Exam Review Questions

1.  To reflect guided participation, a child should learn from a

  1. older sibling
  2. same age peer
  3. younger peer
  4. by himself
2.  The process of transient exuberance occurs
  1. in the first 6 months of life
  2. over the first two years of life
  3. throughout childhood
  4. throughout childhood and into adolescence
3.  A dog that is taught to fetch newspapers by giving it a treat every time it performs the behavior is undergoing
  1. operant conditioning
  2. classical conditioning
  3. social learning
  4. modeling
4.  The age at which a preterm newborn can survive is:
  1. 22 weeks after conception
  2. 30 weeks after conception
  3. 42 weeks after conception
  4. 48 weeks after conception
5.  Which genetic test is most likely to cause an abortion?
  1. amniocentesis
  2. chronic villi sampling
  3. fetoscopy
  4. alphafetoprotein assay (AFP)

 

6.  Which of the following is not an example of visual perception in newborn infants
  1. tracking
  2. scanning
  3. orienting reflex
  4. acuity
7.  Which of the following methods were used to study infant perception in Gibson’s visual cliff experiment?
  1. differential sucking rates
  2. heart rate changes
  3. visual scanning
  4. looking preferences

 

8.  An eight on the Apgar scale would indicate
  1. a healthy newborn
  2. a dead newborn
  3. the need for intensive post-natal care
  4. the need for moderate post-natal care

 

9.  A child who hates peanuts, but has a mother who is likes peanuts grabs a sack of them at the grocery store. What is this child demonstrating?
  1. theory of mind
  2. abstract reasoning
  3. mental representation
  4. imitation
10.  Freud’s psychoanalytic theory is an example of a
  1. grand theory
  2. mini theory
  3. emergent theory
  4. micro theory
11.  Which of the following is not an acceptable reason for cesarean delivery?
  1. tangled cord
  2. breech position
  3. prolonged labor
  4. ectopic pregnancy
12.  Which of the following is not an example of the microsystem?
  1. classroom
  2. mass media
  3. peer group
  4. family
13.  Which of the following are not typical of infant sleep patterns?
  1. They sleep 10-15 hours/day
  2. They fall asleep on 3-4 hour cycles
  3. During the first 6 months, 30-50% of total sleep is REM sleep
  4. By 3-4 months, infants can sleep all night
14.  Which is not a temporary reflex of a newborn?
  1. pupillary
  2. rooting & sucking
  3. stepping
  4. walking-like movements
15.  A child born with mental slowness and facial characteristics, most likely has a problem with chromosome pair number
  1. 20
  2. 21
  3. 22
  4. 23
16.  Maria wants to focus on qualitative data for her dissertation. You advise her to conduct a
  1. survey
  2. experiment
  3. cross-sectional study
  4. case study
17.  Which developmental psychologists has been criticized for suggesting that every child, in every nation, in every culture, passes through certain fixed stages?
  1. Freud
  2. Piaget
  3. Erikson
  4. all of the above
18.  A human cell has
  1. 46 chromosomes
  2. 23 chromosomes
  3. 500,000 genes
  4. 7 billion base pairs
19.  Which of the following methods were used to study how infants distinguish between consonant sounds like "pa" and "ba"?
  1. heart rate changes
  2. visual scanning
  3. looking preferences
  4. habituation and dishabituation
20.  Which is a characteristic of motherese?
  1. high pitch
  2. child-directed speech
  3. elongated vowels
  4. all of the above
21.  Which is not a characteristic of high-quality day care centers?
  1. well trained staff
  2. attention to health and safety
  3. adequate attention to each infant
  4. expensive

22.  Dr. Liu is comparing research findings for a group of 10-year-olds with findings for the same individuals at age 20, as well as with findings for groups who were 10 in 1990. Which research method is she using?

  1. longitudinal
  2. cross-sectional
  3. case study
  4. cross sequential
23.  When Jack discovers that all men with children aren’t called "dad", he experiences
  1. conservation
  2. cognition
  3. equilibrium
  4. disequilibrium
24.  Severe malnutrition is most dangerous to the developing fetus at the
  1. beginning of the pregnancy
  2. end of the 1st trimester
  3. end of the 2nd trimester
  4. it has no real affect

25.  Which of the following does not help infants with recall memory?

  1. short delays
  2. unusual events
  3. available cues
  4. participation

26.  In laboratory tests of attachment, when the mother returns to the playroom after a short absence, a securely attached infant is most likely to:

  1. cry and protest the mother’s return
  2. climb into the mother’s lap, then leave to resume play
  3. climb into the mother’s lap, then stay there
  4. continue playing without acknowledging the mother

 

27.  Tommy says "cup" when he means "I want something to drink". This is an example of

  1. holophrase
  2. overextension
  3. underextension
  4. mutual exclusivity

 

28.  All of the following are possible causes of postpartum depression except

  1. financial stress
  2. health of the infant
  3. mother’s perception that she is incompetent to care for the infant
  4. all of these are possible causes

 

29.  What percent of conceptions survive prenatal development to become living babies?

  1. 21
  2. 31
  3. 41
  4. 51

30.  The theory that strongly emphasizes nurture as important to development is

  1. learning theory
  2. epigenetic systems theory
  3. Piaget’s cognitive theory
  4. Erikson’s psychosocial theory

 

31.  A toddler who taps on the computer’s keyboard after observing her mother sending an email is demonstrating

  1. assmiliation
  2. accommodation
  3. deferred imitation
  4. dynamic perception

 

32.  Through the process of synchrony

  1. coordinated interactions between infant and caregiver occur
  2. infants learn to express and read emotions
  3. infants learn basic skills of social interaction, such as taking turns
  4. all of these

 

33.  Like most Japanese toddlers, Sumi has acquired a greater number of _____ words that her North American counterparts, who tend to be more ______.

  1. referential; expressive
  2. expressive; referential
  3. labeling; expressive
  4. social; referential

 

34.  About six months after speaking his or her first words, the typical child will

  1. have a vocabulary if between 250 and 350 words
  2. begin to speak in holophrases
  3. put words together to form rudimentary sentences
  4. do all of the above

 

1. A

6. D

11. D

16. D

21. D

26. B

31. C

2. B

7. B

12. B

17. D

22. D

27. A

32. D

3. A

8. A

13. A

18. A

23. D

28. D

33. B

4. A

9. A

14. A

19. D

24. A

29. B

34. C

5. C

10. A

15. B

20. D

25. B

30. A

  

 

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