Developmental Psychology Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Developmental Psychology explores the patterns of growth and change that occur throughout the human lifespan, from infancy through old age. The course examines physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development, emphasizing the interaction of genetic, environmental, and cultural factors. Topics include theories of development, attachment, language acquisition, identity formation, moral reasoning, and the impact of family, peers, and society. Through the analysis of key research studies and current issues, students gain a comprehensive understanding of the processes that shape human behavior and development over time.
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Life Span Human Development 9th Edition by Carol K. Sigelman
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Chapter 1: Understanding Life-Span Human Development
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Q1) Which of the following best reflects a potential time-of-measurement effect when studying a particular cohort?
A)experiencing Kennedy's assassination
B)getting German measles
C)having alcoholic parents
D)being one of triplets
Answer: B
Q2) In the field of developmental psychology,the main reason that the correlational method is used more often than experimental methods is because
A)correlations are more effective at addressing the issue of cause.
B)of ethical concerns.
C)correlational research is significantly more scientifically rigorous.
D)of the availability of computers.
Answer: B
Q3) Informed consent is typically obtained following a study.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Theories of Human Development
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Q1) Lynette has always been afraid of public speaking,but she needs to add this skill if she wants to advance in her company.Recently she joined a group that meets weekly to deliver short speeches and offer each other feedback.Which of the following best describes what Lynette is engaged in?
A)information processing
B)reciprocal determinism
C)latent learning
D)proximal processing
Answer: D
Q2) In operant conditioning terms,a positive consequence is to a negative consequence as
A)good is to bad.
B)adding is to removing.
C)reinforcement is to punishment.
D)operant is to classical.
Answer: B
Q3) Erikson suggested that humans develop over a series of psychosexual stages.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Genes,Environment,and Development
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Q1) Concerning mental illness,people appear to inherit a predisposition for a disorder,not the actual disorder
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) If a physician wanted to get a visual image of a developing fetus' limbs,her best option would be to use a(n)
A)preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
B)ultrasound.
C)chorionic villus sampling.
D)amniocentesis.
Answer: B
Q3) One girl attends a public school for fifth grade and her twin attends a private school for fifth grade,so their educational environmental influence is considered shared because they both attended fifth grade.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Prenatal Development and Birth
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Q1) The most common first medical step in assisted reproductive technology is to have a women take a drug that
A)increases the size of her cervix.
B)straightens the lining of her fallopian tubes.
C)decreases her testosterone levels.
D)stimulates the ovaries to ripen and release eggs.
Q2) Fifty years ago,pregnant women's use of epidurals
A)was less than the use of more broad-spectrum sedatives. B)was substantially lower than it is for women today.
C)was as common as pregnant women smoking at the timeĀ D)was viewed as a step backwards from modern medicine.
Q3) Whose fetus is currently experiencing the strongest expansion in number of neurons?
A)Maura,who is 3 weeks pregnant
B)Yelena,who is 11 weeks pregnant
C)Trenelle,who is 18 weeks pregnant
D)Vuoung,who is 24 weeks pregnant
Q4) Perinatal damage occurs during the time of birth.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Body, Brain, and Health
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Q1) When Rosa talks about her biological clock ticking down,she's referring to her need to have a baby before menopause occurs.When her grandmother Teresita talks about her biological clock winding down,she's referring to ________.
A)androgens diminishing
B)free radicals oxidizing
C)neurogenesis slowing
D)telomeres shortening
Q2) Although HRT using estrogen and progesterone appears to help relieve the physical symptoms of menopause,it
A)is not well accepted because it increases emotional symptoms of menopause.
B)is prohibitively expensive for most women.
C)increases risk of breast cancer,heart attacks,and strokes
D)causes restored fertility and thus risk of pregnancy if birth control is not used.
Q3) When has the brain's developmental process generally concluded?
A)around age 12
B)around age 27
C)around age 19
D)never
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Chapter 6: Sensation, Perception, and Action
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Q1) Three-month-old Jordan reacts as if he believes that the basketball he is playing with actually shrinks as it rolls away from him.This reaction would indicate that Jordan lacks
A)object permanence.
B)cross-modal perception.
C)attention.
D)size constancy.
Q2) Describe how visual acuity,pattern perception,and depth perception change during the first year of a child's life.Provide examples to support your ideas.
Q3) Dr.Violet is interested in how young children perceive color.In her study,Dr.Violet simultaneously shows young children two blobs of different color and measures the amount of time they focus on each blob.Dr.Violet's technique is known as a(n)_____ task.
A)habituation
B)preferential looking
C)evoked potentials
D)operant conditioning
Q4) How does the sense of hearing change in older adulthood? What is the impact of these changes?
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Chapter 7: Cognition
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Q1) Vygotsky saw private speech in toddlers as a sign of cognitive maturity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Kameko has just gotten her hair trimmed,and even though it doesn't look very different than before,she is sure everyone in homeroom will notice a big change and be focusing on her hair all day.This is an example of
A)imaginary audience.
B)personal fable.
C)hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
D)relativistic thinking.
Q3) When a child modifies her existing schema about all animals in water being fish to understand that seals are not fish,she is engaging in assimilation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When using hypothetical-deductive reasoning,you begin by generating all possible hypotheses.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Memory and Information Processing
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Q1) At one time in his life,Edward could name every province in Canada.Somehow this information has disappeared from where it was being held.Information-processing theorists would most likely argue that this is a failure of the _____ system.
A)elaboration
B)storage
C)metamemory
D)encoding
Q2) A child making perseveration errors will continue to use the same strategy even though it is never successful.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If a six-month old infant could speak,what would it say to confirm the presence of memory in a habituation experiment?
A)"I know this thing should be over here."
B)"Whoa,what is this amazing sight?"
C)"Who cares? I've seen this thing before."
D)"No matter how often I see this,it grabs me."
Q4) What factors contribute to declines in cognitive abilities in old age?
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Chapter 9: Intelligence and Creativity
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Q1) Marya is a participant in a television competition in which she is blindfolded and taken to a remote,unfamiliar location.To win,she must arrive at the designated finish point within 12 hours.What will Marya likely need to draw upon to succeed at this competition?
A)terminal intelligence
B)g factor intelligence
C)fluid intelligence
D)crystallized intelligence
Q2) What are the strengths and weaknesses of Gardner's and Sternberg's theories?
What shortcomings in earlier theories does Sternberg's idea of successful intelligence address?
Q3) Which statement about the classification of intellectual disabilities is true?
A)About 10% of school-age children are classified as having an intellectual disability.
B)The rate of children diagnosed with mild intellectual disabilities has increased dramatically in the past few decades.
C)Parents seldom negatively react to a child's disability.
D)Children with intellectual disabilities often have associated impairments like cerebral palsy or a sensory disorder.
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Chapter 10: Language and Education
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Q1) Which is the typical order of linguistic attainment (from earliest to latest)?
A)Coo,then babble,then holophrase,then telegraphic speech
B)Babble,then coo,then holophrase,then telegraphic speech
C)Coo,then babble,then telegraphic speech,then holophrase
D)Babble,then coo,then telegraphic speech,then holophrase
Q2) When Samira is talking to her infant son,Sanjay,she tends to use a more high-pitched voice,slow speech,and short simple sentences.Samira's speech would best be described as
A)telegraphic.
B)holophrastic.
C)child-directed.
D)underextended.
Q3) Rachel stubs her toe and says "Ouch! I hurted myself!" This is an example of A)animism.
B)metacognition.
C)overregularization.
D)overextension.
Q4) Compare and contrast stereotype promise and stereotype threat.Provide examples to support your thinking.
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Chapter 11: Self and Personality
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Q1) In most settings,an easy temperament is associated with more positive adaptation.However,in times of famine,infants with "difficult" temperaments in the Masai tribe have been known to outlive babies with "easy" temperaments.This finding is used to illustrate the important effect that ____ has on developmental outcomes.
A)goodness-of-fit
B)parenting style
C)self-esteem
D)life review
Q2) Reggie has recently noticed that his daughter Katya no longer merely describes herself as a good girl who has red hair,but as a brave girl who has lots of friends.How old is Katya?
A)3
B)6
C)8
D)11
Q3) Describe a situation in which an older person demonstrates selective optimization with compensation in the workplace.Be sure to identify each aspect in your example.
Q4) In what ways might one's culture and ethnic identity impact self-concept?
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Chapter 12: Gender Roles and Sexuality
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Q1) Research on 16-year-old sexual abstainers,low risk-takers,and high risk-takers found that
A)abstaining was most common in teens with unwed mothers.
B)high-risk teens looked more mature at earlier ages than teens from the other groups.
C)low-risk teens were most likely to be involved in romantic relationships.
D)there was no relationship between behaviors exhibited between ages 9 and 12 and later sexual activity.
Q2) Give two examples from your life of people who have demonstrated the social role theory.Then give two examples of people who have contradicted the social role theory.
Q3) Gender intensification involves an increased
A)desire to be viewed as androgynous.
B)intolerance of any deviation from proscribed gender roles.
C)drive to have "hook ups" due to peer pressure.
D)experimentation with sexual orientation.
Q4) An androgynous person has neither masculine nor feminine characteristics.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Social Cognition and Moral Development
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Q1) What important advance in social cognition generally occurs at age 11 or 12?
A)Children begin to describe others in terms of the activities they engage in.
B)Children begin to describe others in terms of inner psychological traits and characteristics.
C)Children begin to attempt to explain why people do what they do.
D)Children begin to focus heavily on others' physical appearance in their descriptions of them.
Q2) The best description of the development of social cognitive skills during adulthood is,
A)"if you use it,you will lose it."
B)"a time of steady decline."
C)"more gains than losses."
D)"a dramatic shift from postconventional to conventional."
Q3) Someone with a belief-desire psychology understands that
A)people do not always hold accurate beliefs,but these beliefs still influence behavior.
B)beliefs accurately reflect what we desire.
C)desires shape our behavior.
D)people develop accurate beliefs based on interactions with others.
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Chapter 14: Emotions, Attachment, and Social Relationships
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Q1) Which statement concerning emotional lives is true?
A)Older adults have more depressed emotional lives than young adults.
B)Negative emotions are less common in older adults than in younger adults.
C)Younger adults experience longer-lasting periods of positive emotions.
D)Older adults require large social networks to feel happy and fulfilled.
Q2) Adolescents who have secure attachments with their parents have
A)higher levels of self-esteem.
B)lower levels of compassion.
C)lower levels of social competence.
D)higher levels of stranger anxiety
Q3) Two-year-old Henry has learned that whenever he is around his aunt,Katie,it is best not to show any fear because she does not react well when confronted by a fearful child.Henry's behavior best illustrates the concept of A)avoidant attachment.
B)emotion regulation.
C)goal correction.
D)separation anxiety.
Q4) The commitment component of love is characterized by warmth,caring,and respect.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: The Family
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Q1) Who will have the most difficulty adjusting to their parents' divorce?
A)Min,who splits his time at his mom's and dad's houses
B)Reza,whose favorite aunt takes her on weekend outings
C)Ellie,whose mother gets large support checks from her ex.
D)Sam,whose father moved to start a job in another state
Q2) The "middle generation squeeze" refers to
A)young grandparents who must simultaneously care for their own and their children's children.
B)middle-aged adults who find themselves simultaneously caring for both younger and older generations.
C)children of divorce who must split their time between living with both mother and father.
D)children who are the middle-born in a large family.
Q3) The authoritarian parenting approach is characterized by _____ acceptance-responsiveness and _____ demandingness-control.
A)high;high
B)high;low
C)low;high
D)low;low
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Chapter 16: Developmental Psychopathology
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Q1) The proportion of adolescents who seriously considered suicide is ________ the proportion of adolescents who attempted suicide.
A)one-half
B)four times
C)twice
D)a fraction of
Q2) The extra "brain power" that individuals can sometimes rely on when disease begins to take a toll on their brain functioning is referred to as
A)cognitive reserve.
B)mirroring neurons.
C)ruminative coping.
D)reversed roles.
Q3) Who provides the best example of ruminative coping?
A)Pam,who just cannot stop thinking about how depressed she feels
B)Javier,who has become addicted to the antidepressants he is taking
C)Aaliyah,who is relying on coworkers' advice to address anger issues
D)Tuan,who refuses to acknowledge the fact that he has ADHD
Q4) Describe the peer socialization/peer selection dynamic for adolescent behavior.Give examples to support your thinking.
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Chapter 17: The Final Challenge: Death and Dying
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Q1) Lawrence just found out that his best friend was killed in a car accident.Lawrence's emotional state would best be described as one of shock,and he feels like his emotions will burst out of him at any moment.Parkes/Bowlby would most likely describe his grief state in terms of
A)reorganization
B)numbness
C)yearning
D)disorganization/despair
Q2) Immediately after a loved one's death._____ families may engage in Shivah,in which they withdraw from normal activities and mourn for a week.
A)Irish
B)Jewish
C)Japanese
D)Puerto Rican
Q3) Describe the grief work perspective and how a person would follow it.Why does this perspective have limited support? Provide at least two examples to support your thinking.
Q4) Describe the concepts that comprise a "mature" Western understanding of death.Provide examples to support your thinking.
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