Psych Quiz 5

Question 1

A reduction in estrogen levels is most closely associated with:
menopause.
None of the listed answers are correct
Alzheimer’s disease.
All of the listed answers are correct
puberty.
fetal alcohol syndrome.

Answer 1

menopause

Question 2

Immediately after birth, infants are able to distinguish between their mothers’ and strangers’:
voices.
None of the listed answers are correct
body odors.
All of the listed answers are correct
tender touches.
faces.

Answer 2

Body odors

Question 3

A child’s realization that others may have beliefs which the child knows to be false best illustrates the development of:
a theory of mind.
menarche.
None of the listed answers are correct
stranger anxiety.
egocentrism.
object permanence.

Answer 3

A theory of mind

Question 4

Adolescent females spend _______ time alone and _______ time praying than do adolescent males.
more; more
less; more
more; less
None of the listed answers are correct
less; less
All of the listed answers are correct

Answer 4

Less; more

Question 5

People differ the most in their learning and memory abilities during:
early adulthood.
late adolescence.
later adulthood.
None of the listed answers are correct
middle adulthood.

Answer 5

Later adulthood

Question 6

Nutrients and oxygen are transferred from a mother to her developing fetus through the:
None of the listed answers are correct
ovaries.
teratogens.
embryo.
All of the listed answers are correct
placenta.

Answer 6

Placenta

Question 7

Two closed, pyramid-shaped beakers containing clearly identical amounts of a liquid are suddenly judged by a child to hold different amounts after one of the beakers is inverted. The child apparently lacks a:
capacity for habituation.
concept of conservation.
None of the listed answers are correct
sense of object permanence.
secure attachment.
All of the listed answers are correct

Answer 7

concept of conservation.

Question 8

Newborns habituate more rapidly to a ________ than to a ________.
None of the listed answers are correct
facelike image; solid disk
facelike image; bull’s-eye pattern
solid disk; facelike image
bull’s-eye pattern; solid disk
All of the listed answers are correct

Answer 8

solid disk; facelike image

Question 9

Research on developmental stability and change indicates that:

temperament is a particularly unstable trait.
All of the listed answers are correct
development is almost completely dominated by discontinuity over time.
None of the listed answers are correct
at the age of 1 or 2, adult personality traits are still largely unpredictable.

Answer 9

at the age of 1 or 2, adult personality traits are still largely unpredictable.

Question 10

Infants’ tendency to gaze longer at novel stimuli than at familiar ones provides compelling evidence regarding their:
basic trust.
None of the listed answers are correct
stranger anxiety.
memory capacities.
self-concepts.
egocentrism.

Answer 10

memory capacities.

Question 11

Rachel resents the burden and constraints of caring for her infant daughter and frequently ignores her cries for attention. As a consequence, her daughter is most likely to display signs of:
habituation.
None of the listed answers are correct
insecure attachment.
egocentrism.
conservation.
accommodation.

Answer 11

Insecure attachment

Question 12

A series of small strokes that progressively damage an elderly person’s brain is most likely to produce:

crystallized intelligence. 
  autism. 
  dementia. 
  menarche. 
  None of the listed answers are correct 
  Alzheimer's disease.

Answer 12

Dementia

Question 13

The most immediate and direct function of the rooting reflex is the facilitation of:
visual development.
identity.
food consumption.
None of the listed answers are correct
All of the listed answers are correct
object permanence.

Answer 13

Food consumption

Question 14

After Elana learned that penguins can’t fly, she had to modify her existing concept of birds. This best illustrates the process of:
accommodation.
habituation.
None of the listed answers are correct
conservation.
assimilation.
attachment.

Answer 14

Accommodation

Question 15

A researcher who administers a personality test to the same children every 3 years as they progress through school is conducting a(n) ________ study.
None of the listed answers are correct
cross-sectional
chronological
All of the listed answers are correct
longitudinal
experimental

Answer 15

longitudinal

Question 16

“I don’t care whether you want to wash the dishes, you will do so because I said so!” This statement is most representative of a(n) ________ parenting style.
None of the listed answers are correct
All of the listed answers are correct
authoritative
authoritarian
preconventional
formal operational

Answer 16

authoritarian

Question 17

Steven believes that choosing to violate government laws is morally justifiable if it is done to protect the lives of innocent people. Kohlberg would suggest that this illustrates \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ morality.
  preconventional 
  conventional 
  unconventional 
  postconventional 
  All of the listed answers are correct 
  None of the listed answers are correct

Answer 17

postconventional

Question 18

Compared to the children with authoritarian parents, the children of authoritative parents are ________ likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and _______ likely to demonstrate a postconventional morality.
None of the listed answers are correct
more; less
more; more.
less; more
less; less

Answer 18

More; more

Question 19

The process of imprinting occurs during a brief developmental phase known as:
None of the listed answers are correct
a critical period.
habituation.
puberty.
menopause.
menarche.

Answer 19

A critical period

Question 20

As adults age, they show the greatest declines in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ intelligence and in the memory capacities needed to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ recently presented information.
  crystallized; recognize 
  All of the listed answers are correct 
  fluid; recognize 
  crystallized; recall 
  fluid; recall 
  None of the listed answers are correct

Answer 20

Fluid; recall

Question 21

For the unborn children of mothers who smoke heavily, nicotine is a(n):
depressant.
None of the listed answers are correct
agonist.
teratogen.
hallucinogen.
All of the listed answers are correct

Answer 21

Teratogen

Question 22

During Piaget’s sensorimotor stage, children acquire a:
All of the listed answers are correct
None of the listed answers are correct
sense of object permanence.
concept of conservation.
theory of mind.
capacity for abstract reasoning.

Answer 22

sense of object permanence.

Question 23

The sexual abuse of a very young child is so emotionally repulsive to most people that they immediately recognize it as shamefully immoral. This best illustrates that moral judgments may reflect:
  insecure attachments. 
  fluid intelligence. 
  gut-level intuitions. 
  habituation. 
  concrete operational thought. 
  None of the listed answers are correct

Answer 23

gut-level intuitions.

Question 24

The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence was highlighted by:
Piaget’s cognitive development theory.
All of the listed answers are correct
Erikson’s psychosocial development theory.
None of the listed answers are correct
Harlow’s attachment theory.
Kohlberg’s moral development theory.

Answer 24

Erikson’s psychosocial development theory.

Question 25

Female breasts are to ________ as male testes are to ________.
All of the listed answers are correct
primary sex characteristics; secondary sex characteristics
menopause; menarche
secondary sex characteristics; primary sex characteristics
None of the listed answers are correct
menarche; menopause

Answer 25

secondary sex characteristics; primary sex characteristics