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Developmental psychologists |
| | A) | emphasize the study of children and adolescents. |
| | B) | study environmental factors without consideration of biological patterns. |
| | C) | are interested in changes that occur throughout life. |
| | D) | consider general trends, not day-to-day patterns. |
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Place the following developmental stages in order: |
| | A) | embryo, zygote, fetus, neonate |
| | B) | zygote, embryo, fetus, neonate |
| | C) | neonate, zygote, embryo, fetus |
| | D) | zygote, fetus, embryo, neonate |
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According to Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky, |
| | A) | culture has an influence on cognitive development. |
| | B) | cognitive development is not influenced by social factors. |
| | C) | cognitive development occurs at the same rate regardless of the assistance a child receives. |
| | D) | culture and cognitive development are not related. |
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The number of fathers who are primary caregivers for their children |
| | A) | has decreased significantly. |
| | B) | has decreased slightly. |
| | C) | has remained steady the last three decades. |
| | D) | has grown significantly. |
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Psychologists have studied a particular high-school graduating class since they were in kindergarten. This is an example of |
| | A) | cross-sectional research. |
| | B) | longitudinal research. |
| | C) | evolutionary research. |
| | D) | cross-sequential research. |
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Abstract thought characterizes Piaget's |
| | A) | sensorimotor stage. |
| | B) | formal operational stage. |
| | C) | preoperational stage. |
| | D) | concrete operational stage. |
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Which parenting style is characterized by setting clear limits, reasoning with children, and explaining things to them? |
| | A) | authoritative |
| | B) | authoritarian |
| | C) | temperamental |
| | D) | permissive |
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The last childhood stage of Erikson's psychosocial development theory is |
| | A) | trust versus mistrust. |
| | B) | industry versus inferiority. |
| | C) | autonomy versus shame and doubt. |
| | D) | initiative versus guilt. |
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At the ______________ level of morality, the concrete interests of the individual are considered in terms of rewards and punishments. |
| | A) | quasiconventional |
| | B) | conventional |
| | C) | preconventional |
| | D) | postconventional |
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Some adolescents develop (an) ______________ ______________, which is the view that what happens to them is unique, exceptional, and shared by no one else. |
| | A) | adolescent egocentrism |
| | B) | inferiority complex |
| | C) | personal fables |
| | D) | adolescent isolation |
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With regard to the decline in intellectual functioning during late adulthood, |
| | A) | skills relating to fluid and crystallized intelligence remain steady. |
| | B) | skills relating to fluid intelligence decline, while skills relating to crystallized intelligence remain steady. |
| | C) | skills relating to fluid intelligence remain steady, while skills relating to crystallized intelligence decline. |
| | D) | skills relating to fluid and crystallized intelligence both decline. |
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The ______________ state(s) that the elderly who age most successfully are those who maintain the interests and activities they had during middle age. |
| | A) | genetic preprogramming theories of aging |
| | B) | wear-and-tear theories of aging |
| | C) | activity theory of aging |
| | D) | disengagement theory of aging |
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Which stage of Erikson's psychosocial development theory deals with adolescence? |
| | A) | intimacy vs. isolation |
| | B) | generativity vs. stagnation |
| | C) | ego-integrity vs. despair |
| | D) | identity vs. role confusion |
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The percentage of unmarried couples in American households has ______________, and the average age at which marriage takes place is ______________ than at anytime since the turn of the century. |
| | A) | increased; higher |
| | B) | decreased; higher |
| | C) | decreased; lower |
| | D) | increased; lower |
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross observed that people facing death move through five stages in the following order: |
| | A) | bargaining, anger, denial, acceptance, depression |
| | B) | denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance |
| | C) | anger, bargaining, denial, depression, acceptance |
| | D) | denial, depression, anger, bargaining, acceptance |
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