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- 1. Multiple Choice
A normally functioning 65 year old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a
phenomenon that is uncommon for people of his age
phenomenon predicted by Erik Erikson as part of the eight stages of psycho-social development
Decrease in his crystalized intelligence
Decrease in his fluid intelligence
Difficulty with concrete operational thinking
- 2. Multiple Choice
Seven year old Maria helps her mother wash the dishes, while her nine year old brother helps their father with the yard work. This involvement of the children in helping activities directly illustrates the process of
identity diffusion
gender role development
preconventional morality development
classical conditioning of sex roles
evolutionary determinism
- 3. Multiple Choice
In developmental psychology, one advantage of cross-sectional over longitudinal studies is that cross-sectional research
controls for cognitive ability
controls for gender
controls for cultural influences
involves subjects of the same age
requires comparatively little time
- 4. Multiple Choice
The most well-adjusted and socially competent children tend to come from homes where parents employ which of the following parental styles
minimal supervision
authoritarian
authoritative
indulgent
permissive
- 5. Multiple Choice
Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation paradigm is typically used to test young children's
ego strength
intelligence
reaction time
attachment
incidental learning
- 6. Multiple Choice
A fifteen year old individual is predicted to experience which psychosocial crisis?
industry vs inferiority
identity vs role diffusion
intimacy vs isolation
initiative vs guilt
integrity vs despair
- 7. Multiple Choice
Riley recently found out that she is terminally ill. Since this discovery she has visited a church every day and plead with God to let her live until she can see the birth of her grandchild. Riley's behavior reflects which stage of death and dying?
Anger
Depression
Denial
Bargaining
Acceptance
- 8. Multiple Choice
In research with baby monkeys, what did Harlow demonstrate was a strong determinant of attachment?
comfort contact
a secure base
food
quality of care
temperament of caretaker
- 9. Multiple Choice
Raul took his mother's care without asking and rear ended a car at a stoplight causing serious damage. His parents bought him a new car of his own. This is an example of which parenting style?
authoritarian
authoritative
permissive
assertive
restrictive
- 10. Multiple Choice
Carol Gilligan suggested that when making moral decisions
women rely more on a care orientation and men rely more on a justice orientation
men rely more on a care orientation and women rely more on a justice orientation
women rely exclusively on a care orientation and men rely exclusively on a justice orientation
women and men both rely on a care orientation more than a justice orientation
women and men both rely more on a justice orientation than a care orientation
- 11. Multiple Choice
Bane drives the speed limit because it is the state law. His reasoning best demonstrates which level of Kohlberg's moral reasoning?
conditional
post conventional
conventional
preconventional
concrete operational
- 12. Multiple Choice
The person given credit for characterizing adolscence as a period of 'storm and stress' is
Jean Piaget
G Stanley Hall
Lawrence Kohlberg
Sigmund Freud
Erik Erikson
- 13. Multiple Choice
Sheila worked really hard in her AP US History class, but ended the semester with a D. Even though it was a difficult class, her parents told her that she brought shame to their family and that maybe she wasn't as intelligent as they thought she was. This is an example of which style of parenting?
Permissive
Authoritative
Authoritarian
Insecure
Slow to Warm
- 14. Multiple Choice
A fourth grade teacher finds that her students are very eager to help with classroom activities. Almost all students show an interest in being productive and involved in the class and the school overall. The students described above best reflect which stage of psychosocial development?
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Trust vs. mistrust
Initiative vs. Guilt
Identity vs. Role Diffusion
Industry vs. Inferiority
- 15. Multiple Choice
Infant monkeys raised with a nourishing wire mother and a non-nourishing cloth mother
Preferred the nourishing mother
Preferred the non-nourishing cloth mother
Showed no preference for one mother over the other
Shifted their initial preference for the wire mother to the cloth mother as they matured
Did not become attached to either mother
- 16. Multiple Choice
In the moro reflex, an infant
blinks for protection against light or foreign objects
Extends its arms and arches its back when its head falls backwards
Turns its head towards a cheek that has been touched
Fans out and curls its toes when the sole of its foot is stroked
Curls its fingers around an object that touches its palm
- 17. Multiple Choice
The relative lack of neural interconnections in the association areas at the time of birth is most likely to contribute to
infantile amnesia
habituation
insecure attachment
stranger anxiety
newborn reflexes
- 18. Multiple Choice
When Billy's mother hides his favorite toy under a blanket, he acts as though it no longer exists and makes no attempt to retrieve it. Billy is clearly near the beginning of which of Piaget's stages?
Sensorimotor
Formal operational
Concrete operational
Preoperational
Conventional
- 19. Multiple Choice
Three year old Bert lives in the Alaskan wilderness and has learned the schema for moose as he often sees them near his house. When his family took him to visit his cousin Ernie, who lived on a horse farm, Bert modified his schema for large four legged animals to include horses. This process is known as
Habituation
Accomodation
Assimilation
Maturation
Conservation
- 20. Multiple Choice
The age of viability refers to the
Youngest age at which it is safe for a female to become pregnant
Youngest age at which an embryo is likely to survive if born prematurely
Youngest age at which a fetus is capable of sustaining life on its own
Optimal age for women to become pregnant
Point of prenatal development when it becomes viable to resume normal activities
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