Question: Skinner felt that the environment is the primary factor that contributes to learning.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: At each stage of Erikson’s proposed theory, individuals are faced with a social-emotional crisis they must resolve.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Although the physical development of the brain is considered part of the physical domain, the psychological development of the mind is part of the cognitive domain.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: ____ is generally regarded as the founder of the child study movement.
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Charles Darwin
John Locke
G. Stanley Hall
Sigmund Freud
Answer: G. Stanley Hall
Question: According to this theorist, the child is a noble savage. He had five children, whom he placed in an orphanage because he could not afford to feed them.
Answer Choices:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Bowlby
Arnold Gesell
B. F. Skinner
Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Question: This theorist applied ethological theory to understanding the human caregiver-infant relationship. He fought for mothers and children to remain together when the child was hospitalized.
Answer Choices:
Jean Piaget
John Bowlby
G. Stanley Hall
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Answer: John Bowlby
Question: This theorist was a student of Freud’s, but he differed with Freud in that he recognized the lifespan nature of development. He was born to an unmarried mother, scandalous at the time, and looked different from his peers. He was nicknamed the “goy” (non-Jew) by his Jewish peers. He proposed a theory fraught with crises.
Answer Choices:
Erik Erikson
Sigmund Freud
B. F. Skinner
Benjamin Spock
Answer: Erik Erikson
Question: This British philosopher viewed the child as a tabula rasa (blank slate). His book Two Treatises on Government (1689) introduced ideas that were later used in the U.S. constitution.
Answer Choices:
Urie Bronfenbrenner
John Locke
Charles Darwin
Jean Piaget
Answer: John Locke
Question: According to this theorist, social interaction is necessary for children to acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community’s culture. He died at the young age of 38.
Answer Choices:
John Bowlby
Erik Erikson
G. Stanley Hall
Lev Vygotsky
Answer: Lev Vygotsky
Question: This theorist constructed his theory of evolution after joining an expedition to distant parts of the world, where he observed infinite variation among plant and animal species. What he theorized interfered with the religious belief of the time, so he waited 17 years to publish his findings.
Answer Choices:
Charles Darwin
Benjamin Spock
Arnold Gesell
Erik Erikson
Answer: Charles Darwin
Question: If one individual has influenced the contemporary field of child development more than any other, it is ______.
Answer Choices:
Sigmund Freud
Erik Erikson
B. F. Skinner
Jean Piaget
Answer: Jean Piaget
Question: This theorist’s bioecological theory views the child as developing within a complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment. He was the co-founder of Head Start.
Answer Choices:
Benjamin Spock
Jean Piaget
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Lev Vygotsky
Answer: Urie Bronfenbrenner
Question: Which critic is best known for opposing the auteur theory?
Answer Choices:
Michael Bay
François Truffaut
Andrew Sarris
Pauline Kael
Answer: Pauline Kael
Question: Choose the pair of words/phrases among the choices that exhibits the same logical relationship as the words/phrases in the following pair: gavel: judge
Answer Choices:
A. baton: conductor
B. symphony: composer
C. stop sign: driver
D. ruler: math
Answer: A. baton: conductor
Question: Only circus animals with a clean bill of health will perform in today’s exhibition. A monkey, a poodle, and a horse will perform in today’s exhibition. No circus animals with a clean bill of health were prescribed medications this week. If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
Answer Choices:
A. The monkey, poodle, and horse are the only animals performing in today’s circus exhibition.
B. No circus animals were prescribed medications this week.
C. No more than two circus animals have a clean bill of health.
D. Neither the monkey nor the horse performing in today’s circus exhibitions were prescribed medications this week.
Answer: D. Neither the monkey nor the horse performing in today’s circus exhibitions were prescribed medications this week.
Question: Barney: Last winter, I slipped on the outside stairs of Pinetree Café and broke my leg. My fall was caused by the ice on the stairs that the restaurant failed to remove. Since the restaurant clearly did not provide a safe atmosphere for its customers, I am justified in taking it to court. Lydia: Unwarranted lawsuits are swamping the country—lawsuits that have no legal merit and are brought simply to make lawyers and their clients rich. If this trend continues, soon our legal system will be swamped to the point where it won’t be able to administer justice to people who truly deserve it. You therefore should drop your case against Pinetree Café. The speakers above appear to disagree on which one of the following points?
Answer Choices:
A. Barney’s lawsuit against Pinetree Café is unwarranted.
B. Many unwarranted lawsuits are swamping the country.
C. The legal system will soon be unable to administer justice to people who deserve it.
Answer: A. Barney’s lawsuit against Pinetree Café is unwarranted.
Question: The perpendicular distance between the line of force and the axis defines what? Torque Fulcrum Moment arm None of the choices are correct
Answer: Moment arm
Question: The angular analogue of force is? Momentum Force Mass Impulse
Answer: Force
Question: Which of the following is a characteristic of torque? It is a vector quantity. It is characterized by its magnitude. It is characterized by its direction. All of the choices are correct.
Answer: All of the choices are correct.