MCQ practice

Question 1

A defined age group in a society is called an age:

Answer 1

grade

Question 2

Nature is to nurture as:

Answer 2

maturation is to learning

Question 3

In order to stop drunk driving, police in your town put up significantly more random check-stops on the highway. This strategy appears to be focusing on using the ________ to deal with the issue.

Answer 3

exosystem

Question 4

A true experiment involves the ________ of the independent variable.

Answer 4

manipulation

Question 5

What is an advantage of using a quasi-experiment?

Answer 5

Researchers can study variables that do not permit random assignment of participants to conditions.

Question 6

A ________ is a group of people born in a specified, limited span of years (e.g., the 1960s).

Answer 6

cohort

Question 7

For her senior project, Shantae wants to study children’s moral reasoning. During the Fall semester, she interviews 20 individuals in each of the following grades: first, fourth, seventh, tenth, and college sophomores. She asks each participant to solve a practical moral dilemma. What sort of research design is Shantae using?

Answer 7

cross-sectional

Question 8

Jane, who is assessing the eating habits in a group of 40-year-olds, and who will follow and assess this same group when they get to ages 60 and 80. What research design is this?

Answer 8

longitudinal

Question 9

While I am the fastest to conduct research design, one big disadvantage I have is that I do not generate information about the development of individuals. Which research method am I?

Answer 9

cross-secitonal

Question 10

The notion that development is impacted by the time in which we live is a key element of what Bronfenbrenner referred to as the chronosystem. T/F?

Answer 10

false

Question 11

The cultural context in which most bioecological systems are embedded is called the

Answer 11

Macrosystem

Question 12

John Locke believed that human nature was:

Answer 12

determined by a person’s experineces

Question 13

Jerome believes that development proceeds through a series of developmental stages, each of which represents distinct changes. He might BEST be called a(n) ________ theorist.

Answer 13

discontinuity

Question 14

During the ________ stage of development individuals lack the ability to use symbols.

Answer 14

sensorimotor

Question 15

Bandura is best known for developing _____ cognitive theory

Answer 15

social

Question 16

Tony and Tina can tell at birth that something is wrong with their son. Genetic tests indicate that the child has an extra chromosome in its cells and that chromosome is a sex chromosome. Which of the following does the child have?

Answer 16

Klinefelter syndrome

Question 17

________ involves conducting DNA tests on the first cells after the mitosis of a fertilized egg.

Answer 17

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Question 18

The fact that parents provide their children with both their genes and an environment that is impacted by their own genetic make-up defines the gene-environment correlation of:

Answer 18

passive genotype-environment

Question 19

An ______gene-environment relationship exists when a child’s genotype elicits specific reactions from others.

Answer 19

evocative

Question 20

Genetic epistemology is BEST defined as the study of:

Answer 20

the emergence of the knowledge of reality

Question 21

Once while she was about to take a nap, baby Carolyn accidentally sucked on her blanket. Now she repeatedly sucks on the blanket when she’s going to sleep. This new behavior is an example of:

Answer 21

secondary circular reaction

Question 22

A true sense of curiosity and novelty first emerges during the ________ stage of development.

Answer 22

tertiary circular reactions

Question 23

Piaget stated that the preoperational stage of development normally begins around:

Answer 23

2 years

Question 24

Virginia tells her mom that “there is no Santa Claus,” and as evidence presents the fact that most of the gifts that are supposed to come from Santa have labels from Target, Wal-Mart, and other retail stores. Virginia’s questioning of Santa appears to be based on the concept of:

Answer 24

perceptual salience

Question 25

Okezie has just acquired the ability to accurately solve conservation tasks. Given this description, Okezie is BEST classified as being in Piaget’s ________ stage of development.

Answer 25

concrete operations

Question 26

Bell is shown a set of jars and is asked to arrange a group of jars from shortest to tallest. This is a test for:

Answer 26

seriation

Question 27

At which age do people do better on recall tasks than on recognition tasks?

Answer 27

no age group does better

Question 28

The research study of infant memory involving a ribbon tied to an infant’s foot relied heavily on ________ conditioning techniques.

Answer 28

operant conditioning

Question 29

an ____memory occurs as the result of a deliberate, intentional effort

Answer 29

explicit

Question 30

Which aspect of language deals with the meanings assigned to words?

Answer 30

semantics

Question 31

Willow knows that when referring to more than one tree she must add an “s” to the end of the word tree (i.e., trees) to make it plural. Understanding this rule demonstrates Willow’s awareness of the ________ of English.

Answer 31

morphology

Question 32

During the ________ phase of reading a child is first able to “read” something that they have memorized during a previous reading session.

Answer 32

prealthabetic

Question 33

The personality principle of ________ concerns situation-specific ways in which people adapt to their environment.

Answer 33

dispositional traits

Question 34

Children first begin to define themselves as part of a group around ________ years of age.

Answer 34

8

Question 35

Children’s initial recognition of themselves as physically separate from others corresponds with Erikson’s ________ psychosocial stage?

Answer 35

trust vs mistrust