20 MCQ's

1. Regarding the outcomes of Mary Ainsworth’s strange situation experiments, which statement is most accurate?
A. Avoidant children cry when the mother returns to the playroom.
B. Only two-year-olds are capable of showing a secure attachment.
C. Ambivalent children may both hit and embrace their mother on her return.
D. Disorganized-disoriented behavior precedes a secure attachment.

2. According to _______ approaches to motivation, each person strives to maintain a certain level of stimulation and activity.
A. drive-reduction
B. instinct
C. homeostasis
D. arousal

3. According to Erik Erikson, generativity-versus-stagnation is the typical challenge of
A. early adulthood
B. adolescence
C. middle adulthood
D. old age

4. It’s becoming increasingly apparent to researchers that infants are born with
A. developed personalities
B. low self-esteem
C. high self-esteem
D. innate temperaments

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1. Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

a. A time line is not meaningful unless all cash flows occur annually.

b. Time lines are useful for visualizing complex problems prior to doing actual calculations.

c. Time lines cannot be constructed in situations where some of the cash flows occur annually but others occur quarterly.

d. Time lines cannot be constructed for annuities where the payments occur at the beginning of the periods.

e. Some of the cash flows shown on a time line can be in the form of annuity payments, but none can be uneven amounts.

2. Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

a. A time line is not meaningful unless all cash flows occur annually.

b. Time lines are useful for visualizing complex problems prior to doing actual calculations.

c. Time lines cannot be constructed in situations where some of the cash flows occur annually but others occur quarterly.

d. Time lines cannot be constructed for annuities where the payments occur at either the beginning or the end of the periods.

e. Some of the cash flows shown on a time line can be in the form of annuity payments, but none can be uneven amounts.

3. Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

a. A time line is not meaningful unless all cash flows occur annually.

b. Time lines are useful for visualizing complex problems prior to doing actual calculations.

c. Time lines cannot be constructed to deal with situations where some of the cash flows occur annually but others occur quarterly.

d. Time lines can only be constructed for annuities where the payments occur at the end of the periods, i.e., for ordinary annuities.

e. Time lines cannot be constructed where some of the payments constitute an annuity but others are unequal and thus are not part of the annuity.

4. Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

a. A time line is not meaningful unless all cash flows occur annually.

b. Time lines are useful for visualizing complex problems prior to doing actual calculations.

c. Time lines cannot be constructed to deal with situations where some of the cash flows occur annually but others occur quarterly.

d. Time lines can only be constructed for annuities where the payments occur at the end of the periods, i.e., for ordinary annuities.

e. Time lines can be constructed where some of the payments constitute an annuity but others are unequal and thus are not part of the annuity.

1. People with a _______ can eat just about anything they want and not gain weight.
A. fixed weight set point
B. low metabolic rate
C. fixed proportion of fat cells
D. high metabolic rate

2. According to your textbook’s treatment of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, a focus on rewards and punishment in respect to a moral dilemma is characteristic of
A. adolescents who have reached the formal operational stage of moral development
B. children who haven’t grasped the principle of object constancy
C. children who haven’t reached the conventional stage of moral development
D. adolescents who have reached the conventional level of moral development

3. If you agree with B. F. Skinner as to the nature of personality, you would also agree that
A. humans are infinitely changeable because they can learn new behavior patterns
B. personality is shaped by people’s thoughts, feelings, expectations, and values
C. human personality is largely shaped through observational learning
D. traits like sociability arise from unconscious wishes to be liked by others

4. In Maslow’s needs hierarchy, people whose need for _______ has been fulfilled are poised to ascend to the level of self-actualization.
A. achievement
B. esteem
C. love and belongingness
D. safety

1. According to Bandura, the extent to which we feel we’re able to meet a challenge or pursue a task to a favorable outcome is our level of
A. openness to experience
B. self-efficacy
C. extraversion
D. self-esteem

2. If you support the idea that physiological arousal and the experience of an associated emotion will occur simultaneously, you’ll agree with the
A. Schachter-Singer theory of emotion
B. biological emotion-activation theory
C. Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
D. James-Lange theory of emotion

3. Sternberg’s concept of practical intelligence is most directly related to
A. overall success in living
B. information processing
C. emotional intelligence
D. multiple intelligences

4. In Piaget’s model of cognitive development, a child’s tendency to view the world
entirely from his or her own perspective is referred to as
A. metacognition
B. egocentric thought
C. the concrete operational stage
D. the sensorimotor stage

1. The Americas didn't provide Europeans with added
A. technological skill
B. labor
C. natural resources
D. land

2. Which social class suffered most during the early Tokugawa period?
A. Daimyo
B. Merchants
C. Samurai
D. Peasants

3. Ignatius Loyola was a
A. wandering ascetic who founded the Franciscans
B. priest who became a leader of the Inquisition in Spain
C. soldier who founded the Jesuits
D. disillusioned monk who founded the Dominican Order

4. The Dutch and the French succeeded in overtaking Arabia in the production of
A. coffee
B. pepper
C. cloves
D. silk