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Developmental Psychology

Total questions: 120

Worksheet time: 3580secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Originally, developmental psychology was about --- and now it is about ---.
a)
adolescents, adults and aging; babies and infants
b)
babies and infants; adolescents, adults and aging
2.
She is
a)
Sigmund Freug
b)
Lev Vygotsky
c)
Mary Ainsworth
d)
Jean Piaget
3.
This is
a)
Jean Piaget
b)
Lev Vygotsky
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Mary Ainsworth
4.
This is
a)
Mary Ainsworth
b)
Jean Piaget
c)
Mary Ainsworth
d)
Lev Vygotsky
5.
language acquisition, personality, Motor skills, cognitive development, executive function, moral understanding, emotional development, self-concept, identity formation
a)
These are the 9 topics developmental psychology.
b)
These are social psychology suggestions
c)
9 items on Piagets psychological inventory
6.
Child psychopathology, educational psychology, forensic development psychology, child development, cognitive psychology, ecological psychology, cultural psychology
a)
The seven sisters of developmental psychology 
b)
7 fields in development psychology 
7.
In the 19th century --- explanations of developmental psychology were sought.
a)
evolutionary
b)
psycho-sexual 
8.
Bowlby was a --- as was Ainsworth who developed the --- study used world wide. 
a)
strange situation, attachment theory
b)
attachment theorist, strange situation
9.
secure, anxious-avoidant, anxious-resistant, disorganized
a)
These are the four "attachment styles" used by the Mary Ainsworth studies. 
b)
Four terrorist types in child development
10.
this
a)
Lev Vygotsky
b)
Jean Piaget
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Mary Ainsworth
11.
This is
a)
Mary Ainsworth
b)
Lev Vygotsky
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Jean Piaget
12.
is a healthy attachment between the infant and the caregiver. It is characterized by trust.
a)
secure
b)
anxious-avoidant
c)
anxious-resistant
d)
disorganized
13.
an insecure attachment between an infant and a caregiver. This is characterized by the infant's indifference toward the caregiver.
a)
anxious-resistant
b)
secure
c)
disorganized
d)
anxious-avoidant
14.
an insecure attachment between the infant and the caregiver characterized by distress from the infant when separated and anger when reunited
a)
anxious-resistant 
b)
secure
c)
anxious-avoidant
d)
disorganized
15.
an attachment style without a consistent pattern of responses upon return of the parent. (the worst one) 
a)
disorganized
b)
secure
c)
anxious-avoidant
d)
anxious-resistant
16.
This is not a symptom of neglect.
a)
anger 
b)
despair
c)
detachment
d)
a well-developed cerebellum 
17.
An example of --- attachment continuing in adulthood would be when the person feels confident and is able to meet their own needs
a)
secure
b)
insecure
18.
An example of --- during adulthood is when the adult chooses a partner with --- .
a)
anxious-avoidant attachment,  anxious attachment
b)
anxious attachment,  anxious-avoidant attachmen
19.
--- is a paradigm in psychology that characterizes learning as a process of actively constructing knowledge
a)
Debauchery
b)
Tenderheartedness
c)
Deconstructivism
d)
Constructivism
20.
Social constructivism
a)
individuals construct knowledge through an interaction between the knowledge they bring to a situation and social or cultural exchanges within that content.
b)
a person constructs knowledge through cognitive processes of their own experiences rather than by memorizing facts provided by others.
c)
truffles
21.
---, a Swiss developmental psychologist, proposed that learning is an active process because children learn through experience and make mistakes and solve problems.
a)
Lev Vygotsky
b)
Jean Piaget
c)
Kohlberg
22.
Bronfenbrenner's system is called
a)
ecological systems theory
b)
sacerdotal system of ecological significance that are significant
23.
Individual constructionism 
a)
sanction and scribbling 
b)
individuals construct knowledge through an interaction between the knowledge they bring to a situation and social or cultural exchanges within that content.
c)
a person constructs knowledge through cognitive processes of their own experiences rather than by memorizing facts provided by others.
24.
micro-system, macro-system, meso-system, exo-system, chrono-system
a)
sissy-system
b)
Five system of the Bronfenbrenner
c)
squishy-system
d)
eco-system
25.
The experiment involving the mother not responding to her infant for a short period of time is called: 
a)
interracial marriage
b)
interactional synchrony
c)
attachment synchrony
26.
Not an attachment theorist 
a)
Bowlby
b)
Ainsworth
c)
Aron
27.
70% of children. The child is easily comforted by the mother.
a)
Type A avoidant
b)
Type B securely attached
c)
Type C ambivalent
d)
Type D disorganized/ disorientated
28.
20 percent of children. Shows apparent indifference when the mother leaves the room, avoids contact with mother when she returns
a)
Type A avoidant
b)
Type B securely attached
c)
Type C ambivalent
d)
Type D disorganized/ disoriented attachment
29.
10 percent of children very upset when mother leaves and has difficulty being soothed when mother returns 
a)
Type A avoidant
b)
Type B securely attached
c)
Type C ambivalent
d)
Type D disorganized / disoriented
30.
No particular response to mother leaving or returning. Associated with abuse children and chronically depressed mothers.
a)
Type D or disorganized / disoriented attachment 
b)
Type A avoidant attachment
c)
Type B securely attached
d)
Type A avoidant 
31.
The monkeys go to the wire mother for food and the cloth mother for comfort and security.
a)
Ainsworth
b)
Bowlby
c)
Harry Harlow
d)
Erikson
32.
He studies attachment with geese and ducks. 
a)
Harry Harlow
b)
Mary Ainsworth
c)
Bowlby
d)
Konrad Lorenz
33.
Attachment occurs in the first --- months. Children respond to faces ---
a)
4, if they have a mom and a dad
b)
4, if they are exposed to faces
c)
5, when that part of the brain develops the ability 
d)
7, when they can see
34.
O'Connell 1976
a)
women are depressed after the child become one.
b)
women with children feel worthwhile and a sense of mission
35.
Culture has nearly no angst between adolescence and adults 
a)
Inuit
b)
England
c)
Germany
d)
France 
36.
No serious conflicts between Adults and Adolescents 
a)
Rutter et .al. about the Isle of Wight
b)
Ballihoo et. al. about New Guinea
37.
A conflict between the comforts of intimacy with the compromises (loss of identity) one must make to negotiate intimacy.
a)
moratorium
b)
intimacy versus isolation
38.
75% of American teens do not accept biological explanations for their body type. 80% believe they can change it.
a)
Rutter et. al. on the Isle of Wight
b)
O'Connell 1976
c)
Ferron 1997
d)
Simmons and Blyth 1987
39.
Male big strong and not fatFemale slim (here is the bulimia anorexia)
a)
Ferron 1997
b)
Simmons and Blyth 1987
c)
O'Connell 1976
d)
Rutter et. al. on the Isle of Wight
40.
Why do women's fashion magazine use computers to lengthen a model's legs in photo motivation.
a)
they need to fill up the cover with legs
b)
long legs are a youth and fertility marker
41.
--- say they are taller than they are: (depends when, but people do get taller with age)
a)
Women
b)
Men
42.
--- say they make more money than they do: (people do earn more as they get older)
a)
Men
b)
Women
43.
--- say their job is more important than it is: (people generally gain more responsibility at work with age)
a)
Men
b)
Women
44.
Men's lie tend to become --- over time. People can make more money, become taller and they will have only have had more sexual partners as time goes by. 
a)
true
b)
false
45.
--- claim to be younger than they are:
a)
Men
b)
Women
46.
--- claim to weight less than they do:
a)
Men
b)
Women
47.
--- claim to have fewer sexual partners than they do:
a)
Men
b)
Women
48.
--- are much more likely to be dissatisfied with their bodies than ---.
a)
Women, men
b)
Men, women
49.
--- are happy with their bodies as long as they are not fat. 
a)
Boys
b)
Girls
50.
Childcare is a bit more equal in --- countries
a)
Latin American
b)
Scandinavian
c)
East Asian
d)
Middle Eastern 
51.
--- value cooperation and gentle behavior above all else.
a)
Arapesh
b)
Mundugumor
c)
Tchambuli
52.
--- more competitive
a)
Tchambuli
b)
Mundugumor
c)
Arapesh
53.
--- opposite gender roles than the west
a)
Mundugumor
b)
Arapesh
c)
Tchambuli
54.
Children have a mental representation of what is suitable for a boy and a girl.5-6 year olds will remember the faces of the kids who played with the gender specific toy. The girl playing with a truck is not remembered. The boy playing with a doll is not remembered.
a)
Freud and Jung
b)
Martin and Halvorson
c)
O'Connell and Frigmen
55.
Biology-based theory. Testosterone triggers this much more in --- years old. Girls don’t do this nearly as much.
a)
boys 8 - 11
b)
girls 25 - 35
56.
The corpus callosum is --- in women
a)
smaller
b)
larger
57.
Testosterone --- the brain
a)
feminizes 
b)
masculinizes
58.
--- depression, anxiety and somatic complaints
a)
Women
b)
Men
59.
--- antisocial personality disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder
a)
Women
b)
Men
60.
Women
a)
XX
b)
XY
61.
Men
a)
XX
b)
XY
62.
--- is 1/ 2000 births
a)
Hemophilia 
b)
Hermaphroditism
63.
96.6% of adults identified as ---,
a)
homosexual
b)
straight
64.
90% of all work place death are ---
a)
men
b)
women
65.
O’Connell 1976
a)
Women with children do not feel as though their life is without purpose. 
b)
Inuit teenager 
c)
Rutter et. al. 
66.
Inuit teenagers 
a)
Rutter
b)
seem to have no adolescent style conflicts with their parents. 
c)
O'Connell
67.
The study found that most adolescents do not have a serious conflict with their parents.
a)
O'Connell
b)
Rutter
68.
Romances that last tend to be
a)
high cost
b)
high benefits
c)
weird
d)
high benefit and high cost
69.
75% of American teens do not accept biological explanations for their body type. 80% believe they can change it. French teenagers do not believe they can.
a)
Ferron
b)
O'Connell
c)
Rutter
d)
Simmons and Blyth 1987
70.
Male big strong and not fat = happy or content.
Female slim might mean content, but it is more complicated.
a)
Simmons and Blyth 1987
b)
O'Connell
c)
Rutter 
d)
Ferron
71.
Relatively long slim legs is a 
a)
youth fertility marker women
b)
good health fertility marker for women
72.
The hourglass shape with the .67 hip-to-waist ratio is a
a)
good health and fertility marker
b)
youth and fertility marker
73.
Boys are not dissatisfied unless they are ----.
a)
overweight 
b)
clinically insane
74.
There is a discrepancy between their view of themselves as a young person and their fully sexually mature body.
a)
women
b)
men
75.
Almost all girls are fecund by age --- and almost all boys have viable sperm by age ---
a)
12, 15
b)
15, 12
c)
10, 12
d)
12, 10
76.
Child care duties are share a little more equally in ---
a)
Scandinavian countries
b)
Germay
c)
Mexico
d)
Argentina
77.
The tribe has opposite gender roles than the west
a)
Mundugumor
b)
Arapesh
c)
Tchambuli
78.
More competitive culture
a)
Mundugumor
b)
Arapesh
c)
Tchambuli
79.
The culture values cooperation more than other values
a)
Tchambuli
b)
Mundugumor
c)
Arapesh
80.
technology, communication, movement of people, new ideas
a)
Are expensive and more cultues have no access to these
b)
are agents along with environmental changes that end up changing culture.
81.
roles are powerful because the kids uses what they know (schemas) to continue to make sense of the world. In a confusing world we latch onto what we know. “I’m a boy, I’m a girl.”
a)
gender schema
b)
gender identity
c)
gender consistency
82.
Children have a mental representation of what is suitable for a boy and a girl.5-6 year olds will remember the faces of the kids who played with the gender specific toy. The girl playing with a truck is not remembered. The boy playing with a doll is not remembered.
a)
Ferron
b)
O'Connell
c)
Martin and Halvorson
83.
Before puberty and much before full sexual maturity 
a)
sex determines an in-groups, out-group dynamic
b)
sexual behavior in the young is difficult to regulate
84.
Rough and Tumble Play
a)
8 - 11 year old boys
b)
13 - 15 young ladies
85.
Parents directing their sons to typical boy activities and typical boy toys. Parents directing their daughters to girl toys and typical girl activities.
a)
College tuition 
b)
Direct tuition
c)
Gender consistency
86.
Testosterone 
a)
masculinizes the brain
b)
feminizes the brain
87.
antisocial personality disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder
a)
occur more in men
b)
occur more in women
88.
depression, anxiety and somatic complaints and seasonal affective disorder
a)
occurs more in men
b)
occurs more in women
c)
occurs only in Mr. Robinson
89.
Codes for then creates a man. Exception is the non-SRY female.
a)
XY
b)
XX
90.
--- have two chances for a recessive gene on the X chromosome to NOT express in the individuals phenotype. 
a)
Women
b)
Men
91.
Hermaphroditism
a)
1/2000 births
b)
1/200
c)
1/20
92.
NHIS data [collected in 2013 from 34,557 adults aged 18 and over], --- of adults identified as straight, --- identified as gay or lesbian, and --- identified as bisexual.
a)
96.6%, 1.6%, 0.7%
b)
98%, 1%, 1%
93.
90% of workplace deaths are 
a)
men
b)
women
94.
Recognizing that superficial changes in appearance or in activities will not change a person's gender. A boy who wears a dress is still a boy; a girl who plays football is still a girl. A child who understands gender constancy would not suppose that wearing a barrette makes one a girl.
a)
gender roles
b)
gender schema
c)
gender consistency
95.
Child accepts the idea that males remain male and females remain female; e.g., a girl will no longer think she will grow up to be like her father or Batman. This occurs between ages 4 and 5. Children of this age still have some gaps in their understanding
a)
gender schema
b)
gender stability
c)
gender consistency
96.
Recognizing that you are a boy or a girl; this then organizes incoming information. This occurs between age 2 and 3.
a)
gender identity
b)
gender stability
c)
gender consistency 
97.
Generally the first thing people want to know is: 
a)
the sex of the child
b)
the location of the bridal shower gift registry 
98.
a)
Carl Jung
b)
Aron
c)
Aronson
d)
Sigmund Freud
99.
a)
Freud's pyramid of idiots for the id
b)
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
100.
a)
Solomon Asch
b)
Stanley Milgram
101.
a)
Stanley Milgrim
b)
Solomon Asch
102.
Married women with children feel a great deal of purpose in life. 
a)
Money and Ehrhardt  1972
b)
Eagly 1987
c)
Fagot 1985
d)
O'Connell 1976
103.
Adolescents don't have a lot of conflict with their parent on the Isle of Wight
a)
Rutter et. al. 1976
b)
Simmons and Blyth 1987
c)
Ferron 1977
d)
Bandura 1977
104.
Intimacy can create a crisis in adolescents. Studies the communications and letter of girls in Latin America 
a)
Condon 1987
b)
Bandura 1977
c)
Espin et. al. 1990
d)
Caufmann and Steinberg 1996
105.
75% of American teens do not accept biological determinism about their body. 80% of American teens think that diets can create an ideal body. Less than half of French teens thought they could change their bodies. 
a)
Smith and Lloyd; The Baby X Experiment
b)
William and Best 1990
c)
Ferron 1977
d)
Reinicki 2006
106.
Girls want to be attractive and if they see themselves as not attractive they become depressed. Girls who reach puberty early have a more negative body image. 
a)
Caufmann and Steinberg 1996
b)
Reinicki 2006
c)
William and Best 1990
d)
Money and Ehrhardt  1972
107.
Puberty brings boys closer to their ideal body and girls further from their ideal body.
a)
Martin and Halverson 1978
b)
Espin et. al. 1990
c)
Rutter et. al. 1976
d)
Simmons and Blyth 1987
108.
Researchers found that body image dissatisfaction leads to depression and eating disorders  
a)
Caufmann and Steinberg 1996
b)
Stice and Withenton 2002
c)
Condon 1987
d)
Money and Ehrhardt  1972
109.
Fathers in Denmark value greatly being close with their children
a)
Reinicki 2006
b)
Simmons and Blyth 1987
c)
Condon 1987
d)
Whiting and Edwards 1973
110.
Studied the variety of gender roles among New Guinean trides
a)
Mead 1930s
b)
Condon 1987
c)
Rutter et. al. 1976
d)
Espin et. al. 1990
111.
UK, Ireland, and USA. Most kids believe girls are compassionate and soft-hearted and boys are aggressive and cruel.
a)
Whiting and Edwards 1973
b)
Sroufe et. al. 1993
c)
Fagot 1985
d)
Best et. al. 1977
112.
Norms provide the stereotypes
a)
Eagly 1987
b)
William and Best 1990
c)
Martin and Halverson 1978
d)
Sroufe et. al.
113.
Social role theory. Roles are seen as allocated by gender.
a)
Eagly 1987
b)
Martin and Halverson 1978
c)
Fagot 1985
d)
Whiting and Edwards 1973
114.
Children by age in 5-6 children show a preference for gender consistent prictures
a)
Rutter et. al. 1976
b)
Condon 1987
c)
Martin and Halvorson 1983
d)
Ferron 1977
115.
Gender roles are constructed by life experiences. This is a positive feedback in that once a child identifies as a boy or girl they pay closer attention to the cultural meaning and expected behaviors. 
a)
Martin and Halverson 1978
b)
Eagly 1987
c)
William and Best 1990
d)
Ferron 1977
116.
Assigned surgically to the female body as much as that is possible. He grew up identifying as a boy and wanted his penis back. Surgery was a disaster for him. 
a)
David Reimer Case
b)
Smith and Lloyd; The Baby X Experiment
c)
William and Best 1990
d)
Caufmann and Steinberg 199
117.
There is an interaction of socialization and biology. However, they are more likely to believe that nurture creates gender role more than anything
a)
Eagly 1987
b)
Sroufe et. al. 1993
c)
Money and Ehrhardt  1972
d)
Caufmann and Steinberg 1996
118.
Thought that biology predicts sex roles. She thought this more than Sigmund Freud
a)
Karen Horney
b)
Money and Ehrhardt  1972
c)
Whiting and Edwards 1973
d)
Martin and Halverson 1978
119.
Studied Children in India, USA, Japan, Philippines, Mexico, and Kenya and found that girls were generally more nurturing and boys were more aggressive. Children with babysitting and nurturing tasks were overall more helpful - even to strangers. 
a)
Caufmann and Steinberg 1996
b)
David Reimer Case
c)
Whiting and Edwards 1973
d)
Condon 1987
120.
Which one has the greatest possibility of working as a Romantic relationship? 
a)
secure-anxious
b)
anxious male - ambivalent female
c)
secure -secure
d)
anxious-anxiou