Psychology Perspectives And Connections 4Th Edition By Gregory Feist - Test Bank

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Chapter 05

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Which of the following statements is true about identical twins?
Twins are identical mainly due to dizygotic fertilization.
In the womb, up to 5% of identical twins develop their own placenta.
C. Identical twins develop from one fertilized egg.
Identical twins turn out to be vastly different from each other in their personalities, intelligence, illness, and disease histories.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

The _____ is the first major organ to form in a developing fetus.
heart
B. brain
liver
kidney

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

During the development of a fetus, the _____ develops about a week after the brain.
skull
liver
intestine
D. heart

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

The _____ stage of development begins at conception and lasts for two weeks.
embryonic
fetal
C. germinal
cephalocaudal

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

When a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting single cell is known as a(n)
A. zygote
fetus
blastocyst
embryo

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Which of the following statements is true about the germinal stage of prenatal development?
It lasts for about six weeks.
It is the last stage of prenatal development.
It is the stage where sensory organs develop.
D. It is marked by the division of the single-celled zygote.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Which of the following is the last stage of prenatal development?
A. The fetal stage
The embryonic stage
The germinal stage
The zygote stage

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

The formation of the nervous system, arms, heart, ears, eyes, and palate takes place in the _____ stage of development.
cephalocaudal
fetal
C. embryonic
germinal

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

The _____ takes the longest amount of time to develop.
heart
intestine
liver
D. central nervous system

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

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)
blastocyst.
B.
fetus.
zygote.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

The key event that distinguishes the embryonic stage from the third stage, the fetal stage, is the formation of the
A. bone cells.
zygote.
brain.
blastocyst.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Veronica’s obstetrician tells her that her baby is in the tenth week of development. Bone cells have formed and most of the prominent organs of the baby have already begun to form. The baby is most likely in the _____ stage of prenatal development.
embryonic
B. fetal
germinal
zygote

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

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.
two
five
six
D. eight

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Find the correct statement about the embryonic stage of prenatal development.
It begins immediately after the zygote divides.
It begins when the fertilized egg is a single-celled zygote.
It starts at the moment of implantation.
D. It is marked by the formation of the major organs.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

In which of the following stages of prenatal development does the formation of arms and legs occur?
Germinal stage
B. Embryonic stage
Fetal stage
Blastocyst stage

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

The _____ stage of prenatal development begins 8 weeks after conception.
germinal
embryonic
C. fetal
blastocyst

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Between 8 and 12 weeks into development,
A. the heartbeat of the fetus can be detected with a stethoscope.
the vision of the fetus is fully developed.
the neurons connecting the ear to the brain of the fetus are completely developed.
the taste buds of a fetus are completely developed.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

In the context of prenatal development, until about _____ weeks after conception, there are no physical traits distinguishing male and female.
nine
twelve
C. seven
ten

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Becky, who is pregnant, will most likely feel the fetus moving for the first time at about _____ after conception.
one to two months
two to three months
C. four to six months
seven to eight months

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

When does the embryo begin to move its limbs?
Immediately after the formation of external genitalia
After the first week of conception
C. Soon after the formation of the nervous system
After 14 weeks of conception

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

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?
Blastocyst stage
Embryonic stage
C. Fetal stage
Zygote stage

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

A fetus begins to respond to sound around _____ weeks after conception.
8
12
18
D. 26

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Identify an accurate statement about fetuses.
Fetuses open their eyes one week after the fetal stage.
Movements made by fetuses are noticeable by two weeks after conception.
Fetuses are unresponsive to odors in the amniotic fluid before birth.
D. Male fetuses are usually more active than female fetuses.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Which of the following fetal reactions indicates attention, interest, or orienting response on the part of the fetus?
Increased rate of neuron development
B. Slowed heart rate
Turning over of the fetus
Greater frequency of kicking

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Which of the following reactions displayed by a fetus indicates fear or distress?
Decreased blood pressure
Increased rate of pruning
C. Increased heart rate
Increased rate of neuron development

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Babies born prematurely—who would otherwise still be developing in the womb—prefer _____ flavors to other flavors.
A. sweet
salty
sour
bitter

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Bloom’s: Remember

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

The sense that is least well developed in the fetus is
taste.
B.
hearing.
touch.

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Bloom’s: Remember

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Vision

Identify an accurate statement about the development of vision in fetuses and infants.
The sense of vision is fully developed during the zygote stage.
Infants can see as well as adults when they are two months old.
At birth, infants are far-sighted.
D. Vision is the sense that is least developed in the fetus.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Development

Topic: Vision

Infants cannot see as well as adults until they are at least _____ months old.
two
four
C. six
eight

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Vision

Identify an accurate statement about pregnancy sickness.
Pregnancy sickness occurs when an embryo is least vulnerable to teratogens.
B. Pregnancy sickness is worst during the first three months of prenatal development.
Substances such as coffee help reduce pregnancy sickness.
Pregnancy sickness is also known as “evening sickness.”

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Nature and Nurture

_____ can be defined as the process by which events in the womb alter the development of physical and psychological health.
A. Prenatal programming
Neuron migration
Pruning
Generativity

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Nature and Nurture

Pregnancy sickness occurs most commonly with exposure to foods susceptible to molds and to _____ substances.
sweet
spicy
salty
D. bitter

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Nature and Nurture

Schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder are more likely to occur in infants
A. if the mother is malnourished during pregnancy.
if the infant doesn’t develop all its senses within three months.
if the infant doesn’t display sensitivity toward its mother at birth.
if the mother continues to have “morning sickness” two months after conception.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Nature and Nurture

A teratogen is
a brain region responsible for the ability to speak.
B. any substance that disrupts normal prenatal development.
a weak brain synapse that disappears at around age six.
a vital nutrient that helps a fetus develop properly.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Teratogens

Epigenetics is the study of how
a genetic disorder is passed on to sons but not to daughters.
an individual gets affected by a recessive disorder.
a dominant gene becomes resistant to change.
D. the environment affects gene expression.

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Nature and Nurture

Which of the following is true regarding alcohol consumption of the mother during pregnancy?
1 to 2 drinks per day is known as a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
A maximum of 4 drinks per month is known as a safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
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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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Environmental Influences

Which of the following is most likely to cause mental retardation, low birth weight, and behavioral problems to a developing baby?
Anorexia nervosa
Diarrhea
C. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Nature and Nurture

Which of the following is most likely to increase the risk of stillbirth?
Prescription drugs taken during pregnancy
B. Nicotine exposure from maternal smoking
Lack of vitamin B12 and folic acid in the mother’s diet
Developing an infection during pregnancy

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Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Prenatal Environmental Influences

Mothers who _____ are more likely to have infants who are temperamentally “difficult” and “fussy.”
A. are depressed or anxious
develop infections such as the flu towards the end of their pregnancy
consume less than the required amount of folic acid
develop gestational diabetes

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Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development.

Topic: Temperament

A pediatrician is assessing nine-month-old Chiara’s motor development, which involves observing changes in Chiara’s
A. physical movement and body control.
emotional relationships with her parents and siblings.
peer relationships and status.
ability to see clearly and to recognize numbers.

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Infancy

By _____ months, many babies can sit by themselves, without any help.
two
three
four
D. six

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Infancy

Which of the following senses develops to a greater extent after birth as compared to the fetal stage?
A. Vision
Hearing
Taste
Smell

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Infancy

Which of the following senses is almost fully developed at birth?
Vision
B. Hearing
Touch
Smell

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Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Infancy

Identify an accurate statement about the development of motor skills in babies.
Babies can lift their head while lying on their stomach by two weeks of age.
B. Babies can hold objects by four months of age.
Babies can sit by themselves by two months of age.
Babies can walk with ease by four months of age.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Infancy

Topic: Physical Development

Martha strokes her baby’s cheek. The baby turns her head and remains open-mouthed in expectation of a breast. This reflex is known as
the Moro reflex.
startling.
grasping.
D.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Infancy

Topic: Physical Development

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
cognitive programming.
B.
rewiring.
enriching.

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Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

Identify an accurate statement about human brain development.
It is complete in the embryonic stage.
The rate of change and development is the highest during adulthood.
It is complete at birth.
D. The rate of change slows down considerably after the age of six.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

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.
Pruning is usually independent of the quality of the environment in which the brain develops.
Neural pruning results in the huge increase in the number of neurons and stimulates the unused neurons.
Normal and enriched environments create less developed neural connections.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

Gray matter is a measure of the number of
axons.
myelins.
C.
lobes.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

Identify an accurate statement about the gray matter of the human brain.
It increases throughout an individual’s lifespan.
B. It consists of cell bodies.
It is found mostly in the inner regions of the prefrontal cortex.
It is primarily made up of axons.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

Identify an accurate statement about the white matter of the human brain.
A. It continues to grow into one’s 40s.
It is made up of cell bodies and excludes axons.
Development of white matter is completed in the germination stage.
White matter is found more on the outer regions of the parietal and prefrontal cortex than in the inner regions.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

Young brains are more plastic and more sensitive to stimulation to the outside world because they have less
gray matter.
number of neurons.
number of axons.
D.

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Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

Which of the following terms refers to the fatty insulation that makes nerve impulses travel faster?
Plasmalogen
Cephalin
C. Myelin sheath
Choline

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

As compared to nonmusicians, musicians have
A. larger cerebellums.
fewer neurons.
thinner corpus callosum.
more white matter.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

As compared to musicians, nonmusicians have
larger cerebellums.
more neurons.
C. thinner corpus callosum.
fewer synapses.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

Which of the following is true of the effects of musical training?
It reduces neural activity in the hippocampus.
B. Neuroplastic effects of musical training last well into adulthood.
The earlier the musical training begins, the lesser is the degree of activation of the left-auditory cortex.
It has always caused brain growth.

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Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Brain Development

Jean Piaget pioneered theories in _____ development.
emotional
B. cognitive
language
moral

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Eniko is currently eight months old. According to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, she is in the _____ stage of cognitive development.
A. sensorimotor
preoperational
concrete operational
formal operational

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Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Child Development

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Jennifer is nearly two years old. Whenever her mother brings her toys, she looks at them with surprise. When her mother hides them, Jennifer believes that the toys no longer exist and stops looking for them. According to Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory, which of the following statements is true about this scenario?
Jennifer is exhibiting animistic thinking.
Jennifer is most likely at the formal operational stage of cognitive development.
C. Jennifer has not developed a sense of object permanence.
Jennifer is most likely at the concrete operational stage of cognitive development.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Object Permanence

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

According to Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory, identify an accurate statement about the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
It is marked by egocentrism.
Children exhibit animistic thinking.
C. It is the first stage of cognitive development.
Children exhibit conservation.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Child Development

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

When a child recognizes that objects continue to exist, even when they are no longer in sight, they have developed the concept that Piaget referred to as
A. object permanence.
object conservation.
pruning.
reversibility.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Object Permanence

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

In which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development does object permanence develop?
A. Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Object Permanence

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

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, Jamal has developed
seriation.
transduction.
C. object permanence.
hypothetico-deductive reasoning.

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Topic: Object Permanence

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Janice tells her mother that the moon follows her wherever she goes. She tells that the moon must be a living thing. According to Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory, which of the following statements is true about this scenario?
Janice is unable to understand the concept of object permanence.
B. Janice is exhibiting animistic thinking.
Janice is most likely at the formal operational stage of cognitive development.
Janice is exhibiting conservation.

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Topic: Child Development

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Veronica is four years old. She uses words and symbols to represent ideas. She also thinks that inanimate objects, such as stones and rivers, have life. According to Jean Piaget, Veronica is at the _____ of cognitive development.
formal operational stage
B. preoperational stage
concrete operational stage
sensorimotor stage

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Topic: Child Development

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

In the context of Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory, identify an accurate statement about the preoperational stage of cognitive development.
It is first stage of cognitive development.
B. Children tend to view the world only from their own perspective in this stage.
Children gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems in this stage.
It is marked by the mastery of conservation.

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Topic: Child Development

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

According to Piaget, animistic thinking is a characteristic of the _____ stage of cognitive development.
sensorimotor
formal operational
concrete operational
D. preoperational

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

According to Piaget, children move into the _____ stage of cognitive development at around age 2 and this period lasts until about age 5 or 6.
sensorimotor
B. preoperational
concrete operational
formal operational

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Entrance into Piaget’s preoperational stage of development is marked by
A. emergence of symbolic thought.
development of abstract reasoning.
an understanding of conservation.
the ability to reason scientifically.

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

According to Piaget, egocentrism is a characteristic of the _____ stage of cognitive development.
sensorimotor
formal operational
concrete operational
D. preoperational

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Darin and his younger sister are seated on opposite sides of a table, facing each other. There are five toy houses on the table. Darin’s mother asks him how his younger sister would see the toy houses. Darin provides explanations only from his perspective. He tells his mother that he does not know how his sister would visualize the toy houses. Which of the following is reflected in this scenario?
Darin is unable to engage in animistic thinking.
Darin fails to understand the concept of object permanence.
Darin is mastering the skill of conservation.
D. Darin is exhibiting egocentrism.

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Topic: Infancy

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

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.
matter conservation
B. animistic thinking
egocentrism
social referencing

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Which of the following situations best exemplifies the concept of animistic thinking?
A. A child believes that lampposts are running along with him when he is travelling in a car.
A child believes that objects that are once hidden under a blanket will never come back again.
A child realizes that all objects that look similar in color weigh the same.
A child realizes that his glass of water has more water than similar glasses of other people.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

_____ is the tendency to view the world from one’s own perspective and not see things from another person’s perspective.
A. Egocentrism
Object permanence
Animistic thinking
Pruning

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Piaget and Inhelder (1967) designed the ‘three mountains task’ to measure young children’s
individuation.
object permanence.
C.
animistic thinking.

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

When asked where the sun goes at night, four-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.
sensorimotor
B. preoperational
concrete operations
formal operations

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

_____ is the ability to recognize that when some properties (such as shape) of an object change, other properties (such as mass) remain constant.
Egocentrism
Object permanence
Animistic thinking
D. Conservation

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Topic: Conservation

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

With reference to the stages of cognitive development introduced by Piaget, which of the following statements is true regarding the preoperational stage?
During this stage children develop scientific reasoning and hypothesis-testing skills.
This stage is characterized my mastering object permanence.
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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Topic: Conservation

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

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
egocentrism.
animistic thinking.
C. lack of conservation.
lack of understanding of object permanence.

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Topic: Conservation

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Clyne and Jeff are waiting for their breakfast while their mother pours milk into their glasses. Jeff tells Clyne that the milk will increase in volume because Clyne’s glass is bigger than Jeff’s glass. Clyne replies that the volume of milk will not be affected by the size of the glass. This leads to an argument between the two as to who has the bigger serving. In this case, Clyne and Jeff have mastered the concept of
egocentrism.
animistic thinking.
C.
object permanence.

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

According to the Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, children between the age of 6 to 11 are in the _____ stage.
preoperational
formal operational
C. concrete operational
sensorimotor

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

During Piaget’s third stage of cognitive development, called the concrete operational stage (ages 6–11), children
gain the ability to systematically solve problems without resorting to trial and error.
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.
develop the ability to realize that objects still exist when they are not being sensed.

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

According to Piaget, children acquire the ability to conserve during the _____ stage of cognitive development.
sensorimotor
B. concrete operational
preoperational
formal operational

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Conservation

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

According to Piaget, in the _____ stage of cognitive development, logic is limited to what a child can directly observe.
sensorimotor
formal operational
preoperational
D. concrete operational

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

In the context of Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory, identify an accurate statement about the concrete operational stage of cognitive development.
Children engage in animistic thinking.
B. Children are able to reverse events.
Children develop scientific reasoning, and formal logic becomes possible.
Children start to display object permanence.

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Which of the following is a limitation of Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory?
It does not include the knowledge a child gains by engaging in abstract reasoning or scientific reasoning.
B. It omits the social component of cognitive development.
It does not include the knowledge a child gains through his or her senses.
It ignores the role of perceptual skills in cognitive development.

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Identify an accurate statement about the zone of proximal development.
The phrase was coined by Jean Piaget.
B. It is the distance between what a child can learn alone and what that child can learn assisted by someone else, usually an adult.
It explains learning as a non-social process.
It is the zone in which a child engages with the least number of people for effective learning.

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Topic: Social Development

In the context of cognitive development, which of the following statements would most likely be supported by Lev Vygotsky?
Cognitive development occurs in a vacuum.
The zone of proximal development should be eliminated for effective learning.
Cultural factors have no influence on an individual’s cognitive abilities.
D. Learning is best understood as a social process.

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Topic: Social Development

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.
This is the second stage of cognitive development.
Typically, children between the ages of 2 to 4 years are in this stage.
During this stage children learn the concept of object permanence.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

According to Jean Piaget, children most likely develop hypothesis-testing skills at the _____ of cognitive development.
A. formal operational stage
concrete operational stage
sensorimotor stage
preoperational stage

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Bloom’s: Remember

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

In which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development does abstract and scientific reasoning develop?
A. Formal operational
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Sensorimotor

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Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

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?
Allen is in the concrete operational stage of development of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.
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.
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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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

The term _____ refers to our knowledge and ideas of how other people’s minds work.
cognitive programming
pruning
C. theory of mind
animistic thinking

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Theory of Mind

Psychologists created the false-belief task to determine when children develop
egocentrism.
animistic thinking.
object permanence.
D. theory of mind.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Theory of Mind

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
object permanence.
conservation.
C. theory of mind.
egocentrism.

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Topic: Theory of Mind

Kohlberg (1981) developed the “Heinz Dilemma” to assess
A. the development of moral reasoning in children.
the physical development of children less than 5 years of age.
the cognitive ability of children.
the development of linguistic ability in children.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

According to the theory of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg, _____ level is the least developed level of moral reasoning.
concrete operational
B. preconventional
formal operational
postconventional

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

Henderson tries to complete his homework on time because he fears being punished by the teacher. According to Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning, Henderson is most likely at the _____ of moral reasoning.
concrete operational level
B. preconventional level
formal operational level
postconventional level

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APA Outcome: 3.1 Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

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.
sensorimotor
B. preconventional
concrete operational
preoperational

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APA Outcome: 3.1 Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

Research on Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning indicates that
reasoning at the postconventional level is limited to non-Western cultures.
postconventional reasoning is rarely based on a personal moral code.
C. children tend to reason preconventionally.
adults tend to only reason postconventionally.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

Isabel tells her friend that people should not commit murder or engage in robbery because such crimes are wrong. She says that people should follow the rules set by society. According to Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning, Isabel is most likely at the _____ of moral reasoning.
postconventional level
formal operational level
preconventional level
D. conventional level

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APA Outcome: 3.1 Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice

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Bloom’s: Apply

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, which of the following statements would an individual most likely support when the individual is at the postconventional level of moral reasoning?
People should always follow the rules created by society.
Universal moral rules should not trump immoral local rules.
Social order is more important than personal values and morals.
D. Ends justify the means, but people must be willing to suffer the consequences of their actions.

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

According to Lawrence Kolhberg’s stages of moral reasoning, which of following statements would an individual most likely support when the individual is at the conventional level of moral reasoning?
Judgments are not based on the needs of society.
Ends justify the means.
Judgments should be based on personal needs.
D. Rules are rules and they are not to be broken.

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APA Outcome: 3.1 Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

Jared says that he would break the law and steal pharmaceuticals to save his ailing friend. He also says that he is willing to be incarcerated to save his friend. In the context of the theory of moral reasoning developed by Lawrence Kohlberg, Jared is at the _____ stage of moral development.
A. postconventional
preconventional
concrete operational
preoperational

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

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.
concrete operational
preconventional
functional operational
D. postconventional

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APA Outcome: 3.1 Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

According to Kohlberg, postconventional moral reasoning is based on
avoidance of punishments.
the social consequences of an action.
C. universal moral rules.
individual moral temperaments.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

Which of the following is the level of moral reasoning which, as proposed by Kohlberg, appears to be limited to Western cultures?
Functional operational level
B. Postconventional level
Preoperational level
Conventional level

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

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.
difficult
conventional
slow-to-warm-up
D. easy

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Topic: Temperament

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.
The difficult child is happy most of the time.
The difficult child is predictable in daily functions
The difficult child is mildly irregular in the daily patterns of eating, sleeping, and eliminating.

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Temperament

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.
difficult
conventional
C. slow-to-warm-up
easy

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Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Temperament

Some animals, especially birds, follow and imitate the first large creature they see immediately after birth. This behavior is called
pruning.
B.
animistic thinking.
egocentrism.

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Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

Jane has a parrot. The parrot has a baby that tries to imitate and copy its mother during the first few days of its life. The parrot’s baby is exhibiting
pruning.
B.
animistic thinking.
egocentrism.

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Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

In human development, _____ refers to the strong emotional connection that develops early in life to keep infants close to their caregivers.
cognition
imprinting
C. attachment
sublimation

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Topic: Attachment

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
preoperational thinking.
secure attachment.
object permanence.
D. separation anxiety.

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

Mary Ainsworth studied infant attachment with a procedure known as the
prison study.
obedience experiment.
C. strange situation.
line judgment task.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

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.
insecure-resistant
B. insecure-avoidant
insecure-disoriented
insecure-disorganized

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

In the context of the strange-situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth and her associates, identify an accurate statement about insecure-avoidant infants.
A majority of the infants in the world are insecure-avoidant.
B. A majority of the infants are commonly classified as insecure-avoidant in Western cultures.
Insecure-avoidant infants show a high level of distress in separation episodes.
Insecure-avoidant infants show difficulty in reuniting with their caregiver.

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

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
insecure-avoidant
insecure-disorganized
insecure-disoriented

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

According to the strange-situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth and her associates, majority of infants are
A. securely attached.
insecure-avoidant.
insecure-disorganized.
disoriented.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

With reference to the strange-situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth, _____ infants show odd, conflicted behaviors in the strange situation.
insecure-resistant
insecure-avoidant
C. insecure-disoriented
insecure-attached

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

In the context of the strange-situation experiment conducted by Mary Ainsworth and her associates, which of the following statements is true about insecure-disoriented infants?
They actively resist reunion.
In the United States, insecure-disoriented infants are the most common classification of infants.
C. They are usually frightened during reunion episodes.
About 80% of infants are insecure-disoriented.

Page: 185

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

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.
insecure-attached
insecure-avoidant
insecure-resistant
D. insecure-disorganized

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

Harry Harlow said that _____ comfort is as essential a function of nursing in humans as is nutrition.
A. contact
protection
attention
training

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

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.
cried less
B. gained significantly more weight
slept significantly more
fell ill more frequently

Page: 187

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Attachment

When do babies begin to show facial expressions similar to adult expressions of anger when restrained?
Between the ages of two and three months
When they are two to three weeks old
C. Between the ages of four and seven months
When they are five to seven weeks old

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Infancy

By the age of _____, babies can discriminate between fearful and happy faces.
2 years
3 months
1 year
D. 7 months

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Infancy

Jennifer who is six years old knows when it is appropriate to express anger and when to remain calm in social situations. Which of the following statements is true about Jennifer?
Jennifer has developed social referencing.
Jennifer understands the concept of conservation.
C. Jennifer exhibits emotional competence.
Jennifer understands the concept of imprinting.

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Social Development

Children begin to interact socially during play at about age
two.
B.
four.
five.

Page: 188

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Social Development

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
be nonassertive and over anxious.
B. engage in thrill-seeking behaviors.
suffer from prolonged depression.
attempt suicide.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Social Development

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.
self-assured and flexible
highly career oriented
C. anxious and self-doubting
emotionally sterile and calculating

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Social Development

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.
self-doubting
extremely emotional
anxious
D. self-assured and flexible

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan.

Topic: Social Development

Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and early adulthood, beginning at about age 11 or 12 and lasting until around age
15.
B.
22.
25.

Page: 191

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

The _____ glands are also called gonads.
parathyroid
adrenaline
C. sex
alveolar

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

Which of the following hormones initiates the physical changes associated with male maturation?
Estradiol
Progesterone
C. Testosterone
Orexin

Page: 191

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

On average, boys reach puberty at about age
9.
11.
C.
15.

Page: 191

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

Which of the following glands sends hormonal signals to the sex glands, telling them to mature?
Parathyroid
Adrenaline
Alveolar
D. Pituitary

Page: 191

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

The female gonads are called
vagina.
fallopian tubes.
C.
uteri.

Page: 191

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

The male gonads are called
A.
thymus.
penises.
adrenals.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

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?
Leptin
Estrogen
C. Testosterone
Oxytocin

Page: 191

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

_____ is the sex hormone that initiates the growth of breasts, widening of hips, and increase in body fat in girls.
Testosterone
B. Estradiol
Leptin
Oxytocin

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

_____ marks the beginning of adolescence.
Symbolic thinking
B. Puberty
Animistic thinking
Egocentrism

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

In most Western cultures, the age of menarche has dropped from 16 in the 1800s to _____ today.
8 or 9
B. 12 or 13
14 or 15
9 or 10

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

Which of the following is a primary problem of adolescence?
In boys, the event that signals readiness to reproduce is menarche.
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.
Boys and girls do not gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems.

Page: 192

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan.

Topic: Puberty

The _____ are the last areas of the brain to fully develop, and they continue to mature until late adolescence or early adulthood.
abducens nuclei
medulla oblongata
globose nuclei
D. frontal lobes

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

Which of the following occurs after the frontal lobes have developed more fully?
Animistic thinking increases.
Heart rate decreases.
C. Scientific thinking becomes possible.
The possibility of developing anorexia nervosa increases.

Page: 193

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

In the context of brain development in humans, which of the following occurs during adolescence?
Synaptic pruning begins.
B. Neural synchrony increases.
Myelination proceeds from frontal lobes to the back of the brain.
Cortex becomes thinner.

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

_____ is the ability of certain types of brain waves to work together to allow for coordinated activity in the brain.
Synaptic pruning
B. Neural synchrony
Myelination
Polarization

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

Myelination proceeds from the _____ during the period from childhood to adolescence.
bottom of the brain to the top
top of the brain to the bottom
frontal lobes to the back of the brain
D. back of the brain to the frontal lobes

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

Identify an accurate statement about myelination in humans.
The process of myelination begins when an individual attains adulthood.
In girls, myelination proceeds from the front of the brain to the back.
The rate and locations of myelination is the same for boys and girls.
D. In boys, the increased white matter organization occurs in the left hemisphere.

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

Synaptic pruning refers to the process during which
A. the rarely used synapses die off to make the brain more efficient.
children develop egocentrism.
the size of the frontal lobe increases.
new synapses are formed in order to accommodate newer knowledge and scientific thought.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

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
thicker frontal cortex at age seven.
thinner cortex at age nine.
C. thicker frontal cortex at mid-adolescence.
thinner cortex at age 19.

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Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

During complex and demanding tasks, teens
distribute the workload evenly throughout the brain.
B. overload their frontal lobes.
distribute the workload evenly between abducens nucleus and globose nucleus.
overload their flocculonodular lobe.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Brain Development

With the onset of puberty and adolescence, children begin to focus on
egocentrism.
developing their animistic thinking.
C. the questions of who they are.
motor skills.

Page: 194

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Adolescence

Topic: Puberty

Having close, intimate friends during adolescence is more likely to be associated with
poorer performance in school.
more conflicts with authority figures.
C. feelings of self-worth in adulthood.
more conflicts with parents.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Social Development

In the teen years, _____ start to replace parents as a source of identification.
teachers
seniors
siblings
D. peers

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Social Development

Jeanne, who is 14 years old, tells her friend that she is attracted to only females. Her gender identity is the same as her sex assigned at birth. She does not have sexual fantasies about individuals of the opposite gender. Which of the following statements is true in this scenario?
Jeanne is bisexual.
Jeanne is transgender.
C. Jeanne is homosexual.
Jeanne is sapiosexual.

Page: 195

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Adolescence

Topic: Gender Identity

An individual who is sexually attracted to both sexes is called a
A.
heterosexual.
homosexual.
sapiosexual.

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Adolescence

Topic: Gender Identity

John tells his mother that he identifies with the opposite gender he was assigned at birth. He also says that he is sexually attracted to only individuals of the same sex. Identify an accurate statement about John’s sexual and gender identity.
John is bisexual.
B. John is transgender.
John is cis-gendered.

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Adolescence

Topic: Gender Identity

Hannah is 15 years old. She is sexually inclined only toward members of the opposite sex. She identifies with the gender assigned to her at birth. Identify an accurate statement about Hannah’s gender and sexual identity.
Hannah is bisexual.
Hannah is transgender.
Hannah is transsexual.
D. Hannah is heterosexual.

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Adolescence

Topic: Gender Identity

Jacob, who is 12 years old, tells his friend that he is attracted to only females. His gender identity is the same as his sex assigned at birth. He has sexual fantasies about individuals of the opposite gender. Which of the following statements is true in this scenario?
Jacob is engaging in animistic thinking.
Jacob is a transgender.
Jacob is homosexual.
D. Jacob is cis-gendered.

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Adolescence

Topic: Gender Identity

According to Erik Erikson, a(n) _____ is an opportunity for adaptive or maladaptive adjustment.
A. identity crisis
sensorimotor stage
pruning
neural migration

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Arnett calls the phase between adolescence and young adulthood _____, which spans the ages 18–25 years.
primary adulthood
B. emerging adulthood
early adulthood
preliminary adulthood

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Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Topic: Emerging 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.
rewired
migrated
C. myelinated
pruned

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Topic: Emerging Adulthood

During their studies in 2009, Aberg and colleagues found positive correlation between _____ and better cognitive scores.
vision
muscular strength
size of the anterior lobe
D. cardiovascular fitness

Page: 200

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Topic: Adulthood

Which among the following is a clear marker of reaching adulthood?
Animistic thinking
B. Having a child
Symbolic thinking
Graduating

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Topic: Adulthood

According to Erik Erikson, during one’s 20s, the primary conflict is between
A. intimacy and isolation.
career and family.
integrity and despair.
generativity and stagnation.

Page: 201

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Topic: Identity

Jennifer, a teenager, is unable to enter into a relationship with her friend Mark because she fears that she would lose her identity. In the context of Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, identify the nature of conflict confronted by Jennifer.
Generativity and stagnation
Integrity and despair
C. Intimacy and isolation
Industry and inferiority

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Topic: Identity

Which are the biggest predictors of hearing loss?
Social class and gender
Profession and social class
Ethnicity, cultural environment, and gender
D. Age, gender and profession

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

According to Jung, individuation is the process by which:
A. a person’s personality becomes whole and full.
neurons move from one part of the brain to their more permanent home.
unused synapses die off to make the brain more efficient.
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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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Identity

Most developmental psychologists place _____ between the ages of 40 and 60 or 65.
A. middle adulthood
late adulthood
emerging adulthood
early adulthood

Page: 202

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Topic: Adulthood

Sarita is 30 years old. She is married and owns a software company. She wants to focus on work but also wants to devote time to her family. She contemplates her purpose in life and tries to identify the true meaning of life. In the context of Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, identify the nature of conflict confronted by Sarita.
Integrity versus despair
Intimacy versus isolation
C. Generativity versus stagnation
Industry versus inferiority

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Adulthood

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Erik Erikson defined _____ as the creation of new ideas, products, or people.
pruning
neural migration
prenatal programming
D. generativity

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Adulthood

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

According to Erik Erikson, parenting, starting a business, and creating a work of art are examples of
neural migration.
B.
individuation
stagnation.

Page: 203

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Adulthood

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Heather is a mother of two kids. She owns a boutique store. She has become more focused on her career and does not contribute in a productive way to her family or peers. In the context of Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, _____ has occurred.
A. stagnation
conservation
isolation
generativity

Page: 203

APA Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Topic: Identity

Which of the following is true about late adulthood?
Late adulthood begins around age 55.
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.
The kind of memory involved in processing and maintaining information while making decisions strengthens in late adulthood.

Page: 203

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Adulthood

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

_____ intelligence involves raw mental ability, pattern recognition, and abstract reasoning and is applied to a problem that a person has never confronted before.
Crystallized
Alternative
C. Fluid
Amorphous

Page: 203

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Intelligence

Identify an accurate statement about fluid intelligence.
A. It is not influenced by culture or vocabulary.
It is the knowledge that one gains from experience and learning.
It cannot be used in problems that require abstract reasoning.
It is commonly known as emotional competence.

Page: 203

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Intelligence

Knowledge that one has gained from experience and learning, education, and practice, is called _____ intelligence.
amorphous
B. crystallized
alternative
fluid

Page: 203

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Intelligence

Identify an accurate statement about crystallized intelligence.
Crystallized intelligence involves raw mental ability, pattern recognition, and abstract reasoning.
Crystallized intelligence declines in middle adulthood.
It excludes knowledge that one has gained from experience.
D. It is largely influenced by one’s knowledge of culture.

Page: 203

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Intelligence

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.
This problem can be answered by Nathan using raw mental ability and abstract reasoning.
Neither culture nor vocabulary influence Nathan’s ability to answer this problem.
Nathan’s ability to answer this problem does not depend on his learning and education.

Page: 203–204

APA Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Intelligence

Which of the following is most likely to reduce cognitive decline with aging?
Reading in early childhood
Sleeping for more than eight hours every day
C. Exercising
Playing a musical instrument

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

One cognitive benefit of aging is _____, the ability to live well, know what is important, and use good judgment.
fluid intelligence
B. wisdom
bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
crystallized intelligence

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

_____ is an unusual degree of loss in cognitive functions and includes memory problems and difficulty reasoning, solving problems, making decisions, and using language.
Bipolar disorder
Cerebral palsy
Huntington’s disease
D. Dementia

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

Which of the following is most likely to be a risk factor for dementia?
A. Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Social class

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

Which of the following is true about dementia?
Aging is a necessary and sufficient cause of dementia.
B. Neurological conditions such as strokes can lead to dementia among the elderly.
Dementia can lead to multiple strokes among the elderly.
Pruning in early childhood is a significant cause of dementia in late adulthood.

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

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
Parkinson’s disease.
a bipolar disorder.
C. a stroke.
Alzheimer’s disease.

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

_____ is a degenerative disease marked by progressive cognitive decline with symptoms including confusion, memory loss, mood swings, and eventual loss of physical function.
Down’s syndrome
B. Alzheimer’s disease
Schizophrenia
Bipolar disorder

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

_____ accounts for 60–70 percent of the cases of dementia among the elderly.
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
Down syndrome
D. Alzheimer’s disease

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

The defining anatomical feature of Alzheimer’s is
the presence of bromelain in the brain.
the absence of synapses in the frontal cortex.
C. the presence of patches of dead tissue in the brain.
the absence of neurons in the posterior cortex.

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

Which of the following statements is true about Alzheimer’s disease?
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.
Alzheimer’s accounts for only 10%-20% of the cases of dementia among the elderly.
Alzheimer’s is non-progressive, and hence its fatality level is low.

Page: 204

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

Low levels of the neurotransmitter _____ inhibit memory formation in people with Alzheimer’s disease.
A. acetylcholine
dopamine
serotonin
norepinephrine

Page: 204–205

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

Some evidence suggests that _____ might offset or even prevent the kind of neural degeneration seen in Alzheimer’s and other age-related brain disorders.
pruning
B. neurogenesis
neural migration
individuation

Page: 205

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

Which of the following statements is true about aerobic exercising?
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.
It fails to meet the body’s increased need for oxygen.
It results in decline in higher mental processing of an individual.

Page: 205

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

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Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

Sam is 70 years old. He feels that all the decisions he took in his personal life and in his work are coming together. He also feels that he has a better understanding of life now than when he was in his teens. In the context of Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, Sam’s feelings best represent the concept of:
intimacy.
generativity.
C.
stagnation.

Page: 206

APA Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology

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Bloom’s: Apply

Difficulty: High

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Topic: Identity

According to Erik Erikson’s theory of personality development, the core strength of old age is
emotional intelligence.
exuberance.
lack of fear.
D.

Page: 206

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Topic: Identity

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.
Integrity is being informed and knowledgeable about life.
Integrity is the creation of new ideas, products, or people.
Integrity is the ability to fuse one’s identity with another’s without the fear of losing it.

Page: 206

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Bloom’s: Understand

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging.

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Topic: Identity

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
bargaining.
depression.
anger.
D.

Page: 206

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Death

Topic: Life Themes

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.
depression.
anger.
denial.

Page: 206

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Death

Topic: Life Themes

_____ focus on the overall needs of the patient and family members, such as physical comfort, emotional care, and a dignified death.
Hospitals
Intensive care units
C. Hospices
Diagnostic centers

Page: 206

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development.

Topic: Death

Topic: Life Themes

According to research, video games can
enhance mathematical skills in adolescents.
impair linguistic skills.
impair motor skills.
D. enhance cognitive skills such as visual tracking.

Page: 207

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan.

Topic: Cognitive Development

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
blind
depressed
violent

Page: 208

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood.

Topic: Child Development

Which of the following age groups is most influenced by technology?
Infants
Babies
C. Adolescents
Elderly adults

Page: 208

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains

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Bloom’s: Remember

Difficulty: Low

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development.

Topic: Adolescence

Category # of Questions

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 202

APA Outcome: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology 117

APA Outcome: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains 58

APA Outcome: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology 27

APA Outcome: 3.1 Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice 7

Bloom’s: Apply 27

Bloom’s: Remember 122

Bloom’s: Understand 53

Difficulty: High 27

Difficulty: Low 122

Difficulty: Medium 53

Learning Objective: Define adolescence and list the physiological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during this stage of development. 31

Learning Objective: Discuss adult development and the dimensions of aging. 13

Learning Objective: Discuss cognitive development during the lifespan. 18

Learning Objective: Discuss important factors in successful adult psychological development. 16

Learning Objective: Discuss physical development during the lifespan. 12

Learning Objective: Discuss physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur during infancy and childhood. 72

Learning Objective: Discuss socioemotional development during the lifespan. 21

Learning Objective: Outline the stages of prenatal development. 39

Topic: Adolescence 7

Topic: Adulthood 7

Topic: Attachment 14

Topic: Brain Development 20

Topic: Child Development 6

Topic: Cognitive Development 14

Topic: Conservation 4

Topic: Death 3

Topic: Emerging Adulthood 2

Topic: Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory 12

Topic: Gender Identity 5

Topic: Identity 7

Topic: Infancy 10

Topic: Intelligence 5

Topic: Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development 12

Topic: Life Themes 3

Topic: Nature and Nurture 6

Topic: Object Permanence 4

Topic: Physical Development 2

Topic: Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory 34

Topic: Prenatal Development 27

Topic: Prenatal Environmental Influences 2

Topic: Puberty 13

Topic: Social Development 9

Topic: Temperament 4

Topic: Teratogens 1

Topic: Theory of Mind 3

Topic: Vision 3

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