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Fall 09 Devo Midterm
Questions 1-31 are true/false. On your scantron (available in the bookstore - please use form 2052), please indicate "a" for a true answer and "b" for a false answer.
please note the your midterm MUST be handed to me personally by you on October 28th at 3:30 pm
1. Child development is easy to measure given the amount of children we have in the world.
2. The moro reflex is also called the rooting reflex
3. Piaget believed that school age children had not the mental capacity to be moral.
4. Medical research should never be questioned.
5. According to Piaget, children construct their own understanding of the world based upon their own experiences.
6. The sample of a study is usually relevant to the whole population
7. Sigmund Freud referred to adolescence as a time of storm and stress.
8. The human brain develops completely in the first two years.
9. The terrible twos are a nickname for Erikson’s initiative vs guilt stage
10. Cultural differences can produce differences in perception.
11. Olfaction refers to the sense of balance within children.
12. Piaget thought that all children were able to understand abstract constructs.
13. Many children are limited by their surroundings and environment
14. The family provides an influence becomes less strong as the child grows
15. Children’s literature can teach a child moraily
16. Children’s litaerature can teach a child about gender
17. Sibling rivalry is normal.
18. Role-taking involves being able to describe your thoughts to someone else
19. Freud’s psychosexual stages were in regards to conflicts each child must address.
20. Some genes aid in adaptation more than others
21. Genetic variation can have a profound effect on personality
22. Periods of sensory deprivation early in life can have long lasting effects.
23. Having a theory of mind argues the individuals understanding that mental states can guide behavior.
24. The establishment of intimate relationships is not necessary for normal human development.
25. A correlation shows a relationship only.
26. the majority of adolescents have achieved Kohlberg’s conventional level of moral development.
27. creativity is often correlated with intelligence
28. weight appears to be more influenced by heredity than environment.
29. Piaget believes that all children of a similar age will answer the same question the same way
30. As a culture, we are caught in concrete operations.
31. 95 percent of the structure of the brain has been formed by the age of five or six
Questions 32-50 are multiple choice. On your scantron (available in the bookstore - please use form 2052), please indicate a corresponding letter that you feel indicates the BEST answer.
32. A theorist who believes that humans progress through developmental stages is likely to believe in:
a. discontinuous changes
b. continuous changes
c. measureable changes
d. mutiple paths of development
33. As the body ages from childhood to adulthood, the brain:
a. grows more neurons
b. begins to form a myelin sheath around many neurons
c. grows longer dendrites that may form new connections with other neurons.
d. releases large quantities of neurotransmitters
34. Regression occurs when:
a. a person reverts to an earlier stage of development
b. a person cannot push past their current conflict
c. development becomes arrested due to part of the libido remains tied to tan earlier stage of development
d. an organism’s environment does not allow for furthering of development.
35. Which is the best example of a genotype?
a. blue eyes.
b. high I.Q.
c. general personality traits.
d. whatever genes are on the X chromosome.
36. A typical male has _____
a. two x chromosomes
b. two Y chromosomes
c. one x and one Y chromosome
d. more genes on the Y chromosome
37. A child thinking 2+3=5, but 3+2 does not is an example of what?
a. Non symbolic thought
b. Inability to recognize reversibility
c. Preoperational thought
d. All of the above
38. Which theorist championed the position called constructivism?
a. Piaget
b. Erikson
c. Frued
d. Kohlberg
39. When a child learns that something remains despite not being able to see it, this realization is called:
a. objectification
b. object permanace
c. permanent reailty
d. mass conversation
40. Recirprical determinism refers to a continuous back and forth interaction between:
a. parent and child
b. a person and the environment
c. a person, his/her behavior, and the environment
d. a reinforcer and a behavior.
41. Which statement is most accurate?
a. genes directly cause many behaviors
b. genes direct the production of proteins which are responsible for how different organs function, including the brain
c. genetic blueprints cannot be altered by experience
d. genes contribute directly to physical traits but only indirectly influence personality and intelligence traits.
42. People expect whales to be fish because they live in the sea. The recognition that whales are mammals requires a(n) _______________ of existing schemes.
a. assimilation
b. accommodation
c. learning
d. formalizing
43. Adolescence begins with _______________.
a. puberty
b. growth point
c. pre-adult transition
d. sexual maturity
44. Genotype is most accurately described as
a. your inheritied genes
b. a visual representation of chromosomes
c. incomplete dominance
d. a mutation that adapts to the current environment.
45. Social cognition is best defined as:
a. memories for interesting life events
b. knowing who gets along with whom
c. thinking about the thoughts feelings motives and behaviors of self and others
d. being aware of the current social codes for dressing and dating
46. We know that two people have precisely 50% of their genes in common if they are:
a. identical twins
b. fraternal twins
c. parent and child
d. brother and sister
47. When an adolescent gets too little sleep which of the following is not likely to occur
a. a feeling of despondency
b. poor grades
c. social inabilities
d. stunted development
48.. A schema can be defined as
a. A mental representation of an idea
b. An organized framework
c. A mental representation of a set of ideas
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
49. The social learning perspective on moral development holds that morality is
a. a generalized personality disorder
b. a situation specific behavior
c. driven by physiological motives
d. determined more by level of reasoning than by actual behavior
50. Would a sample of children from an affluent suburban school district be considered a representative sample of American children?
a. Yes, because public education is available to all children.
b. No, because affluent suburban schools tend to be less racially, ethnically, and economically diverse than the nation as a whole.
c. No, because they are nothing like the average American child.
d. Yes, because they have all the advantages and none of the disadvantages.
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