Psyc 100 Ch11 Quiz

Front 1

During which prenatal stage(s) is the central nervous system of developin child most vunerable to damange

Back 1

embryonic and fetal stages

Front 2

Which attachment style is often associated with children who are clingy or pleading?

Back 2

Anxious-ambivalent attachment

Front 3

Which type of insecure attachment is most ocmmon amonst japanese infants

Back 3

anxious-ambivalent

Front 4

Trey's older sister is playing a game with him. She hides the ball they are playing with behind her back, and Trey quickly loses interest in the game. He makes no attempt to look for the ball, and instead picks up another toy that is close by. What has Trey NOT yet developed?

Back 4

an understanding of object permanence

Front 5

According to Bremer's research using the habituation-dishabituation paradgim, which of the following tasks can be done by infants as young as 5 months in age?

Back 5

Adding and subtracting small numbers

Front 6

If lawrence Kohiberg were most present you with a moral dilemma, in which of the following would he be MOST interested in?

Back 6

your reasons for whatever moral judgment you had about the situation

Front 7

your son has developed facial hair and now needs to shave; he also has developed much wider shoulders. What are these new traits called?

Back 7

secondary sexual characteristics

Front 8

which of the following is an important risk factor for suicide amon first nations youth in Canada?

Back 8

cultural continuity factors

Front 9

In Eriksons theory, which psychoscoial crisis occurs during adolescence?

Back 9

identity versus confusion

Front 10

Lily is 85 years old and she has recently begun writing her life story. As she thinks back over all that she has done, she comes to the conclusion that her life has had no real meaning or purpose. Based on Erikson's theory, what might lily experience?

Back 10

feelings of despair and bitterness

Front 11

According to studies that have measured spouses' overall satisfaction at different stages of the family life cycle, when does marital satisfaction tned to be lowest?>

Back 11

During the middle ages

Front 12

Marilyn is 65 years old, and recnetly she has begun to notice that her vision has changed significantly. Whcih of the following visual changes is most likely?

Back 12

She is more far-sighted and less able to adapt to low illumination

Front 13

Which of the folloing has been demonstrated in recent research on memory in older adults?

Back 13

Age-related declines in the capacity of working memory

Front 14

Gender differences in behaviour appear to be influenced by observational learning, operant conditioning, socialization in schools, and role models in the media, among other htings. Tehse findings illustrate which of your texts unifying themes?

Back 14

Behavior is determed by multiple causes

Front 15

Recent research has determined that males tend to exhibit more cerebral specialization than females do. What does this mean?

Back 15

Males rely more heavily on specific brain areas for specific abilities

Front 16

The ____________________ stage of prenatal development refers to the first two weeks after conception.

Back 16

germinal

Front 17

The fact that babies can hold their head up before they can first sit up is an example of the ____________________ trend in motor development.

Back 17

cephalocaudal

Front 18

A researcher collects information about a group of people for 25 years in order to determine the nature of psychological changes these persons exhibit. This type of study is classified as ____________________ research.

Back 18

longitudinal

Front 19

According to Erikson's theory of development, a sense of ____________________ develops in an infant whose basic biological and emotional needs are adequately met.

Back 19

trust

Front 20

Faced with having to learn how to work a combination lock for his tricycle and having had no previous experience with such locks, Teddy must use the thinking process that Piaget called ____________________.

Back 20

accommodation

Front 21

When a new stimulus is presented, and an infant shows an increase in his or her heart rate and respiration rate, the infant is showing evidence of

Back 21

dishabituation

Front 22

Personal guiding principles take precedence over laws in deciding right or wrong behaviour in the ____________________ stage of moral reasoning.

Back 22

postconventional

Front 23

Both of Karlee's parents are teachers, and two of her uncles are teachers. For as long as she can remember, she has wanted to be a schoolteacher, just like these role models. According to James Marcia, Karlee would be considered to be in a state of identity ____________________.

Back 23

foreclosure

Front 24

Dementia occurs in ____________________ of people over the age of 75.

Back 24

15-20 percent

Front 25

____________________ refers the acquisition of the norms and behaviours expected of people in a particular society.

Back 25

socialization