Question 1
2 out of 2 points
All of the following are stages in Kübler-Ross’s model of death and dying EXCEPT
Selected Answer: c.
compensation.
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
If 60-year-old Evelyn wants to increase her chances of preserving mental sharpness, which
activity might she consider taking up?
Selected Answer: e.
Any of the above may help Evelyn preserve mental sharpness.
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following structures acts as a sort of shock absorber for the developing embryo
or fetus?
Selected Answer: b.
amniotic sac
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
The formation of a strong bond of a newborn animal to the first moving object seen after birth
is called
Selected Answer: b.
imprinting.
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
An average child in the concrete operational stage of cognitive development can be expected
to do all but which of the following?
Selected Answer: c.
generate hypotheses and think deductively
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Aimee was late coming home from school. Even though she had a reasonable excuse, her
parents grounded her for a month and suspended her allowance. This sounds like which style
of parenting?
Selected Answer: a.
authoritaria
n
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
A pattern of infant-caregiver bonding in which children explore confidently and return to the
parent or caregiver for reassurance is called .
Selected Answer: c.
secure attachment
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
An influential theory of death and dying was developed by
Selected Answer: a.
Kübler-Ross.
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Regarding infants’ learning abilities, which of the following statements is FALSE?
Selected
Answer: e.
Infants are active perceivers and passive learners in their
environment.
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
What general term does Piaget use for the process of changing to function more effectively in
responding to environmental challenges?
Selected Answer: e.
adaptation
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
The effects of fetal alcohol syndrome .
Selected Answer: d.
continue into adolescence and adulthood
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
A developmental psychologist is MOST likely to study which of the following research
questions?
Selected
Answer:
Question 13
a.
How do children's eating habits change as they progress from
childhood through adolescence?
2 out of 2 points
Compared to the other temperament groups, difficult infants are more likely to experience all
but which of the following in childhood?
Selected Answer: a.
anxiety or depression
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
According to Vygotsky, the optimal relationship between adult and child is
Selected Answer: e.
tutor and student.
Question 15
2 out of 2 points
The ability to solve abstract problems best describes someone at which of Piaget’s stages of
cognitive development?
Selected Answer: e.
formal operations
Question 16
2 out of 2 points
If Derek is like the average American father, he is more likely than the mother to engage in
which of the following activities with his infant daughter?
Selected Answer: c.
playing physically with her
Question 17
2 out of 2 points
Joshua is a normal, six-day-old baby. He can be expected to do which of the following?
Selected Answer: a.
detect the mother’s odor
Question 18
2 out of 2 points
In Piagetian theory, the term conservation refers to the observation that .
Selected
Answer:
Question 19
d.
the amount of a substance remains the same even when its shape
changes
2 out of 2 points
What is Piaget’s name for the stage of development that begins at the age of two years and
ends at the age of six years and is characterized by use of symbols, egocentrism, and limits on
the ability to reason logically?
Selected Answer: a.
preoperational stage
Question 20
2 out of 2 points
Among parenting styles, rigid is to as lax is to .
Selected Answer: c.
authoritarian; permissive
Question 21
2 out of 2 points
Who is most likely to be enjoying a lifetime peak in both fluid and crystallized intelligence?
Selected
Answer:
Question 22
b.
Chris, who is a stock trader and has just celebrated his thirtieth
birthday
2 out of 2 points
An unlearned response to a particular stimulus is a(n)
Selected Answer: e.
reflex
.
Question 23
2 out of 2 points
The period of life beginning at puberty and ending with early adulthood is called .
Selected Answer: a.
adolescence
Question 24
2 out of 2 points
Forty-two-year-old Jon is experiencing a psychological challenge. He is grappling with the
loss of his youth and feels “trapped,” perceiving a lack of future options. Based on this
discrimination, what is Jon most likely experiencing?
Selected Answer: d.
Midlife crisis
Question 25
2 out of 2 points
Twenty-five-year-old Allison is predicted to be in which stage of psychosocial development?
Selected Answer: e.
intimacy vs. isolation
Question 26
2 out of 2 points
When the sole of her foot is stroked, three-week-old Pam curls and fans her toes. Pam is
demonstrating which reflex?
Selected Answer: c.
Babinski
Question 27
2 out of 2 points
When one-year-old Terrace is in new surroundings, he will explore freely if his mother
watches him. If she leaves the room he begins to cry, but when she returns he smiles and stops
fussing. Terrace would be considered a(n) infant.
Selected Answer: d.
securely attached
Question 28
2 out of 2 points
If 6-month-old Mikhail’s development is normal, he can be expected to do all but which of the
following?
Selected Answer: c.
Sit without
support
Question 29
0 out of 2 points
Regarding physical changes in adulthood, which of the following statements is FALSE?
Selected Answer: c.
People begin to start losing lean body tissue in their late
twenties.
Question 30
2 out of 2 points
Imaginary audience and personal fable are the components that describe which aspect of
adolescent thinking?
Selected Answer: b.
Egocentris
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