QUESTION 1
1. Referring to Discussion 3 in the Discussion Board, your friend's daughter was recently diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and she asked her pediatrician to prescribe medication. Which of the below medicines would the pediatrician likely prescribe?
Melatonin
Benadryl
Propranolol
Ritalin
QUESTION 2
1. Vincent is in the final stage of lung cancer and is in a great deal of pain. He requests his physicians to put an end to his suffering by allowing him to die. After completing the required legal formalities, Vincent’s wife administers a drug to end his life. This scenario illustrates _____.
a. temporary sedation
b. passive euthanasia
c. physician-assisted suicide
d. voluntary active euthanasia
QUESTION 3
1. Urie Brofenbrenner’s ecological and systems theory include the concepts of microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem.
True
False
QUESTION 4
1. Labor and delivery are usually divided into three stages.
True
False
QUESTION 5
1. Erikson's stage theory is a cognitive developmental theory with three stages that include preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.
True
False
QUESTION 6
1. During the preschool years, physical and motor development proceeds, literally, by leaps and bounds. However, the brain develops less quickly than any other organ in early childhood.
True
False
QUESTION 7
1. Cross-cultural research on the “big five” personality factors has shown that:
a. most personality characteristics are derived genetically from parents.
b. personality is developed within the first five years of life.
c. the expression of personality traits remains unaffected by culture.
d. the factors are related to people’s basic temperaments, which are largely inborn.
QUESTION 8
1. The preoperational stage of ______________ development was advanced by ___________ theorist ___________________.
psychosocial; psychosocial; Erik Erikson
psychosexual; psychoanalytic; Sigmund Freud
humanistic; humanistic; Abraham Maslow
cognitive; cognitive; Jean Piaget
QUESTION 9
1. Testosterone typically brakes the male growth spurt some years before estrogen brakes that of females.
True
False
QUESTION 10
1. Having a commonsense understanding of how the mind works defines 'theory of mind'.
True
False
QUESTION 11
1. Traits are transmitted by chromosomes and genes. Chromosomes are rod-shaped structures found in cells. Genes are the biochemical materials that regulate the development of traits
True
False
QUESTION 12
1. Which of the following is'not' characteristic of first-born children?
First-born children, as a group, are somewhat more highly motivated to achieve than later-born children.
First-born children show somewhat lower anxiety levels.
First-born children appear to perform better academically, and are more cooperative.
First-born children are more adult-oriented and less aggressive than later-born children.
QUESTION 13
1. Which of the following is true of bone fractures?
a. They are more common among women after menopause than among young women.
b. They pose a greater threat to men than to women due to the poor bone density of men.
c. They pose a greater threat to those who engage in walking as a regular exercise than those who do not.
d. They are characteristics of the normal aging process.
QUESTION 14
1. Glaucoma is characterized by:
a. the buildup of fluid pressure inside the eyeball.
b. clouding of the eye lens.
c. the weakening of the ciliary muscles.
d. inflammation and damage of the retina.
QUESTION 15
1. Catherine's ripened ova were removed surgically from her womb and placed in a laboratory dish. Her husband, Jack's sperm were also placed in the dish. One or more of Catherine's ova were fertilized and injected into her uterus to become implanted. This procedure is known as ________________.
artificial insemination
doner IVF
in vitro fertilization (IVF)
motility
QUESTION 16
1. Children, like adults, often remember what they want to remember.
True
False
QUESTION 17
1. Poor children are five times as likely to die from fires and more than twice as likely to die in motor vehicle accidents than other children.
True
False
QUESTION 18
1. Erikson saw psychosocial generativity as based in:
a. a cognitive process whereby people can think hypothetically about their futures.
b. a learned behavior, causing people to behave in socially acceptable ways.
c. an instinctual drive toward procreativity, bearing, and rearing children.
d. the need of the elderly for approval from their peers.
QUESTION 19
1. The secondary sex characteristics are the structures that make reproduction possible.
True
False
QUESTION 20
1. Which of the following statements is true in the context of hospices?
a. Hospices offer little control to patients and their families with respect to decision making.
b. Hospice care emphasizes length rather than quality of patients’ life.
c. Hospices focus on treating diseases and disabilities of patients.
d. Hospice care tends to be less expensive than hospital treatment.
QUESTION 21
1. Which of the following is 'not' characteristic of social play?
Parallel play
Solitary play
Associative play
Cooperative play
QUESTION 22
1. Down's syndrome is usually caused by an extra chromosome on the 23rd pair.
True
False
QUESTION 23
1. Ego integrity derives from the acceptance of one’s life span being limited and occurring at a certain point in the sweep of history.
True
False
QUESTION 24
1. It is true that some children are left-brained and others are right-brained.
True
False
QUESTION 25
1. According to Sternberg, liking someone is associated with intimacy alone, without passion or long-term commitment.
True
False
QUESTION 26
1. Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences include linguistic, logical-mathematical reasoning, spatial intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, and personal knowledge, naturalist, and existential.
True
False
QUESTION 27
1. The experiment is the preferred research method for investigating questions of cause-and-effect.
True
False
QUESTION 28
1. Reuben, an obese 55-year-old man, experiences chest pain. He is rushed to an emergency room in a hospital where he describes his pain as a feeling of heavy pressure or tightness in the chest along with shortness of breath. Reuben is most likely suffering from a(n) _____.
a. nervous breakdown
b. heart attack
c. epileptic attack
d. bout of depression
QUESTION 29
1. Menarche comes sooner to girls who have a lower percentage of body fat, such as those with eating disorders or athletes.
True
False
QUESTION 30
1. Marriage restricts sexual relations so that a man can be assured—or assume—that his wife’s children are his.
True
False
QUESTION 31
1. A consequence of one dimensional thinking in the preoperation stage of development where putting oneself at the center of things such that one is unable to perceive the world from another person's point of view defines ______________,
symbolic play
artificialism
theory of mind
egocentrism
QUESTION 32
1. The term ageism refers to:
a.the physical and psychological changes associated with aging.
b. the privileges enjoyed by older adults in society.
c. the prejudice against people because of their age.
d. the age-related decline in the memory of adults.
QUESTION 33
1. Which of the following accurately defines the term whole brain death?
a. It is the irreversible cessation of vital life functions.
b. It is the cessation of activity of the cerebral cortex and brain stem.
c. It is the end stage of life in which bodily processes decline, leading to death.
d. It is absence of activity of the cerebral cortex alone.
QUESTION 34
1. Diana Baumrind focused on the relationship between parenting styles and the development of competent behavior in young children. She identified parenting styles that include authoritative, authoritarian; permissive-indulgent, and rejecting-neglecting. Which of the below is 'not' a characteristic of the authoritarian parenting style.
Parents know what they want their children to do but also respect their children and are warm toward them.
Parents have strict guidelines for right and wrong and demand that their children accept them without questions.
Parents are controlling.
Parents do not communicate well with their children or respect their children's viewpoints.
QUESTION 35
1. In the 20th century, psychologists began to take on a _________ perspective, in which they viewed human development as __________ throughout the individual's life.
birds eye; important
life-span; occurring
theoretical; experiential
psychoanalytic; changing
QUESTION 36
1. When older adults relocate to residences for the elderly, they tend to:
a. experience an increase in self-esteem.
b. be open to expanding their social networks.
c. maintain their existing social networks.
d. be selective in forming new relationships.
QUESTION 37
1. Preoperational thought is characterized by the use of symbols to represent objects and relationships among them. Symbolic play occurs when children make believe that objects and toys are other than what they are and is also called pretend play.
True
False
QUESTION 38
1. Advances in immunization along with the development of antibotics and other medications have dramatically reduced the incidence and effects of serious childhood diseases.
True
False
QUESTION 39
1. Glaucoma is characterized by:
2. a. clouding of the eye lens.
b. the weakening of the ciliary muscles.
c. the buildup of fluid pressure inside the eyeball.
d. inflammation and damage of the retina.
QUESTION 40
1. Latency is a stage of development characterized by reaching sexual maturity and the ability to reproduce.
True
False
QUESTION 41
1. A son’s leaving for college (departure from home) is more stressful to parents than that of a daughter’s departure.
True
False
QUESTION 42
1. An intrinsic reward for working is developing one’s talent.
True
False
QUESTION 43
1. Which of the following is synonymous with altruism?
Disinhibit
Prosocial behavior
Aggression
Increased arousal
QUESTION 44
1. Which of the following is characteristic of the moro-reflex?
The baby is lying on its back and turns its head to one side. The arm and leg on that side extend, while the limbs on the opposite side flex.
The neonate fans or spreads the toes in response to stroking of the underside of the foot from heel to toes.
The back arches, the legs and arms are flung out and then brought back toward the chest, with the arms in a hugging motion.
The infant turns the head and mouth toward a stimulus that strokes the cheek, chin, or corner of the mouth.
QUESTION 45
1. Most young adults are careless about their health during early adulthood.
True
False
QUESTION 46
1. In early adolescence, most teenagers tend to be either in identity diffusion or foreclosure statuses.
True
False
QUESTION 47
1. DNA is the acronym for deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material that takes the form of a double helix composed of phosphates, sugars, and bases.
True
False
QUESTION 48
1. Children with high self-esteem are more likely to have authoritarian parents.
True
False
QUESTION 49
1. Which of the following is a stress hormone connected with anger?
2. a. Thyroxin
b. Epinephrine
c. Luteotropin
d. Prolactin
QUESTION 50
1. Children's language skills mushroom during the pre-school years. By the fourth year, children are asking adults and each other questions, taking turns talking, and engaging in lengthy conversations.
True
False
QUESTION 51
1. A human that received the XY combination of sex chromosomes is ‘biologically’ identified as:
male
female
QUESTION 52
1. People in college are often at the realistic choice stage of career development.
True
False
QUESTION 53
1. Cataracts, glaucoma, and hearing loss are usually problems of early adulthood.
True
False
QUESTION 54
1. Chronic alcoholism can cause dementia.
True
False
QUESTION 55
1. Substance abuse is the leading cause of death in the United States for adolescents.
True
False
QUESTION 56
1. The American Psychiatric Association (2013) places the cutoff age at five years for enuresis.
True
False
QUESTION 57
1. The developmental theories proposed by Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, and the information processing theory are examples of:
Cognitive developmental theories.
Behaviorist developmental theories.
Ecological and System theories.
Life-span theory.
QUESTION 58
1. Which of the following statements is true of the development of sexual identity?
2. a. Sexual orientation of individuals is unlikely to be determined before their birth.
b. Individuals are genetically predisposed to have a bisexual orientation.
c. Adolescents are unlikely to be aware of their sexual orientation.
d. Sexual differentiation of sex organs and brain occur at different times.
QUESTION 59
1. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults 18 and older need at least 90 minutes of vigorous physical activity seven days a week.
True
False
QUESTION 60
1. After age _________ , women are usually advised to have their fetuses checked for Down’s syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities.
a. 25
b. 18
c. 20
d. 35
QUESTION 61
1. Approximately 1 female in 500 has Klinefelter syndrome which is caused by an extra X chromosome (an XXX sex chromosomal pattern).
True
False
QUESTION 62
1. Adult children who return to their parents’ home for prolonged periods are part of the _____.
2. a. empty nest syndrome
b. sandwich generation
c. boomerang generation
d. down syndrome generation
QUESTION 63
1. Erik Erikson’s fifth stage of psychosocial development, associated with adolescence, is called ego integrity versus despair.
True
False
QUESTION 64
1. During adolescence, boys tend to have one or two close friends, whereas girls tend to congregate in larger, less intimate groups.
True
False
QUESTION 65
1. According to Kübler-Ross’s stages of dying, which of the following stages is most likely characterized by a person thinking that his or her diagnosis is wrong?
2. a. Denial
b. Acceptance
c. Depression
d. Bargaining
QUESTION 66
1. Referring to Discussion 1 posted in the Discussion Board, a parent's 2-year-old is having a temper tantrum, because he wants a cookie in the grocery store. Which of the following would reinforce the behavior?
Extinction
Giving the two-year-old the cookie.
Ignoring the two-year-old.
Spanking the two-year-old.
QUESTION 67
1. Identify an event that is likely to trigger a midlife crisis among middle-aged adults.
2. a. The acquisition of a new home
b. The death of a parent or a friend
c. The wedding of a grandchild
d. The birth of nephews and nieces
QUESTION 68
1. Menstrual problems _____.
2. a. mostly involve life-threatening symptoms
b. include amenorrhea
c. are primarily caused by psychological problems
d. are unlikely to affect women in their young adulthood
QUESTION 69
1. Which of the following is one of the three leading causes of death in early adulthood?
a. AIDS
b. Suicide
c. Heart disease
d. Cancer
QUESTION 70
1. Most American children are toilet trained between the ages of three and four.
True
False
QUESTION 71
1. According to Freud, children in the middle years are in the oral stage.
True
False
QUESTION 72
1. In classical conditioning of neonates, involuntary responses are conditioned to new stimuli.
True
False
QUESTION 73
1. A teratogen is an agent that causes abnormal prenatal development.
True
False
QUESTION 74
1. Most children live with their mothers after a divorce.
True
Fals
QUESTION 75
1. Which of the below is synonymous with self-concept?
Self-regulation
Gender roles
Gender identity
Sense of Self
QUESTION 76
1. According to Erik Erikson, an absent or fluctuating ego identity is connected with a high divorce rate in teenage marriages.
True
False
QUESTION 77
1. Dualistic thinking:
2. a. involves dividing the cognitive world into opposites, such as good and bad.
b. reflects the most mature type of thought process in adults.
c. reflects the type of thought processes adults develop after college.
d. occurs during Piaget’s fifth stage of cognitive development.
QUESTION 78
1. Self-esteem in late adulthood is tied into independence and dependence.
True
False
QUESTION 79
1. Which of the following is 'not' a gross motor skill at 2 years (24-35 months)?
Runs well straight ahead
Climbs actively and skillfully
Kicks a large ball
Hops on one foot two or more hops
QUESTION 80
1. Developmental psychology is the discipline that studies the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of humans.
True
False
QUESTION 81
1. Between the ages of two and three, a child needs 1000-1400 calories of food per day,
True
False
QUESTION 82
1. Heart disease most commonly results from arteriosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, which impairs circulation and increases the risk of _____.
2. a. malignant tumors
b. a thrombus
c. an ulcer
d. benign tumors
QUESTION 83
1. Obese people:
2. a. have a low fat-to-muscle ratio.
b. metabolize food more slowly than those who are not obese.
c. gain weight because of the mechanism of adaptive thermogenesis.
d. are less likely to indulge in binge eating.
QUESTION 84
1. In terms of determinants of intellectual development, closely related people out to have more similar IQs than distantly related people, even when they are reared separately. Based on the finding of studies of heredity and intelligence, the average correlation for MZ twins reared together is +.87, and +.67 for those raised apart. These findings are a result of:
Experimental research methods.
Longitudinal research methods.
Cross-sectional research methods.
Correlational research methods.
QUESTION 85
1. Which of the following hormones is associated with sexual behavior in adolescent boys?
2. a. Estrogen
b. Progesterone
c. Dopamine
d. Testosterone
QUESTION 86
1. Which of the following is 'not' characteristic of peer interactions that foster social skills?
Helping
Regression
Sharing
dealing with conflict
QUESTION 87
1. Which of the following is true of grief?
2. a. It leaves the mourning people immune to certain types of disease.
b. It can bring on a heightened awareness of one’s own mortality.
c. Grief is a singular emotion, characterized by numbness.
d. It sends the immune systems of the bereaved people into overdrive.
QUESTION 88
1. The independent variable is manipulated and controlled and the dependent variable is observed for changes caused by the independent variable.
True
False
QUESTION 89
1. One controversy that continues to keep researchers trying to sort out the extent to which human behavior is a result of our genes or largely environmental influences is the nature-nurture controversy.
True
False
QUESTION 90
1. Emerging adulthood is sandwiched between the stages of adolescence and young adulthood.
True
False
QUESTION 91
1. The organization of the brain is largely genetically determined.
True
False
QUESTION 92
1. An ultrasound is a:
Standard part of prenatal care in the United States.
Prenatal diagnostic technique that uses a syringe to withdraw a sample of amniotic fluid through the pregnant woman’s abdomen.
Technique obstetricians traditionally use to track prenatal development.
Prenatal diagnostic technique that uses sound waves to generate an image of the fetus.
QUESTION 93
1. Which of the following is true of people during middle adulthood?
2. a. There is great loss of fluid intelligence during middle adulthood.
b. Women become more aware that their “biological clocks” are ticking.
c. The sperm count and “swimming ability” of sperm begin to decline markedly at age 30.
d. Most people in middle adulthood suffer major loss of physical prowess.
QUESTION 94
1. Handedness is apparently influenced by heredity.
True
False
QUESTION 95
1. Sleep problems in late adulthood:
2. a. are unlikely to be linked to chronic illnesses.
b. may symptomize psychological disorders.
c. occur in just a small percentage of individuals.
d. do not involve physical changes.
QUESTION 96
1. Stereotype refers to a fixed, conventional idea about a group.
True
False
QUESTION 97
1. According to Lev Vygotsky, children advance developmentally when they are aided by someone more skilled.
True
False
QUESTION 98
1. According to Piaget, middle childhood is partly characterized by:
2. a. a decline in egocentrism.
b. anxiety about separation from parents.
c. suppression of sexual feelings.
d. failure to acknowledge others’ perspectives.
QUESTION 99
1. Depression may be overlooked because its symptoms are masked by physical complaints.
True
False
QUESTION 100
1. The three designs that are used to study development include the:
Longitudinal design, cross-sectional design, and the cross-sequential design.
Cross-sectional design, the quintessential design, and the simplistic design.
Systematic designs, correlational design, and the experimental design.
QUESTION 101
1. Adults in the final stage of life should let go of the belief that life is meaningful or worth living.
True
False
QUESTION 102
1. Which of the following "is" a fine motor skill at 2 years (24-35 Months)?
Places simple shapes in correct holes
Holds crayons with fingers, not fist
Strings 10 beads
Copies triangle and star
QUESTION 103
1. A conduct disorder is characterized by anxiety about separating from parents and may be expressed as school phobia.
True
False
QUESTION 104
1. Intimacy is the tendency to respond in kind when we feel admired and complimented.
True
False
QUESTION 105
1. Language and cognitive development at interwoven. For example, the child gradually gains the capacity to discriminate between animals on the basis of distinct features, such as size, patterns of movement, and the sounds they make. At the same time, the child also is acquiring words that represent broader categories, such as mammal and animal.
True
False

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