Growth and Development Final Exam
What is the term for a measure of intelligence that takes into account a student's mental and
chronological age? - correct answersintelligence quotient
______ exists when a test measures consistently what it is trying to measure; ____________ exists when
it actually measures what it is supposed to measure. - correct answersreliability; validity
Some developmentalists suggest that two kinds of intelligence exist. What is the term for intelligence
that reflects information processing speed, reasoning, memory and the ability to adapt to dynamic
situations? - correct answersfluid intelligence
Skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of feeling are
referred to as __________ intelligence. - correct answersemotional
When Jorge enrolls in a new school, a guidance counselor gives him a(n) _______________ to identify
how likely he is to excel in writing, and plans to use that information to determine whether he should be
placed in a special writing program. - correct answersaptitude
Recent findings show that nationally in the U.S., twice as many African American students as Caucasian
American students are classified as mildly intellectually disabled, which is a difference that experts
attribute to - correct answerscultural bias in testing and poverty
Research shows that ________ declines with age, while ________ remains steady and sometimes
improves. - correct answersfluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence
One reason why brain functioning begins to change in middle adulthood is that - correct
answersresearchers have found that 20 genes that are vital to learning, memory, and mental flexibility
begin to function less efficiently as early as age 40
Children who show evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative,
artistic, leadership, or specific academic fields are referred to as - correct answersgifted
, Creative people develop and endorse ideas that are unfashionable or regarded as wrong. - correct
answerstrue
When a child experiences pleasure with a person, or experiences comfort from that person when they
are in distress, it is said that the child has - correct answersformed an attachment
When a child demonstrates the kind of attachment where the mother is used as a "home base," and the
child is at ease when she is present, but the child gets upset when she leaves, and then the child goes to
the mother as soon as she returns, this is called - correct answersa secure attachment pattern
Children who show the _____________ attachment pattern show inconsistent, contradictory, and
confused behavior, such as approaching the mother when she returns but not looking at her. - correct
answersdisorganized-disoriented
All of the following are reasons for the demise of the notion that a father's attachment relationship is
unimportant EXCEPT - correct answersBowlby changed his theoretical views
The dysfunction of ______________ may be related to the development of disorders involving theory of
the mind as well as autism. - correct answersmirror neurons
Who was the author of the 1872 book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, who argued
that humans and primates have an inborn, universal set of emotional expressions? - correct
answersDarwin
What factor is NOT involved in the emergence of the theory of mind? - correct answersincreased
reading ability
Even though some adolescent suicide is underreported, suicide is the _____ most common cause of
adolescent death in the 15- to 24-year-old group. - correct answersthird
The theory suggesting that successful aging occurs when people maintain the interests, activities, and
social interactions with which they were involved during middle age is called - correct answersactivity
What is the term for a measure of intelligence that takes into account a student's mental and
chronological age? - correct answersintelligence quotient
______ exists when a test measures consistently what it is trying to measure; ____________ exists when
it actually measures what it is supposed to measure. - correct answersreliability; validity
Some developmentalists suggest that two kinds of intelligence exist. What is the term for intelligence
that reflects information processing speed, reasoning, memory and the ability to adapt to dynamic
situations? - correct answersfluid intelligence
Skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of feeling are
referred to as __________ intelligence. - correct answersemotional
When Jorge enrolls in a new school, a guidance counselor gives him a(n) _______________ to identify
how likely he is to excel in writing, and plans to use that information to determine whether he should be
placed in a special writing program. - correct answersaptitude
Recent findings show that nationally in the U.S., twice as many African American students as Caucasian
American students are classified as mildly intellectually disabled, which is a difference that experts
attribute to - correct answerscultural bias in testing and poverty
Research shows that ________ declines with age, while ________ remains steady and sometimes
improves. - correct answersfluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence
One reason why brain functioning begins to change in middle adulthood is that - correct
answersresearchers have found that 20 genes that are vital to learning, memory, and mental flexibility
begin to function less efficiently as early as age 40
Children who show evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative,
artistic, leadership, or specific academic fields are referred to as - correct answersgifted
, Creative people develop and endorse ideas that are unfashionable or regarded as wrong. - correct
answerstrue
When a child experiences pleasure with a person, or experiences comfort from that person when they
are in distress, it is said that the child has - correct answersformed an attachment
When a child demonstrates the kind of attachment where the mother is used as a "home base," and the
child is at ease when she is present, but the child gets upset when she leaves, and then the child goes to
the mother as soon as she returns, this is called - correct answersa secure attachment pattern
Children who show the _____________ attachment pattern show inconsistent, contradictory, and
confused behavior, such as approaching the mother when she returns but not looking at her. - correct
answersdisorganized-disoriented
All of the following are reasons for the demise of the notion that a father's attachment relationship is
unimportant EXCEPT - correct answersBowlby changed his theoretical views
The dysfunction of ______________ may be related to the development of disorders involving theory of
the mind as well as autism. - correct answersmirror neurons
Who was the author of the 1872 book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, who argued
that humans and primates have an inborn, universal set of emotional expressions? - correct
answersDarwin
What factor is NOT involved in the emergence of the theory of mind? - correct answersincreased
reading ability
Even though some adolescent suicide is underreported, suicide is the _____ most common cause of
adolescent death in the 15- to 24-year-old group. - correct answersthird
The theory suggesting that successful aging occurs when people maintain the interests, activities, and
social interactions with which they were involved during middle age is called - correct answersactivity
