PSY 211- EXAM 2 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
A baby's first social smile occurs at about 2 months of age and shows _____.
a. a reflexive response
b. attachment
c. intestinal gas
d. ambivalence - ANS A
A baby's temperament is:
a. due to poor feeding.
b. based on the environment.
c. due to poor mothering.
d. biological or inborn - ANS D
A toddler is becoming embarrassed for the first time. According to the text, a parent should
feel:
a. concerned that the child is becoming insecure.
b. pleased that the child is beginning to understand that he or she is a separate person.
c. worried about providing too much discipline.
d. upset, but only if the child is a boy. - ANS B
According to attachment theorists, a baby's attachment style is affected by which of the
following forces?
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,a. socioeconomic status of the family
b. the child's temperament
c. the culture in which the child is raised
d. the climate of the world region where a child is raised - ANS B
According to attachment theory, the insecurely attached baby who is MOST at risk for later
problems is a 1-year-old who:
a. reacts in an erratic, confused way when reunited with a primary caregiver.
b. doesn't care when reunited with his or her primary caregiver.
c. can't be soothed when reunited with his or her primary caregiver.
d. doesn't care when his or her primary caregiver leaves. - ANS A
Andre confesses that he was very shy during childhood, but then says, "I got more outgoing as I
got older." MOST likely, Andre:
a. probably still carries his shy temperamental tendency inside.
b. has totally conquered his childhood shyness.
c. will probably become very shy again as he gets older.
d. is deluding himself because he is just as shy as before. - ANS A
Attachment-in-the-making coincides with the onset of:
a. the secondary circular reactions.
b. the first social smile.
c. the primary circular reactions.
d. separation anxiety. - ANS A
Babies begin to use social referencing to pace and modify their behavior:
a. at age 3.
b. during adolescence.
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, c. at 3 months of age.
d. during the phase of clear-cut attachment. - ANS D
Baby Jamelle has recently become visibly upset whenever her mother leaves the room. Jamelle
MOST likely is approximately _____ months old and is experiencing _____ anxiety.
a. nine; preattachment
b. two; separation
c. seven; separation
d. three; stranger - ANS C
Baby Maya and her mother are totally in tune with one another. They know when to come on
strong and when to back off. This sense of connection is called _____.
a. organization
b. engrossment
c. synchrony
d. pure love - ANS C
During the clear-cut phase of attachment:
a. babies prefer the day-care provider more than the father.
b. there is typically a single caregiver whom the child most prefers.
c. babies instinctively always prefer the mother.
d. babies do not usually prefer one particular caregiver more than another. - ANS B
Five-month-old Tracey is more easily soothed by her father; she smiles and looks more at him
than at others. Still, when Aunt Corrie comes for a visit, Tracey has no problem giving her a
cuddle. Tracey is in the _____ phase.
a. working-model
b. preattachment
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ANSWERS
A baby's first social smile occurs at about 2 months of age and shows _____.
a. a reflexive response
b. attachment
c. intestinal gas
d. ambivalence - ANS A
A baby's temperament is:
a. due to poor feeding.
b. based on the environment.
c. due to poor mothering.
d. biological or inborn - ANS D
A toddler is becoming embarrassed for the first time. According to the text, a parent should
feel:
a. concerned that the child is becoming insecure.
b. pleased that the child is beginning to understand that he or she is a separate person.
c. worried about providing too much discipline.
d. upset, but only if the child is a boy. - ANS B
According to attachment theorists, a baby's attachment style is affected by which of the
following forces?
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,a. socioeconomic status of the family
b. the child's temperament
c. the culture in which the child is raised
d. the climate of the world region where a child is raised - ANS B
According to attachment theory, the insecurely attached baby who is MOST at risk for later
problems is a 1-year-old who:
a. reacts in an erratic, confused way when reunited with a primary caregiver.
b. doesn't care when reunited with his or her primary caregiver.
c. can't be soothed when reunited with his or her primary caregiver.
d. doesn't care when his or her primary caregiver leaves. - ANS A
Andre confesses that he was very shy during childhood, but then says, "I got more outgoing as I
got older." MOST likely, Andre:
a. probably still carries his shy temperamental tendency inside.
b. has totally conquered his childhood shyness.
c. will probably become very shy again as he gets older.
d. is deluding himself because he is just as shy as before. - ANS A
Attachment-in-the-making coincides with the onset of:
a. the secondary circular reactions.
b. the first social smile.
c. the primary circular reactions.
d. separation anxiety. - ANS A
Babies begin to use social referencing to pace and modify their behavior:
a. at age 3.
b. during adolescence.
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, c. at 3 months of age.
d. during the phase of clear-cut attachment. - ANS D
Baby Jamelle has recently become visibly upset whenever her mother leaves the room. Jamelle
MOST likely is approximately _____ months old and is experiencing _____ anxiety.
a. nine; preattachment
b. two; separation
c. seven; separation
d. three; stranger - ANS C
Baby Maya and her mother are totally in tune with one another. They know when to come on
strong and when to back off. This sense of connection is called _____.
a. organization
b. engrossment
c. synchrony
d. pure love - ANS C
During the clear-cut phase of attachment:
a. babies prefer the day-care provider more than the father.
b. there is typically a single caregiver whom the child most prefers.
c. babies instinctively always prefer the mother.
d. babies do not usually prefer one particular caregiver more than another. - ANS B
Five-month-old Tracey is more easily soothed by her father; she smiles and looks more at him
than at others. Still, when Aunt Corrie comes for a visit, Tracey has no problem giving her a
cuddle. Tracey is in the _____ phase.
a. working-model
b. preattachment
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