Human Deveopmemt

Over the past week Walter has benn trying to tie his shoelaces. Initially, his mother held his hands and worked his fingers through the process. Now that walter is better at it she only guides him verbally. This is an example of:

Scaffolding

Quimby, 15 months old, looks to her mother to see if she should be afraid of the stranger who has come to her home. Quimby relaxes when she sees her mother smiling and speaking to the stranger in a calm voice. Quimby is engaging in:

Social referencing

Marlena is pregnant and has poor eating habits. Her calorie intake is very low with little protein and unbalanced vitamins and minerals. If she continues her present eating habits which of the following is most likely to occur?

The baby is more likely to be malformed

Which of the following statements is not true?

The brain does not show dramatic growth in overall size from 3 to 15 year age range.

Fourteen year old Micheal had the left semi of his brain removed to end seizures. His right semi gradually began to reorganize and take over functions of the brains left semi. This demonstrates:

The brain is both flexible and resilient.

Considering how early intervention programs to improve intellectual development such as the Abecedarian Intervention program have shown marked improvement in the IQ of participants , it can be inferred that the main reason children from low SES families earn lower scores on IQ tests is that:

The parents have difficulty providing an intellectually stimulating environment for their children.

Many of todays children grow up receiving praise for mediocre or even poor performance. What could be a possible consequence of this practice.

They may have difficulty handling competition and criticism

Edwin was a neglected child in his infancy. Now at age 31 he is highly cynical about the world. He did not resolve the ____ stage of development. Which in turn is causing him to experience ______ in his current development stage.

Trust vs Mistrus, isolation

Almost half of all deaths from 15 to 24 years of age are due to ____ with the majority of them involving________

Unintentional injuries motor vehicle accidents

What women experience stress, they are more likely to engage in,

a tend and befriend pattern

Which of the following characterizes a person suffering from anorexia nervosa?

an intense fear of gaining weight that does not decrease with weight lose

A recent study of college students from low SES backgrounds and high SES backgrounds conducted by VanKim and Laska showed that college students from low SES backgrounds ________ than their higher SES counterparts

ate more fast food and fewer fruits and vegetables

Albert bandora states that _______ is a critical factor in wether or not students achieve.

self efficacy

Margie Lachman and her colleagues argue that having a _____ is most important modifiable factors in delaying the onset of diseases in middle adulthood and reducing the frequency of diseases in late adulthood

sense of control in middle age

Lillian is 50 years old. Her doctor has noticed a sharp decrease in her estrogen levels, and lillian is complaining of nausea and fatigue. based on these symptoms, what could be her initial diagnosis

she is going through menopause

According to a recent international comparison of 33 developed countries conducted by the OECD which of the following countries was found to have the highest percentage of obese adults?

the United States

A study of young children living in low income families found that ________ when predicting the vocabulary development of children.

the amount of maternal talk was less important than maternal literacy skills

Seven year old mathews mother passed away recently. He has started asking his father about his mothers whereabouts. Which of the following is the BEST strategy of dealing with mathews questions?

the father should be honest about his mothers death

According to cross sectional study by Ursula Staudinger ________ showed up for the first time on the most important list for those who were 85 to 105 years old.

thinking about life

According to the 2009 kaiser family foundation survey which of the following groups uses media for the longest time during a day

11 to 14 year old

Don and Ellie are trying to conceive a baby. How long should they wait before they suspect infertility?

12 months

A study by Shan and others found that the volume of the brain was ____ in older adults than youngr adults

15 percent less

In recent research psychological professionals were found to over diagnose ADHD approximately ____ percent of the time, and regardless of the symptoms boys were diagnosed twice as often.

20

Uma has given birth. Assuming the baby is average and was born in the US he is most likely to weigh _____ pounds and would be _____ inches long.

7 1/2 : 20

Who among the following is most likely to be rejected by peers on the basis of gender roles?

A little boy playing with a doll

Keith is trying to help his son, JuDD deal with the devastating floods that left 40,000 people in th midwest homeless. Judd's mother and two sisters were among those who lost their homes and all their belongings. A strategy that keith should NOT implement is to:

Allow his child to watch repeated news footage of the tragedy

Which of the following is linked to the poor performance of American children inmate and science compared to Asian children?

American parents were more likely to believe that their children math achievement was due to innate ability.

According to John Bowlby an infants internal working model of attachment includes a simple model of the caregiver, their relationship and the self as:

Deserving of nurturant care

Tzu Chang is 55 years old and is currently enrolled in a college math class. He is doing well for not being in math for over 30 years. This illustatres how development is

Plastic

According to Robert Sternbergs triangular theory of love, love is characterized by the dimensions of

passion, commitment, and intimacy

Mariah has given birth to a girl. One month after delivery she is experiencing very strong of sadness and anxiety. She is so morse and having trouble coping with daily tasks. She is suffering:

Postpartum depression

According to studies, which of the following is one of the most common sexual problems of older men?

Premature ejaculation

Recent research has indicated which of the following regarding babies and morality?

Preverbal babies as young as four months show sings of morality

Social Cognitive theory provides several important principles to help us understand moral behavior of children. Which of the following is NOT one of those principles?

Punishment will always increase modeling of moral behavior.

which of the following is not true about soothing babies?

Research shows that fathers are more likely than mothers to use soothing techniques to reduce infant crying

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the death scenario in the US today?

nowadays greater numbers of older adults die apart from their families.

which of the following is TRUE of decision making and aging

older adults are far more inconsisnt with their choices as compared to younger adults

Urslal is allowed to set her own schedules for playtime and studying. Her mother drives her to ballet and soccer. But she needs to keep her grades up and must go to bed early on weeknights. Ursulas mom is an;

Authoritative parent

One of the explanations for gender difference in the identification of learning disabilities is that:

Boys have a greater biological vulnerability for learning disabilities

Which of the following statements is true about adopted children?

Children who are adopted early in life are more likely to have a positive outcomes than those adopted later in life.

DR Drew is a scientist interested in the effects of music on cognitive deveoplment. Which of the following describes the sequence he should go through

Conceputualize a process or problem, collect data, analyze data, and draw conclusions

Which of the following is the conclusion of the study conducted by costa and Mccrae on approximately 1000 college educated men and women aged 20 to 96

Considerable stability occurs in the five personality factors

Which of the following statements about joint attention is not true?

Emerging forms of joint attention occur at about four to five months.

Infant nighttime waking problems have consistently been linked to :

Excessive parental involvement with their infant

Emma and Anna are identical twins who were adopted by different families a few weeks after birth. They both grew large but Anna was slim and athletic due to her active lifestyle practiced practiced by her adoptive family. This can be explained:

For each genotype a range of phenotypes can be expressed

According to erik Erikson which of the following developmental stages is experienced by an individual during adolescence?

Identity versus identity confusion

Identify a TRUE statement about the NO child left behind legislation

In the NCLB era gifted students were often neglected in an effort to raise the achievement level of students who were not doing well

James marcia defines______ as a period of identity development during which the individual is exploring alternatives.

crisis

While talking to his grandmother on the phone five year old Danny suddenly exclaims "Oh look at that pretty Bird" when his grandma asks him to describe the bird Danny Says "Out there out there right there grandma" He finally gets frustrated and hangs up. This is:

egocentrism

Stuer applefeild and smith conducted an experiment where preschool children were randomly assigned to two groups. On group watched tv with violence the other watched without violence. During a free play session the children who watched the violence showed more aggression. Conclusion?

exposure to TV violence caused by aggression in this investigation.

Martin jumped up to cheer and dropped the baby. If she later has trouble with higher order thinking planning problem solving or voluntary movement it would indicate that her _______ lobe was damaged.

frontal

About ______ college men admit to forcing sexual activity

half of

Your elderly aunt marie was recently admitted into a nursing home where there is a residents advisory board" consisting of the people who live in the home. They consult with the staff on changes that affect their lives and help plan the monthly activities. Based on a research by Judith rodin and Ellen Langer, you would expect her to be;

happier than she was when she did not have any input into decisions affecting her life

Bill wants to know how he can prevent drug abuse by his adolescent son. You would suggest that Bill:

have family dinners most nights of the week

According to research by Baltes and his colleagues which of the following statements about wisdom is TRUE?

high levels of wisdom are rare

Research linking corporal punishment and child behavior has been associated with all of the following EXCEPT:

higher levels of moral internalization

Latrell is very intelligent but only of average physical attractiveness. The matching hypothesis states that he will choose a partner who:

is of average physical attraction.

According to Erik Erikson if individuals do not develop intimacy they face

isolation

Which of the following statements about life review is NOT true?

life reviews avoid reflecting on regrets.

Megan is 8 and has a test tomorrow. "Its an easy test" she tells her mother "I just have to recognize a bunch of stuff on a chart. I finished studying for it yesterday. I know that Ill remember everything I need to know" Megan is exhibiting her:

metamemory