Test. Variant A.

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Spring Semester Prof. Kussainova M.

HSS 142 Developmental Psychology ________________________

Final Exam as of 23^rd April, 2011

Protocol #9

Teacher’s name and surname	S. Lukashova
Student’s name and surname
Date of Exam

Part 1.

Test. Variant A.

1. The most important debate about human development is whether ____________ or ________ plays the larger role in shaping our lives.

1. genes, nature
2. nurture, experience
3. genes, experience

2. Parents who use reasonable and consistent discipline are more likely to raise children with

1. higher-self esteem
2. lower-self esteem
3. middle level of self-esteem

3. What are teratogens?

1. harmful environmental factors
2. useful environmental factors
3. normal developmental factors

4. Which one is not environmental factor

1. infectious diseases
2. effects from drugs
3. extra chromosome

5. The process which the child integrates new stimulus events into already existing schemes.

a accommodation

b. assimilation

c. equilibrium

6. A period in which moral reasoning is based largely on conformity and social standards.

1. post-conventional morality
2. conventional morality
3. preconventional morality

7. In this period children can think logically about abstract propositions and test hypotheses systematically.

a. formal operational

b. concrete operational

c. preoperational

8. An enduring emotional connection between people that produces a desire for continual contact as well as feelings of distress during separation

1. synchrony
2. attachment
3. affiliation

9. Any activity or provision that provides us with warmth, food, air, water and security is said to have

1. contact- maintaining behaviors
2. survival value
3. proximity-seeking behaviors

10. What is the first stage of psychosexual stages according to Freud?

1. anal
2. oral
3. phallic

11. How long does oral stage occur?

1. 0-2 years
2. 1-3 years
3. 3-5 years

12. A stage when we become preoccupied with our genitals and develop a sexual attraction for our opposite-gender parent.

1. oral
2. anal
3. phallic

13. Which stage of development is characterized by either the Oedipus complex or the Electra complex?

1. oral
2. anal
3. phallic

14. A committed follower of Freud who took a life-span approach to development.

1. Adler
2. Erikson
3. Shaffer

15. During this stage the child learns to carry out tasks without the mother’s help and learns to doubt their abilities.

a. autonomy vs shame and doubt

b. identity vs role confusion

c. initiative vs guilt

16. During this period which runs roughly from 6 to 11 years, children must learn that they are members of society.

a. industry vs inferiority

b. generativity vs self-absorption

c. initiative vs guilt

17. The study of how we produce meaningful sounds

a. semantics

b. phonology

c. pragmatics

18. The grammar of our language

a. phonology

b. semantics

c. syntax

19. At this stage the infant begins to make sounds

a. phonological development

b. semantic development

c. preverbal

20. For boys adolescence occurs in the period from _____ to ______ years of age.

a. 11, 17/18

b. 12, 18/19

c. 13, 17/18

21. Evidence: taller, fitter, well-nourished girls begin to menstruate ____.

a. earlier

b. later

c. no difference

22. Early maturing ________have worse self-esteem, and can appear depressed and lonely.

a. girls

b. boys

c. both genders

23. Boys experiencing early sexual maturation are ___________ to express bulimic type eating problems, although those experiencing early sexual experiences are ________ to have bulimic type eating problems.

a. less likely, more likely

b. more likely, less likely

c. never, always

24. Hypothetico-deductive reasoning is

a. the ability to solve problems in a specific way

b. the ability to react to a problem in a specific way

c. the ability to construct on a problem in a specific way

25. According to E. Erikson, the successful adolescent is one who has answered the question:

a. where am I?

b. who am I?

c. why am I?

26. A key aspect of adolescence is something called ____________ which is preoccupation with her/himself.

a. adolescent egocentrism

b. superior adolescence

c. adolescent superiority

27. Those who display the most independence – seeking behavior are often those who report being emotionally ________to their parents.

a. closest

b. detached

c. attracted

28. Adulthood is divided into _______ stage.

a. 2 early and middle

b. 2 early and late

c. 3 early, middle, late

29. Menopause occurs in women at

a. early adulthood

b. middle adulthood

c. late adulthood

30. Developmental task for late adulthood is

a. productivity

b. generativity

c. integrity

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Part 2.

1.How has Developmental Psychology course contributed to the quality of your life? Have you gained any insights? How has your cognition and behavior improved? Give examples. Which part of the course was the most helpful and interesting for you? (200 words)

2. Choose one theory you have studied in the course and describe its importance for a teaching career.(200 w.)

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Total: 30

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