3101 Exam 1- quizzes 1-3

Your best friend, who's not a very good driver and has earned two speeding tickets in the past six months, asks to borrow your car for a very important reason. What would be an assertive response on your part?

"No. You know I don't let other people drive my car. Would it help if I drove you somewhere?"

When one identical twin is schizophrenic, the other is ____ times more likely to be schizophrenic as compared with the general population.

50

Which of the following is characteristic of bulimia?

A binge may last from a few minutes to several hours.

When assuming the role of _____, a social worker links individuals and groups who need assistance with relevant community services.

A broker

Which technique involves the insertion of a needle through the abdominal wall and into the uterus to obtain fluid for determination of fetal gender or chromosomal abnormalities?

Amniocentesis

Gilligan's first level of moral development for women involves ____.

An orientation to personal survival

Specific phobias, such as fear of injections and transfusions, fall into which category of disorders?

Anxiety

Which process establishes the basis for understanding people's problems and issues, and subsequently helps them improve their lives?

Assessment

What process determines which sensory information receives additional cognitive processing?

Attention

____ is closely related to good communication in families—when it is fostered, boundaries for roles and relationships are clearly established, and therefore all family members are held responsible for their own behavior.

Autonomy

Which term refers to development from the head to the toes?

Cephalocaudal

An egg is gently moved along inside the fallopian tube by tiny hair-like extensions called ____.

Cilia

Which of the following is an element of Sternberg's triarchic theory of human intelligence?

Componential

Which contraceptive method provides protection against sexually transmitted infection?

Condoms

Which theory suggests that the weaker the social bonding, the greater the likelihood that an adolescent will become involved in delinquent gang activities?

Control

The politics of ____ operates on the edge of the dominant social system and includes school boycotts, rent strikes, job blockades, and sit-ins.

Creative disorder

Adolescence is best understood as a ____.

Cultural Concept

Which disorder involves a chromosomal abnormality and results in various degrees of cognitive disability?

Down syndrome

Merging systems theories with an ecological perspective is sometimes referred to as ____.

Ecosystems theory

____ is the complex combination of feelings and moods that involves subtle psychological reactions and is expressed by displaying characteristic patterns of behavior.

Emotion

The fact that there are many different means to the same end is referred to as ____.

Equifinality

____ is the belief that one's own culture, ethnic or racial group, or nation is superior to others.

Ethnocentrism

What does current research suggest with regard to the use of alcohol, over-the-counter medications, and vitamins during pregnancy?

Even one or two drinks a day consumed by the mother during pregnancy can harm a fetus.

According to Vygotsky, the zone of proximal development is based solely on the range of skills a child can perform independently.

False

Ethics are perceptions and opinions held by individuals, professions, and cultures about what is good and desirable.

False

In gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), fertilization occurs in a "test tube" outside of the body.

False

In our society, most socialization occurs in late adulthood.

False

In the court system, the petition process involves a hearing in which the court determines what is to be done with the child.

False

Intersectionality holds that the classical models of oppression within society act independently of one another.

False

Permissive-indulgent parents shun or ignore their children and show little (if any) affection and responsiveness.

False

Sociability is each individual's distinguishing mental and emotional nature that results in a characteristic pattern of responses to people and situations.

False

Stage 3 of Rees's empowerment model for helping homeless youth focuses on awareness and mutual education.

False

A score of four points on the SAD PERSONS scale indicates which clinical action?

Follow up closely and consider hospitalization

People who fall into Marcia's ____ category never experience an identity crisis; they glide into adulthood without experiencing much turbulence or anxiety.

Foreclosure

In which procedure are collected eggs and sperm placed directly into a fallopian tube?

Gamete intrafallopian transfer

Harter postulates that children develop a sense of ____, which is an overall view of how positively they feel about themselves based on how competent they perceive themselves to be and on the amount of social support they receive from those around them.

Global self-worth

According to Thomas Gordon, which statement is true of I-messages?

I-messages are nonblaming messages.

According to Freud, the primitive psychic force that represents basic needs and drives, and upon which other personality factors are built, is called the ____.

Id

The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (1973) ____.

Includes assessment of both behaviors and reflexes

____ is the unfair treatment of an individual that is due to established operating procedures, policies, laws, or objectives of large organizations.

Institutional discrimination

Genital herpes ____.

Is caused by herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2)

Which statement about masturbation is true?

It is a normal means of relieving sexual tension.

____ is the criminal thinking error in which the criminal can only maintain feelings of uniqueness by refusing to consider the experiences or feelings of others.

Lack of empathy

The text states that, several decades ago, among immigrant ____ families it was not uncommon for parents to jump into the grave at the cemetery if a child had preceded a parent in death.

Lebanese

Research suggests that adolescents who receive abstinence-only sex education are _____.

Less likely to use contraceptives

Which type of system refers to any small group, including family, work groups, and other social groups?

Mezzo

Early maturing boys tend to be _____ than late-maturing boys.

More popular

Which statement about gonorrhea is true?

Most women experience no symptoms.

Because Native Americans value ____, it is considered inappropriate in Native American culture to intrude in the affairs of others.

Noninterference

In the dual perspective concept, the ____ system is composed of the physical and social environment of family and community.

Nurturing

____ involves putting unfair and extreme limitations and constraints on members of an identified group.

Oppression

According to Tuckman, it is during the ____ stage of development that the group works as a unit to achieve the group's goals.

Performimg

Which statement about Piaget's theory is true?

Piaget states that virtually all people learn how to think in the same way and in a set order.

The ____ states that "the opportunity to engage in a high-probability behavior as a consequence for a low-probability behavior will increase the low-probability behavior," but never vice versa

Premack Principle

Sex characteristics that are directly related to the sex organs and reproduction are known as _____ sex characteristics

Primary

____ occurs when a person learns to respond to a new stimulus that does not naturally elicit a response.

Respondent conditioning

Individuals tend to join a(n) ____ gang in order to secure continued access to the drugs they use.

Retreatist

____ independence involves becoming self-directed rather than other-directed, but not becoming selfish.

Social

A ____ illustrates children's relationships and feelings toward other people.

Sociogram

During ____ of Fowler's theory of faith development, people have not critically evaluated the fundamental basis of their faith. Rather, they adhere to conventional ideology.

Stage 4 (synthetic-conventional faith)

Which of the following is true about nonwhites in the United States?

The life expectancy for nonwhites is several years less than for whites.

Kohlberg's theory of moral development describes ____ levels.

Three

A scapegoat may be a particular person or a group of people.

True

Human rights are based on the concept of social justice.

True

In places where abortion is not legal, it is likely unsafe and potentially deadly.

True

Privilege entails special rights or benefits enjoyed because of elevated social, political, or economic status.

True

Proposition 209 in California explicitly rejects the idea that women and minority groups should be given special consideration for jobs and university admission.

True

Racists, like criminals, put considerable effort into building a good-person self-image.

True

Sixty-six percent of students identified with learning disabilities are male.

True

The typical growth spurt during puberty is between ____.

Two and five inches

A normally developing ____-old child can usually combine two or three words together, and typically has a vocabulary of over fifty words

Two-year

Differentiation refers to ____.

a system's tendency to move from a more simplified to a more complex existence

The second stage of Erikson's psychosocial theory is characterized by the crisis of ____.

autonomy vs. shame and doubt

The most commonly used type of birth control pill combines synthetic _____ and progestin (a synthetic version of _____.

estrogen; progesterone

Erikson uses the term psychosocial ____ to describe a period of free experimentation before a final sense of identity is achieved.

moratorium

A group that is concerned with planning the allocation of scarce resources would be considered a(n) ____ group.

problem-solving and decision-making

In ____ of Kohlberg's model of moral development, rules are obeyed in order to receive rewards and, often, favors are exchanged.

stage 2 (naive instrumental hedonism)