Chapter 11 Quiz

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Chapter 11 Quiz

• Human Development

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• 1. What is the response pattern of securely
  attached children in the Strange Situation when
  their mothers return?
• a. They tend to ignore their mothers because
  they are secure about her care.
• b. Sometimes they run over to their mothers and
  sometimes they do not theres no consistent
  pattern in their responses.
• c. They tend to run over to their mothers and
  beg them not to leave again.
• d. They tend to go to their mothers for comfort

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• 2. In the nature versus nurture controversy,
  nature refers to
• a. Heredity
• b. Plants and animals
• c. All living things we interact with
• d. The environment

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• 3. Object permanence is
• a. The belief that all objects have life just
  like humans do
• b. The understanding that a tall beaker and a
  short beaker can hold the same amount of water
• c. A belief that all objects in the world,
  including mountains and streams, are man made
• d. The understanding that things continue to
  exist even when they are out of sight

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• Dorothy just celebrated her 90th birthday with
  her close friends, and is excited about a visit
  from her grandchildren. According to Erikson,
  she has probably most recently achieved
• a. Isolation
• b. Integrity
• c. Despair
• d. Autonomy

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• 5. Mr. Hernandez explains to his son that the
  speed limit is 55 mph. He tells him to stay
  under the speed limit when driving because its
  the law and will probably prevent accidents.
  Kohlbergs level of morality illustrated by this
  example is
• a. Preconventional
• b. Concrete operational
• c. Conventional
• d. Egocentric

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• 6. Harlows experiment with rhesus monkeys and
  surrogate mothers emphasized the importance of
• a. Contact comfort
• b. Feeding
• c. Aesthetic needs
• d. Incentive theory

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• 7. According to Diane Baumrind, which of the
  following parental styles results in the most
  socially competent and responsible adults?
• a. Authoritarian
• b. Authoritative
• c. Autocratic
• d. Permissive

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• 8. The child was born with widely spaced eyes, a
  thin upper lip, and a short flat nose. Chances
  are that he will later suffer from mental
  retardation. To which teratogen was this child
  most likely exposed during the prenatal period?
• a. Tobacco
• b. German measles
• c. Heroin
• d. Alcohol

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• 9. Which of the following attachment styles did
  Mary Ainsworth find more often in her research
  (in about 66 of the cases she studied)?
• a) avoidant
• b) authoritative
• c) secure
• d) anxious/ambivalent

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• 10. Which of the following is the correct term
  for a mental rule Piaget said we use to interpret
  our environment?
• a) schema
• b) assimilation
• c) accomodation
• d) hypothesis

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• 11. During which stage of development do the
  heart, spine, and brain emerge?
• a. Post-natal
• b. Placental
• c. Fetal
• d. Embryonic

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• 12. With respect to cognitive abilities,
  evolutionary theorists
• a. Suggest that infants attend more to novel
  events because these events require more time for
  perceptual processing
• b. Assert that abilities which are prewired will
  be less prone to habituation or dishabituation
• c. Strive to understand the adaptive
  significance of abilities that appear to be
  prewired
• d. Attempt to find out which abilities are
  prewired, without making any assumptions about
  why these abilities might be innate

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• 13. Midlife crises
• a. Are very common among men, but not women
• b. Are very common among women, but not men
• c. Are nearly universal for both sexes
• d. Occur in only a small minority of subjects

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• 14. Erik Eriksons developmental stages are
  organized around potential turning points called
• a. Fixation points
• b. Psychological crises
• c. Developmental tasks
• d. Psychosexual crises

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• 15. According to Piaget, during the formal
  operational period of cognitive development,
  children begin to
• a. Acquire the concept of conservation
• b. Understand the nature of hierarchical
  classification
• c. Think primarily in terms of concrete objects
  or situations
• d. Think in terms of abstract principles and
  hypothetical possibilities

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Chapter 11 Answer Key

• 1. D
• 2. A
• 3. D
• 4. B
• 5. C
• 6. A
• 7. B
• 8. D
• 9. C
• 10. A

• 11. D
• 12. C
• 13. D
• 14. B
• 15. D

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Essay Question Possibilities!!

• One of the following essay questions will appear
  on your test, be familiar with all of them!!

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Essay Question 1

• Describe the four stages of cognitive development
  proposed by Jean Piaget, and discuss the major
  developmental changes

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Essay Question 2

• Research on adolescence indicates that for girls
  early maturation is particularly difficult, while
  for boys late maturation is especially hard. How
  would you explain this gender difference?
  Consider how your texts unifying theme that
  psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context
  might help to explain it.

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Essay Question 3

• The experience of midlife crisis has been likened
  by some to the adolescent search for identity.
  In what ways are these two developmental
  phenomena similar? How are they different?

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Essay Question 4

• Research indicates that there are genuine
  (although often small) gender differences in
  verbal ability, mathematical ability, spatial
  ability, aggression, and nonverbal communication.
  There is also some evidence that biological
  differences between the sexes in hormone levels
  and brain organization contribute to some or all
  of these behavioral differences. Adopt a
  functionalist/evolutionary perspective, and
  discuss why these biological differences and
  their consequent behavioral difference might
  exist.

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Essay Question 5

• According to Carol Gilligan (1982), Kohlbergs
  theory describes moral development from the
  justice perspective, which tends to predominate
  in males, but neglects to consider the care
  perspective, which tends to predominate in
  females. From the justice perspective, moral
  decisions are based on considerations of fairness
  and equal treatment for all. From the care
  perspective, moral decisions are based on
  considerations of meeting individuals personal
  needs and preserving relationships. Do research
  findings on gender differences support Gilligans
  views?

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Good Luck!

• Make sure to double check all of your answers and
  study them for the upcoming exam. Remember, AT
  LEAST FIVE of the questions from this quiz will
  make some sort of appearance on the chapter test
  along with one of the essay questions.
• Take advantage of this study guide and good luck
  on your test!