LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A therapist, whose approach to psychotherapy is based on Sigmund Freud's theory,
explains that a patient's problematic behavior is based on ________.
unconscious motives, fears, and anxieties
observational learning without consequences
a classically conditioned response
being stuck in the developmental task of trust vs. mistrust - ✔✔unconscious motives,
fears, and anxieties.
✔✔"If parents use an authoritative parenting style, then their children will be more well-
adjusted psychologically than children of parents who use permissive or authoritarian
parenting styles."
This statement is an example of a ________.
hypothesis
hypothesis
theory
theory
observation
observation
research study
research study - ✔✔hypothesis
✔✔Current research on child development that uses one-way viewing screens and
recording methods that do not disturb children are benefiting from the observational
techniques first developed by ________.
John B. Watson
John B. Watson
James Mark Baldwin
James Mark Baldwin
G. Stanley Hall
G. Stanley Hall
Arnold Gesell - ✔✔Arnold Gesell
✔✔An infant smiles when something feels good and cries when something feels bad.
The infant's parent, a psychotherapist whose work is based on Sigmund Freud's theory,
jokes, "This baby is all id." Which of Freud's principles is this parent referring to?
The reality principle
The reality principle
The neurosis principle
The neurosis principle
The pleasure principle
The pleasure principle
The oral principle - ✔✔the pleasure principle
, ✔✔Question
A research team is interested in studying the genetic contributions to addictive behavior,
such as Internet gambling. They use twin, family, and adoption studies to compare the
health and behavior outcomes of individuals who share the same environment or
hereditary lineage. Which type of scientific research is this team conducting?
Cognitive neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience
Behavioral genetics
Behavioral genetics
Sociocultural
Sociocultural
Microsystems - ✔✔behavioral genetics
✔✔Question
A therapist advises a client who is struggling to feel motivated to complete schoolwork
to watch a favorite TV show after finishing an assignment. This therapist is
recommending that the client use ________.
a reinforcer
a reinforcer
initiation
initiation
an unconditioned stimulus
an unconditioned stimulus
reciprocal determinism - ✔✔a reinforcer
✔✔A(n)________ approach to development has been criticized for equating the mind to
a computer and for not taking into account the social context in which development
takes place.
information processing
information processing
Piagetian
Piagetian
social cognitive theory
social cognitive theory
theory-of-mind - ✔✔information processing
✔✔A researcher whose study of higher-order thinking skills in children is influenced by
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory would be likely to investigate ________.
the role of social interaction and culture on language and learning processes
the role of social interaction and culture on language and learning processes
the role of biology and neural connections on language and learning processes
the role of biology and neural connections on language and learning processes
the role of congruence and incongruence on language and learning processes
the role of congruence and incongruence on language and learning processes
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A therapist, whose approach to psychotherapy is based on Sigmund Freud's theory,
explains that a patient's problematic behavior is based on ________.
unconscious motives, fears, and anxieties
observational learning without consequences
a classically conditioned response
being stuck in the developmental task of trust vs. mistrust - ✔✔unconscious motives,
fears, and anxieties.
✔✔"If parents use an authoritative parenting style, then their children will be more well-
adjusted psychologically than children of parents who use permissive or authoritarian
parenting styles."
This statement is an example of a ________.
hypothesis
hypothesis
theory
theory
observation
observation
research study
research study - ✔✔hypothesis
✔✔Current research on child development that uses one-way viewing screens and
recording methods that do not disturb children are benefiting from the observational
techniques first developed by ________.
John B. Watson
John B. Watson
James Mark Baldwin
James Mark Baldwin
G. Stanley Hall
G. Stanley Hall
Arnold Gesell - ✔✔Arnold Gesell
✔✔An infant smiles when something feels good and cries when something feels bad.
The infant's parent, a psychotherapist whose work is based on Sigmund Freud's theory,
jokes, "This baby is all id." Which of Freud's principles is this parent referring to?
The reality principle
The reality principle
The neurosis principle
The neurosis principle
The pleasure principle
The pleasure principle
The oral principle - ✔✔the pleasure principle
, ✔✔Question
A research team is interested in studying the genetic contributions to addictive behavior,
such as Internet gambling. They use twin, family, and adoption studies to compare the
health and behavior outcomes of individuals who share the same environment or
hereditary lineage. Which type of scientific research is this team conducting?
Cognitive neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience
Behavioral genetics
Behavioral genetics
Sociocultural
Sociocultural
Microsystems - ✔✔behavioral genetics
✔✔Question
A therapist advises a client who is struggling to feel motivated to complete schoolwork
to watch a favorite TV show after finishing an assignment. This therapist is
recommending that the client use ________.
a reinforcer
a reinforcer
initiation
initiation
an unconditioned stimulus
an unconditioned stimulus
reciprocal determinism - ✔✔a reinforcer
✔✔A(n)________ approach to development has been criticized for equating the mind to
a computer and for not taking into account the social context in which development
takes place.
information processing
information processing
Piagetian
Piagetian
social cognitive theory
social cognitive theory
theory-of-mind - ✔✔information processing
✔✔A researcher whose study of higher-order thinking skills in children is influenced by
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory would be likely to investigate ________.
the role of social interaction and culture on language and learning processes
the role of social interaction and culture on language and learning processes
the role of biology and neural connections on language and learning processes
the role of biology and neural connections on language and learning processes
the role of congruence and incongruence on language and learning processes
the role of congruence and incongruence on language and learning processes
