PSYC 333 Practice Exam Questions – Psychology course exam preparation
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Which example illustrates overregularization? - correct answer ✔✔using the word "gooses"
_________ is a way in which parents play a role in their children's grammatical development -
correct answer ✔✔filling in missing part of incomplete utterances
Research examining groups of deaf children who had no exposure to formal spoken or signed
languages has demonstrated that: - correct answer ✔✔children do go beyond the linguistic
input they receive, and their spontaneous language can develop into a true language
Research has demonstrated that viewing of infant educational videos by infants around the age
of 12 months is: - correct answer ✔✔negatively associated with vocabulary size
Learning ________ is considered part of semantic development - correct answer ✔✔the
contrast between the meanings of the words "table" and "desk"
Which statement about infant-directed speech is TRUE? - correct answer ✔✔infant preference
for infant-directed speech may be a result of its emotional tone.
Preschoolers Cal and Jacob are playing with toy trucks. Jacob says, "My mommy took me to
watch the construction at the end of the street." Cal responds, "This dump truck is yellow and
black. I have one like this at my house." Then Jacob says, "They were digging up the road with a
backhoe. They are putting a big pipe under the road." Cal then says, "I also have a green cement
truck. It can turn. I got it for my birthday." This conversation is an example of: - correct answer
✔✔a collective monologue
Which statement about infants' early word production is NOT true? - correct answer ✔✔One-
word utterance typically have the same meaning as adults' single words.
, Six-month-old Liana, 9-month-old Joshua, and 11-month-old Sadie all live in English-speaking
homes in English-speaking communities. Which statement is MOST likely to be true to their
abilities to discriminate among sounds that are found in Mandarin Chinese but are not found in
English? - correct answer ✔✔Liana will be the most able
Research examining the association between infants' ability to detect differences among speech
sounds at the age of 6 months and their later language skills has demonstrated that 6-month-
old infants: - correct answer ✔✔who were better able to detect difference scored higher on
some tests of language skills at later ages
When asked to solve the problem 6 * 3 = ? * 2, Arianna answers, "18." She probably does NOT
yet have the concept of: - correct answer ✔✔mathematical equality.
The genetic contribution to intelligence - correct answer ✔✔becomes greater as individuals get
older.
Which statement about HOME scores is the BEST representation of current research? - correct
answer ✔✔They correlate positively with IQ score both at the same age and at a later age.
Which individual is MOST likely to experience mathematics anxiety? - correct answer
✔✔Rebecca, who is in the 9th grade.
Michael is a farmer and has been his entire life. He is MOST likely to have a high level of
_________ intelligence. - correct answer ✔✔naturalistic
Of these pairs of ages, the correlation between IQ score at one age and IQ score at the later age
is HIGHEST for which pair? - correct answer ✔✔8 years and 9 years
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Which example illustrates overregularization? - correct answer ✔✔using the word "gooses"
_________ is a way in which parents play a role in their children's grammatical development -
correct answer ✔✔filling in missing part of incomplete utterances
Research examining groups of deaf children who had no exposure to formal spoken or signed
languages has demonstrated that: - correct answer ✔✔children do go beyond the linguistic
input they receive, and their spontaneous language can develop into a true language
Research has demonstrated that viewing of infant educational videos by infants around the age
of 12 months is: - correct answer ✔✔negatively associated with vocabulary size
Learning ________ is considered part of semantic development - correct answer ✔✔the
contrast between the meanings of the words "table" and "desk"
Which statement about infant-directed speech is TRUE? - correct answer ✔✔infant preference
for infant-directed speech may be a result of its emotional tone.
Preschoolers Cal and Jacob are playing with toy trucks. Jacob says, "My mommy took me to
watch the construction at the end of the street." Cal responds, "This dump truck is yellow and
black. I have one like this at my house." Then Jacob says, "They were digging up the road with a
backhoe. They are putting a big pipe under the road." Cal then says, "I also have a green cement
truck. It can turn. I got it for my birthday." This conversation is an example of: - correct answer
✔✔a collective monologue
Which statement about infants' early word production is NOT true? - correct answer ✔✔One-
word utterance typically have the same meaning as adults' single words.
, Six-month-old Liana, 9-month-old Joshua, and 11-month-old Sadie all live in English-speaking
homes in English-speaking communities. Which statement is MOST likely to be true to their
abilities to discriminate among sounds that are found in Mandarin Chinese but are not found in
English? - correct answer ✔✔Liana will be the most able
Research examining the association between infants' ability to detect differences among speech
sounds at the age of 6 months and their later language skills has demonstrated that 6-month-
old infants: - correct answer ✔✔who were better able to detect difference scored higher on
some tests of language skills at later ages
When asked to solve the problem 6 * 3 = ? * 2, Arianna answers, "18." She probably does NOT
yet have the concept of: - correct answer ✔✔mathematical equality.
The genetic contribution to intelligence - correct answer ✔✔becomes greater as individuals get
older.
Which statement about HOME scores is the BEST representation of current research? - correct
answer ✔✔They correlate positively with IQ score both at the same age and at a later age.
Which individual is MOST likely to experience mathematics anxiety? - correct answer
✔✔Rebecca, who is in the 9th grade.
Michael is a farmer and has been his entire life. He is MOST likely to have a high level of
_________ intelligence. - correct answer ✔✔naturalistic
Of these pairs of ages, the correlation between IQ score at one age and IQ score at the later age
is HIGHEST for which pair? - correct answer ✔✔8 years and 9 years
