Question 1

A mother who is consistently sensitive and responsive to her infant's cries for care and protection is most likely to encourage

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A)   egocentrism.
B)   stranger anxiety.
C)   secure attachment.
D)   conservation.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Two closed,pyramid-shaped beakers containing clearly identical amounts of a liquid are judged by a child to hold different amounts after one of the beakers is inverted.The child apparently lacks a

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A)   sense of object permanence.
B)   concept of conservation.
C)   capacity for habituation.
D)   secure attachment.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Research on teen social relationships indicates that most adolescents

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A)   like their parents.
B)   frequently include their parents in their Facebook communications.
C)   want to avoid emotionally close relationships with peers.
D)   experience positive relationships with peers and negative relationships with parents.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Compared with others their own age,children who form a positive self-concept are more likely to be

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A)   obedient.
B)   egocentric.
C)   sociable.
D)   systemizers.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Human females begin forming all the eggs they will ever have during

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A)   conception.
B)   prenatal development.
C)   early childhood.
D)   puberty.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Which psychologist was most influential in shaping our understanding of cognitive development?

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A)   Konrad Lorenz
B)   Jean Piaget
C)   Sigmund Freud
D)   Erik EriksonE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived is known as

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A)   conservation.
B)   assimilation.
C)   object permanence.
D)   a secure attachment.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

People experience rapid physical development and sexual maturation

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A)   during late adolescence.
B)   at puberty.
C)   when the frontal lobe matures.
D)   during emerging adulthood.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 9

The concept of maturation is most relevant to understanding the absence of

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A)   secure attachments among infants.
B)   bladder control among 2-year-olds.
C)   self-esteem among kindergarten students.
D)   moral behavior among adolescents.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 10

In an experiment,children saw a doll named Sally leave her ball in a red cupboard and go away.They then observed another doll,Anne,move the ball to a different location.In asking children where Sally will look for the ball upon her return,the investigators were testing the children's

Accepted Answer

A)   secure attachment.
B)   sense of object permanence.
C)   theory of mind.
D)   stranger anxiety.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Among employed women,the task of raising children is especially likely to be associated with ________ marital satisfaction.The departure of mature children from the home is typically associated with ________ marital satisfaction.

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A)   increasing;decreasing
B)   decreasing;increasing
C)   increasing;further increasing
D)   decreasing;further decreasingE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

By a week after birth,infants are able to distinguish between their mothers' ________ and that of another nursing mother.

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A)   face.
B)   smell.
C)   temperament.
D)   tender touche.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Parent-child conflict during the transition to adolescence tends to be ________ with first-born rather than second-born children.The conflict tends to be ________ between children and their mothers than between children and their fathers.

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A)   greater;stronger
B)   smaller;weaker
C)   greater;weaker
D)   smaller;strongerE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Mrs.Carmichael secretly dabs some lipstick on the nose of her 2-year-old son and then allows him to see his face in a mirror.The child is most likely to

Accepted Answer

A)   touch his own nose.
B)   touch the mirror at the point where the lipstick shows.
C)   wave at his mirror image as if it were another child.
D)   assimilate the lipstick mark into his existing self-concept.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

As people progress through late adulthood,they typically experience a slight

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A)   decrease in brain weight.
B)   increase in colds and flu.
C)   increase in life satisfaction.
D)   increase in the perception of high-pitched sounds.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Research on teen social relationships indicates that most adolescents

Accepted Answer

A)   like their parents.
B)   frequently include their parents in their Facebook postings.
C)   want to avoid emotionally close relationships with peers.
D)   experience positive relationships with peers and negative relationships with parents.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Physical exercise in later life promotes ________ in the hippocampus,a brain region that is important for memory.

Accepted Answer

A)   a reduction of myelin
B)   the shortening of telomeres
C)   the process of neurogenesis
D)   reduced plasticityE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

If a child realizes that others may have false beliefs,we can probably say that the child is not completely

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A)   egocentric.
B)   accommodated.
C)   imprinted.
D)   authoritarian.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Jessica acts so differently with her parents than with her girlfriends that she often thinks her personality is completely phony.Erik Erikson would have suggested that Jessica is experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)   delay of gratification.
B)   stagnation.
C)   role confusion.
D)   generativity.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

When tethered to a mobile,infants learned the association between

Accepted Answer

A)   looking and the mobile's smell.
B)   rooting and the mobile's sound.
C)   swallowing and the mobile's color.
D)   kicking and the mobile's movement.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Exam 6: Developing Through the Life Span

Physical exercise in later life promotes ________ in the hippocampus,a brain region that is important for memory.

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Two closed,pyramid-shaped beakers containing clearly identical amounts of a liquid are judged by a child to hold different amounts after one of the beakers is inverted.The child apparently lacks a

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The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived is known as

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Mrs.Carmichael secretly dabs some lipstick on the nose of her 2-year-old son and then allows him to see his face in a mirror.The child is most likely to

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Research on teen social relationships indicates that most adolescents

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A mother who is consistently sensitive and responsive to her infant's cries for care and protection is most likely to encourage

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Research on teen social relationships indicates that most adolescents

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The concept of maturation is most relevant to understanding the absence of

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Among employed women,the task of raising children is especially likely to be associated with ________ marital satisfaction.The departure of mature children from the home is typically associated with ________ marital satisfaction.

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By a week after birth,infants are able to distinguish between their mothers' ________ and that of another nursing mother.

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As people progress through late adulthood,they typically experience a slight

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People experience rapid physical development and sexual maturation

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Parent-child conflict during the transition to adolescence tends to be ________ with first-born rather than second-born children.The conflict tends to be ________ between children and their mothers than between children and their fathers.

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Compared with others their own age,children who form a positive self-concept are more likely to be

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In an experiment,children saw a doll named Sally leave her ball in a red cupboard and go away.They then observed another doll,Anne,move the ball to a different location.In asking children where Sally will look for the ball upon her return,the investigators were testing the children's

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Jessica acts so differently with her parents than with her girlfriends that she often thinks her personality is completely phony.Erik Erikson would have suggested that Jessica is experiencing

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When tethered to a mobile,infants learned the association between

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