Question 1

The most common time for a spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is during the third trimester.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Erikson's theory of social development viewed the period from ages 3 to 5, his third stage, as characterized by the major challenge of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   identity versus role diffusion
B)   industry versus inferiority
C)   initiative versus guilt
D)   autonomy versus shame and doubtE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Most people's vision and hearing remain at peak functioning until around age 50.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Erik Erikson found that each stage in personality development has a particular _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   crisis
B)   conflict
C)   identity
D)   anxietyE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

An audience of 20-year-olds finds a series of off-color jokes highly amusing. A group of 50-year-olds finds the same jokes highly offensive. It is concluded that, as people age, their senses of humor become more rigid and narrow. The major difficulty in drawing conclusions of this sort is that _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   longitudinal studies cannot distinguish between age differences and generational differences
B)   cross-sectional studies cannot distinguish between age differences and generational differences
C)   longitudinal studies cannot distinguish between age differences and differences in the time at which measurements are taken
D)   cross-sectional studies cannot distinguish between age differences and differences in the time at which measurements are takenE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following stages of psychosocial development appears in adulthood rather than in childhood?

Accepted Answer

A)   initiative vs. doubt
B)   integrity vs. despair
C)   industry vs. inferiority
D)   basic trust vs. mistrustE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Mr. Beluga has just been told that he has a rare form of cancer. He insists that there has been a mistake and asks his physician to retake his medical tests. According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Mr. Beluga is most likely in the _______ stage of dying.

Accepted Answer

A)   anger
B)   bargaining
C)   denial
D)   reactiveE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is a limitation on the cognitive life of children in Piaget's preoperational stage?

Accepted Answer

A)   abstract concepts
B)   object permanence
C)   hypothetical thinking
D)   centrationE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Piaget attributed cognitive development to the interaction of what two processes?

Accepted Answer

A)   assimilation and accommodation
B)   assimilation and egocentric thinking
C)   egocentric thinking and conservation
D)   conservation and accommodationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

The cellular clock theory of aging suggests that cells have an unlimited number of times they can reproduce and repair damage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following statements about marital satisfaction appears to be true?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is low for elderly couples.
B)   It is highest for young adults.
C)   It may reach its highest level during late adulthood.
D)   It is highest for those who marry young.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

The placenta is _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   the tube through which a developing baby receives nourishment
B)   the technical name for the "belly button"
C)   a specialized organ that provides nourishment and filters away waste products from the developing baby
D)   the name for the developing organism until it is 8 weeks oldE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

A psychologist spends her entire career studying how and why changes occur in people throughout their lives. This psychologist is most likely working in the field of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   abnormal psychology
B)   gerontology
C)   human development
D)   maturational studiesE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

At birth, newborns seem most responsive to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)   high pitches and low pitches
B)   hip hop music
C)   moderate voice pitches
D)   rock and roll musicE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Mothers who were unresponsive, insensitive, and coldly rejecting were associated with _______ infants.

Accepted Answer

A)   securely attached
B)   avoidant attached
C)   ambivalent
D)   disorganized/disorientedE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Centration is Piaget's concept, which is the inability to see the world through another person's eyes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Before puberty, males do not produce sperm, even though their genitals are physically equivalent to a man's. This illustrates which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   empiricism
B)   behaviorism
C)   humanism
D)   maturationE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

According to Erikson, the last stage of development involves the crisis of:

Accepted Answer

A)   identity vs. role confusion
B)   generativity vs. stagnation
C)   autonomy vs. doubt
D)   ego-integrity vs. despairE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 19

The scientific study of the changes that occur in people as they age from conception to death is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   abnormal psychology
B)   gerontology
C)   human development
D)   maturational studiesE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

According to Gilligan, Kohlberg's theory of moral development:

Accepted Answer

A)   should only be applied to males.
B)   explains moral reasoning in multiple cultures.
C)   should be extended to males.
D)   is a comprehensive theory without missing components.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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