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Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries but cannot
build a tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, Susie
builds a four-block tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the
inability to build the tower on
her own is known as:
The zone of proximal development (this is a range of tasks that are too
difficult for children to do alone, but possible with help)
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of
identity, the individual will have troubles with the development of:
Intimacy (individuals who fail to attain a lower level of development will fail to
attain the next higher level).
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theory of
personality development?
Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob asks why, his father
responds, "Because I said so." The father's response is most representative of
which parenting style?
Authoritarian (uses coercion and psychological control to discipline children)
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Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of "surrogate
mothers" to investigate which factors are important in early development and
attachment. According to
his findings, baby monkeys:
Preferred a soft terry cloth mother to a wire mesh mother than holds a bottle.
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States?
Asking someone about suicide may push that person over the edge.
Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want to lose his television
privileges.
This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
Preconventional (the individual is most concerned with consequences)
Josie likes to play peek-a-boo with her little brother, Jack. According to Piaget,
Jack finds this game fun because he has acquired , which is one of the
primary tasks of the
sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
Object permanence
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The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is:
Bowlby
Henry, a 72-year-old widower, reminisces with his daughter about his life. He
talks about his successes and regrets. This is an example of Erikson's:
Ego integrity stage
When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in ____________
aggression than boys.
Relational
All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome EXCEPT:
Large hands and feet
Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural and
familial influences on self-esteem?
An authoritative parenting style usually allows children to have especially
high self- esteem
Research on gay and lesbian couples
They are as dedicated to and as effective at child rearing as are heterosexual
parents.
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In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the prisoners
harshly?
It was the social context that determined the behaviors of both the guards
and the prisoners. In the Stanford prison study, the setting was so realistic
that the participants became guards and prisoners. Their personal identities
were masked by the context of being in a prison as either a guard or a
prisoner
In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that people were
more likely to disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT
when _________________________________________________________ _.
the victim was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim
made
Which of the following best describes norms?
The main purpose of norms is to provide meaning to test scores
Which of the following best describes a "good" test?
A "good" test is reliable, valid and has norms
If college graduates typically earn more money than high school graduates,
this would indicate that level of education and income are:
positively correlated (not that one causes the other)
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Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries but cannot
build a tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, Susie
builds a four-block tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the
inability to build the tower on
her own is known as:
The zone of proximal development (this is a range of tasks that are too
difficult for children to do alone, but possible with help)
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of
identity, the individual will have troubles with the development of:
Intimacy (individuals who fail to attain a lower level of development will fail to
attain the next higher level).
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theory of
personality development?
Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob asks why, his father
responds, "Because I said so." The father's response is most representative of
which parenting style?
Authoritarian (uses coercion and psychological control to discipline children)
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Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of "surrogate
mothers" to investigate which factors are important in early development and
attachment. According to
his findings, baby monkeys:
Preferred a soft terry cloth mother to a wire mesh mother than holds a bottle.
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States?
Asking someone about suicide may push that person over the edge.
Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want to lose his television
privileges.
This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
Preconventional (the individual is most concerned with consequences)
Josie likes to play peek-a-boo with her little brother, Jack. According to Piaget,
Jack finds this game fun because he has acquired , which is one of the
primary tasks of the
sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
Object permanence
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The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is:
Bowlby
Henry, a 72-year-old widower, reminisces with his daughter about his life. He
talks about his successes and regrets. This is an example of Erikson's:
Ego integrity stage
When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in ____________
aggression than boys.
Relational
All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome EXCEPT:
Large hands and feet
Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural and
familial influences on self-esteem?
An authoritative parenting style usually allows children to have especially
high self- esteem
Research on gay and lesbian couples
They are as dedicated to and as effective at child rearing as are heterosexual
parents.
3/38
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In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the prisoners
harshly?
It was the social context that determined the behaviors of both the guards
and the prisoners. In the Stanford prison study, the setting was so realistic
that the participants became guards and prisoners. Their personal identities
were masked by the context of being in a prison as either a guard or a
prisoner
In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that people were
more likely to disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT
when _________________________________________________________ _.
the victim was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim
made
Which of the following best describes norms?
The main purpose of norms is to provide meaning to test scores
Which of the following best describes a "good" test?
A "good" test is reliable, valid and has norms
If college graduates typically earn more money than high school graduates,
this would indicate that level of education and income are:
positively correlated (not that one causes the other)
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