Answer Options:
have very bright light on your face
move back and forth quickly so the child focuses on movement
put your face within about eight inches of their eyes
wear colorful makeup
Answer: put your face within about eight inches of their eyes
Question: Carmelina is teaching her son to read by sounding out sounds of words in books she reads to him. The books do not tell a story. What approach is she using?
Answer Options:
basic-skills and phonetics
sound-it-out
balanced instruction
whole-language
Answer: basic-skills and phonetics
Question: An eclectic theory of development assumes that:
Answer Options:
no single theory can account for all of human development.
contemporary theories are more accurate than those that were created before 1960.
development is a completely predictable and gradual process.
development begins at birth and ends with the completion of puberty.
Answer: no single theory can account for all of human development.
Question: What is the JMU-VCP?
Answer Options:
A pop club
A fraternity
A preschool
An honor society
Answer: An honor society
Question: Professor Plumb is interested in the impact of fruit consumption on memory. He identifies a group of college students to serve as research participants. Then he randomly assigns them to one of three conditions. In condition 1 the students eat no fruit for a week. Those students assigned to conditions 5 eat five pounds of fruit each day for one week. At the end of the week, Professor Plumb measures the students’ memory recall for a list of 20 words. Given this description, Professor Plumb appears to be using a/an ______ research technique.
Answer Options:
biographical
correlational
meta-analysis
experimental
Answer: experimental
Question: A key component of Vygotsky’s theory involves the concept of:
Answer Options:
scaffolding
conservation
assimilation
accommodation
Answer: scaffolding
Question: “What if the sun were to explode?” says Anne. “But it never has!” replies Janis. “But what if it DID?” insists Anne. “But it never has!” says Janis. In this example, Anne is exhibiting _______ thought, whereas Janis is showing _______ thought.
Answer Options:
concrete/abstract
idealistic/pessimistic
deductive/inductive
abstract/concrete
Answer: abstract/concrete
Question: Only if a target firm’s value is greater to the acquiring firm than its market value as a separate entity will a merger be financially justified. a. True b. False
Answer: True
Question: Twenty-eight-year-old Sergi is a typical young adult. As such, Erikson would suggest that Sergi is most concerned about:
Answer Options:
establishing a long-term love relationship
the shame he experienced as a toddler
dying young
finding a job
Answer: establishing a long-term love relationship
Question: When baby Augustus’s spine is stroked, he wiggles or flips back and forth in a swimming-like motion. He is demonstrating the ________ reflex.
Answer Options:
Moro
Galant
Plantar
Babinski
Answer: Galant
Question: The light emitted from computer and TV screens will delay the release of melatonin in the body and cause sleep to be delayed.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following has NOT changed since the beginning of recorded history?
Answer Options:
The maximum adult life span
The average adult life expectancy
The adult population
The number of adults over the age of 80
Answer: The maximum adult life span
Question: Howie and his little sister Stephie are each given one large cookie. The mother breaks Stephie’s cookie into four pieces to help her eat it more easily. Howie immediately begins to cry and says that it isn’t fair for Stephie to get so many cookies when he only has one. Howie is showing a lack of:
Answer Options:
conservation
intuitive thought
conservation
centration
Answer: conservation