1 You would most likely have the shortest reaction time to answer which of the Midterm II Take Home Practice Exam following questions a b c d Is a grandmother a person Is a newborn infant a person Is a child a person Is a college student a person 2 Define association theory 3 Define functional fixedness a Working backward b Testing hypothesis c Algorithm d Means end analysis a Syllogisms b Formal concepts c Representative heuristics d Belief bias important component of a The framing heuristic b The availability heuristic c The representativeness heuristic d Means end analysis a Syntax semantics b Semantics syntax c Syntax morphemes d Morphemes semantics a Syntactical b Whorfian c Genetic d Learning 4 When one systematically moves through a series of subgoals coming closer to a final solution one is using the problem solving strategy of 5 The discipline of formal logic uses to study reasoning 6 When making a decision how easily you can recall a piece of information is an 7 A course in grammar would be primarily concerned with a literature course would more likely be concerned with 8 Which language acquisition perspective could best account for a young child whose parents speak English grammatically correct saying I goed to the zoo yesterday 9 Which of the following positions is supported by the observation that young children do not talk about objects that are not present in their immediate environment until they have mastered object permanence a Mental images are necessary for thought to occur b Children have a limited vocabulary c Thought has an impact on the structure of language d Language determines thought 10 Please describe the ways that researchers study developmental research longitudinal cross sectional and cross sequential designs 11 Unlike psychologists that emphasize learning psychologists who emphasize maturation view development as a process that results in changes a Continuous qualitative b Continuous quantitative c Discontinuous qualitative d Discontinuous quantitative 12 If a woman gives birth to twins who are both boys it can be concluded that the twins are twins a Monozygotic b Dizygotic c Identical d You require more information before you can reach a conclusion 13 In order the 3 stages of prenatal development are a Embryonic fetal prenatal b Germinal nonviable viable c Germinal embryonic fetal d Embryonic germinal fetal 14 Early experience or training the rate at which children acquire motor skills such as standing walking and bladder control a Does not significantly accelerate b Significantly accelerates c Significantly slows down d This effects children in an unpredictable fashion 15 A child sees a cow and says Look mommy See the big doggie According to Piaget he or she is using a mental process known as a Conservation b Centration c Assimilation d Accommodation 16 If a child believes that a nickel is more desirable than a dime that child is probably in the stage of development 17 Regarding gender differences in cognitive abilities males surpass females in a Concrete operations b Preoperational c Formal operations d Sensorimotor a Spatial skills b Logical skills c Mathematical skills d Verbal skills 18 What is the strange situation used to evaluate a A child s stage of cognitive development b Infant mother attachment c Mother infant attachment d A child s stage of psychosocial development 19 When people have cognitively matured to the point at which they can explore hypothetical of what if possibilities Piaget would say that they are in the stage a Sensorimotor b Preoperational c Concrete operations d Formal operations 20 According to Kohlberg a period in which moral judgments are derived from moral or ethical principles and personal values and not from authority figures is the stage a Concrete conventional b Postconventional c Preconventional d Conventional 21 What does research indicate about crystallized intelligence It peaks in early adulthood and remains at that level It peaks in early adulthood and then slowly declines It peaks in middle adulthood and then slowly declines It increases with age a b c d 22 The nurturing of children is Incompatible with a successful career a b Helpful in the expression of generativity c Helpful in the expression of intimacy d Helpful in the discovery of an identity 23 To what does current evidence link the cause of Alzheimer s disease a An excess of the beta amyloid protein b A defective genes on chromosome 21 c Environmental factors d Gene mutations on several chromosomes 24 The theory of aging is supported by the observation that identical twins have very similar life spans a Genetic clock or preprogrammed b Climacteric c Accumulating damages d Activity 25 Which of the following is not an advantage of group administered intelligence tests compared to individual intelligence tests a Can be given to a number of people at the same time b Are quicker to administer c Encourage the best possibly performance from individuals d Are more easily scored 26 Guildford used the term content to describe 27 Good problem solvers who score high on intelligence tests than people who a How we think b What we thinkg about c How we apply our thinking d Primary ability score low on intelligence tests a Take a longer time to encode information b Take a shorter time to encode information c Arrive at the correct solution faster d Make more careless mistakes a A parent and child b Fraternal twins reared together c 2 same sex siblings d identical twins reared apart 28 Which 2 people would you expect to have IQs that re most similar 29 Trait theories of personality attempt to personality a Predict b Describe c Explain d Describe and explain 30 Which of the following is not a common criticism of trait theories a These do not explain behavior but only label behavior as being the result of a personality trait b People s behavior is not as consistent from situation to situation as trait theories would have us believe c They do not attempt to describe behavior d They do not explain how personality develops 31 List and describe Freud s stages of Psychosexual development 32 Define the defense mechanisms repression and displacement 33 Which of the following pairs of terms do not belong together a Anal stage toilet training b Latency stage Oedipus complex c Oral stage sucking d Phallic stage genital stimulation 34 Personality theories that believe man s primary motivation is to develop or grow and emphasize an individual s subjective view of reality are