MFT Psychology (Developmental & Social) QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Studies of monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that mother-infant emotional bonds result primarily from mothers providing infants with: correct answer: body contact. Which of the following statements is MOST accurate: A. Even normal social drinking by an expectant mother may be harmful to her unborn baby. B. Alcohol consumption by the mother poses almost no risk to the developing fetus in the last three months of pregnancy. C. As long as a pregnant woman is not physiologically addicted to alcohol, it doesn't matter how much she drinks during pregnancy. D. Three drinks or less per day can be considered a safe level of alcohol consumption for most pregnant women. correct answer: Even normal social drinking by an expectant mother may be harmful to her unborn baby. During a group conversation, men are more likely than women to A. stare at other group members. B. interrupt other speakers. C. talk assertively. D. behave in all of these ways. correct answer: interrupt other speakers. Newborns have been observed to show the greatest visual interest in a correct answer: facelike image. According to Piaget, a person first comprehends that division is the reverse of multiplication during the ________ stage. correct answer: concrete operational Marissa resents the burden and constraints of caring for her infant daughter and frequently ignores her cries for attention. As a consequence, her daughter is most likely to display signs of: correct answer: insecure attachment. Infants develop a fear of strangers at about 8 months of age because they can't assimilate unfamiliar faces into their correct answer: schemas. Cell division and differentiation begin when the prenatal organism is a(n): correct answer: zygote Vincent's ability to reason hypothetically in his geometry class indicates that he is in the ________ stage of development. correct answer: formal operational John's two-year-old twins are constantly fighting over toys. This behavior is driving John crazy because the twins are hitting each other and pulling toys from each other. He decides to have a talk with them to explain that their behavior has to change. He tells each of them that the other one feels bad when being hit and that they should learn to share. To his dismay, the behavior continued as if he hadn't done anything. According to Jean Piaget, why might this be happening? correct answer: Two-year-olds are egocentric and cannot understand things from another's point of view. According to Piaget, schemas are correct answer: people's conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences Nonreproductive sexual characteristics such as the deepened male voice and male facial hair are called correct answer: secondary sex characteristics. As compared with the production of egg cells, sperm cell production correct answer: begins later in life. When Tommy's mother hides his favorite toy under a blanket, he acts as though it no longer exists and makes no attempt to retrieve it. Tommy is clearly near the beginning of Piaget's ________ stage. correct answer: sensorimotor Genetically identical twins first begin their separate paths of prenatal development during ________ development. correct answer: zygotic Harlow's studies of infant monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that mother-infant emotional bonds result primarily from mothers providing infants with correct answer: adequate nourishment. Evidence that easy, relaxed infants develop secure attachments more readily than difficult, emotionally intense babies would illustrate the importance of correct answer: temperament. The term puberty refers to the period of correct answer: rapid physical and sexual development and the onset of pituitary gland activation Piaget was convinced that the mind of a child correct answer: develops through a series of stages. During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a(n) correct answer: zygote and finally develops into an embryo. Incorporating new information into existing theories is to ________ as modifying existing theories in light of new information is to _