Psychology - Developmental Psychology: QuizDoc 4

A number of genetic and chromosomal disorders exist although a preponderance of children are

Crystallized intelligence involves ______.

The baby’s crying stimulates the hormones prolactin and oxytocin in the mother’s body, which leads to the ______________________, allowing milk to flow through her breasts

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Tony and Tina can tell at birth that something is wrong with their son. Genetic tests indicate that the child has an extra chromosome in his cells and that chromosome is a sex chromosome. Which of the following does the child most likely have?

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The notion that the nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and brain become less efficient with age is called

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At what developmental stage are fears about death generally the greatest?

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The prevailing view among developmental psychologists is that gender differences in emotional

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Ovulation tends to occur _____ of the menstrual cycle.

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You were recently watching your younger sister, who is 13 years old, try to figure out why her cell phone was not working. You were fascinated by the systematic problem-solving strategies she used. You know that just a few months ago she would not have been able to perform at this level of hypothesis testing. According to Piaget, what type of reasoning is she using?

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In general, ____ become(s) ____ restrictive in midlife than they had been in previous stages of development

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Young children's concepts are

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Jackie is playing a game in which she has to answer questions regarding the meaning of 10 random words. This sort of game would be most challenging to Jackie's a. implicit memory

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Pilar was an excellent salesperson, and won an award for selling more total value in insurance policies than anyone else in her branch office. Following Gardner’s scheme, we would expect Pilar to be high in

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What is the main idea behind Skinner's theory of operant conditioning?

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Callie has just entered a stage of development marked by a profound shift in her thinking processes. Vygotsky would note that this has occurred because Callie now ________.

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Jeff wants to lose 2lb. of fat. What combination of diet and weight loss should he utilize to do so safely?

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Parents' responsiveness to their infants is related to attachment pattern

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School-age children are likely to view which of the following activities as nearly as bad as a moral transgression?

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If there were a midlife crisis, one would expect the personality trait, __________, to increase

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Describe three skills that underlie prosocial behavior

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Which of the following is NOT an example of the construct of social justice?

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According to Lawrence Kohlberg, most adults eventually attain the __________ level of morality but do not develop further

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In 2007, the overall death rate for suicide in the U.S

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Early dating ________.

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In his research, Kevin Miller found that only 48 percent of American children could count to 20, compared to 74 percent of Chinese children. These differences can be understood in terms of

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How has the rate of breastfeeding in the United States changed since the early 1970s?

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adolescents who experience _____ sex education are less likely to report adolescent pregnancies than those who are only given only _____ - _____ sex education

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We maintain a positive sense of self by gravitating toward environments that support these positive evaluations because they involve things we are good at

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Due to __________, males are at greater risk of developing genetically based problems such as learning and intellectual abilities

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Vowel-like utterances such as "oooooooo" and "ahhhhhhh" are referred to as

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School-age children and adolescents tend to exhibit more difficulty adjusting to a parent remarrying than do younger children.

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Some researchers think that the function of __________ is to provide a means for an infant's brain to stimulate itself

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The zone of proximal development (ZPD) is a term for

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Which of the following theorists placed the greatest emphasis on unconscious experience as an important influence in development?

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Identify each of the four major perspectives on gender identity and describe the various viewpoints.

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Someone with a(n) ________ personality type, according to Holland, values leadership and leading teams toward defined goals

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Which statement is an assumption of the Newman and Newman text?

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Which benefit results from child care outside of the home?

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When Travis teased his younger sister, his parents made him go to his room. His parents were attempting to use __________ to influence Travis's behavior

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When young adults are deprived of time cues, their circadian rhythms:

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When children have one European American parent and the other is African American, Asian American, or Hispanic, children tend to adopt the

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Addie is assigned to a group that does not receive the treatment being studied. What is her part in this experiment?

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When genes have different influences on the developing genotype depending on whether they

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Research on flexibility indicates which of the following?

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Some Neo-Piagetian theorists argue that the development of operational thinking can best be understood in terms of

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Camille is crawling and she stops before crawling off an edge. This suggests:

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Genetic factors appear to play _____ role in determining how long people will live

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Kinsey found that many people have a mixture of homosexuality and heterosexuality, and so, are to some degree

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All types of aggression are less frequent from 4 to 8 years of age, most likely due to

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According to Holland, someone who is oriented toward the theoretical and abstract but is not particularly good with people is ___________. These people are well suited to careers in math and science

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Jason finds it easy to make rational and practical decisions when he is in a calm and peaceful environment, but he finds it difficult to think rationally when he is in a noisy and messy environment. In the context of social learning theory, this scenario exemplifies the concept of:

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A toddler from a traditional culture would likely _________________________

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Vaping e-cigarettes is addictive because they contain

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