Development Psychology

Final term Exam 4th Semester

1. According to Erikson, a major conflict in the first year of life is that between .A
a. Trust vs mistrust b. Initiative vs guilt c. Autonomy vs shame d. Relatedness vs isolation
2. According to __________, we face a specific psychosocial dilemma at each stage of life. C
a. James coleman b. Kohlberg c. Erik Erickson d. Sigmund freud
3. A failure to develop a consistent identity results in C
a. Isolation b. Inferiority c. Role confusion d. Stagnation
4. One recommended way for parents to handle problems of occasional bed wetting in children is to A
a. limit the amount of water they drink in the
b. punish them for "wet" nights.
evening
c. wake them up during the night to use the toilet d. consider medication or psychotherapy.
5. Which of the following is one of the common life stages? A
a. Infancy b. Late adulthood c. Later adulthood d. Old adulthood
6. Lack of bladder control is called C
a. Colitis b. Anorexia c. Enuresis d. Encopresis
7. In the __________ level of moral development, moral choices are determined by the direct consequences of
actions. A
a. Preconventional b. Conventional c. Concrete d. Post conventional
8. Puberty C
a. Is the same as adolescence b. occurs earlier for boys than for girls.
c. is the period of growth and hormonal changes that d. involves a growth spurt of 1-2 years during which boys
lead to sexual maturity. are taller than girls.
9. Kohlberg identified the three levels of moral development as the A
a. preconventional, conventional, and postconventional b. conditional, unconditional, and postconditional
c. self-interested, social, and personal d. premoral, conventional, and postethical
10. Girls who mature early are more likely A
a. To engage in earlier sexual relations b. To be socially ostracized in middle and high school
c. To withdraw and become socially isolated d. To become tall and thin
11. Discrimination or prejudice on the basis of age is called C
a. Geronitism b. Autism c. Ageism d. Senilism
12. Kohlberg studied moral development by C
a. having subjects keep a daily journal of their actions b. evaluating criminal and delinquent person's court records
c. posing moral dilemmas to children of different ages d. having subjects perform various legal or illegal behaviors
13. A toddler learning to use the toilet who sometimes feels bad when he or she "messes up" is at Erikson's stage
called C
a. Identity vs role confusion b. Initiative vs guilt c. Autuonomu vs shame d. Intimacy vs isolation
14. If you are a young adult, you are interested in developing A
a. Intimacy b. Generative c. Integrity d. Initiative
15. Fertilization of an ovum outside a woman's body is called B
a. Artificial insemination b. In vitro fertilsization c. Eugencics d. Genetic engineering
16. The first milk produced by a woman in the first few days after giving birth is called C
a. Formula b. Enrichment c. Colostrums d. Aminocentesis
17. Which represents the correct order of Piaget's stages of intellectual development? C
a. sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, postoperational
b. preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor
c. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
d. preoperational, informal operational, formal operational, postoperational
18. Which of the following most clearly demonstrates the existence of emotional attachment? A
a. Separation anxiety b. Learning to walk c. Imprinting d. Language development
19. The grasping, rooting, and sucking reflexes of infants are best described as D
a. Fixed actions pattern b. Instincts c. Conditioned reflexes d. Adaptive reflexes
20. Sucking, chewing, is a ________________ behavior during first stage of freud theory. D

a. Learned b. Experienced c. Thought d. Innate

21. Harlow's finding that baby monkeys prefer a terrycloth surrogate mother to a wire mother demonstrates the
importance of B
a. Imprinting b. Contact comfort c. Acceptance d. Good nutrition
22. Which reflex probably helps prevent failing? B
a. Moro reflex b. Grasping reflex c. Rooting reflex d. Sucking reflex
23. If touched on the cheek, neonates will turn their head in that direction. This is called the ______ reflex/response. B
a. Moro b. Rooting c. Orientation d. Babinski
24. Physical growth and development is called B
a. Readiness b. Maturation c. Mobility d. Hereditary
25. If the dilemah in the Erickson stages of development does not overcome, then the individual will ___ A
a. Stagnant b. No effect c. Succeed into next stage d. All
26. Object permanence is to sensorimotor stage as conservation and reversibility are to____ operational stage. D
a. Formal b. Pre c. Informal d. Concrete
27. Piaget is mainly known for studying __________ development. D
a. Language b. Sexual c. Social d. Cognitive
28. When her mother leaves, Linda cries. When her mother returns, Linda crawls into her lap. According to Mary
Ainsworth, Linda has a(n) __________ attachment. A
a. Securely attached b. Secure-avoidant c. Insecure-avoidant d. Insecure-ambivalent
29. A child who thinks that he is right, while others are wrong and letting him play is demonstrating____. D
a. Object permanence b. Imprinting c. Deprivation dwarfism d. Egocentrism
30. Which type of parenting is to “demand strict adherence to rigid standards of behavior” A
a. Authoritarian e. Demonstrative f. Responsive g. Dividend
31. Each cell possesses 46 __________ that are responsible for all the genetic information passed from parents to
children. B
a. Genes b. Chromosomes c. Zygotes d. Gametes
32. "I demand that you obey" is to authoritarian as "Do your own thing" is to B
a. Authoritative b. Permissive c. Permissionable d. Overprotective
33. Babies will imitate actions they see when mothers show joy or interest because of _________ referencing. D
a. Situational e. Learned f. Perceptual g. Social
34. The repetition by infants of meaningless language sounds (including both vowel and consonant sounds) is called A
a. Babbling b. Cooing c. Telegraphic speech d. Crying
35. According to __________, all children pass through a series of distinct stages in their intellectual development. A
a. Piaget b. Bloom c. Watson d. Harlow
36. Environmental factors that shape development include all of the following except. D
a. Quality of learning b. Intelligence c. Quality of nutrition d. Culture
37. Which of the following reflexes are related to feeding, the __________ reflex? B
a. Moro & rooting b. Chewing & sucking c. More and sucking d. babinski
38. The progressive changes in behavior and abilities from conception to death C
a. Learning b. Tiring c. Development d. Fear
39. The study of changes in behavior from conception to death encompasses C
a. Gerontology e. Thantology f. Developmental psychology g. Social psychology
40. Using existing patterns of behavior in new situations is called A
a. Assimilation b. Adaptation c. Accommodation d. Conservation
41. Another name for a newborn baby is a(n) B
a. Embryo b. Neonate c. Zygote d. Fetus
42. "I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a __________ psychologist."
a. Cognitive b. Learning c. Perception d. Personality
43. Of the following, who is a humanistic psychologist? B
a. Freud b. Maslow c. Skinner d. Watson
44. According to John Watson, introspection was B
a. A Valid Method of Research b. Unscientific
c. The commerstone of behaviorism d. The study of mind
45. The study of similarities and differences in the behavior of different species is called ______ psychology.B
a. Biological b. Comparative c. Environmental d. Differential
46. Freud believed that all thoughts and actions are determined by B
a. The first year of life b. Forces in the personality that are often unconscious
c. Needs for love and self esteem d. The drive for self actualization
47. The term cognition refers to C
a. Predicting the future b. Analysis and synthesis
c. Thinking and knowing d. Introspection
48. Overt behavior is
a. Anything a person does b. Only those things a person does which you can see
c. Only those things which can be recorded by a d. Only those things a person can see with his/her
camera senses
49. Psychology is B
a. The study of human origins, evolution and b. The scientific study of behavior and mental process
cultures of any living creature
c. The natural science of integrating physiology and d. The deductive study of forms and functions of human
neurology group
50. Evolutionary psychologist would study . B
a. The biological makeup of the human mind across
b. Historical behavior of a single species
cultures
c. Developmentally how champanzees and human are
d. Male and female trends in mating choices
similar
51. Who among the following can prescribe drugs to treat emotional problems? A
a. Psychiastrist b. Social worker c. Psychologist d. Surgeon
52. According to john B. Watson psychology is the study of. D
a. The mind b. Conscious experience
c. Mental states d. Behavior
53. During piaget’s sensormotor stage, what is the ability to flexibly altering existing schemas into new schemas called?
A
a. Accommodation b. Assimilatin c. Adaption e. Equilibrium
54. According to Freud's theory of Psychosexual Development, during which stage is children's developmental focus
on gender identity and morality? B
a. Anal b. Phallic c. Oral d. Latent
55. According to Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development, during which stage do children develop the capacity for
conservation? C
a. Sensorimotor b. Preoperational c. Concrete operational d. Formal operational
56. According to research comparing children in day-care centers versus children raised by mothers in their own
homes, the biggest differences were found in the children's. D
a. Physical health b. Intellectuality c. Attachment d. None
57. Freud established his theory of personality development on the basis of _________ urges. A
a. Sexual b. Social c. Genetics d. None
58. According to Freud, in anal stage sexual satisfaction comes through ______. B
a. Social b. Bowel c. Eating d. None
59. If a person is trained well during anal stage through toilet habits and are free to have bowel with free will, likely
to develop _______ personality. A
a. Anal repulsive b. Anal retentive c. Both d. None
60. The sense least likely to be stimulated during the fetal period is: A
a. Sight b. Hearing c. Touch d. None
61. The first sense to develop is: D
a. Sight b. Hearing c. Taste d. Touch
62. The infants utter their first word around _____ months C
a. 6 b. 8 c. 12 d. 15
63. Infants have learned the meanings of some common words, like "mommy" and "daddy" by: C
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 9
64. How many stages are there in Piaget's theory of infant development? C
a. 3 b. 2 c. 4 d. 6
65. How many stages are there in Freud theory. A
a. 5 b. 1 c. 10 d. 2
66. The ideas of Freud are __________ mostly. A
a. Controversial b. Acceptable c. Ethical d. all of the above
67. Socialization of a child is a part of ________________. B
a. Genetics b. Development c. Hormones d. None
68. Development is a ____________ process. A
a. Gradual b. Rapid c. Initiative d. None
69. Secondary sexual character are controlled mostly by A
a. Sex hormones b. Environment c. Fatigue d. None
70. The gradual loss in physical ability is due to ________ A
a. Aging b. Disturbance c. Food habits d. None
ANSWER KEY
Mcq no Correct option Mcq no Correct option Mcq no Correct option
1. A 2. C 3. C
4. A 5. A 6. C
7. A 8. C 9. A
10. A 11. C 12. C
13. C 14. A 15. B
16. C 17. C 18. A
19. D 20. D 21. B
22. B 23. B 24. B
25. A 26. D 27. D
28. A 29. D 30. A
31. B 32. B 33. D
34. A 35. A 36. D
37. B 38. C 39. C
40. A 41. B 42. A
43. B 44. B 45. B
46. B 47. C 48. B
49. B 50. B 51. A
52. D 53. A 54. B
55. C 56. D 57. A
58. B 59. A 60. A
61. D 62. C 63. C
64. C 65. A 66. A
67. B 68. A 69. A
70. A