respond to the Heinz dilemma?
A.
B.
C.
“Heinz should steal the drug! Who cares?”
“Heinz should not steal the drug because he will be caught and sent to jail.
“
“Heinz should steal the drug and not worry about punishment because it is the right thing to do.
“
D.
“Heinz should not steal the drug, because stealing is wrong.
“
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Feist – Chapter 05 #90
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
When Cathy was asked to respond to the Heinz dilemma developed by Kohlberg, she said,
“Although
it is legally wrong, Heinz should steal the drug to save his wife’s life. But he also has to be willing
to suffer the consequences and go to jail if need be.
” According to the theory of moral reasoning
developed by Kohlberg, Cathy is at the
_______________
stage of moral development.
A.
postconventional
B.
preconventional
C. concrete operational
D.
preoperational
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Feist – Chapter 05 #91
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy92.
(p. 180)
93.
(p. 180)
According to Kohlberg, a person who is at the
______________
level of moral development
acknowledges both the norm and the law, but argues that there are universal moral rules that may
trump unjust or immoral local rules.
A. concrete operational
B.
preconventional
C. functional operational
D.
postconventional
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Feist – Chapter 05 #92
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
According to Kohlberg, postconventional moral reasoning is based on:
A.
avoidance of punishments.
B.
the social consequences of an action.
C. universal moral principles.
D.
individual moral temperaments.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #93
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy94.
(p. 180)
A.
Functional operational level
B.
Postconventional level
C.
Preoperational level
D.
Conventional level
95.
(p. 181)
Which of the following is the level of moral reasoning which, as proposed by Kohlberg, appears to be
limited to Western cultures?
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Feist – Chapter 05 #94
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
According to the model of temperament developed by Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess,
the
________________
child is predictable in daily functions, is happy most of the time, and is
adaptable.
A. difficult
B. conventional
C. slow-to-warm-up
D. easy
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Feist – Chapter 05 #95
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy96.
(p. 181)
97.
(p. 181)
98.
(p. 181)
According to the model of temperament developed by Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess, which of
the following statements is true regarding the difficult child?
A.
The difficult child is slow to adapt to new situations.
B.
The difficult child is happy most of the time.
C.
The difficult child is predictable in daily functions
D.
The difficult child is mildly irregular in the daily patterns of eating, sleeping, and eliminating.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #96
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
According to the model of temperament developed by Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess, the
_____________
child is mildly intense in his or her reactions to new situations and mildly irregular in
the daily patterns of eating, sleeping, and eliminating.
A. difficult
B. conventional
C. slow-to-warm-up
D. easy
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Feist – Chapter 05 #97
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Some animals, especially birds, follow and imitate the first large creature they see immediately after
birth. This behavior is called
.
____________
A. pruning
B. imprinting
C. animistic thinking
D. egocentrism
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Feist – Chapter 05 #98
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy99.
(p. 181)
100.
(p. 181)
101.
(p. 182)
In human development, ______________
refers to the strong emotional connection that develops
early in life to keep infants close to their caregivers.
A. cognition
B. imprinting
C. attachment
D. sublimation
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Feist – Chapter 05 #99
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Nine-month-old Terrell is screaming and crying because his mother has dropped him off at the day
care. He displays this distress each time she leaves him. Terrell is likely experiencing _____
.
A.
preoperational thinking
B.
secure attachment
C.
object permanence
D.
separation anxiety
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Feist – Chapter 05 #100
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Mary Ainsworth studied infant attachment with a procedure known as the
.
____________
A. prison study
B. obedience experiment
C. strange situation
D. line judgment task
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Feist – Chapter 05 #101
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy102.
(p. 182)
103.
(p. 182)
104.
(p. 183)
According to the strange situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, ______________
infants often show little to no distress in separation episodes, and when the mother returns, the infants
tend to ignore and avoid her, focusing instead on something else in the room.
A. insecure-resistant
B. insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-disoriented
D. insecure-disorganized
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Feist – Chapter 05 #102
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
With reference to the strange situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, ________________
infants cannot be comforted by the mother on reunion and show difficulty in returning to play.
A. insecure-resistant
B. insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-disorganized
D. insecure-disoriented
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Feist – Chapter 05 #103
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
With reference to the strange situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, ______________
infants show odd, conflicted behaviors in the strange situation.
A. insecure-resistant
B. insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-disoriented
D. insecure-attached
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Feist – Chapter 05 #104
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy105.
(p. 183)
106.
(p. 183)
107.
(p. 184)
108.
(p. 184)
With reference to the strange situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, the
_____________
classification is considered the most insecure because the infant’s fear of their attachment figure
inhibits the development of a strategy for effective regulation of stress.
A. insecure-attached
B. insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-resistant
D. insecure-disorganized
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Feist – Chapter 05 #105
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Harry Harlow said that
_____________
is as essential a function of nursing in humans as is nutrition.
A. contact
B. protection
C. attention
D. training
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Feist – Chapter 05 #106
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Tiffany Field and her colleagues (1986) conducted an experiment to determine whether regular touch
might help tiny premature infants. During the experiment she found that the babies who received
touch therapy _____________
than those who did not.
A. cried less
B. gained significantly more weight
C. slept significantly more
D. fell ill more frequently
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Feist – Chapter 05 #107
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
is a movement disorder caused by brain damage at birth.
_______________
A. Schizophrenia
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Cerebral palsy
D. Osteoporosis
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Feist – Chapter 05 #108
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy109.
(p. 185)
110.
(p. 185)
111.
(p. 186)
112.
(p. 187)
By the age of
A. 2 years
B. 3 months
C. 1 year
D. 7 months
______________, babies can discriminate between fearful and happy faces.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #109
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Nine-year-old Jen has learnt to control her tears when she is in a social gathering. She also knows
when it is appropriate to smile in public. Based on this information, it can be said that Jen has
.
_____________
A. developed social referencing
B. achieved object permanence
C.
developed emotional competence
D. mastered animistic thinking
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Feist – Chapter 05 #110
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Children begin to interact socially during play at about age
____________
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #111
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
In an experiment conducted by Gjerde & Cardilla in 2009, children were assessed at age 3 and 4
on the dimension of openness to new experiences. Then the same children were assessed again at
ages 18 and 23. The study indicated that the open and imaginative young girls tended to become
_____________ young women.
A. self-assured and flexible
B. highly career oriented
C. anxious and self-doubting
D. emotionally sterile and calculating
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Feist – Chapter 05 #112
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy113.
(p. 187)
114.
(p. 187)
115.
(p. 187)
116.
(p. 188)
In an experiment conducted by Gjerde & Cardilla in 2009, children were assessed at age 3 and 4
on the dimension of openness to new experiences. Then the same children were assessed again at
ages 18 and 23. The study indicated that the open and imaginative young boys tended to become
______________ young adults.
A. self-doubting
B. extremely emotional
C. anxious
D. self-assured and flexible
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Feist – Chapter 05 #113
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
One longitudinal study evaluated 1,000 New Zealand children over an 18-year period to try to
understand what childhood temperament predicts about adult personality and behavior. Eighteen years
after the initial assessment, the individuals whose parents had classified them as undercontrolled at
age 3 were likely to
.
_____________
A. be nonassertive and over anxious
B. engage in thrill-seeking behaviors
C. suffer from prolonged depression
D. attempt suicide
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Feist – Chapter 05 #114
Topic: Childhood
Topic: Infancy
Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and early adulthood, beginning at about age
11 or 12 and lasting until around age
.
_____________
A. 15
B. 18
C. 22
D. 25
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Feist – Chapter 05 #115
Topic: Adolescence
The
A. parathyroid
B.
__________________ glands are also called gonads.
adrenaline
C. sex
D. alveolar
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Feist – Chapter 05 #116
Topic: Adolescence117.
(p. 188)
118.
(p. 188)
119.
(p. 188)
120.
(p. 188)
121.
(p. 188)
On average, girls reach puberty at about age
.
______________
A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15
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Feist – Chapter 05 #117
Topic: Adolescence
On average, boys reach puberty at about age
.
______________
A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15
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Feist – Chapter 05 #118
Topic: Adolescence
Which of the following glands sends hormonal signals to the sex glands, telling them to mature?
A. Parathyroid
B.
Adrenaline
C. Alveolar
D. Pituitary
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Feist – Chapter 05 #119
Topic: Adolescence
The female gonads are called
A. vagina
B. fallopian tubes
C. ovaries
D. uteri
.
_____________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #120
Topic: Adolescence
The male gonads are called
A. testes
B. thymus
C. penises
D. adrenals
.
______________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #121
Topic: Adolescence122.
(p. 188)
123.
(p. 188)
124.
(p. 188)
125.
(p. 188)
Lee, who is thirteen, is experiencing new growth of facial and pubic hair, a deepening of his
voice, and a widening of his shoulders. Which of the following hormones is responsible for these
developments?
A. Leptin
B. Estrogen
C. Testosterone
D. Oxytocin
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Feist – Chapter 05 #122
Topic: Adolescence
is the sex hormone that initiates the growth of breasts, widening of hips, and increase
____________
in body fat in girls.
A. Testosterone
B. Estradiol
C. Leptin
D. Oxytocin
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Feist – Chapter 05 #123
Topic: Adolescence
marks the beginning of adolescence.
_____________
A. Symbolic thinking
B. Puberty
C. Animistic thinking
D. Egocentrism
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Feist – Chapter 05 #124
Topic: Adolescence
Which of the following is a primary problem of adolescence?
A.
In boys, the event that signals readiness to reproduce is menarche.
B. Boys are not able to engage in scientific reasoning and hypothesis testing.
C. In boys and girls, the body is ready for parenthood far earlier than the mind is.
D. Boys and girls do not gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #125
Topic: Adolescence126.
(p. 189)
127.
(p. 189)
128.
(p. 189)
129.
(p. 189)
The
_____________
late adolescence or early adulthood.
A. abducens nuclei
B. medulla oblongata
C. globose nuclei
D. frontal lobes
are the last areas of the brain to fully develop, and they continue to mature until
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Feist – Chapter 05 #126
Topic: Adolescence
Which of the following occurs after the frontal lobes have developed more fully?
A. Animistic thinking increases.
B. Heart rate decreases.
C. Scientific thinking becomes possible.
D. The possibility of developing anorexia nervosa increases.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #127
Topic: Adolescence
Which of the following statements is true about brain development during adolescence?
A.
Brain development starts in adolescence, with the frontal lobes being the first part of the brain to
develop.
B.
The brain develops more myelin around the axons as well as more neural connections.
C.
Animistic thinking begins during adolescence.
D.
Egocentrism is the hallmark of brain development in adolescence.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #128
Topic: Adolescence
during the period from childhood to adolescence.
Myelination proceeds from the
_____________
A. bottom of the brain to the top
B. top of the brain to the bottom
C.
frontal lobes to the back of the brain
D. back of the brain to the frontal lobes
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Feist – Chapter 05 #129
Topic: Adolescence130.
(p. 189)
131.
(p. 189)
132.
(p. 190)
133.
(p. 190)
Which of the following statements is true regarding myelination?
A. The process of myelination is complete before the age of 10.
B. Myelination proceeds from the front of the brain to the back.
C. The rate and locations of myelination differs between boys and girls.
D. In boys, the increased white matter organization occurs in the right hemisphere.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #130
Topic: Adolescence
Synaptic pruning refers to the process during which:
A. the rarely used synapses die off to make the brain more efficient.
B. children develop egocentrism.
C. the size of the frontal lobe increases.
D. new synapses are formed in order to accommodate newer knowledge and scientific thought.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #131
Topic: Adolescence
Philip Shaw and colleagues in 2006 demonstrated that the brains of highly intelligent children, as
compared to the brains of children with average intelligence, have a
.
_____________
A. thicker frontal cortex at age seven
B. thinner cortex at age nine
C.
thicker frontal cortex at midadolescence
D. thinner cortex at age nineteen
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Feist – Chapter 05 #132
Topic: Adolescence
During complex and demanding tasks, teens
________________
.
A. distribute the workload evenly throughout the brain
B. overload their frontal lobes
C. distribute the workload evenly between abducens nucleus and globose nucleus
D. overload their flocculonodular lobe
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Feist – Chapter 05 #133
Topic: Adolescence134.
(p. 191)
135.
(p. 191)
136.
(p. 191)
With the onset of puberty and adolescence, children begin to focus on
A. egocentrism
B. developing their animistic thinking
C. the questions of who they are
D. motor skills
.
____________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #134
Topic: Adolescence
Having close, intimate friends during adolescence is more likely to be associated with
.
_____________
A. poorer performance in school
B. more conflicts with authority figures
C. feelings of self-worth in adulthood
D. more conflicts with parents
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Feist – Chapter 05 #135
Topic: Adolescence
In the teen years, _____________
start to replace parents as a source of identification.
A.
teachers
B.
seniors
C.
siblings
D.
peers
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Feist – Chapter 05 #136
Topic: Adolescence137.
(p. 192)
138.
(p. 193)
139.
(p. 194)
According to Erik Erikson, a(n) _____________
adjustment.
is an opportunity for adaptive or maladaptive
A.
identity crisis
B. sensorimotor stage
C. pruning
D. neural migration
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Feist – Chapter 05 #137
Topic: Adolescence
Arnett calls the phase between adolescence and young adulthood
ages 18-25 years.
____________, which spans the
A.
primary adulthood
B.
emerging adulthood
C.
early adulthood
D.
preliminary adulthood
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Feist – Chapter 05 #138
Topic: Adulthood
Although much brain development has happened by the time of emerging adulthood, the brain
continues to change and grow. The prefrontal cortex continues to develop and fibers there are
increasingly _____________, which facilitates neural communication.
A. rewired
B. migrated
C. myelinated
D. pruned
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Feist – Chapter 05 #139
Topic: Adulthood140.
(p. 195)
141.
(p. 198)
142.
(p. 197)
143.
(p. 197)
During their studies in 2009, Aberg and colleagues found positive correlation between
______________
and better cognitive scores.
A. vision
B.
muscular strength
C. size of the anterior lobe
D. cardiovascular fitness
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Feist – Chapter 05 #140
Topic: Adulthood
Which among the following is the clearest marker of reaching adulthood?
A. Animistic thinking
B. Having a child
C. Symbolic thinking
D.
Graduating
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Feist – Chapter 05 #141
Topic: Adulthood
According to Erik Erikson, during one’s 20s, the primary conflict is between
___________
.
A. intimacy and isolation
B. career and family
C. integrity and despair
D. generativity and stagnation
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Feist – Chapter 05 #142
Topic: Adulthood
Erik Erikson defined
fear of losing it.
______________
as the ability to fuse one’s identity with another’s without the
A. pruning
B. rewiring
C. intimacy
D. object permanence
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Feist – Chapter 05 #143
Topic: Adulthood144.
(p. 197)
145.
(p. 198)
146.
(p. 198)
147.
(p. 198)
Which are the biggest predictors of hearing loss?
A. Social class and gender
B. Profession and social class
C.
Ethnicity, cultural environment, and gender
D.
Age, gender and profession
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Feist – Chapter 05 #144
Topic: Adulthood
According to Jung, individuation is the process by which:
A. a person’s personality becomes whole and full.
B. neurons move from one part of the brain to their more permanent home.
C. unused synapses die off to make the brain more efficient.
D
the individual becomes more self-focused than oriented toward others and does not contribute in a
.
productive way to society or family.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #145
Topic: Adulthood
Erik Erikson proposed that in midlife one confronts the crisis between
____________
.
A. career and family
B. intimacy and isolation
C. generativity versus stagnation
D. creativity and conventionality
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Feist – Chapter 05 #146
Topic: Adulthood
_______________
as the creation of new ideas, products, or people.
Erik Erikson defined
A. pruning
B. neural migration
C. prenatal programming
D. generativity
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Feist – Chapter 05 #147
Topic: Adulthood148.
(p. 198)
149.
(p. 198)
150.
(p. 198)
151.
(p. 199)
According to Erik Erikson, parenting, starting a business, and creating a work of art are examples of
.
____________
A. neural migration
B. generativity
C. individuation
D. stagnation
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Feist – Chapter 05 #148
Topic: Adulthood
According to Erik Erikson, stagnation occurs when:
A. the adult becomes more self-focused than oriented toward others.
B. neurons move from one part of the brain to their more permanent home.
C. unused synapses die off to make the brain more efficient.
D. events in the womb alter the development of physical and psychological health.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #149
Topic: Adulthood
Which of the following is true about late adulthood?
A. Late adulthood begins around age 55.
B.
The numbers of neurons (gray matter) increases in late adulthood.
C. The older brain does not change as rapidly as the younger brain, but it remains dynamic.
D.
The kind of memory involved in processing and maintaining information while making decisions
strengthens in late adulthood.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #150
Topic: Adulthood
______________
intelligence involves raw mental ability, pattern recognition, and abstract reasoning
and is applied to a problem that a person has never confronted before.
A. Crystallized
B. Alternative
C. Fluid
D. Amorphous
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Feist – Chapter 05 #151
Topic: Adulthood152.
(p. 199)
153.
(p. 198)
154.
(p. 198)
Problems that require finding relationships, understanding implications, and drawing conclusions all
______________
intelligence.
require
A. fluid
B. alternative
C. crystallized
D. amorphous
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Feist – Chapter 05 #152
Topic: Adulthood
Knowledge that one has gained from experience and learning, education, and practice, is called
______________
intelligence.
A. amorphous
B. crystallized
C. alternative
D. fluid
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Feist – Chapter 05 #153
Topic: Adulthood
Which of the following statements is true regarding crystallized intelligence?
A. Crystallized intelligence involves raw mental ability, pattern recognition, and abstract reasoning.
B. Neither culture nor vocabulary influence crystallized intelligence.
C. Typically, crystallized intelligence is applied to a problem that a person has never confronted
before.
D. Crystallized intelligence is strengthened in middle adulthood.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #154
Topic: Adulthood155.
(p. 198)
156.
(p. 199)
157.
(p. 199)
158.
(p. 199)
Nathan’s uncle asks him whether Chihuahua is to dog as flamingo is to bird. Which of the following
statements is true about this scenario?
A.
This is an example of a problem for which Nathan requires crystallized intelligence.
B.
This problem can be answered by Nathan using raw mental ability and abstract reasoning.
C.
Neither culture nor vocabulary influence Nathan’s ability to answer this problem.
D.
Nathan’s ability to answer this problem does not depend on his learning and education.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #155
Topic: Adulthood
Which of the following is most likely to reduce cognitive decline with aging?
A. Reading in early childhood
B. Sleeping for more than 8 hours every day
C. Exercising
D. Playing a musical instrument
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Feist – Chapter 05 #156
Topic: Adulthood
____________, the ability to live well, know what is important, and
One cognitive benefit of aging is
use good judgment.
A. fluid intelligence
B. wisdom
C. bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
D. crystallized intelligence
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Feist – Chapter 05 #157
Topic: Adulthood
_______________
is an unusual degree of loss in cognitive functions and includes memory problems
and difficulty reasoning, solving problems, making decisions, and using language.
A. Bipolar disorder
B. Cerebral palsy
C. Huntington’s disease
D. Dementia
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Feist – Chapter 05 #158
Topic: Adulthood159.
(p. 199)
160.
(p. 199)
161.
(p. 199)
162.
(p. 199)
163.
(p. 200)
Which of the following is most likely to be a risk factor for dementia?
A. Age
B. Gender
C. Ethnicity
D. Social class
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Feist – Chapter 05 #159
Topic: Adulthood
Which of the following is true about dementia?
A. Aging is a necessary and sufficient cause of dementia.
B. Neurological conditions such as strokes can lead to dementia among the elderly.
C. Dementia can lead to multiple strokes among the elderly.
D. Pruning in early childhood is a significant cause of dementia in late adulthood.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #160
Topic: Adulthood
When a blood vessel that serves the brain is blocked, the brain tissue served by that vessel
does not receive the oxygen and nutrients it needs, and so the tissue dies. This is referred to as
.
_____________
A. Parkinson’s disease
B. a bipolar disorder
C. a stroke
D. Alzheimer’s disease
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Feist – Chapter 05 #161
Topic: Adulthood
________________
is a degenerative disease marked by progressive cognitive decline with symptoms
including confusion, memory loss, mood swings, and eventual loss of physical function.
A.
Down’s syndrome
B. Alzheimer’s disease
C. Schizophrenia
D. Bipolar disorder
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Feist – Chapter 05 #162
Topic: Adulthood
_______________
accounts for 60–70 percent of the cases of dementia among the elderly.
A. Bipolar disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Down syndrome
D. Alzheimer’s disease
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Feist – Chapter 05 #163
Topic: Adulthood164.
(p. 200)
165.
(p. 200)
166.
(p. 200)
The defining anatomical feature of Alzheimer’s is
A. the presence of bromelain in the brain
B. the absence of synapses in the frontal cortex
C. the presence of patches of dead tissue in the brain
D. the absence of neurons in the posterior cortex
.
____________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #164
Topic: Adulthood
Which of the following statements is true about Alzheimer’s disease?
A.
Early-onset of Alzheimer’s affects people younger than 35.
B.
Currently, the only way Alzheimer’s can be diagnosed definitively is by examining brain tissue
after death.
C.
Alzheimer’s accounts for only 10%-20% of the cases of dementia among the elderly.
D.
Alzheimer’s is non-progressive, and hence its fatality level is low.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #165
Topic: Adulthood
Low levels of the neurotransmitter
Alzheimer’s disease.
________________
inhibit memory formation in people with
A. acetylcholine
B. dopamine
C. serotonin
D. norepinephrine
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Feist – Chapter 05 #166
Topic: Adulthood167.
(p. 200)
168.
(p. 201)
169.
(p. 201)
Some evidence suggests that
______________
might offset or even prevent the kind of neural
degeneration seen in Alzheimer’s and other age-related brain disorders.
A. pruning
B. neurogenesis
C. neural migration
D. individuation
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Feist – Chapter 05 #167
Topic: Adulthood
According to Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, the conflict of old age is between
.
_________________
A. intimacy and isolation
B. career and family
C. integrity and despair
D. generativity and stagnation
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Feist – Chapter 05 #168
Topic: Adulthood
Which of the following statements is true about aerobic exercising?
A.
Such brisk physical activity is usually dangerous to the heart and lungs and can cause death among
adults and aged people.
B.
Research suggests that it can actually make the brain grow.
C.
It fails to meet the body’s increased need for oxygen.
D.
It results in decline in higher mental processing of an individual.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #169
Topic: Adulthood170.
(p. 201)
171.
(p. 201)
172.
(p. 201)
According to Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, the core strength of old age is
.
________________
A. emotional intelligence
B. exuberance
C.
lack of fear
D. wisdom
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Feist – Chapter 05 #170
Topic: Adulthood
Which of the following is true about integrity in of the context of Erik Erikson’s theory of personality
development?
A.
Integrity is the sense that all of one’s life decisions are coming together.
B. Integrity is being informed and knowledgeable about life.
C. Integrity is the creation of new ideas, products, or people.
D. Integrity is the ability to fuse one’s identity with another’s without the fear of losing it.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #171
Topic: Adulthood
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross (1969) detailed the stages people may move through after learning they are
going to die and found their first stage in dealing with the end of life is
.
___________
A. bargaining
B. depression
C. anger
D. denial
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Feist – Chapter 05 #172
Topic: Adulthood173.
(p. 201)
174.
(p. 202)
175.
(p. 202)
176.
(p. 203)
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross (1969) detailed the stages people may move through after learning they are
going to die and found their last stage in dealing with the end of life is
.
____________
A. acceptance
B. depression
C. anger
D. denial
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Topic: Adulthood
_______________
focus on the overall needs of the patient and family members, such as physical
comfort, emotional care, and a dignified death.
A. Hospitals
B. Intensive care units
C. Hospices
D. Diagnostic centers
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Feist – Chapter 05 #174
Topic: Adulthood
is by far the most popular form of technology used in infancy.
______________
A. Computer
B.
Cellphone
C. Video game
D. Television
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Feist – Chapter 05 #175
Topic: Adulthood
According to research, video games can
A. enhance mathematical skills in adolescents
B. impair linguistic skills
C. impair motor skills
D. enhance cognitive skills such as visual tracking
.
_____________
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Feist – Chapter 05 #176
Topic: Adulthood177.
(p. 203)
178.
(p. 203)
According to the research conducted by Vandewater, Shim, & Caplovitz in 2004, heavy amounts of
video gaming–but not TV viewing–are associated with being ______
in children.
A.
overweight
B.
blind
C.
depressed
D.
violent
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Feist – Chapter 05 #177
Topic: Adulthood
Beginning at age
_____, children are quite mobile, able to get around, speak in sentences, and have
motor coordination which allows them to draw and write.
A.
1
B.
3
C.
9
D.
12
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Feist – Chapter 05 #178
Topic: Adulthood179.
(p. 204)
180.
(p. 204)
181.
(p. 204)
Which of the following age groups is most influenced by technology?
Infants
A.
B.
Babies
C. Adolescents
D. Elderly adults
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Feist – Chapter 05 #179
Topic: Adulthood
Identify the correct statement about multitasking among teens.
A.
Heavy multitasking teens are able to filter out more irrelevant information than any other age group
in any given situation.
B.
As novice drivers, teens require more attention to complete the tasks of safely operating and
navigating a motor vehicle.
C
D.
. While driving and using a hands-free cell phone, the reaction time and coordination of teens is
much better than someone who is legally drunk.
Light multitaskers are less likely to get distracted while working on problem-solving tasks.
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Feist – Chapter 05 #180
Topic: Adulthood
The anterior cingulate will show the strongest activity when
_____________
.
A. talking on cell phones
B.
exposed to violence in video games
C.
engaged in challenging Mensa puzzles
D. texting in the classroom
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Feist – Chapter 05 #181
Topic: Adulthood182.
(p. 205)
183.
(p. 205)
Which of the following terms can be defined as the willful and repeated harm inflicted through the
medium of electronic text?
A. Cyberbullying
B. Phishing
C. Pruning
D. Brandjacking
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Feist – Chapter 05 #182
Topic: Adulthood
Most developmental psychologists place
______
between the ages of 40 and 60 or 65.
A.
middle adulthood
B.
late adulthood
C.
emerging adulthood
D.
early adulthood
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Topic: Adulthood5 Summary
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Topic: Adolescence 23
Topic: Adulthood 46
Topic: Childhood 76
Topic: Environmental Influences on Fetal Development 1
Topic: Infancy 76
Topic: Prenatal 37
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