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In a study of the behavioral adjustment of a group of children placed in
foster care, the children were assessed once a year over a period of 10
year. This is an example of a ________ study.
a. developmental
b. cross-sectional
c. longitudinal
d. sequential - ANSWER---c
Infants, like all people, are exposed to massive amounts of information;
therefore, they must focus their attention and select information so as
not to be overwhelmed. Thus, children must __________ selectively.
a. retrieve
b. encode
c. automate
d. store - ANSWER---B
Which term refers to an infant's various levels of wakeful behaviors,
such as alertness fussing and crying, and different levels of sleep?
a. sensitive period
b. rhythm
c. alternation
d. state - ANSWER---D
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______________ is an example of a biological universal event that
occurs at relatively the same time throughout all societies.
a. adulthood
b. young adulthood
c. death
d. puberty - ANSWER---b
Who is considered the predominant theorist in cognitive development?
a. Jean Piaget
b. Sigmund Freud
c. B.F. Skinner
d. Albert Bandura - ANSWER---A
Piagets theory of development assumed that all children pass though a
series of __________ universal stages in fixed order from birth to
adolescent. These are __________
a. three; preoperational, concrete, operational and formal operational
b. five; sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete
operational and maturation
c. four; sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal
operational
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d. six; sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal
operational, assimilation and accommodation - ANSWER---c
An infant who learns that smiling at his or her parents bring positive
attention and therefore begins to smile more often is demonstrating
what type of learning?
a. habituation
b. classical conditioning
c. modeling
d. operant conditioning - ANSWER---d
An observable trait - a trait that is actually seen- is labeled _____
a. dominant
b. phenotype
c.recessive
d. a genotype - ANSWER---b
Baby Polly is usually calm, happy baby when she is around her parents
and siblings. When her parents take her to her family reunions, though,
her behavior changes. Her face crinkles up in a frown and she stares at
unfamiliar people with suspicion. Baby Polly is demonstrating ______.
a. stranger anxiety