A)

B)
C)
D)

1.Taking certain drugs during pregnancy is likely to expose unborn children to

critical periods.
role confusion.
teratogen.
schemas.

A)
B)
C)
D)

2.By a week after birth, infants are able to distinguish between their mothers' and strangers'
faces.
voices.
temperament.
tender touches.

A)
B)
C)
D)

3.After Nadia learned that penguins can't fly, she had to modify her existing concept of
birds. This best illustrates the process of
conservation.
assimilation.
habituation.
accommodation.

A)
B)
C)
D)

4.During Piaget's sensorimotor stage, children acquire a

theory of mind.
concept of conservation.
sense of object permanence.
capacity for abstract reasoning.

A)
B)
C)
D)

5.Deficient social interaction and an impaired understanding of others' emotional states is

most characteristic of
autism spectrum disorder.
menarche.
infantile amnesia.
object permanence.

A)
B)
C)
D)

6.Marissa 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
egocentrism.
object permanence.
insecure attachment.
post conventional morality.
7.Compared with the children of authoritarian parents, the children of authoritative parents
are
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A)
B)
C)
D)

less likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and more likely to demonstrate social
competence.
more likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and less likely to demonstrate social
competence.
less likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and less likely to demonstrate social
competence.
more likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and more likely to demonstrate social
competence.

A)
B)
C)
D)

8.Female breasts are to ________ as male testes are to ________.

menarche; menopause
menopause; menarche
secondary sex characteristics; primary sex characteristics
primary sex characteristics; secondary sex characteristics

A)
B)
C)
D)

9.Jarrud thinks he should obey his teachers only if they are carefully watching him.
Kohlberg would suggest that Jarrud demonstrates a(n) ________ morality.
conventional
unconventional
preconventional
postconventional

A)
B)
C)
D)

10.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
habituation.
insecure attachments.
affectively laden intuitions.
formal operations.

A)
B)
C)
D)

11.The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence was highlighted by

Erikson's psychosocial development theory.
Piaget's cognitive development theory.
Kohlberg's moral development theory.
Harlow's attachment theory.

A)
B)
C)
D)

12.The tips of chromosomes that wear down as we age are called

teratogens.
scaffolds.
schemas.
telomeres.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

13.A series of small strokes that progressively damage an older adult's brain is most likely to
produce
menarche.
neurocognitive disorder.
autism spectrum disorder.
Alzheimer's disease.

A)
B)
C)
D)

14.According to Erikson, older adults can most effectively cope with the prospect of their
own death if they have achieved a sense of
conventional morality.
object permanence.
conservation.
integrity.

A)
B)
C)
D)

15.Mark thinks that language development over the life span requires a slow but steady
shaping process. His belief is most directly relevant to the issue of
continuity and stages.
secure and insecure attachments.
concrete and formal operations.
generativity and stagnation.

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Answer Key
1.C
2.B
3.D
4.C
5.A
6.C
7.D
8.C
9.C
10.C
11.A
12.D
13.B
14.D
15.A

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