Multiple Choice Questions

There is very little relationship between the age of an adult and his or her
  • longitudinal
  • role confusion.
  • level of life satisfaction.
  • none of these feelings or events.
During adolescence, maturation of the ________ lags behind maturation of the ________.
  • do all of these things.
  • mental abilities.
  • Piaget's cognitive development theory.
  • frontal lobes; limbic system
A researcher who administers a personality test to the same children every 3 years as they progress through school is conducting a(n) ________ study.
  • level of life satisfaction.
  • none of these feelings or events.
  • longitudinal
  • role confusion.
Researchers have discovered that the midlife transition between early and middle adulthood is characterized by unusually high levels of
  • level of life satisfaction.
  • role confusion.
  • longitudinal
  • none of these feelings or events.
Physical exercise in late adulthood has been found to
  • do all of these things.
  • concept of conservation.
  • Piaget's cognitive development theory.
  • stability and change.
Dr. Matsuko's major research interest is the long-term effects of child-rearing practices on the psychological adjustment of offspring. It is most likely that Dr. Matsuko is a ________ psychologist.
  • conventional
  • teratogen.
  • authoritarian
  • developmental
Nutrients and oxygen are transferred from a mother to her developing fetus through the
  • an identity.
  • mental abilities.
  • teratogen.
  • placenta.
Adolescents are most likely to be influenced by their parents with respect to ________, and they are most likely to be influenced by their peers with respect to ________.
  • career choices; clothing preferences
  • secure attachment.
  • concept of conservation.
  • an identity.
Questions about the extent to which maladaptive habits learned in childhood can be overcome in adulthood are most directly relevant to the issue of
  • secure attachment.
  • authoritarian
  • stability and change.
  • the social clock
The importance of schemas was most clearly highlighted by
  • concept of conservation.
  • Piaget's cognitive development theory.
  • do all of these things.
  • career choices; clothing preferences
If research suggested that a pregnant mother's use of an artificial sweetener caused harm to the fetus, the artificial sweetener would be considered a
  • the social clock
  • teratogen.
  • an identity.
  • authoritarian
A child's realization that others may have beliefs that the child knows to be false best illustrates the development of
  • a theory of mind.
  • authoritarian
  • mental abilities.
  • the social clock
"I don't care whether you want to wash the dishes, you will do so because I said so!" This statement is most representative of a(n) ________ parenting style.
  • an identity.
  • authoritarian
  • teratogen.
  • the social clock
Infants' tendency to gaze longer at novel stimuli than at familiar ones provides compelling evidence regarding their
  • mental abilities.
  • the social clock
  • secure attachment.
  • an identity.
Adolescents' sense of what's fair is most likely to change from simple equality to what's proportional to merit when they achieve
  • teratogen.
  • authoritarian
  • conventional
  • an identity.
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