Psychology- Chapter 5
- 1.
If a gene shows its effects more in one sex than the other because certain hormones activate it, the gene is said to be
- A.
Sex limited
- B.
Recessive
- C.
Sex linked
- D.
Chromosomal
Correct Answer
A. Sex limited -
- 2.
Which of the folowing statement would be most conclusive?
- A.
Similarites in monozygotic twins raised apart must be genetic
- B.
Dizygotic twins separated at birth have fewer similarities than monozygotic twins separated at birth, indicating a strong genetic influence
- C.
Similarites between adopted children and their adoptive parents indicates a genetic influence
- D.
If something is under genetic control, it cannot be modified by the enviroment
Correct Answer
B. Dizygotic twins separated at birth have fewer similarities than monozygotic twins separated at birth, indicating a strong genetic influence -
- 3.
Infant with low birth weight
- A.
May catch up in development to infants with higher birth weight
- B.
Have irreversible brain damage
- C.
Tend to be over achievers
- D.
Usually have enviroments that are similar to infants with higher birth weights.
- E.
Have a lower risk of dying than heavier infants
Correct Answer
A. May catch up in development to infants with higher birth weight -
- 4.
An infant's response to a sound ("ba") decreases every time she hears it. She is showing evidence of
- A.
Habituation
- B.
Disinhibition
- C.
Blocking
- D.
Evolution
Correct Answer
A. Habituation -
- 5.
An infant see a toy car go down a slope and emerge from behind a screen in either a possible or impossible situation. What happened?
- A.
Infants stared longer at the possible than at the impossible event
- B.
Infants stared equally long at both events
- C.
Because infants do not have object permanence, they didnt stare at either event; they assume that the car was gone when it went behind the screen
- D.
Infants stared longer at the impossible than at the possible event
Correct Answer
D. Infants stared longer at the impossible than at the possible event -
- 6.
Which of the following is an example of egocentric thought, as Piaget described it?
- A.
Johnny argues that his sister should not touch his toys
- B.
Michael draws a pile of blocks and he sees them, even when asked to draw how they would look from your side
- C.
Diane looks for the candy under the cup indicated by an "informed" adult
- D.
Jamie does not hunt for Easter eggs because he assumes that hidden objects are gone
Correct Answer
B. Michael draws a pile of blocks and he sees them, even when asked to draw how they would look from your side -
- 7.
Susie grasps at a new puppy and tries to shake him like a rattle. She is showing
- A.
A lack of conservation
- B.
Assimilation
- C.
Concrete operational thought
- D.
Object permanence
- E.
An inability to accommodate
Correct Answer
B. Assimilation -
- 8.
A child in the formal operations stage can do which of the following that cannot be dont by a child in the concrete operation stage?
- A.
Show conservation
- B.
Have the concept of object permanence
- C.
Be able to assimilate
- D.
Solve problems systematically
- E.
Distinguish between "pa" and "ba'
Correct Answer
D. Solve problems systematically -
- 9.
Piaget argued that children in the preopertational stage fail conservation tasks because they lack the necessary mental processes. Moost research suggests that
- A.
The relevant mental processes emerge suddenly at a particular age
- B.
Children usually grow out of this stage and successfully pass conservation tasks that they once failed
- C.
Giving children water to pour and balls of clay to squash speeds up their understand of conservation
- D.
Piaget overestimated the abilities of young children
- E.
Children fail the tasks only because they do not understand the question
Correct Answer
B. Children usually grow out of this stage and successfully pass conservation tasks that they once failed -
- 10.
Research suggesting that adults soometime engage in egocenric thinking has shown that
- A.
Adults are unable to create a picture from another person's picture
- B.
Adults will provide unnecessary information, suggesting they do not fully understand the other person's perspective
- C.
In situations where they are asked to use a model of a room, adults are not able to effectively use the model to "find" the hidden object
- D.
Adults believe that only their perspective is the correct one
- E.
Adults will pour more liquid into a shower, wider glass than a tall, thin glass
Correct Answer
E. Adults will pour more liquid into a shower, wider glass than a tall, thin glass -
- 11.
The tendency for some kinds of people to be more likely than others to drop our of a study known as
- A.
Systematic variation
- B.
Equilibration
- C.
Evolution
- D.
Accommodation
- E.
Selective attrition
Correct Answer
E. Selective attrition -
- 12.
Today's 20 year olds scroe higher on an IQ test than today's 60 year olds. To say that this is due to a cohort effect means that
- A.
IQ declines with age
- B.
The group of 60 year old is a dull group and the 20 year old are a bright group
- C.
The effects are due to the longitudinal design
- D.
There is a correlation, but cause cannot be determined
- E.
The effects may be due to health and education differeneces while the group were growing up.
Correct Answer
E. The effects may be due to health and education differeneces while the group were growing up. -
- 13.
Michael is 21 and he is trying to decide whether to marry now or wait until he has finished graduate school. He is in which of Erikson's stages?
- A.
Intimacy vs. isolation
- B.
Identity vs. role diffusion
- C.
Ego integrity vs. despair
- D.
Identity foreclosure vs. identity achievement
Correct Answer
A. Intimacy vs. isolation -
- 14.
Research on the effect of the quantity of the day care on behavior suggests
- A.
The likelihood of subsequent behavior problems increase for children who enter daycare after they turn 5
- B.
Children entering day care before age 5 will likely end up as "controversial" children
- C.
The likelihood of subsequent behavior problems increase for children who enter daycare before turning 1
- D.
Children should never be left home with the mother because it will result in an "avoidant" attachment style
- E.
Children will develop lower IQs as the number of children in the daycare center with them increases
Correct Answer
C. The likelihood of subsequent behavior problems increase for children who enter daycare before turning 1 -
- 15.
Adolescence is sometimes characterized as a period of "storm and stress". Which of the following is most true about the "storm and stress" of this period?
- A.
Genes contribute to degree of conflict
- B.
Are most common in teens who are particularly obedient to their parents
- C.
Occurs during the midlife transition
- D.
Occurs only for teenagers who believe strongly in the personal fable
Correct Answer
A. Genes contribute to degree of conflict -
- 16.
Dr. Frodul has just turned 46. He decides that his life is not going anywhere. He has always wanted to backpack through Italy, so he quits his job, buys a backpack and takes off for Italy. Dr. Frodul has experenced
- A.
A "honeymoon period"
- B.
A failure in gender role identity
- C.
An autonomy vs. shame and doubt crisis
- D.
Midlife transition or crisis
- E.
An ego integrity vs. despair crisis
Correct Answer
D. Midlife transition or crisis -
- 17.
John has worked the same job for the last 37 years. John has centered his entire life around his job. When John retires he will likely experience
- A.
A sense of loss
- B.
increased stress
- C.
A personal fable
- D.
Identity foreclosures
Correct Answer
A. A sense of loss -
- 18.
In which situation does a child have the best chance of normal development>
- A.
The child enter day care at age 3 and day care is poor
- B.
The child enter day care at age 1 and day care is adequate
- C.
The parents have just been divorced and the mother goes to work for the first time
- D.
The child enters day care at age 3 and day care is adequate
Correct Answer
C. The parents have just been divorced and the mother goes to work for the first time -
- 19.
Research on biracial individuals suggests that
- A.
Biracial individual usually identify with the rare of their mother
- B.
Biracial individual usually identify with the rare of their father
- C.
Biracial individual usually identify with the both races
- D.
Biracial individual will usually create a new race and identify with it.
Correct Answer
C. Biracial individual usually identify with the both races -
- 20.
If an immigrant to the United States is able to alternate between his native culture and that of the United States, he is showing
- A.
Biculturalism
- B.
Total assimilation
- C.
Bilingualism
- D.
Difficulty with acculturation
- E.
Gender identity
Correct Answer
A. Biculturalism -
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