Answer Options:
IQ score
day of the week
gender of the participant
pill type
Answer: pill type
Question: On a normal distribution of IQ test scores, the average score would be
Answer Options:
50
100
1
10
Answer: 100
Question: Anita lets her child run freely on the playground and rarely intervenes to correct behavior or decide how the child should play with other children. When another mother asks why she is so “laid back,” Anita explains that she trusts her child to figure out the best way to play with the other children. Anita clearly has faith in which view of child development?
Answer Options:
innate goodness
original sin
religious origin
tabula rasa
Answer: innate goodness
Question: According to Howard Gardner, intelligence consists of at least eight distinct abilities. Which of the following is NOT among Gardner’s distinct types of intelligence?
Answer Options:
creative
musical
interpersonal
mathematical
Answer: creative
Question: The incidence risk of Down Syndrome increases with mother’s age.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Nell has a negative Rh factor and her baby has a positive Rh factor. Which of the following may happen?
Answer Options:
Miscarriage or stillbirth, brain damage,
and/or heart defects.
Nell’s antibodies may attack the fetus.
All of the answers are correct.
The baby may die soon after birth.
Answer: All of the answers are correct.
Question: Diane’s doctor has suggested that a cesarean delivery of her child may be necessary. What is most likely the reason?
Answer Options:
The fetus is in a breech position.
The fetus is very small.
The doctor will be out of town during the week Diane is due to deliver her baby.
Diane is allergic to pain medication.
Answer: The fetus is in a breech position.
Question: Which question would be the BEST method of assessing divergent thinking?
Answer Options:
How much is (12/3)484?
Who is the president of Mexico?
What are some effective ways of studying for a psychology exam?
Where does the equator pass through the continent of Africa?
Answer: What are some effective ways of studying for a psychology exam?
Question: Grandpa Ray’s retina is deteriorating. Ray has:
Answer Options:
glaucoma
cataracts
macular degeneration
retinal hardening
Answer: macular degeneration
Question: A congeneric merger is one where the merging firms operate in related businesses but do not necessarily produce the same products or have a producer-supplier relationship. a. True b. False
Answer: True
Question: Leonard lives in the U.S. and is nearing the end of his life. Where is he most likely to die?
Answer Options:
in a hospice facility
at home
in a hospital
in the home of one of his children
Answer: in a hospital
Question: Which of the following is the most likely cause of a specific language impairment (SLI)?
Answer Options:
Environmental factors such as poor education and malnutrition.
Genetic factors.
Acquired factors such as brain injury.
All of the above are equally likely.
Answer: Genetic factors.
Question: During which stage of sleep do the following occur: Bedwetting, sleepwalking, night terrors?
Answer Options:
deep (3 & 4)
2
1
REM
Answer: deep (3 & 4