Question 1

Psychologists use the term gender to refer to:

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A)   biological differences between the sexes
B)   differences that are an outgrowth of socialization practices
C)   how you think about yourself in a sexual sense
D)   all of the above

Question 2

Infantile amnesia refers to the observation that:

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A)   infants quickly forget stimuli they have recently seen
B)   infants repress any sexual images
C)   adults are unable to remember things that occurred to them before about the age of 3
D)   we can remember what occurred in infancy but not why it occurred

Question 3

In terms of the influence of peers and parents on children's development and personality, psychologists tend to agree that:

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A)   parents play the primary role in social development
B)   peers play the primary role in social development
C)   peers and parents play complementary roles
D)   genes override the influence of both parents and peers

Question 4

The biocultural systems theory is used to explain the way:

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A)   biology and culture interact to affect a child's overall development
B)   biology and culture interact and allow a child's language development
C)   biology determines how culture shapes the moral development of children
D)   culture can alter set biological tendencies in children's moral development

Question 5

The term creole refers to:

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A)   how different languages follow entirely different grammatical rules
B)   the fact that signed language is acquired much more slowly than spoken language
C)   a language that evolves over time from the mixing of existing languages
D)   the utilization of general linguistic rules

Question 6

When a psychologist says you have become habituated to a stimulus she means that:

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A)   you are familiar with it and prefer to look at it rather than at other stimuli
B)   you habitually engage in behaviour that makes the stimulus accessible to you
C)   your interest in the stimulus declines
D)   you no longer see, smell, or feel it

Question 7

While a child watches, you hide a Cheerio under one of two cups in front of her. The first three times you hide it under the blue cup and the fourth time under the red cup. She still looks for the Cheerio under the blue cup. This child has not yet fully comprehended:

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A)   differences in colour
B)   assimilation
C)   accommodation
D)   object permanence

Question 8

What was the important difference between the test of mathematical ability conducted by Mehler and Bever and that conducted by Piaget?

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A)   Mehler and Bever used candy and thus increased the children's motivation.
B)   Piaget expected the children to be able to write their answers, not verbalize them.
C)   Piaget used children with no previous math experience.
D)   Mehler and Bever only used children who had previously attended preschool.

Question 9

What does Piaget call the process of changing or modifying a schema in response to environmental factors?

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A)   assimilation
B)   accommodation
C)   maturation
D)   conservation

Question 10

Research suggests that infants younger than 18 months:

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A)   cannot remember events for longer than 24 hours
B)   have little recall of any stimuli not relevant to their immediate needs
C)   can remember some things for several weeks
D)   remember stimuli or events directly associated with caregivers but little else

Question 11

Comparisons across cultures showed that when infants begin to crawl they:

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A)   begin to lose interest in their caregivers
B)   display signs of being more interested in age peers than in caregivers
C)   play happily even when the caregiver leaves
D)   show signs of distress when separated from caregivers

Question 12

If a child is using telegraphic speech, he or she will:

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A)   only say single words, not sentences
B)   speak in complex sentences
C)   speak in simple three to four word sentences
D)   speak in simple two word sentences

Question 13

If you observed babies in many different cultures just as they were beginning to use language you would find that:

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A)   the stages they go through in acquiring language depend very much upon the culture in which they are being raised
B)   children use only words they have heard from adults
C)   the first words being used identify objects or are simple action words
D)   the rate at which they acquire language depends on the culture they grow up in

Question 14

Which of the following is a preventable birth defect?

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A)   Down syndrome
B)   fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) 
C)   hemophilia, a genetic bleeding disorder
D)   mental retardation

Question 15

The term embryo describes the stage of development:

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A)   from conception to approximately 2 weeks postconception
B)   from approximately 2 weeks postconception to approximately 2 months
C)   from approximately 2 months to birth
D)   during the last trimester

Question 16

By 1 year of age most babies are babbling using consonants and syllables. If you listened to this babble you would be:

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A)   struck by how similar the sounds are across languages
B)   able to infer something about the language being spoken by adults during the baby's development
C)   able to predict the age at which the child would begin using language
D)   able to predict the infant's future language competence

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT likely to be an area studied by developmental psychologists?

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A)   the central role that culture plays in the order in which children develop certain skills
B)   the critical point in fetal development that is responsible for social behaviours
C)   the effects of exercise on memory in individuals with dementia
D)   the neurotransmitters critical for hard-wiring of reflexes in the brain

Question 18

The development of a theory of mind is linked to development in which area of the brain?

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A)   limbic system
B)   amygdala
C)   prefrontal region
D)   cerebellum

Question 19

During preschool and early grade school, children are most likely to:

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A)   be able to label their ethnic or racial group, but not express the societal attributes attached to their ethnic or racial group
B)   both label their ethnic or racial group and express the societal attributes attached to their ethnic or racial group
C)   reject the values of their ethnic or racial group
D)   form a strong attachment to their ethnic or racial group values

Question 20

Typically children begin to pay attention to and interact with their peers at:

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A)   6 months
B)   1 year
C)   2 years
D)   grade school

Exam 11: Human Development

By 1 year of age most babies are babbling using consonants and syllables. If you listened to this babble you would be:

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Which of the following is a preventable birth defect?

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Typically children begin to pay attention to and interact with their peers at:

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In terms of the influence of peers and parents on children's development and personality, psychologists tend to agree that:

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If you observed babies in many different cultures just as they were beginning to use language you would find that:

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What was the important difference between the test of mathematical ability conducted by Mehler and Bever and that conducted by Piaget?

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The biocultural systems theory is used to explain the way:

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The term embryo describes the stage of development:

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What does Piaget call the process of changing or modifying a schema in response to environmental factors?

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Research suggests that infants younger than 18 months:

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The development of a theory of mind is linked to development in which area of the brain?

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During preschool and early grade school, children are most likely to:

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When a psychologist says you have become habituated to a stimulus she means that:

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Infantile amnesia refers to the observation that:

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If a child is using telegraphic speech, he or she will:

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Psychologists use the term gender to refer to:

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While a child watches, you hide a Cheerio under one of two cups in front of her. The first three times you hide it under the blue cup and the fourth time under the red cup. She still looks for the Cheerio under the blue cup. This child has not yet fully comprehended:

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Comparisons across cultures showed that when infants begin to crawl they:

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Which of the following is NOT likely to be an area studied by developmental psychologists?

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The term creole refers to:

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