Answer Options:
analytical
verbal
creative
practical
Answer: practical
Question: Anna is in the process of having her first baby. As she has read a lot about birthing, when the doctor tells her that the baby’s head is now visible, she would correctly recognize that she is in the ______ stage of the birth process.
Answer Options:
second
third
first
fourth
Answer: second
Question: In which type of attachment does a child show clear distress when the caregiver to whom they are attached leaves, but is disoriented and confused when the caregiver returns?
Answer Options:
Insecure disorganized-disoriented
Insecure ambivalent
Insecure avoidant
Securely attached
Answer: Insecure disorganized-disoriented
Question: Mary has late-stage terminal cancer. After much research, she understands which procedures she is willing to endure and which ones she does not want to undergo. How can Mary best communicate her desires to her physician and family?
Answer Options:
Mary can assume that her husband’s judgment and wishes will mirror hers and turn the decision-making over to him.
Mary should prepare a living will or advanced directive and share it with her family and doctor.
Mary should tell her doctor on her next visit what she has decided.
Mary should wait until she is nearly incapacitated to make any treatment decisions.
Answer: Mary should prepare a living will or advanced directive and share it with her family and doctor.
Question: Jerry is middle-aged. He can expect to lose __ of height per decade.
Answer Options:
a quarter inch
no amount
a half inch
an inch
Answer: a half inch
Question: Who is the current President of JMU?
Answer Options:
Dr. Ronald Carrier
Dr. Linwood Rose
Mr. Jonathan R. Alger
Dr. Samuel Duke
Answer: Mr. Jonathan R. Alger
Question: Marcy is afraid of dogs to the point of developing a phobia because when she was a child, she was bitten by one. Behaviorists would say that her fear developed initially by:
Answer Options:
shaped
positively reinforced
negatively reinforced
classically conditioned
Answer: classically conditioned
Question: Which child has acquired perceptual size constancy?
Answer Options:
Sally, who knows that she will get bigger when she is older
Raven, who looks out a window on a plane and says, “Those people on the ground look like ants but they are really big people.”
Joey, who can perceive the difference in size between a 3-story building and a 16-story building.
John, who uses Lego building blocks to create a tower that is taller than he is.
Answer: Raven, who looks out a window on a plane and says, “Those people on the ground look like ants but they are really big people.”
Question: According to Kohlberg, which stage is the individual displaying? “Heinz should not steal the medicine because the scientist has a right to fair compensation. Even if his wife is sick, it does not make his actions right.”
Answer Options:
stage 5
stage 4
stage 6
stage 1
Answer: stage 5
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
Question: Rats, that normally live 2-3 years, who are deprived of REM sleep survive _______ weeks.
Answer Options:
10
3
5
25
Answer: 3
Question: Thirteen-year-old Lori smokes and drinks alcohol when she hangs out with her older friends on the weekend. What might have influenced Lori’s behavior?
Answer Options:
poor social skills
menarche
early maturation
late maturation
Answer: early maturation
Question: This teratogen was used in the early 1900’s to induce abortion:
Answer Options:
caffeine
nicotine
cocaine
radiation
Answer: radiation
Question: The thalidomide tragedy of the 1960s helped the public realize that:
Answer Options:
a drug’s effect on an unborn child depends upon the dose, susceptibility of the baby and the timing of exposure.
the incidence of drug-addicted mothers was dramatically increasing.
even occasional uses of illegal drugs put unborn babies at risk.
Answer: a drug’s effect on an unborn child depends upon the dose, susceptibility of the baby and the timing of exposure.
Question: A pediatrician says, “I have assessed Fiona’s level of development. Her overall DQ score is well within the average range.” The pediatrician is using:
Answer Options:
the Bayley Scales of Infant Development
an infant IQ test to assess infant development
Gesell’s test to assess infant development
Piaget’s test of infant development
Answer: the Bayley Scales of Infant Development
Question: There now exists businesses who sell sleep – places to take naps during the work day.
Answer Options:
True
True, but not in the U.S.
False
Answer: True
Question: An average five-year-old would have
Answer Options:
neither a chronological nor mental age of five
only a chronological age of five
both a chronological and mental age of five
only a mental age of five
Answer: both a chronological and mental age of five