Answer Options:
naturalistic observation
structured observation
case study analysis
self-report investigation
Answer: naturalistic observation
Question: This is a sex-linked chromosomal abnormality that causes more problems in males as it affects the X chromosome. It causes intellectual disability and learning disabilities. The only treatment is special education and speech and language therapy.
Answer Options:
XYY Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome
Answer: Fragile X Syndrome
Question: An emphasis in our culture on using all life-prolonging methods possible, even in the face of certain death, is a sign of our culture’s:
Answer Options:
medical advancement.
denial of death.
abhorrence of assisted suicide.
acceptance of euthanasia.
Answer: denial of death.
Question: An elementary school class reads a magazine article on insects and sings “The Ugly Bug Ball” with a word chart poster. Later the students cut out words from a newspaper that might describe bugs and use them to write a poem. This is an example of:
Answer Options:
alphabetic principle
basic skills
phonetics
the whole-language approach
Answer: the whole-language approach
Question: Toddler Jackson checks his mother’s expression before venturing toward the sidewalk. This is an example of:
Answer Options:
strange situation anxiety.
secure base behavior.
separation protest.
emotional regulation.
Answer: secure base behavior.
Question: The purpose of the Human Genome Project was to
Answer Options:
map the sequence of strands of DNA in human chromosomes.
determine how many different bases were contained in human DNA.
identify the “double helix” shape of DNA.
verify the existence of dominant genes.
Answer: map the sequence of strands of DNA in human chromosomes.
Question: Which is NOT an assumption of the life-span perspective?
Answer Options:
Understanding development requires multiple disciplines.
Development is shaped by historical context.
Development can take multiple directions.
Development focuses on gains not losses.
Answer: Development focuses on gains not losses.
Question: The intelligence test developed by Binet and Simon (1904) was specifically designed to
Answer Options:
predict which high school students would be successful in college
determine which school children were likely to benefit from schooling
identify gifted children
measure the intelligence quotient (IQ) of adults
Answer: determine which school children were likely to benefit from schooling
Question: Given that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was based on Darwin’s extensively insightful observations of animals, it is likely that Gardner would have viewed Darwin as having exceptionally high ________ intelligence.
Answer Options:
spatial
intrapersonal
naturalistic
mathematical
Answer: naturalistic
Question: Baby Kendra is presented with two nursing breast pads. One comes from her mother and the other has not been used. Which one will Kendra probably prefer even when she is only 6 days old?
Answer Options:
no preference
her own mother’s nursing pad
the clean nursing pad
the clean pad only if placed on right side of baby
Answer: her own mother’s nursing pad
Question: Renee’s baby was born just minutes ago, and the doctor is checking the baby’s heart rate, respiratory effort, and muscle tone. Renee’s baby is being given a(n):
Answer Options:
Brazelton Neonatal Assessment
Apgar Scale test
Rogers-Ryndall Assessment
Preterm Outcome test
Answer: Apgar Scale test
Question: Millie is 45 years old. She fears death:
Answer Options:
more than both her 18-year-old daughter and 72-year-old mother.
less than her 72-year-old mother.
more than her 47-year-old husband.
less than her 18-year-old daughter.
Answer: more than both her 18-year-old daughter and 72-year-old mother.
Question: Which of the following would be impossible if you did NOT have object permanence?
Answer Options:
thinking of your father when he is at work
recognizing your mother as being familiar
seeing your father
differentiating between your mother and your father when you are in the room with them
Answer: thinking of your father when he is at work
Question: Ms. Johnson frequently incorporates peer-tutoring in her classroom. Whose theory does this concept fit?
Answer Options:
Vygotsky
Neo-Piagetians
Spelke
Piaget
Answer: Vygotsky
Question: According to Kohlberg, which stage is the individual displaying? “Heinz should not steal the medicine because prison is an awful place, and he would probably languish over a jail cell more than his wife’s death.”
Answer Options:
stage 1
stage 4
Answer: stage 1
Question: Janie is just starting to learn to talk. She says “mama” when she wants her mother. This is an example of:
Answer Options:
a holophrase
underextension
fast mapping
overregularization
Answer: a holophrase
Question: What does research on attachment indicate?
Answer Options:
Children who had secure attachments to caregivers grow up to have insecure preoccupied ambivalent to parents and insecure dismissing attachments to romantic partners.
Children who had secure attachments to caregivers grow up to have insecure avoidant attachments to romantic partners but secure attachments with parents.
There is no real correlation between attachment in childhood and attachment in adulthood.
Children who had secure attachments to caregivers grow up to have secure attachments to romantic partners and to parents.
Answer: Children who had secure attachments to caregivers grow up to have secure attachments to romantic partners and to parents.
Question: We know that a fetus can hear before birth because newborns:
Answer Options:
show aversion to loud noises after birth
show preferences for sounds presented repeatedly before birth
go to sleep while hearing lullabies that were not presented repeatedly before birth
are more alert when hearing sounds that were not presented before birth
Answer: show preferences for sounds presented repeatedly before birth
Question: Baby David is one month old. His smiles occur mostly during sleep and not in response to his mother’s kind expressions. These smiles are:
Answer Options:
self-initiated
reflexive
practised
social
Answer: reflexive
Question: Jana’s cat, Ringo, was run over by a car. Jana asks her mother, “When will Ringo wake up?” How old is Jana?
Answer Options:
9 years
4 years
Answer: 4 years
Question: The clip shown in class entitled “Duck and Cover” was used to illustrate which concept?
Answer Options:
nonnormative life event
none are correct
normative history-graded influence
normative age-graded influence
Answer: normative history-graded influence
Question: In an experimental design, the behavior being measured is called the ______ variable.
Answer Options:
extraneous
confounding
independent
dependent
Answer: dependent
Question: Justin acts out the martial arts moves he sees on his favorite TV show. This is an example of:
Answer Options:
Erikson’s developmental crises
Bandura’s social learning
Skinner’s operant conditioning
Piaget’s cognitive stages
Answer: Bandura’s social learning
Question: Two-year-old Sandra rubs her eyes, squints, tilts her head to one side, and blinks excessively. Sandra’s parents should:
Answer Options:
give Sandra more daytime naps
allow Sandra more nighttime sleep
make an appointment to have her vision checked
nothing, she will grow out of it
Answer: make an appointment to have her vision checked