PSY 101 Chapter 9 Practice Quiz

Object permanence is a developmental skill that typically emerges when a person is about _____ year(s) old.

1

The frequency of fetal alcohol syndrome is about _____ live births

1 per 1,000

_____ occurs when the nucleus of a sperm joins with the nucleus of an egg.

Conception

_____ psychology is the study of the changes to body, mind, and interpersonal interaction that people experience across the life span.

Developmental

Four-year-old Hiroto, and his 35-year-old father, Minato, live in Japan and do not speak English. They are visiting with relatives in the United States. It is MOST likely that _____ will learn English with greater ease because _____

Hiroto; of his greater capacity for new neural connections

_____ is the person MOST commonly associated with the widely utilized five-stage model of dying.

Kubler-Ross

_____ is to women as _____ is to men.

Menopause; andropause

_____ occurs when adolescents harbor the idea that they are special and perhaps invulnerable.

Personal fable

_____ is MOST commonly associated with the foundational theory and identification of stages related to the cognitive development of children.

Piaget

_____ proposed that social interaction is the primary force driving cognitive development.

Vygotsky

Criticisms of Kohlberg's theory include all of the following EXCEPT:

a bias toward people of moderate to high socioeconomic status

Typically, girls begin puberty _____ boys

about 2 years before

The terms "boomerang kids" and "accordion families" refer to the growing trend of:

adult children returning home in the face of economic stressors

Patrick is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He responded to receiving this diagnosis by requesting to see the lab work himself and verbalizing his belief that there must have been an error at the lab. According to Kubler-Ross, Patrick is in the _____ stage and will MOST likely move to the next stage which is_____

denial; anger

An inference, used in research of infants, is BEST described as a(n):

educated guess

Estimates indicated that _____ percent of people over age 65 in the United States have Alzheimer's.

10

The body and mind begin to decline in functioning beginning in a person's:

30s

Once the sperm and egg unite into a new cell there are typically _____ chromosomes.

46

Research indicates cultural variables impact dating in adolescence. Generally, _____ and ____ teens appear to delay dating compared to their comparably aged peers

Asian; Latino

_____ is a classification process that makes sense of new information by sorting it into already existing schemas

Assimilation

Piaget emphasized _____ factors in cognitive development, while Vygotsky emphasized _____ factors

biological; social interaction

Changes in primary sex characteristics among adolescent females include all of the following EXCEPT:

body fat increases

The "5 Cs" of positive youth development include all of the following EXCEPT:

charisma

Disadvantages of longitudinal designs include all of the following EXCEPT:

cohort effect

Jasmine is conducting research on the interactions between digital devices and social engagement across the adult life span. Her research sample includes subgroups of people who are in young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood, in order to compare their responses. It is MOST likely that Jasmine is conducting research using a _____ design.

cross-sectional

During the period from 2 weeks postconception until about 2 months postconception, the prenatal human is referred to as a(n):

embryo

Stage development is BEST illustrated by:

evaluating sexual maturity among prepubescent and postpubescent individuals.

People with fetal alcohol syndrome are likely to exhibit all these characteristics EXCEPT:

excessive hair growth between brows

From about 2 months postconception until birth, a prenatal human is referred to as a(n)

fetus

Farouk, age 47, is working to establish college scholarships to be awarded to immigrant students. It is MOST likely that a psychologist would evaluate Farouk as being in the psychosocial stage:

generativity versus stagnation

An infant hears and attends to a sound. After repeated exposure to the sound, the infant demonstrates _____ and ignores the sound.

habituation

Monozygotic twins are:

identical

When an adolescent addresses the bigger questions, such as religious belief, political affiliation, and sexual orientation, a psychologist would MOST likely assess that person as being in the psychosocial stage of:

identity versus role confusion

Secure attachment in childhood is associated with all of the following EXCEPT:

improved life expectancy.

Dr. Rento is conducting research on cognitive development among U.S. high school students. Based on research, it is MOST likely that _____ of the students have mastered the formal operational stage.

less than half

A _____ design is MOST likely to limit cohort effect in research

longitudinal

Dr. Smith is conducting research on the effects of vitamin D and mood regulation across the adult life span. Dr. Smith is utilizing a sample of young adults. He will collect data on their vitamin D levels and subjective mood every 3 years for the next 15 years. It is MOST likely that Dr. Smith is conducting research using a _____ design.

longitudinal

All of these are true about life expectancy in the United States EXCEPT:

men have longer life expectancies

Menopause is MOST likely to begin in a person's

mid 40s to mid 50s

Robert and Raymond share the same genes. They are _____ twins.

monozygotic

Observations of the patterns of motor development among babies suggest ______ has the strongest influence.

nature

Most parents experience_____ negative symptoms related to empty-nest syndrome.

no or few

A newborn's vision is _____ developed as their sense of smell

not as well

Robert is shown two glasses containing the same amount of liquid. He acknowledges that the glasses have the same amount of liquid. One of these glasses of liquid is poured into a glass of a different shape. Robert verbalizes that the two glasses now contain different amounts of liquid. This scenario BEST illustrates that Robert has:

not mastered conservation

Fetal alcohol syndrome ______, compared to fetal alcohol effect, which _____.

occurs with greater symptom intensity; occurs with greater frequency

Stability versus change is BEST illustrated by examining:

personality traits at various points in the lifespan.

Brandon enjoys pretending that he is a superhero battling zombies. Brandon's behaviors are MOST consistent with a person who is in the _____ stage.

preoperational

The Seattle Longitudinal Study revealed that _____ declines in middle adulthood.

processing speed

Widened hips and the development of breasts are typical of _____ in adolescent females.

secondary sex characteristics

Babies with _____ attachment use mothers as a base from which to explore

secure

A(n) _____ is any substance that harms the embryo or fetus.

teratogen

Enriched environments have been linked to all of the following EXCEPT:

wider synaptic connections