Multiple Choice Questions

_____ is the specialization of function in one hemisphere of the brain or the other.
  • Deindividuation
  • social experiences
  • Resilience
  • Lateralization
Which of the following is most closely associated with the nurture side of the nature versus nurture debate?
  • Puberty
  • social experiences
  • The process of myelination begins prenatally.
  • reciprocal determinism.
Adolescents often have difficulty controlling their emotions and making sound decisions about risky behavior. Brain research suggests that this is due to the fact that during adolescence
  • The prefrontal cortex continues to mature into early adulthood.
  • the amygdala is developed earlier than the prefrontal cortex.
  • The effects of chemical teratogens depend on the timing of exposure.
  • People are primarily motivated by purposes and goals.
The reduction in personal identity and erosion of the sense of personal responsibility when one is part of a group is known as
  • Lateralization
  • Deindividuation
  • Invincibility
  • social experiences
The sense of _____ is the most dangerous aspect of adolescent egocentrism.
  • Lateralization
  • Deindividuation
  • Invincibility
  • Resilience
According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the first stage of cognitive development that lasts from birth to about two years of age is the _____ stage.
  • Lateralization
  • Deindividuation
  • Sensorimotor
  • damage to DNA.
Four-month-old baby Oscar is a participant in a preferential-looking experiment. Researchers show Oscar two photos, one of which is of his mother's face, and the other which is of a female stranger's face. The photos are presented repeatedly in differing locations, and the amount of time Oscar spends looking at the photos is recorded. What will researchers conclude if Oscar shows a reliable preference for his mother's face over the stranger's face?
  • Oscar can discriminate his mother's face from a stranger's face
  • The prefrontal cortex continues to mature into early adulthood.
  • conception, zygote, embryonic period, fetal period
  • the amygdala is developed earlier than the prefrontal cortex.
Cookie Monster, one of the characters on the children's TV show Sesame Street, has an intense urge to consume cookies, even when doing so is irrational and maladaptive. Eating cookies gives Cookie Monster a great source of pleasure and satisfaction. Freud would say that his behavior reflects the fact that Cookie Monster is ruled by his _____.
  • 20s
  • Embryonic
  • Preoperational
  • ID
In the course of prenatal development, by the end of the _____ period, the heart begins to beat, the arms and legs become more differentiated, the face starts to form, and the intestinal tract appears in human beings.
  • Embryonic
  • Nurture
  • Puberty
  • Preoperational
The free-radical theory states that aging is caused by
  • Sensorimotor
  • Invincibility
  • Teratogen
  • damage to DNA.
You arrange two rows of pennies so they are equal in length. A child views the rows and states that s/he has the same amount of pennies. You spread out the pennies in the bottom row so it is longer than the top row. The child now states that the bottom row has more pennies. This child is in which of Piaget's stages?
  • Preoperational
  • Deindividuation
  • Embryonic
  • Lateralization
_____ refers to a person's ability to recover from or adapt to difficult times
  • reciprocal determinism.
  • Teratogen
  • Lateralization
  • Resilience
Most adults reach their peak physical development during their
  • Resilience
  • Teratogen
  • 20s
  • Prosocial
In the context of human development, _____ refers to the individual's environmental and social experiences.
  • Embryonic
  • Nurture
  • Nature
  • Puberty
Which of the following is the correct sequence of the stages of prenatal development?
  • Oscar can discriminate his mother's face from a stranger's face
  • The process of myelination begins prenatally.
  • conception, zygote, embryonic period, fetal period
  • the amygdala is developed earlier than the prefrontal cortex.
A(n) _____ is any agent that causes a birth defect.
  • Resilience
  • Teratogen
  • Prosocial
  • Lateralization
According to _____, as we age our cells become less capable of dividing.
  • cellular-clock theory
  • reciprocal determinism.
  • Invincibility
  • Lateralization
Which of the following refers to a period of rapid skeletal and sexual maturation that occurs mainly in early adolescence?
  • Nurture
  • social experiences
  • Puberty
  • reciprocal determinism.
Which of the following statements is true of Carol Gilligan's care perspective?
  • social experiences
  • The process of myelination begins prenatally.
  • reciprocal determinism.
  • The prefrontal cortex continues to mature into early adulthood.
Developmental psychologists use the term _____ to refer to a person's genes or biological inheritance
  • Nature
  • Puberty
  • Teratogen
  • Nurture
Which of the following statements is true of the adolescent brain?
  • The process of myelination begins prenatally.
  • Development is the product of nature, nurture, and the complex interaction of the two.
  • The prefrontal cortex continues to mature into early adulthood.
  • The effects of chemical teratogens depend on the timing of exposure.
Which of the following statements is true of the concept of risky shift?
  • It is the tendency for individuals to more willingly endorse riskier decisions when in a group than when they are alone.
  • Development is the product of nature, nurture, and the complex interaction of the two.
  • The prefrontal cortex continues to mature into early adulthood.
  • There is little truth to the "beautiful is good" stereotype. Attractive people do not really possess the positive characteristics of the stereotype.
Which of the following statements about research on the "beautiful is good" stereotype is FALSE?
  • It is the tendency for individuals to more willingly endorse riskier decisions when in a group than when they are alone.
  • The prefrontal cortex continues to mature into early adulthood.
  • The process of myelination begins prenatally.
  • There is little truth to the "beautiful is good" stereotype. Attractive people do not really possess the positive characteristics of the stereotype.
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