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Unit 8 AP Psych review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A normally functioning 65 year old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a

a)

phenomenon that is uncommon for people of his age

b)

phenomenon predicted by Erik Erikson as part of the eight stages of psycho-social development

c)

Decrease in his crystalized intelligence

d)

Decrease in his fluid intelligence

e)

Difficulty with concrete operational thinking

2.

Seven year old Maria helps her mother wash the dishes, while her nine year old brother helps their father with the yard work. This involvement of the children in helping activities directly illustrates the process of

a)

identity diffusion

b)

gender role development

c)

preconventional morality development

d)

classical conditioning of sex roles

e)

evolutionary determinism

3.

In developmental psychology, one advantage of cross-sectional over longitudinal studies is that cross-sectional research

a)

controls for cognitive ability

b)

controls for gender

c)

controls for cultural influences

d)

involves subjects of the same age

e)

requires comparatively little time

4.

The most well-adjusted and socially competent children tend to come from homes where parents employ which of the following parental styles

a)

minimal supervision

b)

authoritarian

c)

authoritative

d)

indulgent

e)

permissive

5.

Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation paradigm is typically used to test young children's

a)

ego strength

b)

intelligence

c)

reaction time

d)

attachment

e)

incidental learning

6.

A fifteen year old individual is predicted to experience which psychosocial crisis?

a)

industry vs inferiority

b)

identity vs role diffusion

c)

intimacy vs isolation

d)

initiative vs guilt

e)

integrity vs despair

7.

Riley recently found out that she is terminally ill. Since this discovery she has visited a church every day and plead with God to let her live until she can see the birth of her grandchild. Riley's behavior reflects which stage of death and dying?

a)

Anger

b)

Depression

c)

Denial

d)

Bargaining

e)

Acceptance

8.

In research with baby monkeys, what did Harlow demonstrate was a strong determinant of attachment?

a)

comfort contact

b)

a secure base

c)

food

d)

quality of care

e)

temperament of caretaker

9.

Raul took his mother's care without asking and rear ended a car at a stoplight causing serious damage. His parents bought him a new car of his own. This is an example of which parenting style?

a)

authoritarian

b)

authoritative

c)

permissive

d)

assertive

e)

restrictive

10.

Carol Gilligan suggested that when making moral decisions

a)

women rely more on a care orientation and men rely more on a justice orientation

b)

men rely more on a care orientation and women rely more on a justice orientation

c)

women rely exclusively on a care orientation and men rely exclusively on a justice orientation

d)

women and men both rely on a care orientation more than a justice orientation

e)

women and men both rely more on a justice orientation than a care orientation

11.

Bane drives the speed limit because it is the state law. His reasoning best demonstrates which level of Kohlberg's moral reasoning?

a)

conditional

b)

post conventional

c)

conventional

d)

preconventional

e)

concrete operational

12.

The person given credit for characterizing adolscence as a period of 'storm and stress' is

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

G Stanley Hall

c)

Lawrence Kohlberg

d)

Sigmund Freud

e)

Erik Erikson

13.

Sheila worked really hard in her AP US History class, but ended the semester with a D. Even though it was a difficult class, her parents told her that she brought shame to their family and that maybe she wasn't as intelligent as they thought she was. This is an example of which style of parenting?

a)

Permissive

b)

Authoritative

c)

Authoritarian

d)

Insecure

e)

Slow to Warm

14.

A fourth grade teacher finds that her students are very eager to help with classroom activities. Almost all students show an interest in being productive and involved in the class and the school overall. The students described above best reflect which stage of psychosocial development?

a)

Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

b)

Trust vs. mistrust

c)

Initiative vs. Guilt

d)

Identity vs. Role Diffusion

e)

Industry vs. Inferiority

15.

Infant monkeys raised with a nourishing wire mother and a non-nourishing cloth mother

a)

Preferred the nourishing mother

b)

Preferred the non-nourishing cloth mother

c)

Showed no preference for one mother over the other

d)

Shifted their initial preference for the wire mother to the cloth mother as they matured

e)

Did not become attached to either mother

16.

In the moro reflex, an infant

a)

blinks for protection against light or foreign objects

b)

Extends its arms and arches its back when its head falls backwards

c)

Turns its head towards a cheek that has been touched

d)

Fans out and curls its toes when the sole of its foot is stroked

e)

Curls its fingers around an object that touches its palm

17.

The relative lack of neural interconnections in the association areas at the time of birth is most likely to contribute to

a)

infantile amnesia

b)

habituation

c)

insecure attachment

d)

stranger anxiety

e)

newborn reflexes

18.

When Billy's mother hides his favorite toy under a blanket, he acts as though it no longer exists and makes no attempt to retrieve it. Billy is clearly near the beginning of which of Piaget's stages?

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Formal operational

c)

Concrete operational

d)

Preoperational

e)

Conventional

19.

Three year old Bert lives in the Alaskan wilderness and has learned the schema for moose as he often sees them near his house. When his family took him to visit his cousin Ernie, who lived on a horse farm, Bert modified his schema for large four legged animals to include horses. This process is known as

a)

Habituation

b)

Accomodation

c)

Assimilation

d)

Maturation

e)

Conservation

20.

The age of viability refers to the

a)

Youngest age at which it is safe for a female to become pregnant

b)

Youngest age at which an embryo is likely to survive if born prematurely

c)

Youngest age at which a fetus is capable of sustaining life on its own

d)

Optimal age for women to become pregnant

e)

Point of prenatal development when it becomes viable to resume normal activities