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1
According to Erikson, the crisis that needs resolution for adolescents involves the search for
trust
self-worth
identity
autonomy
2
According to Erikson, trust is to ________, as identity is to _________.
childhood;adolescence
infancy;childhood
infancy;adolescence
adulthood;childhood
3
Period when events must take place to facilitate proper development is called the ____ period.
assimilation
critical
conservation
attachment
4
The ability to think quickly and abstractly is known as
cohort effects
fluid intelligence
crystalized intelligence
concrete thinking
5
Puberty is generally characterized by all of the following
except
increased conflict with parental figures
a dramatic increase in height and weight
a decrease in concentrations of certain hormones
an increase in idealistic adn abstract thinking
6
Answer the following question:
autonomy
stagflation
attachment
habituation
7
According to Erikson, isolation is to intimacy as role confusion is to
guilt
mistrust
inferiority
identity
8
Answer the following question:
Postconventional
Conventional
preconventional
Conservational
9
Answer the following question:
insecure attachment
gut-level feelings
stranger anxiety
fluid intelligence
10
Answer the following question:
formal operations
postconventional
preconventional
conventional
11
Answer the following question:
conservation
secure attachment
egocentrism
stranger anxiety
12
Answer the following question:
soft body contact
comforting sounds
food
water
13
Which of the following is NOT a way human children become attached to their parents?
imprinting
mere exposure to parents
body contact
all of the above
14
Answer the following question:
egocentrism
sensorimotor
object permanence
conservation
15
During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a(n)
embryo and finally develops into a fetus
a fetus and finally into a zygote
zygote and finally into a fetus
zygote and finally develops into an embryo
16
Once a sperm penetrates the cell wall of an egg and fertilizes it, this structure is known as
an embryo
a fetus
placenta
a zygote
17
Answer the following question:
the social learning theory
role confusion
the gender schema theory
gender identity disorder
18
A person who does not do something to avoid getting caught is at this level of moral reasoning
postconventional
conventional
preconventional
unconventional
19
The psycholgical crisis "trust vs. mistrust" takes place in which of Erikson's stages?
infants
school age
adolescents
preschool
20
A developmental stage characteristic of early childhood (3-5 years) is
initiative vs. guilt
identity vs. role confusion
intimacy vs. isolation
trust vs. mistrust
21
Which of the following is true of fluid intelligence?
generally decreases with age
generally increases with age
generally stays the same throughout the lifespan
depends completely on the person
22
According to Piaget, egocentrism is to conservation as the ____ stage is to the ______ stage.
preoperational;sensorimotor
preoperational;concrete operational
concrete operational;preoperational
concrete operational;formal operational
23
Answer the following question:
egocentric thinking
evidence of assimilation
object permanence
the ability to think abstractly
24
Erkison would suggest that authoritarian parents inhibit the development of a child's
theory of mind
habituation
autonomy and initiative
assimilation and accomodation
25
Which of the following might contribute to teenagers engaging in risky sexual activity?
The frontal lobes do not reach maturity until the mid-20s
Teens do not understand the consquences of risky sex
The limbic system does not reach maturity until the mid 20s
Teens have not yet reached the concrete operational stage
26
Answer the following question:
testosterone
alcohol
carbs
free radicals
27
The period of prenatal development that occurs just before birth is the
embryotic period
zygotic period
germinal period
fetal period
28
Answer the following question:
the zone of proximal development
accomodation
assimilation
joint visualization
29
Answer the following question:
cystallized intelligence
normal aging
death-deferral phenomenon
Alzheimer's disease
30
What is necessary for the development of advanced moral reasoning, according to Piaget?
stoicism
corporeal punishment
conservation
formal operations
31
The rooting reflex refers to a baby's tendency to
dig in your pockets
open its mouth and turn its head when touched on the cheek
be startled by a loud noise
withdraw a limb to escape pain
32
Answer the following question:
stranger attachment
the critical period
secure attachment
socialization
33
Erikson used which term to refer to the period of adolescence?
identity crisis
preconventional
generaltivity
foreclosure
34
Which of the following is NOT a secondary sex characteristic?
female breasts
wide hips
male testes
facial hair
35
Answer the following question:
assimilation
conservation
accomodation
egocentrism
36
Answer the following question:
formal operational
anal/retentive
sensorimotor
concrete operational
37
Which saw the issues of identity and role confusion as critical to adolescent development?
Jean Piaget
Sigmund Freud
Margaret Mead
Erik Erikson
38
The sense of when to leave home, get a job, or marry is also referred to as the
social clock
midlife crisis
life span
theory of mind
39
Answer the following question:
fluid intelligence
insecure attachment
conservation
imprinting
40
The critical period theory
says there is no best time to learn a language
none of the above
was proved incorrect by the case of Genie in the 1970's
states there is an optimal time to aquire certain skills
41
Answer the following question:
physical
experiential
historical
cultural
42
Answer the following question:
social intuitive
preconventional
conventional
postconventional
43
Authoritarian parents
show lots of love and affection to their children
are overly indulgent with their children
pay little attention to their children
are highly controlling of their children
44
Answer the following question:
continuity
attachment
maturation
imprinting
45
The phrase "out of sight, out of mind" is true of cognitive processing in the ____ stage
sensorimotor
formal operational
concrete operational
preoperational
46
Temperment refers to an infant's
susceptibility to infection and disease
general intelligence
emotional reactivity
level of anger
47
Answer the following question:
preferential looking
object permanence
habituation
visual development
48
Answer the following question:
object permanence
assimilation
egocentrism
Conservation
49
Suzy, a two year old, grabs a toy her brother is playing with and yells, "Mine!" Suzy lacks
object permanence
conservation
theory of mind
preconventional morality
50
Crystallized intelligence
decreased with age
does not change until about age 75
cannot be measured
increases with age
51
A concept and framework that organizes and interprets information is called a(n)
attachment
assimilation
schema
temperment
52
Answer the following question:
anxious-avoidant
disorganized-disoriented
insecure
secure
53
Answer the following question:
a biased study
a cross-sectional study
an age diference study
a longitudinal study
54
Answer the following question:
postconventional
preconventional
conventional
unconventional
55
Answer the following question:
conventional
preconventional
postconventional
seventh Nirvana
56
Answer the following question:
into a sexually mature person
basic trust
intimacy
identity
57
What is the term used by psychologists to describe the behavioral aspects of gender?
yin/yang
passive/aggressive
gender identity
gender role
58
Answer the following question:
conventional
postconventional
preconventional
gangsta
59
Jean Piaget's development theory focused on how humans develop
socailly
physically
morally
cognitively
60
Of the following activities, this one uses crystallized intelligence
reciting facts about the Civil War
visualizing the way an object would look if it is rotated
using a mathematical formula to solve a problem
solving a jigsaw puzzle
61
Which of the following is NOT one of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
sensorimotor
concrete operational
formal operations
conservation
62
Answer the following question:
an imprinting experience shortly after birth
a terry-cloth wrapped mother
the "right" temperment
sensitive, responsive caregivers
