Question 1

One of the major changes in brain development between the ages of 3 and 15 involves an increase in the speed and efficiency of information traveling through the nervous system. This change is primarily due to which process?

Accepted Answer

myelination.

Question 2

Patricia, age 6, loves to decorate books by drawing pictures and putting in words to describe them. Her ideas are more balanced now. She has started to analyze and understand things, but she is egocentric and holds what her parents describe as 'magical beliefs.' According to Piaget, Patricia is in which stage of development?

Accepted Answer

preoperational

Question 3

Gross motor skills are to fine motor skills as _____ is to _____.

Accepted Answer

jumping; writing

Question 4

Logan is a warm and loving parent, but he also has high expectations of his kids. As he encourages independent and age-appropriate behavior from his children, Baumrind would classify him as a(n):

Accepted Answer

authoritative parent.

Question 5

The consensus among psychologists that both heredity and environment influence intelligence reflects:

Accepted Answer

the nature-nurture issue.

Question 6

Gavin is rarely nominated as a best friend but his peers don't dislike him. He would be classified as a(n) _____ child.

Accepted Answer

average

Question 7

Sabeen has a severe impairment in reading and spelling ability. Identify the condition that Sabeen has.

Accepted Answer

Dyslexia

Question 8

Her pediatrician has just told Sandra that her 4-year-old son, Manuel, has gained 6 pounds in the last year. Sandra should:

Accepted Answer

be content that this is normal for Manuel's age.

Question 9

Researchers have found that in children from 3 to 6 years of age, the most rapid growth takes place in the _____ lobe areas of the brain.

Accepted Answer

frontal

Question 10

Which of the following BEST describes the relation between centration and conservation?

Accepted Answer

Centration is reflected in lack of conservation.

Question 11

Which of the following reasoning improves considerably during the elementary school years?

Accepted Answer

Formal Operational thought

Question 12

Julio, 12, cannot get his science project to work. In fact, it seems to him that nothing he makes ever works properly. According to Erik Erikson, Julio is at risk for developing a sense of:

Accepted Answer

inferiority.

Question 13

Which of the following has been found to be better at improving the behavior of children with ADHD in most cases?

Accepted Answer

A combination of stimulant medication and behavior management

Question 14

Vygotsky believed that children construct knowledge through:

Accepted Answer

reorganization of existing knowledge.

Question 15

According to Erik Erikson, the psychosocial stage that characterizes early childhood is:

Accepted Answer

autonomy versus shame and doubt.

Question 16

The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective is known as:

Accepted Answer

egocentrism.

Question 17

Luis is able to organize coins in a row from the largest in size to the smallest. His newfound ability is called:

Accepted Answer

seriation.

Question 18

A person is arrested for stealing company documents and says, 'Yes, I did steal the documents, and I am willing to go to jail for it. These documents prove that the company was engaging in a cover-up of the unsafe properties of its chemical. I think the public has a right to know about it.' Lawrence Kohlberg would classify this person as using _____ reasoning.

Accepted Answer

postconventional

Question 19

Juan and his little sister, Anne, are each given a large cookie. Their mother breaks Anne's cookie into four pieces to help her eat it more easily. Juan immediately begins to cry and says that it is not fair for his sister to get so many cookies when he only has one. Juan is showing a lack of:

Accepted Answer

conservation.

Question 20

Research suggests that most children and adolescents in the U.S.:

Accepted Answer

are spending too much time watching screens and not enough time exercising.

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