Exam 3 review

Professor Gordon first gave a survey to first-grade children asking about their social interactions. He then studied these same people, who are now in their forties, at different times in their life span. Professor Gordon conducted a _____ study.

• longitudinal

• habitual

• cross-sectional

• experimental

A teratogen is a(n):

• Fertilized egg that undergoes rapid cell division

• Unborn child with one or more physical defects or abnormalities

• Chromosomal abnormality

• Substance that can cause harm to embryonic/fetal development

Tessa is told to imagine a world where a feather will break a window. When she is told “In this world, a window is hit by a feather. What happens to the window?”, she answers “Nothing would happen to the window.” According to Piaget’s cognitive developmental stages, what stage is Tessa in?

• Formal operational

• Concrete operational

• Pre-operational

• Sensorimotor

Upholding laws to avoid punishment is to ____ morality as acting on self-defined ethical principles is to ____ morality

• conventional; post-conventional

• pre-conventional; post-conventional

• conventional; pre-conventional

• pre-conventional; conventional

Manuel and Rosa have been married for 15 years. Their youngest child left home six months ago. If they follow patterns found in research, the quality of their marriage should _______.

• improve since they have more time to spend together

• remain constant, no different than earlier years

• worsen since there are no children to act as buffers

• be tumultuous because they have grown apart over the years

In regards to gender role schema development, social learning theory emphasizes that:

• observation and imitation play a crucial role in the development of gender roles

• children will exhibit only those gender-like behaviors for which they have been directly rewarded

• children will not develop clear gender roles if only one parent is present in the household

• social learning theory emphasizes all these are important for gender role development