CH6 - CH9 (Exam 02)

Question 1

Dee used to think that everyone else liked the same people she did and hated the same people she did. She now realizes that different people have different opinions toward others. Piaget would suggest that Dee has recently become a ____ thinker.

Answer 1

concrete

Question 2

The main limitation of concrete operational thinking is that such thought is limited to

Answer 2

tangible, real life examples

Question 3

Text author Robert Kail won tickets to the Indianapolis 500 auto race by listing all the possible words that could be created from the words “SAFERACE.” This is an example of

Answer 3

computational reasoning

Question 4

Who would be most likely to emphasize the important role that changes in memory efficiency plays in cognitive development?

Answer 4

​Latka, who is an information-processing theorist

Question 5

​Donovan is really into football and is able to remember all of the professional teams because he has mentally sorted them by division. This indicates that Donavan is using ____ to help him recall the information.

Answer 5

Organization

Question 6

​____ ability involves the realization that a solution will actually work.

Answer 6

practical

Question 7

​Which is not a prerequisite for exceptional talent in childhood?

Answer 7

talented parents

Question 8

​Who would most likely do the best job of playing a game in which the goal was to list as many novel ways to use a banana as possible?

Answer 8

not kala

Question 9

​Phonological processing involves the conversion of

Answer 9

not spoken to memory

Question 10

​Which action best exemplifies an impulsive child?

Answer 10

not fidgiting

Question 11

​Who would most likely do the best job of playing a game in which the goal was to list as many novel ways to use a banana as possible?

Answer 11

Dole, a divergent thinker

Question 12

​Phonological processing involves the conversion of

Answer 12

Printed letters into sound

Question 13

​Which action best exemplifies an impulsive child?

Answer 13

Shouting out the answer when hes supposed to raise his hand

Question 14

​The drug Ritalin that is often prescribed for children with ADHD is a type of

Answer 14

stimulant

Question 15

Researchers identified several factors that contribute to improved reading comprehension in children. Which factor was not on their list?​

Answer 15

increased levels of divergent thinking

Question 16

Liam is learning the values, behaviors, and roles of his culture. In other words, Liam is experiencing​

Answer 16

socialization

Question 17

Which social condition appears to foster maltreatment of children?​

Answer 17

poverty

Question 18

Jerry is a member of the “druggie” crowd. His parents were most likely​

Answer 18

permissive

Question 19

​Angelica is well liked by most of her classmates. She would be best described as

Answer 19

popular

Question 20

Liked is to popular children as disliked is to ____ children.​

Answer 20

rejescted

Question 21

Hiroko watches shows that display and encourage being friendly and helpful to other people. After watching this, Hiroko is more likely to​

Answer 21

act friendly

Question 22

Which six-year-old is most likely to be distressed by the fact that she has a new baby brother?​

Answer 22

not noni

Question 23

Which six-year-old is most likely to be distressed by the fact that she has a new baby brother?​

Answer 23

one whose parents pay less attention

Question 24

​____ is best defined as physical changes that mark the transition from childhood to young adulthood.

Answer 24

puberty

Question 25

​During adolescence,

Answer 25

not both begin

Question 26

​Who is experiencing the first indicator of the onset of puberty in males?

Answer 26

​Joe, whose testes have started to grow

Question 27

​Which factor seems to be most involved in timing of menarche in many industrialized nations over the past 150 years?

Answer 27

not genetics

Question 28

​Which best describes the typical response to body image during puberty?

Answer 28

not f worry and m dissatisfied

Question 29

​When Kann et al. (1995) asked ninth- and twelfth-graders about their exercise habits, they found that

Answer 29

not BI anf GD

Question 30

​Which concept is best associated with increased content knowledge?

Answer 30

not memory capacity

Question 31

What would you predict would happen when Duke, a white supremacist teen, reads a scientific study indicating that Asians have higher IQs than whites?​

Answer 31

not reconsider

Question 32

​During adolescence,

Answer 32

both myelination and synaptic pruning near completion

Question 33

When considering the Heinz dilemma, Barney says that he would steal the drug because then his wife might bake him a cake to repay him for saving her. This thinking indicates that Barney is most likely in Kohlberg’s ____ stage of moral development.​

Answer 33

not 3rd

Question 34

​Which factor seems to be most involved in timing of menarche in many industrialized nations over the past 150 years?

Answer 34

nutrition

Question 35

​Which best describes the typical response to body image during puberty?

Answer 35

Females worry and are dissatisfied

Question 36

​When Kann et al. (1995) asked ninth- and twelfth-graders about their exercise habits, they found that

Answer 36

not BI anf GD

Not GI and BD

Question 37

​Which concept is best associated with increased content knowledge?

Answer 37

not memory capacity

not metacog

Question 38

What would you predict would happen when Duke, a white supremacist teen, reads a scientific study indicating that Asians have higher IQs than whites?​

Answer 38

dismiss and say its flawed

Question 39

​When Kann et al. (1995) asked ninth- and twelfth-graders about their exercise habits, they found that

Answer 39

Boys and girls decreased

Question 40

​Which concept is best associated with increased content knowledge?

Answer 40

increased expertise

Question 41

When considering the Heinz dilemma, Barney says that he would steal the drug because then his wife might bake him a cake to repay him for saving her. This thinking indicates that Barney is most likely in Kohlberg’s ____ stage of moral development.​

Answer 41

2nf

Question 42

When considering the Heinz dilemma, Barney says that he would steal the drug because then his wife might bake him a cake to repay him for saving her. This thinking indicates that Barney is most likely in Kohlberg’s ____ stage of moral development.​

Answer 42

2nd

Question 43

​Erikson hypothesized that adolescents achieve an identity by

Answer 43

not naturally

Question 44

​Which statement best describes the thought process underlying adolescent egocentrism?

Answer 44

NOT DIFF

Question 45

​Which statement is true?

Answer 45

NOT UN

Question 46

​While there are different types of dating violence, threats always qualify as ____ violence.

Answer 46

not physical

Question 47

​Erikson hypothesized that adolescents achieve an identity by

Answer 47

testing a few

Question 48

​Which statement best describes the thought process underlying adolescent egocentrism?

Answer 48

more interested in own feelings

Question 49

​Which statement is true?

Answer 49

HIV typically leads to AIDS

Question 50

​While there are different types of dating violence, threats always qualify as ____ violence.

Answer 50

emotional