Question 1

Professor Sanchez is interested in studying development of motor skills.She collects data from 200 1-year-olds and follows and assesses them for a period of 5 years.What type of research design is Professor Sanchez using?

A)cohort design
B)longitudinal design
C)behavior genetics design
D)cross-sectional design

longitudinal design

Accepted Answer

A longitudinal design is one in which one participant or a group of participants is followed and assessed as the person or group ages.

Question 2

________ psychology encompasses the study of human growth and change over the life span.&#10;A)Social&#10;B)Developmental&#10;C)Applied&#10;D)Health

Accepted Answer

This field is one of the most exciting subdisciplines in psychology

Question 3

The sounds t, th, and sh are ______.&#10;A)morphemes&#10;B)phonemes&#10;C)semantics&#10;D)sound bytes

Accepted Answer

The sounds t, th, and sh are basic units of sound, or phonemes.

Question 4

Infants who tend to show a(n)________ response typically respond positively to new situations or stimuli.&#10;A)approach&#10;B)withdrawal&#10;C)easy&#10;D)difficult

Accepted Answer

This is a characteristic that seems to be related to a baby's temperament.

Question 5

A teratogen is typically thought of as ________ that can cause damage to the ________.&#10;A)a chemical; fetus only&#10;B)any chemical or radiation; embryo or fetus only&#10;C)virus; fetus only&#10;D)any chemical, virus, or radiation; zygote, embryo, or fetus

Accepted Answer

Anything that can harm the developing child, at any point during the pregnancy, is teratogenic.

Question 6

Brad is in an electronics store with his parents.He looks at the CDs and thinks for a moment that he could grab one and put it beneath his coat.As he considers this possibility, he decides not to do it because he might get caught and his parents would punish him.What stage of moral development does Brad's decision represent?

A)preoperational
B)preconventional
C)autonomous moral principles
D)conventional role conformity

Accepted Answer

At the preconventional level one determines right and wrong based on what consequences would likely result from an action.

Question 7

Assimilation is to accommodation as ________.&#10;A)necessary is to optional&#10;B)help is to hinder&#10;C)hinder is to help&#10;D)using is to changing

Accepted Answer

In Piaget's theory, assimilation allows the use of existing schemas to interpret new information, while accommodation results in the adjusting or changing of existing schemas in the face of new information.

Question 8

Which of the following teenagers is the most likely to become pregnant?&#10;A)teenagers who are have an absent mother&#10;B)teenagers with an absent father&#10;C)teenagers without siblings&#10;D)teenagers who live in suburbs

Accepted Answer

The absence of a father tends to be correlated with an increased risk of teenage pregnancy.

Question 9

What was Mary Ainsworth trying to determine when she devised an experimental method called the Strange Situation?&#10;A)the nature of gestural communication between mothers and babies&#10;B)aspects of purposeful exploration as the baby investigates a strange environment&#10;C)parental discipline styles in the first year of life&#10;D)the nature of attachment between caretakers and babies

Accepted Answer

She sought to understand the nature of attachment between caregivers and babies.

Question 10

If a child successfully navigates this stage of psychosocial development, they will make decisions and act independently.&#10;A)integrity vs.despair&#10;B)autonomy vs.doubt&#10;C)initiative vs.guilt&#10;D)basic trust vs.mistrust

Accepted Answer

This is the second stage of Erikson's theory.

Deck 9: Section 2: Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser