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Psy 101-Chapter 5

Question 1 of 15

1

In Piaget’s stage of concrete operational intelligence, the child acquires an understanding of the principle of

Select one of the following:

  • Conservation

  • Deduction

  • Attachment

  • Object permanence

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

1

Piaget held that egocentrism is characteristic of the...

Select one of the following:

  • Sensorimotor stage

  • Preoperational stage

  • Concrete operational stage

  • Formal operational stage

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

1

Through natural selection, the traits that are most likely to be passed on to succeeding generations are those that contribute to...

Select one of the following:

  • Temperament

  • Survival and reproduction

  • Aggressiveness

  • Social power

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

1

The Harlow’s studies of attachment in monkeys showed that...

Select one of the following:

  • Provision of nourishment was the single most important factor motivating attachment

  • A cloth mother produced the greatest attachment response

  • Whether a cloth or wire mother was present mattered less than the presence or absence of other infants

  • Attachment in monkeys is based on imprinting

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

1

According to Erikson, the central psychological challenges pertaining to adolescence, young adulthood, and middle age, respectively, are...

Select one of the following:

  • Intimacy; identity formation; generativity

  • Generativity; intimacy; identity formation

  • Identity formation; intimacy; generativity

  • Intimacy; generativity; identity formation

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

1

Anxious-ambivalent (aka, pre-occupied) attached infants who are left by their mothers in an unfamiliar setting often will...

Select one of the following:

  • Display intense, prolonged distress, hold fast and cling to their mothers on their return

  • Display distress, but then quickly calm down and again explore the new surroundings confidently

  • Be indifferent toward their mothers on their return

  • Display little emotion at any time

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

1

After their grown children have left home, most married couples experience...

Select one of the following:

  • The distress of the empty nest syndrome

  • Increased strain in their marital relationship

  • The intense need and desire to have their children visit often

  • Greater happiness and enjoyment in their marital relationship

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

1

A child can be born a drug addict because...

Select one of the following:

  • Drugs used by the mother will be passed into the child’s bloodstream

  • Drugs used by the mother create genetic defects in her chromosomes

  • Addiction is an inherited personality trait

  • The fetus’ blood has not yet developed a resistance to drugs

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

1

Newborns vigorously root for a nipple when...

Select one of the following:

  • Their foot is tickled

  • They hear a loud noise

  • Their cheek is touched

  • They make eye contact with their caregiver

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

1

In terms of incidence, susceptibility to short-term illnesses _____ with age and susceptibility to long-term ailments ______ with age.

Select one of the following:

  • Decreases; increases

  • Increases; decreases

  • Increases; increases

  • Decreases; decreases

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

1

The average age of one’s earliest conscious memory is...

Select one of the following:

  • 3.5 years

  • 6.5 years

  • 1.5 years

  • 6 months

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

1

The cognitive ability that has been shown to decline for many during adulthood is the ability to...

Select one of the following:

  • Recall new information

  • Recognize new information

  • Learn meaningful new material

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

1

Compared to when he was younger, 4-year-old Antonio is better able to empathize with his friend’s feelings. This growing ability to take another’s perspective indicates that Antonio is acquiring a...

Select one of the following:

  • Self-concept

  • Schema

  • Temperament

  • Theory of mind

Explanation

Question 14 of 15

1

Underlying Alzheimer’s disease is a deterioration in neurons that produce...

Select one of the following:

  • Epinephrine

  • Morphine

  • Serotonin

  • Acetylcholine

Explanation

Question 15 of 15

1

In a 1998 movie, a young girl finds that a flock of geese follows her wherever she goes because she was the first “object” they saw after they were born. This is an example of...

Select one of the following:

  • Conservation

  • Imprinting

  • Egocentrism

  • Generativity

Explanation

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