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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A phenotype
B DNA
C smitosis
D zygote
Question #2
A low parental IQ
B highly inadequate caregiving
C single parenting
D the absence of siblings
Question #3
A clung to the soft terry-cloth surrogate.
B developed an attachment to both surrogates.
C usually developed an attachment to the wire-mesh surrogate.
D did not develop an attachment to either surrogate.
Question #4
A attachment quality; child-care experiences
B attachment quality; temperament
C a parent’s temperament; financial resources
D child-rearing conditions; a child’s temperament
Question #5
A is generally cheerful and is slow to accept new experiences.
B is irregular in daily routines and tends to react negatively and intensely.
C is inactive and shows mild, low-key reactions to environmental stimuli.
D quickly establishes regular routines in infancy and adapts easily to new experiences.
Question #6
A emotions that involve injury to or enhancement of our sense of self.
B quickness and intensity of emotional arousal, attention, and motor activity.
C early-appearing, stable individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation.
D the strategies we use to adjust our emotional state to a comfortable level of intensity.
Question #7
A is a built-in, automatic process that governs emotional response.
B involves actively seeking emotional information from a trusted person.
C involves the use of strategies to adjust an emotional state to a comfortable level of intensity.
D does not emerge until the preschool years.
Question #8
A shame, doubt, and surprise
B guilt, shame, and pride
C envy, happiness, and disgust
D embarrassment, pride, and interest
Question #9
A They should eat a lot of fruit and smile and say, “Yummy!” when Beckham eats fruit.
B They should frown when Beckham does not eat fruit.
C They should be unresponsive when Beckham eats fruit.
D They should slowly nod when Beckham eats fruit.
Question #10
A prefers one parent over the other.
B looks at his mother’s facial expression before touching an unfamiliar toy.
C cries when picked up by an unfamiliar adult.
D screams with anger when he cannot reach a desired toy.
Question #11
A shows delays in motor and mental development.
B sleeps longer than most infants.
C tries to comfort his mother when she is sad.
D produces low levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
Question #12
A Even with early intervention, most children born into economically disadvantaged families will not reach their full potential.
B The earlier intervention begins, the longer it lasts, and the greater its scope and intensity, the better participants’ performance is throughout childhood and adolescence.
C The U.S. Congress recently recognized the successes of early intervention and now fully funds all programs directed at low-income infants and toddlers.
D Early intervention programs increase intelligence test scores during the school years, but the gains are not sustained beyond middle childhood.
Question #13
A talk to their infants and toddlers
B take part in coloring with crayons with their children
C provide an unstructured and chaotic physical setting
D engage their children in physical activity
Question #14
A early memories are stored in an explicit memory system that is difficult to recall.
B they have most likely forgotten these early memories due to the passage of time.
C long-term memory does not emerge until around age 7.
D they cannot translate early preverbal memories into language.
Question #15
A The sensory register; working memory
B Habituation; recovery
C Recognition; recall
D Recall; recognition
Question #16
A Sensory processes
B Permanent functions
C Automatic processes
D Executive functions
Question #17
A mental representation.
B the primary circular reaction.
C object permanence.
D reflexive schemes.
Question #18
A assimilate; accommodate
B organize; adapt
C organize; assimilate
D accommodate; organize
Question #19
A crawling
B grasping
C tying their shoes
D scribbling
Question #20
A marasmus.
B kwashiorkor.
C iron-deficiency anemia.
D nonorganic failure to thrive.
Question #21
A is caused by a diet low in all essential nutrients.
B is caused by an unbalanced diet very low in protein.
C is common in regions of the world where children get just enough calories from starchy foods.
D usually strikes after weaning.
Question #22
A Cut back on Angus’s protein throughout infancy and toddlerhood.
B Avoid giving Angus foods loaded with salt and sugar.
C Give Angus foods containing saturated fats.
D Give Angus formula the first six months.
Question #23
A more irritable during the first three years.
B born later.
C less irritable during the first three months.
D heavier and longer at birth.
Question #24
A the impairments caused by heavy, regular alcohol use during pregnancy are reversible.
B FAS babies catch up to agemates in physical size when provided with an enriched diet.
C all fetuses are equally vulnerable to the damaging effects of prenatal alcohol exposure.
D effects are caused by interfering with production of neurons in the neural tube and also cause many facial deformities.
Question #25
A higher mental test scores
B deformities of the arms and legs
C both a and c
D below average intelligence
Question #26
A Prescription drug use
B Marijuana
C Cocaine
D Heroin
Question #27
A The harm done by teratogens is simple and straightforward.
B Any environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period is a teratogen.
C Teratogens have an equal impact on fetal development during each prenatal period.
D Smaller doses over shorter time periods have more negative effects.
Question #28
A occurs sometime between 18 and 21 weeks.
B is the point at which the baby can be born without being premature.
C occurs sometime during the second trimester of pregnancy.
D is the point at which the baby can first survive if born early.
Question #29
A muscles and skeleton.
B nervous system and skin.
C brain and central nervous system.
D digestive system, lungs, and urinary tract.
Question #30
A grows slowly at first.
B will become the structures that provide protective covering and nourishment.
C develops into the nervous system and spinal cord.
D swells to form the brain.
Question #31
A lasts from implantation through the eighth week of pregnancy.
B is the longest prenatal period.
C is the prenatal period during which the groundwork is laid for all body structures and organs.
D lasts about two weeks.
Question #32
A ovaries.
B fallopian tubes.
C cervix.
D uterus.
Question #33
A Klinefelter
B Turner
C Down
D XYY
Question #34
A require frequent blood transfusions
B require hormone therapy
C have to be placed on a diet low in amino acid (protein)
D need regular injections of insulin
Question #35
A dominant–recessive.
B recessive.
C a carrier.
D dominant.
Question #36
A allele
B gamete
C autosome
D zygote
Question #37
A doubles the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells.
B permits the chromosomes to copy themselves.
C halves the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells.
D results in dizygotic twins.
Question #38
A gametes
B alleles
C autosomes
D phenotypes
Question #39
A phenotypes
B cells
C chromosomes
D genotypes
Question #40
A phenotype
B karyotype
C genotype
D chromosome
Question #41
A alleles.
B genotypes.
C phenotypes.
D chromosomes.
Question #42
A formal operational
B preoperational
C sensorimotor
D concrete operational
Question #43
A formal operational
B concrete operational
C preoperational
D sensorimotor
Question #44
A cooperative diaglogues with adults and more expert peers.
B pairing a neutral stimulus with a reflexive response to create a conditioned behavior.
C imprinting on a mother-fugure during the critical period.
D reinforcing good behavior and punishing bad behavior.
Question #45
A modeling.
B punishment.
C reinforcement.
D classical conditioning.
Question #46
A viewed children as taking a more active role in their own development.
B minimized the role of culture in individual development.
C pointed out that normal development must be understood in relation to each culture’s life situation.
D primarily focused on the importance of early life experiences.
Question #47
A actively explore the environment.
B confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations.
C acquire increasingly complex information-processing skills.
D model the behavior of parents and other caregivers.