A. Just before conception
B. Second trimester
C. First two months
D. First trimester
Developmental Psychology
Despite huge legal costs and social disapproval, Mr. Lambers refuses to pay Income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billion of dollars on military weapons. Mr. Lambers’ reasoning best illustrate Kohiberg’s______stage.
A. concrete operational
B. preconventional
C. conventional
D. postconventional
Those who believe emotions are inherited or inborn say that the infant begins with the emotion of:
A. movement
B. delight
C. affection
D. excitement
Habituation refers to the:
A. interpretation of new information in terms of existing schemas
B. adjustment of current schemas to make sense of new information
C. awareness that things continue to exist when not perceived
D. decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed
Authoritative parents are likely to have children who:
A. have low self-esteem and completely dependent
B. have high self-esteem and are self-reliant
C. are rebellious and have low self-esteem
D. have high self-esteem but are somewhat dependent
After living together for a year, Surriya and Fahim have decided to marry. Research on premarital cohabitation most strongly suggests that:
A. their cohabitation will not influence the success of their marriage
B. but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce
C. they have more positive attitudes toward the institution of marriage than the average couple
D. most of their college friends and acquaintances have viewed their cohabitation negatively
The Russian psychologist Vygotsky suggested their children’s ability to solve problems is enhanced by:
A. basic trust
B. egocentrism
C. imprinting
D. inner speech
The child is very egocentric during which of Piaget’s stages?
A. preoperational
B. formal
C. sensorimotor
D. Piaget does not say what stage the example would fit into
An on going study of 1100 children in 10 American cities has found that those who had spent the most time in day care facilities had:
A. slightly advanced language skills and an increased rate of aggressiveness
B. no influence on language skills or aggressiveness
C. slightly advanced language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness
D. slightly inferior language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness
The ability to learn a new computer software program is to be______as knowledge of state capitals is to______.
A. formal operations; concrete operations
B. crystallized intelligence; fluid intelligence
C. concrete operations; formal operations
D. fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence