Answer Options:
recasting
labeling
child-directed speech
expanding
Answer: expanding
Question: Meg was born with only one X chromosome. She has a short stature, possible webbed neck, sexual under-development, possibly infertile, possible intellectual disability. Meg has:
Answer Options:
Down syndrome
Tay-Sachs
Klinefelter syndrome
Turner syndrome
Answer: Turner syndrome
Question: Alan is visiting a country where it is illegal to give money to panhandlers, but he feels such pangs of conscience that he ignores the law and gives freely to the impoverished children begging for food. This demonstrates which of Kohlberg’s moral level?
Answer Options:
level 1
level 2
level 4
level 3
Answer: level 3
Question: If Siggy excels at understanding variables in a categorical syllogism and at discerning people’s motivations and moods. According to Gardner, Siggy would best be classified as having high ______ intelligence.
Answer Options:
interpersonal
linguistic
bodily-kinesthetic
intrapersonal
Answer: interpersonal
Question: What else did James Madison write?
Answer: Bill of Rights
Question: To say that test scores are normally distributed around the average score means that
Answer Options:
most people score in the average range and few people score very high or very low
there are equal numbers of low, average, and high scores
scores obtained on repeated testing sessions are fairly consistent
the test is a good measure of the trait that it is supposed to be measuring
Answer: most people score in the average range and few people score very high or very low
Question: Hannah hears her mother calling her to come inside. The sound waves transmitted to Hannah’s auditory nerve creates the sound of her mother’s interpretation of the sound waves as her mother’s voice is _______.
Answer Options:
affordance reception
reception/affordance
perception, sensation
sensation perception
Answer: sensation perception
Question: How does alcohol affect sleep?
Answer Options:
It has no effect on sleep
It causes one to sleep better and feel more rested
It causes one to go to sleep easier, but interferes with deep sleep
It causes one to go to sleep easier, but interferes with light sleep
Answer: It causes one to go to sleep easier, but interferes with deep sleep
Question: Which of the following statements represents a criticism of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?
Answer Options:
Morality does not grow from childhood.
It’s not what one thinks, but what one does that is most important for morality.
It’s not what one does, but what one thinks that is most important for morality.
Childhood does not grow from morality.
Answer: It’s not what one thinks, but what one does that is most important for morality.
Question: Hector aspires to be a police officer. He believes that members of society would prosper from understanding social order, law, justice, and duty. He reasons on a _________ level.
Answer Options:
postconventional
preconventional
conventional
heteronomous
Answer: conventional
Question: Which teratogen would most likely result in a baby being born with a missing limb?
Answer Options:
syphilis
rubella
thalidomide
alcohol
Answer: thalidomide
Question: The milk produced by mothers in the first few days after giving birth and is the baby’s first immunization against infections and diseases is called:
Answer Options:
lactose
amniotic fluid
formula
colostrum
Answer: colostrum
Question: The case of the elderly man in Florida who placed a pillow over the face of his terminally ill wife and smothered her in order to end her suffering is an example of _______ euthanasia.
Answer Options:
passive
permissible
acceptable
active
Answer: active
Question: Margarita leaves her 4-month-old son with a day care provider in the afternoon while she works. She believes that her son misses her while she is away. Piaget would argue that Margarita’s son does not really miss her because:
Answer Options:
he has bonded with the day care worker
he has not yet formed an attachment
he has not yet developed object permanence
Answer: he has not yet developed object permanence
Question: Rats, that normally live 2-3 years, who are deprived of ALL sleep stages survive _______ weeks.
Answer Options:
3
10
5
25
Answer: 3