Unit 6 Quiz

After surveying 100 parents, researchers concluded that 90 percent of babies can walk by the age of 10 months. Why is this an inappropriate conclusion?

• The researchers should have conducted an experiment.

• The cerebellum is completely developed by 10 months.

• A case study would have yielded more reliable data.

• At 10 months, ninety percent of toddlers have not reached the developmental milestones to walk.

• At 10 months, seventy percent of toddlers can walk.

Several researchers from an introductory psychology course observed infants, toddlers, and young children at a day care for one week. Over the course of the week, the researchers observed the gross and fine motor skills of all the children. After reviewing the data, the researchers were able to conclude that-

• Infants gain control of their arm muscles before they gain control of their neck muscles.

• Young children master fine motor skills more quickly than gross motor skills

• Young children master gross motor skills more quickly than fine motor skills

• Infants master using their fingers more quickly than their torso

• Infants master controlling their feet more quickly than lifting their head.

Crystal has three children she loves and cares for very much. Denise has two children that she neglects. Which of the following is the likely result of the children's attachment to their mothers?

• Denise's children will have better identify formation.

• Crystal used rewards and punishments more often than Denise.

• Crystal's children will have better socialization skills

• Denise's children's schemas regarding parent-child relationships are quite strong.

• Crystal's children will have resolved the Oedipal complex, and Denise's children will not have.

Becky just watched a video of a child hitting a doll. According to Albert Bandura's research, Becky will now

• get a second doll

• hit her own doll

• hug her doll

• hide her doll

• stop playing with her doll

Which of the following scenarios best describes the relationship between temperament and child-parent relationships?

• Garrett's parents rewarding him for having an easy temperament, so he remains an easy child.

• Stanley has an easy temperament, which has made him more sensitive to differences in parenting.

• Anthony has a difficult temperament, which has made him less sensitive to differences in parenting.

• Fred has a slow-to-warm-up temperament, which has led his parents to be distant with him.

• Sammy has a difficult temperament, but his parents love and care for him anyway.