Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

​​​“We’ve spent a lot of time working with a speech language therapist and our parent-infant specialist to help our son develop spoken language. We were so excited when he learned his first words that we wanted to show our family our son’s great accomplishments. To our great disappointment, when we ask him to talk he withdraws and is hesitant to communicate with others. As his mother, I enjoy being around a lot of people, but I’m wondering if my outgoing personality may not feel comfortable to my son.” - Mother of child with cochlear implants

This is an all too common story of an outgoing parent who has a child who tends to withdraw when introduced to new social settings.

Understanding each child’s and parent’s temperament is an important part of designing communication sessions and incorporating learning experiences into daily routines. Taking on a temperament perspective can help parents, clinicians, and educators become aware of individual differences, understand how temperament may be related to behaviors, and develop strategies to increase the goodness of fit between the child and their environment. It is important for caregivers and educators to understand that there are no “good” or “bad” temperament traits only unique ways in which we express ourselves or respond to the world.

Temperament is defined as “the constellation of inborn traits that determine a child’s unique behavioral style and the way he or she experiences and reacts to the world” (Kristal, 2005, p. 8). Extensive research has been conducted on this topic. One landmark study conducted by Thomas, Chess, and Birch (1956) followed individuals from infancy to adulthood. Data collected from this study led Thomas and colleagues to identify the following nine temperament characteristics to describe a child’s behavioral style:

  1. Sensory threshold describes level of stimulation needed to evoke a response from the child;
  2. Activity level describes level of child’s motor activity;
  3. Intensity is the level of reactive energy of a response, the child’s level of expressiveness of happiness, sadness, anger;
  4. Rhythmicity is the degree of the child’s predictability of bodily functions such as appetite, sleep/wake cycles, elimination patterns;
  5. Adaptability describes how easily a child adapts to changes or transitions;
  6. Mood is the quality of a child’s disposition such as happy, sad, serious, cranky;
  7. Approach/withdrawal is the child’s initial response to new places, situations, or people;
  8. Persistence describes the child’s ability to stick with an activity when difficulties arise; and
  9. Distractibility is the ease by which the child demonstrates a level of concentration or focus.

(Kristal, 2005, p.15).

Exploring the child’s temperament in relation to the caregiver’s temperament or the educator’s temperament may provide valuable information about how the child is responding to the environment around them. For example, if a child tends to takes his or her time when changing from one activity to the next and the educator quickly changes activities without giving the child notice, the child may demonstrate resistance to the new activity. However, if given sufficient notice the child may transition to new activities happily. Taking on a temperament perspective facilitates joint understanding of how to best approach the emotional, social, and learning needs of the child. Temperament conversations also can give direction for selecting intervention approaches or offer parents different perspectives on their child’s ability. The following video clip demonstrates a mother’s positive strategy for addressing her child’s withdrawal from social situations.

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References

Kagan, J. (2010). The temperament thread: How genes, culture, time, and luck make us who we are. New York, NY: The Dana Foundation.

Kristal, J. (2005). The temperament perspective: Working with children’s behavior styles. New York, NY: Brookes Publishing Co.

Thomas, A., & Chess, S. (1986). The New York Longitudinal Study: From infancy to early adulthood. In R. Plomin & J. Dunn (Eds.), The study of temperament: Changes, continuities and challenges. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

A researcher randomly assigns senior citizens to spend an hour a day taking a ballroom dance class or working on word puzzles. After each class or puzzle session, participants complete a short series of cognitive assessments. What kind of study is the researcher conducting?

Choose one answer.

a. A correlational study
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b. A quasi-experiment
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c. A nonexperiment
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d. A true experiment
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For a research study, each individual in a group of first graders, a group of third graders, and a group of fifth graders is observed interacting with a preschool-aged sibling on a puzzle task. What type of data collection design is employed in this study?

Choose one answer.

a. Cross-sectional
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b. Cross-sequential
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c. Case study
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d. Longitudinal
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Seven-year-old Amelia is very excited that her new neighbor will be attending the same private school as her; none of the other children in the neighborhood attend that school. As a result of interacting at both home and school, Amelia and her neighbor develop a very close friendship. According to Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, which system does this interaction represent?

Choose one answer.

a. Chronosystem
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b. Exosystem
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c. Macrosystem
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d. Mesosystem
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What is an important advantage of using the method of controlled observation?

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a. Participants typically behave as they do in their everyday lives.
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b. Every participant has the same opportunity to demonstrate the behavior of interest.
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c. Most participants respond in similar, predictable ways to the study situation.
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d. The interpretation of data is free from the bias of researchers' theoretical preferences.
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Which of the following is a type of study commonly conducted by behavioral geneticists?

Choose one answer.

a. Participant-observation study
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b. Quasi-experimental study
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c. Twin study
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d. Case study
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Which of the following is NOT a reason that it is important to continue studying development throughout the course of the lifespan?

Choose one answer.

a. Life experiences are cumulative; some of what happens earlier in life affects us later in life.
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b. Development does not stop until death.
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c. Adult development can shed light on early developmental processes.
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d. Adults experience a much greater variety of developmental changes than adolescents or children.
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Which of the following is the main limit of correlational studies?

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a. They only offer insight into the strength of the relationship between two variables, not the direction.
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b. They only offer insight into the direction of the relationship between two variables, not the strength.
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c. They do not permit the researcher to make inferences about cause and effect.
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d. They require use of multiple control groups.
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Which of the following statements is true according to the lifespan perspective on development forwarded by Paul Baltes?

Choose one answer.

a. The study of development should include a focus on both the gains (growth) and losses (declines) that occur throughout the human lifespan.
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b. Adolescence is the developmental period in which there is the greatest plasticity.
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c. The historical period in which one is born has little impact on personality development in comparison to the unique, nonnormative influences on each individual's life.
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d. Cognitive development proceeds through four distinct stages, unless nonnormative events occur early in life.
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Which system in Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory includes the broad values, laws, and customs of one's culture?

Choose one answer.

a. Chronosystem
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b. Exosystem
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c. Macrosystem
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d. Mesosystem
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Scientists who conduct research on human development would define the field of development as the study of:

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a. the characteristics that make humans unique from other species.
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b. stability and change over time in individuals' abilities and personal characteristics.
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c. learning that results from direct instruction as well as everyday experiences.
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d. the specific, kaleidoscopic environmental influences on behavior and personality.
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By 13-15 weeks gestation, a fetus can detect differences in which of the following amniotic fluid characteristics?

Choose one answer.

a. Smell
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b. Taste
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c. Color
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d. Temperature
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Doctors examine infant reflexes at different ages to obtain information on which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. Cognitive development
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b. Personality development
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c. Attachment
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d. Neurological development
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Genetic disorders are caused by which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. Small mutations in a specific chromosome
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b. Small mutations in a specific gene
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c. Unpaired chromosomes
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d. The environment
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We call environmental substances and processes that cause birth defects:

Choose one answer.

a. Amnions
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b. Poisons
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c. Teratogens
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d. Mutations
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We know that in many species, the prenatal environment can have a significant impact on the:

Choose one answer.

a. phenotype.
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b. genotype.
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c. pleiotype.
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d. pattern of polygenic inheritance.
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What is the earliest physical manifestation of the human brain, formed in the first weeks of gestation?

Choose one answer.

a. Neural ball
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b. Temporal lobe
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c. Neural tube
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d. Spinal cord
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What is the first sense to develop in the womb?

Choose one answer.

a. Audition
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b. Vision
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c. Taste
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d. Touch
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When are we likely to have the most neural connections in the visual cortex?

Choose one answer.

a. At birth
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b. At one year of age
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c. During early adulthood
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d. During old age
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the interaction between genes and experience in the development of the brain?

Choose one answer.

a. Genes act to "fine tune" the results of experience.
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b. Genes provide the basic level of organization, which is then "fine-tuned" by experience.
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c. Experience plays a very small role.
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d. There is no interaction between genes and experience.
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We use the term genotype to describe which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. The cumulative effects of many genes
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b. Cellular structures containing genes
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c. The internally coded, inheritable information carried by all living organisms
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d. The effects of the environment on development
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According to Freud, the superego helps control the animal urges of the:

Choose one answer.

a. id.
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b. ego.
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c. latency stage.
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d. conscience.
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According to Piaget, what is the tendency to interpret objects and events from one's own perspective?

Choose one answer.

a. Egocentrism
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b. Reversibility
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c. Seriation
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d. Animism
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Early differences in language acquisition show a slight advantage for which demographic?

Choose one answer.

a. Girls
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b. Boys
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c. Asians
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d. Bilingual infants
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For Erikson, the focal point for each stage of human development was a:

Choose one answer.

a. midstage crisis.
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b. traumatic event.
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c. pleasant experience.
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d. psychological conflict.
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Fourteen-month-old Andy rarely acknowledges his mother when she returns to pick him up after a half-hour separation. Which attachment type most likely characterizes him?

Choose one answer.

a. Insecure-avoidant
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b. Insecure-resistant
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c. Secure
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d. Disorganized/disoriented
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Handedness, right or left, often appears around what age?

Choose one answer.

a. Six months
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b. Twelve months
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c. Two years
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d. Five years
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In expanding Piaget's ideas, the neo-Piagetians have drawn extensively from which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. Information processing theory and psychodynamic theory
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b. Linguistic theory and information processing theory
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c. Sociocultural theory and object relations theory
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d. Linguistic theory and object relations theory
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In object relations theory, which is true of an object?

Choose one answer.

a. It is that to which a subject relates.
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b. It is an important possession, such as a toy (for a child) or car (for an adult).
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c. It is the current focus of attention, which changes from moment to moment.
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d. It is a symbol used to represent an important person.
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In the Strange Situation, which is used to study attachment behaviors, which of the following occurs?

Choose one answer.

a. The child's primary caretaker pretends that he or she is going on a long trip.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. The child's primary caretaker serves as a secure base from which the child explores.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. A stranger to the child serves as a secure base from which the child explores.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. A stranger to the child pretends to experience anxiety when left alone with the child.
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In which age range did Piaget suggest that children are in the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?

Choose one answer.

a. From birth to approximately two years
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b. Approximately two to seven years
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c. Approximately eight to ten years
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d. By age twelve years
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Maya can multiply only single-digit numbers on her own, but with her big brother's close guidance, she can multiply three- and four-digit numbers together. What would Vygotsky call the difference between Maya's actual developmental level as determined by what she can multiply on her own and the level of potential development as determined by what she can multiply in collaboration with her brother?

Choose one answer.

a. Zone of distal development
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b. Zone of proximal development
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c. Scaffolding zone
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d. Socio-cultural context
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Piaget called the knowledge that objects have an existence in time and space independent of one's own perception or action on those objects:

Choose one answer.

a. constructivism.
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b. object constancy.
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c. object permanence.
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d. conservation.
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Research suggests that which of the following has a significant negative effect on cognitive ability in children?

Choose one answer.

a. Malnourishment
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b. Very high socioeconomic status
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c. Late-occurring puberty
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d. Delayed physical growth
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The behaviorist theory of language development proposes that we learn language through:

Choose one answer.

a. classical conditioning.
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b. social interactions.
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c. brain circuits specialized for language.
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d. operant conditioning.
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The British statistician, Spearman, divided intelligence into which two factors?

Choose one answer.

a. Cognitive and performance
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b. Motor and cognitive
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c. Mature and immature
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d. General and specific
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The definition of intelligence includes the ability to:

Choose one answer.

a. communicate verbally.
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b. solve problems.
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c. learn from experience.
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d. recognize patterns quickly.
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Twelve-year-old Xavier, who usually does well in school, brings home a report card with two Ds. How would parents who demonstrate Baumrind's authoritative parenting style react?

Choose one answer.

a. They would yell at him for 15 minutes and throw out all his video games, which they assume are the cause of his poor grades.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. They would automatically blame his teacher and make an appointment to speak with her.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. They would kindly ask him why he thinks he did so poorly, firmly state their expectations for him to do better, and discuss things they could all do to help him improve his grades.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. They would state that he probably just did poorly on a few tough assignments and make him his favorite dinner to cheer him up.
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What are the two dimensions according to which Baumrind categorizes parenting styles?

Choose one answer.

a. Demandingness and responsiveness
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b. Demandingness and respectfulness
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c. Creativity and responsiveness
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d. Creativity and respectfulness
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What do we call the smallest unit of language that has meaning?

Choose one answer.

a. Phonemes
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b. Graphemes
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c. Morphemes
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d. Languemes
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What is the order of memory processing in the stage models of information processing?

Choose one answer.

a. Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
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b. Long-term memory, short-term memory, sensory memory
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c. Sensory memory, long-term memory, short-term memory
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d. Short-term memory, sensory memory, long-term memory.
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What is the primary assumption of the information-processing theorists?

Choose one answer.

a. Cognitive resources are unlimited.
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b. Short-term memory is 90% accurate.
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c. Cognitive processing involves a limited capacity for information.
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d. Sensory memory lasts indefinitely.
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Which of the following is a milestone of language development around the age of three to four months?

Choose one answer.

a. Smiles at the sound of a stranger's voice
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b. Begins to babble
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c. Shows clear understanding of common nouns
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d. Starts cooing
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Which of the following is a primary difference between Vygotsky and Piaget's ideas?

Choose one answer.

a. Piaget stressed the importance of the social context.
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b. Vygotsky believed that children learn primarily through their own experimentation.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Piaget emphasized universal cognitive change whereas Vygotsky's theory leads us to expect highly variable development.
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d. Vygotsky focused on the errors children make while solving problems to identify their stage of development.
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Which of the following is an example of telegraphic speech?

Choose one answer.

a. "Want milk"
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b. "Give me the ball"
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c. "I see two deers"
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d. "Up!"
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Which of the following is NOT a reason that healthy play is important for human development?

Choose one answer.

a. Play enhances language development.
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b. Play engages creativity.
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c. Play promotes centration during problem solving.
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d. Play helps children integrate their past experiences.
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Which of the following statements about temperament is false?

Choose one answer.

a. Children are temperamentally identical to at least one of their parents.
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b. At least some aspects of temperament appear to be linked to genetics.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Some researchers believe that to be a temperamental trait, the trait must be inherited.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Interviews, questionnaires, and observations are methods commonly used to measure temperament.
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Which of the following statements about the stages of personality development identified by Freud and Erikson is true?

Choose one answer.

a. Freud identified psychonomic stages while Erikson identified psychosexual stages.
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b. Freud identified psychosocial stages while Erikson identified psychodevelopmental stages.
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c. Freud identified psychosexual stages while Erikson identified psychosocial stages.
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d. Freud identified psychodevelopmental stages while Erikson identified psychosexual stages.
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Which of the following statements best describes the difference between neo-Piagetian theorists and Piaget?

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a. In general, neo-Piagetian theorists place more emphasis on intelligence.
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b. In general, neo-Piagetian theorists place more emphasis on individual and cultural differences.
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c. In general, neo-Piagetian theorists place more emphasis on genetics.
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d. In general, neo-Piagetian theorists place more emphasis on the normal sequence of cognitive development.
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Which of the following would be most likely demonstrated by an individual in the preoperational stage of Piaget's theory?

Choose one answer.

a. Belief that actors on TV can see him or her
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b. Ability to order coins by size
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c. Understanding that a crumpled sheet of paper and a flat sheet of paper weigh the same amount
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d. Application of abstract, logical rules
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Which one of the following milestones of cognitive development do children reach by the age of about one year?

Choose one answer.

a. Make-believe play
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b. Finding hidden objects easily
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c. Beginning to sort by shapes and colors
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d. Completing simple jigsaw puzzles
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Which theory of language development proposes that language is a unique human accomplishment, embodied in a Language Acquisition Device present in all children?

Choose one answer.

a. Nativist theory
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b. Behaviorist theory
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c. Functionalist theory
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d. Learning stage theory
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By what age do most babies begin to roll front to back and back to front?

Choose one answer.

a. Three months
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b. Seven months
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c. Twelve months
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d. Fifteen months
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According to Erikson's theory, the main task of adolescence is to answer which of the following questions?

Choose one answer.

a. What are my strongest abilities?
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b. Who can I trust?
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c. Should I marry someday?
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d. Who am I?
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Although thirteen-year-old Kayla enjoys diving, she will no longer practice at the community pool because she thinks everyone will notice any mistake she makes. Kayla is experiencing the common cognitive distortion of adolescence called:

Choose one answer.

a. the imaginary audience.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. the personal fable.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. superegocentrism.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. abstract thought.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Fifteen-year-old Jessica is extremely focused on what she needs to do to become a surgeon, which is what her parents have encouraged her to focus on; she has not considered any other career options. According to Marcia's theory, which stage of identity development characterizes Jessica?

Choose one answer.

a. Identity achievement
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Identity exploration
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Identity foreclosure
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Identity diffusion
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Gilligan suggests that whereas men tend to see ethical issues as substantive moral matters of justice, rights, autonomy, and individuation, women tend to view them as which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. Insubstantial moral matters of justice, rights, autonomy, and individuation
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Substantive moral matters of care, personal relationships, and avoiding harm to others
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Insubstantial moral matters of care, personal relationships, and avoiding harm to others
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Focusing more on child rearing
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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In girls, early puberty is linked to which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. Depression, drug and alcohol use, and early sexual activity
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Aggressive behavior
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Physical abnormalities
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Emotional maturity
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Kohlberg was interested in which of the following with respect to moral decisions?

Choose one answer.

a. The reasoning behind moral decisions
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. The personal relationships influencing moral decisions
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. The behavior resulting from moral decisions
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. The payoff of making moral versus immoral decisions
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Parental conflict with adolescent children is often related to which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. The shift from unilateral parental authority to mutual authority in which adolescents share in the decision-making process
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. An offshoot of sibling rivalry in which the parents get involved
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. The new form of egocentrism that emerges in early adolescence
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. The influence of teachers whose views differ from the parents
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Puberty that arrives either earlier or later in boys can lead to which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. Aggressive behavior
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Physical abnormalities
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Depression
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Poor academic performance
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Research suggests that the age of onset of puberty has decreased for which demographic?

Choose one answer.

a. Girls only
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Boys only
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Both boys and girls
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. African American boys only
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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The dynamics of teenage romantic relationships have been viewed as an extension of which theory?

Choose one answer.

a. Psychodynamic theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Learning theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Object relations theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Attachment theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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What does contemporary research on adolescent brain development suggest?

Choose one answer.

a. The brain's ability to control impulses is fully developed by puberty, so adolescents should be held fully responsible for the negative consequences of their actions.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. One reason that adolescents still need adult guidance is that the parts of their brain responsible for imagining consequences of their decisions are still in development.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. During adolescence, individuals show a peak in neuron production, thus explaining their reliance on reasoning abilities rather than gut feelings to make decisions.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. During adolescence, brain development stalls as energy is devoted to the tremendous physical changes of puberty in other parts of the body.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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What is early onset puberty called?

Choose one answer.

a. Abnormal puberty
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Hypochondriasis
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Precocious puberty
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Premenses
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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What is the hormone that triggers puberty?

Choose one answer.

a. Estradiol
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Androgen
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Progesterone
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH)
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following best represents Gilligan's objections to Kohlberg and other theorists addressing ethical and moral issues?

Choose one answer.

a. The absence of a feminist perspective
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. The lack of distinction between moral thinking and moral behavior
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. The perspective being primarily based on Western culture
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. The focus on adolescents rather than children or adults
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following is an important risk factor for engaging in sexual aggression in adolescence?

Choose one answer.

a. Being male
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. A self-perception of low romantic competence
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Late-onset puberty
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Low peer status
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following statements about adolescent friendships is most accurate according to research on this topic?

Choose one answer.

a. Although peer influence peaks from about seventh to ninth grades, adolescents are still more likely to turn to their parents than their friends for guidance on their long-term plans.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Efforts for parents to get to know their adolescent children's friends often backfire, leading to children becoming less inclined to discuss their lives with their parents.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Throughout high school, the positive aspects of peer influence steadily decline, while the negative aspects of peer influence steadily incline.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Younger adolescents are more resistant to peer pressure to engage in risky activities than older adolescents, who care less and less about their parents' rules and values as they approach legal adulthood.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following statements is true about the development of romantic experiences?

Choose one answer.

a. It tends to follow a common course across individuals and cultures.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. It tends to be slower among girls than boys.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. It tends to be faster in Western culture than in other cultures.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. It can never be predicted.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which part of the brain, responsible for such skills as planning and allocating attention, matures substantially during adolescence?

Choose one answer.

a. Temporal lobe
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Brain stem
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Corpus callosum
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Prefrontal cortex
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Why are teenagers often clumsy during the growth spurt that occurs in puberty?

Choose one answer.

a. They are preoccupied by thoughts of romantic relationships.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Their feet grow faster than everything else.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Their brains literally cannot keep up with their bodies.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Their self-consciousness about their physical development interferes with their attention to their physical surroundings.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Kohlberg believed which of the following about moral development?

Choose one answer.

a. Moral development is complete by the end of adolescence.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Moral development is a continual process that occurs throughout the lifespan.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Moral development is essentially the same as personality development.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Moral development is complete by the start of puberty.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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According to Erikson's theory, once individuals have established their identity, they are ready to:

Choose one answer.

a. focus on raising children.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. establish reciprocal, long-term romantic partnerships or close friendships.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. resolve the conflict of initiative versus guilt.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. attempt to develop a sense of ego integrity.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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As Americans have shown tremendous increases in life expectancy over the past century, the leading causes of death for older Americans have shifted to:

Choose one answer.

a. chronic diseases.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. infectious diseases.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. accidents and suicide.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. sudden, acute illnesses.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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As we age, our intellectual ability usually does not diminish. Rather, which of the following aspects of our cognitive processing tends to change?

Choose one answer.

a. Depth
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Detail
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Focus
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Speed
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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In middle adulthood, many, if not most, individuals experience which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. An overwhelming midlife crisis
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Subtle but definite losses in physical functioning
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. The lowest levels of marital satisfaction, if currently married
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Major declines in cognitive abilities, especially those related to memory capacity
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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In middle adulthood, women experience menopause as a result of:

Choose one answer.

a. a sudden drop in the production of the hormone estrogen.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. a gradual decline in the production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. a sudden increase in the production of testosterone.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. accumulation of genetic mutations in the chromosomes of their egg cells.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Levinson thought that middle and late adulthood were linked by an intermediate phase called:

Choose one answer.

a. midlife.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. late middle adulthood.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. the late adulthood transition.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. andropause.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Over the course of the lifespan, most sensory systems do which of the following?

Choose one answer.

a. Become less sensitive
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Do not change
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Become more sensitive
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Shut down
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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When 70-year-old Jim retires from a long career in banking, he decides to try two new hobbies: oil painting and sailing. He also takes on the job of picking up his grandchildren from school three days a week. Jim finds new forms of satisfaction in these activities. Which theory of aging does Jim's experience best represent?

Choose one answer.

a. Selective optimization with compensation theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Activity theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Gerotranscendence theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Subculture of aging theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following best states the primary question of adult attachment theory?

Choose one answer.

a. Do adult romantic relationships serve purposes similar to child-caregiver attachments?
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Is attachment a necessary condition for adult happiness and life satisfaction?
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Do stable attachments result in stable personalities?
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Does adult attachment security predict positive relationships with one's children and grandchildren?
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about dementia?

Choose one answer.

a. Dementia is defined as severe memory impairment in an individual 65 years of age or older.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. The number of individuals diagnosed with dementia has steadily declined over the past three decades.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Dementia is an umbrella term for cognitive disorders marked by memory impairment as well as by problems with language, motor activity, and executive function.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Dementia is simply another term for Alzheimer's disease.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following is the idea that development proceeds as a period of relatively stable states connected by relatively unsettled transitional states?

Choose one answer.

a. The high-low pattern
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Stable instability
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Connectionism
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Punctuated equilibrium
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following statements about divorce and its impact on children is true?

Choose one answer.

a. Children's age when the divorce occurred has little association with their ability to deal with the divorce.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Physical proximity to the parent of the same sex generally improves children's well-being after their parents' divorce.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Children of divorced parents are less likely to divorce than children of nondivorced parents.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Surveys of adolescents indicate that a majority of them are pessimistic that they will have a lifelong marriage.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following statements about divorce in America is false?

Choose one answer.

a. Rates of divorce tremendously increased for a period following the 1960s, in part due to the increased percentage of women entering the workforce.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Age at marriage is positively correlated with the likelihood of divorce.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Divorce rates vary by geographic region.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Those with a college education have lower rates of divorce than those without a college education.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following statements about research on the effects of same-sex parenting is true?

Choose one answer.

a. Children with same-sex parents show different levels of well-being than children of heterosexual parents.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Researchers believe that comparing the effects of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and partnership benefit programs will do little to inform the national debate about same-sex marriage.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. There is no research evidence that children of same-sex parents are more likely to be homosexual.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Heterosexual children with same-sex parents tend to take longer to resolve Erikson's conflict of identity versus role confusion than heterosexual children with heterosexual parents.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following statements about the poverty rate of those over the age of 65 in the United States is true?

Choose one answer.

a. It is currently at its lowest point ever.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. It has remained steady for the past five decades.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. It has inclined over the past few years, after a large decline across several decades.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. It is currently at approximately 40%.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following theories of aging fall within the broader perspective that the elderly must compete for resources against other, more privileged groups within society?

Choose one answer.

a. Modernization theory and exchange theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Selective optimization with compensation theory and disengagement theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Age stratification theory and activity theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Symbolic interaction theory and functionalist theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following types of people are most likely to engage in elder abuse?

Choose one answer.

a. Children who do not serve as primary caregivers
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Strangers
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Paid caregivers
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Spouses
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which theory of aging contends that withdrawing from society as a natural process as adults grow old reduces pressure to conform to societal norms?

Choose one answer.

a. Continuity theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Disengagement theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Activity theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Age stratification theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Why do older people often outperform younger people on tests of history and geography?

Choose one answer.

a. They have greater fluid intelligence.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. They have more crystallized intelligence.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. They have superior recollection strategies.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. They have more accurate executive control.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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During middle adulthood, we establish careers, settle down with a partner, and begin our own families. What is the central conflict of this stage of life according to Erikson?

Choose one answer.

a. Initiative versus guilt
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Intimacy versus isolation
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Generativity versus stagnation
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Ego integrity versus despair
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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A child who thinks that someone who has died has just gone to sleep for a long time and will eventually wake up is most likely in which stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

Choose one answer.

a. Sensorimotor
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Preoperational
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Concrete operational
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Formal operational
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Adults are generally able to accept the prospect of dying if they have successfully resolved Erikson's conflict of:

Choose one answer.

a. trust versus mistrust.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. initiative versus guilt.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. generativity versus stagnation.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. ego integrity versus despair.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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In the theory of Kübler-Ross, which of the following is not one of the phases of dealing with dying?

Choose one answer.

a. Denial
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Transcendence
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Bargaining
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Acceptance
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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What is one major reason that Kübler-Ross' theory has been subject to criticism?

Choose one answer.

a. Only older adults appear to go through each of the five phases included in the theory.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. There is greater variety, particularly across cultures, in how people approach death than the theory proposes.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Studies indicate that the theory holds for men but not for women.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Research suggests that people progress through the five phases in the reverse order of what Kübler-Ross indicated.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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What is the main conclusion of George Bonanno's research on grief?

Choose one answer.

a. Most people, when faced with the death of a close family member, are resilient and do not experience prolonged disruptions in their psychological functioning.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Delayed grief -- or the sudden experience of great distress several months after a loved one dies -- is the most common pattern of grieving.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. When telling a young child that a family member has died, it lessens the child's grief in both the short and long term if you tell the child that the deceased person is on a journey or taking a long rest.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. The majority of older adults experience symptoms of clinical depression for four months to a year after losing a spouse or long-term romantic partner.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following is true based on research concerning the relation between personal factors and death anxiety?

Choose one answer.

a. Women and men's self-reported levels of death anxiety are essentially equal.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Increasing age is positively correlated with death anxiety.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. There is not a clear pattern of relations between religious belief and death anxiety.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Death anxiety peaks in adolescence as individuals develop the cognitive ability to grasp the consequences of the physical risks they take.
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which theory or model proposes that a key to feeling less anxious about death is developing a clear sense of purpose for one's life and transforming one's beliefs, values, and behaviors to align with that purpose?

Choose one answer.

a. Terror management model
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. Freud's psychoanalytic theory
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. Bowlby's theory of attachment
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. Meaning management model
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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How is death defined from a biological point of view?

Choose one answer.

a. The cessation of brain activity
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
b. The cessation of brain activity and breathing
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
c. The cessation of the heartbeat
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?
d. The cessation of brain activity, breathing, and the heartbeat
Which of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament?

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Which of the following best describes temperament?

Which one of the following most accurately describes the concept of temperament? Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth, high standards for behavior, explanation and consistent enforcement of rules, and inclusion of children in decision making.

What is the definition of temperament quizlet?

temperament. a person's characteristic modes of responding emotionally and behaviorally to environmental events, including such attributes as activity level, irritability, fearfulness, and sociability.

What is temperament and how is it measured quizlet?

Temperament. The constitutionally based individual differences in emotional, motor, and attentional reactivity and self-regulation that demonstrate consistency across situations, as well as relative stability over time.

Which statement is true when it comes to measuring temperament?

Which statement is TRUE when it comes to measuring temperament? No measurement of temperament is perfect, and it is prudent to assess temperament with a variety of different methods.