NR 328 FINAL EXAM (162 Q/A) / NR328 FINAL EXAM (162 Q/A)
1. (TCO 1) Which of the following is the best example of an off-time event
that could have negative effects upon an individual's development?
@ Chapter 1, page 8
a. The deaths of elderly parents
b. Being divorced at the age of 25
*c. The death of one's spouse at the age of 30
d. Experiencing a life-threatening illness at the age of 60
2. (TCO 1) Adults in London, England, who were teenagers living there
during the bombings of World War II all report that their lives were
changed by those events. This exemplifies which of the following?
@ Chapter 1, page 8
a. Normative age-graded changes
b. Normative critical periods
*c. Normative history-graded changes
d. Non-normative life events
3. (TCO 1) Which of the following is a finding of Glen Elder, et al., on
individuals who grew up during the Great Depression?
@ Chapter 1, page 9
a. The cohort born in 1920 suffered more than the cohort born in 1928.
b. Teenaged girls were more likely than teenaged boys to be forced into the
workplace prematurely because of economic hardship.
*c. Teenagers whose families experienced severe economic difficulty
assumed adult responsibility prematurely.
d. The adolescents who were forced prematurely into the workforce were
better adjusted as adults.
4. (TCO 1) The Maple Leaf Elementary School counselor, social worker,
and the parents of 8-year-old Jimmy Jackson are working as a cooperative
team to determine why Jimmy exhibits a pattern of highly aggressive
behavior toward his peers and teachers. Jimmy's behavior has been
extensively observed, he has been subjected to a battery of psychological
tests, and his parents have been interviewed. This in-depth examination of
Jimmy Jackson is an example of
,@ Chapter 1, page 12
a. an ethnograph.
b. naturalistic observation.
c. a correlational study.
*d. a case study.
5. (TCO 1) Of the following, which is the best example of naturalistic
observation?
@ Chapter 1, page 11
a. The school psychologist has administered aptitude tests to the sophomore
class of Martin Luther King, Jr. High School.
b. A researcher interested in the effects of caffeine upon learning provides
high-caffeine drinks to an experimental group who are being taught a
complicated game and provides caffeine-free drinks to a control group who
are being taught the same game.
c. A serial killer is subjected to a battery of psychological exams and
intensive interviews in an effort to determine the factors that influenced his
developmental pathway to homicidal behavior.
*d. Researchers interested in children's gender-related interactions videotape
children while they are playing during recess and while they are engaged in
cooperative learning assignments in their classrooms.
6. (TCO 1) Researchers have found that children born to mothers who
smoke during and after pregnancy are more likely to develop respiratory
illness. This is an example of which of the following?
@ Chapter 1, page 13
a. A negative correlation
b. An experimental finding
c. A strong correlation
*d. A positive correlation
7. (TCO 1) An experiment is designed to study the effects of long lectures
on the sleeping behavior of college students. In such a study, the dependent
variable is
@ Chapter 1, page 14
*a. sleeping behavior of college students.
b. long lectures.
,c. the length of time a lecture runs.
d. college students.
8. (TCO 1) You are a taking part in a survey that asks about your attitudes
toward physical punishment of children. Even though you believe that
spanking is sometimes necessary, you answer that you are opposed to any
sort of physical punishment. Which of the following terms best describes
why you answered the way that you did?
@ Chapter 1, page 13
*a. Social desirability
b. Experimenter bias
c. Randomness
d. Sample representation
9. (TCO 1) Researchers designed an experiment to study the effects of a
professor's sense of humor on enrollment numbers. What is the independent
variable in this study?
@ Chapter 1, page 14
a. The college professor
*b. The college professor's sense of humor
c. Students considering attending college
d. The number of students who enroll
10. (TCO 1) Jada saw some money on the kitchen table. She really wanted
to take it but her conscience kept her from it. Which part of Jada's
personality is telling her that it would be socially unacceptable to take the
money?
@ Chapter 2, page 24
*a. Superego
b. Ego
c. Unconscious
d. Id
11. (TCO 1) According to Freud's model of personality, which of the
following best demonstrates the functioning of the id?
@ Chapter 2, page 24
a. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
, b. Restraining your desire to have a hot fudge sundae
*c. Stealing a CD because you really want it
d. Planning to seduce a sexual partner
12. (TCO 1) Which of the following is the most correct statement regarding
repressed memories?
@ Chapter 2, page 25
a. Most adults who were abused as children have no recollection of the
abuse.
b. The best way to get at repressed memories is for the therapist to suggest
that such memories exist.
c. It is highly unlikely that false memories will be retrieved because of the
inaccuracy of human memory.
*d. The perpetrators of abuse are more likely to forget the incidents than are
the victims.
13. (TCO 2) Elsa was frequently neglected as a child. As an infant, she
would be left in wet diapers, and she was not fed on a regular schedule.
Which of the following crises was not properly resolved?
@ Chapter 2, page 26
a. Industry versus inferiority
b. Autonomy versus shame and doubt
*c. Trust versus mistrust
d. Initiative versus guilt
14. (TCO 2) Which factor is generally considered to be an essential aspect
of an infant's first psychosocial task?
@ Chapter 2, page 26
a. Learning to control bodily sensations or developing shame if unsuccessful
b. Becoming aware of pleasurable genital sensations and sharing these
sensations with others
c. Becoming purposeful, goal oriented, and assertive, which leads to
conflicts with parents
*d. Being treated lovingly and predictably by caregivers and learning to trust
1. (TCO 1) Which of the following is the best example of an off-time event
that could have negative effects upon an individual's development?
@ Chapter 1, page 8
a. The deaths of elderly parents
b. Being divorced at the age of 25
*c. The death of one's spouse at the age of 30
d. Experiencing a life-threatening illness at the age of 60
2. (TCO 1) Adults in London, England, who were teenagers living there
during the bombings of World War II all report that their lives were
changed by those events. This exemplifies which of the following?
@ Chapter 1, page 8
a. Normative age-graded changes
b. Normative critical periods
*c. Normative history-graded changes
d. Non-normative life events
3. (TCO 1) Which of the following is a finding of Glen Elder, et al., on
individuals who grew up during the Great Depression?
@ Chapter 1, page 9
a. The cohort born in 1920 suffered more than the cohort born in 1928.
b. Teenaged girls were more likely than teenaged boys to be forced into the
workplace prematurely because of economic hardship.
*c. Teenagers whose families experienced severe economic difficulty
assumed adult responsibility prematurely.
d. The adolescents who were forced prematurely into the workforce were
better adjusted as adults.
4. (TCO 1) The Maple Leaf Elementary School counselor, social worker,
and the parents of 8-year-old Jimmy Jackson are working as a cooperative
team to determine why Jimmy exhibits a pattern of highly aggressive
behavior toward his peers and teachers. Jimmy's behavior has been
extensively observed, he has been subjected to a battery of psychological
tests, and his parents have been interviewed. This in-depth examination of
Jimmy Jackson is an example of
,@ Chapter 1, page 12
a. an ethnograph.
b. naturalistic observation.
c. a correlational study.
*d. a case study.
5. (TCO 1) Of the following, which is the best example of naturalistic
observation?
@ Chapter 1, page 11
a. The school psychologist has administered aptitude tests to the sophomore
class of Martin Luther King, Jr. High School.
b. A researcher interested in the effects of caffeine upon learning provides
high-caffeine drinks to an experimental group who are being taught a
complicated game and provides caffeine-free drinks to a control group who
are being taught the same game.
c. A serial killer is subjected to a battery of psychological exams and
intensive interviews in an effort to determine the factors that influenced his
developmental pathway to homicidal behavior.
*d. Researchers interested in children's gender-related interactions videotape
children while they are playing during recess and while they are engaged in
cooperative learning assignments in their classrooms.
6. (TCO 1) Researchers have found that children born to mothers who
smoke during and after pregnancy are more likely to develop respiratory
illness. This is an example of which of the following?
@ Chapter 1, page 13
a. A negative correlation
b. An experimental finding
c. A strong correlation
*d. A positive correlation
7. (TCO 1) An experiment is designed to study the effects of long lectures
on the sleeping behavior of college students. In such a study, the dependent
variable is
@ Chapter 1, page 14
*a. sleeping behavior of college students.
b. long lectures.
,c. the length of time a lecture runs.
d. college students.
8. (TCO 1) You are a taking part in a survey that asks about your attitudes
toward physical punishment of children. Even though you believe that
spanking is sometimes necessary, you answer that you are opposed to any
sort of physical punishment. Which of the following terms best describes
why you answered the way that you did?
@ Chapter 1, page 13
*a. Social desirability
b. Experimenter bias
c. Randomness
d. Sample representation
9. (TCO 1) Researchers designed an experiment to study the effects of a
professor's sense of humor on enrollment numbers. What is the independent
variable in this study?
@ Chapter 1, page 14
a. The college professor
*b. The college professor's sense of humor
c. Students considering attending college
d. The number of students who enroll
10. (TCO 1) Jada saw some money on the kitchen table. She really wanted
to take it but her conscience kept her from it. Which part of Jada's
personality is telling her that it would be socially unacceptable to take the
money?
@ Chapter 2, page 24
*a. Superego
b. Ego
c. Unconscious
d. Id
11. (TCO 1) According to Freud's model of personality, which of the
following best demonstrates the functioning of the id?
@ Chapter 2, page 24
a. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
, b. Restraining your desire to have a hot fudge sundae
*c. Stealing a CD because you really want it
d. Planning to seduce a sexual partner
12. (TCO 1) Which of the following is the most correct statement regarding
repressed memories?
@ Chapter 2, page 25
a. Most adults who were abused as children have no recollection of the
abuse.
b. The best way to get at repressed memories is for the therapist to suggest
that such memories exist.
c. It is highly unlikely that false memories will be retrieved because of the
inaccuracy of human memory.
*d. The perpetrators of abuse are more likely to forget the incidents than are
the victims.
13. (TCO 2) Elsa was frequently neglected as a child. As an infant, she
would be left in wet diapers, and she was not fed on a regular schedule.
Which of the following crises was not properly resolved?
@ Chapter 2, page 26
a. Industry versus inferiority
b. Autonomy versus shame and doubt
*c. Trust versus mistrust
d. Initiative versus guilt
14. (TCO 2) Which factor is generally considered to be an essential aspect
of an infant's first psychosocial task?
@ Chapter 2, page 26
a. Learning to control bodily sensations or developing shame if unsuccessful
b. Becoming aware of pleasurable genital sensations and sharing these
sensations with others
c. Becoming purposeful, goal oriented, and assertive, which leads to
conflicts with parents
*d. Being treated lovingly and predictably by caregivers and learning to trust
