Question
Between birth and one year, infants are dependent on their caregivers; therefore, caregivers who are responsive and sensitive to their infant’s needs help their baby to develop a sense of the world as a safe, predictable place. In Erikson’s developmental theory, what is the primary developmental task of this stage?
autonomy vs. shame/doubt
identity vs. confusion
industry vs. inferiority
trust vs. mistrust
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 2
Question 2
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Question 2
Age-specific approximations of when a certain skill or ability should first occur in normal development are called developmental ________.
milestones
norms
markers
boundaries
Text Section: 9.1 What is Lifespan Development?
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Question 3
Question 3
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Question 3
Adolescents (ages 12–18) experiment with and develop a sense of who they are and what roles they want to play. Erik Erikson would argue that during this period adolescents face the________ task of development.
generativity vs. stagnation
identity vs. confusion
isolation vs. intimacy
trust vs. mistrust
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Question 4
Question 4
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Question 4
Which of the following illustrates conservation?
Deirdre believes that five pennies have more value than two nickels but he doesn’t know the value of either coin by itself.
Joseph saves his energy by brushing his teeth in the shower but doesn’t realize that he is wasting water that way.
Rebekah recycles her glass bottles but not her cell phone batteries because she doesn’t think they can be recycled.
Scott knows that one piece of pizza cut into two slices is the same amount as cutting the same piece of pizza into three slices.
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 5
Question 5
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Points
Question 5
During adolescence there is a tendency to see people engage in higher levels of risk-taking behavior. Emotional outbursts are also quite common. This is explained by the relative underdevelopment of the ________ lobe of the cerebral cortex.
occipital
temporal
frontal
parietal
Text Section: 9.3 Stages of Development
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 6
Question 6
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Question 6
During Piaget’s proposed ________ stage of development, children understand events and analogies logically, and they can perform simple mathematical operations. At the same time they lack the ability to think abstractly.
concrete operational
formal operational
preoperational
sensorimotor
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 7
Question 7
3.34
Points
Question 7
A(an) ________ begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge.
embryo
placenta
fetus
zygote
Text Section: 9.3 Stages of Development
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 8
Question 8
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Question 8
Which of the following is not a developmental issue children face during the preoperational stage?
egocentrism
language development
object permanence
pretend play
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 9
Question 9
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Question 9
18-month-old Gordon learned the schema for apples. When Gordon sees tomatoes at the grocery store, he says, “Look mommy, apples!” His mother tells him that the food he sees at the store is a tomato, not an apple. He now has separate schemata for tomatoes and apples. This exemplifies ________.
accommodation
assimilation
seriation
reversibility
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 10
Question 10
3.34
Points
Question 10
________ development involves growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness.
Cognitive
Learning
Physical
Psychosocial
Text Section: 9.1 What is Lifespan Development?
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Question 11
Question 11
3.34
Points
Question 11
What is an advanced directive?
A legal document that bars anyone from providing resuscitative care if one’s heart should stop or they stop breathing.
A statement of what a person wants done with their estate, including who their possessions should go to.
A legal document that provides specific interventions that a person wants.
An indication of what a person wants for their own funeral ceremonies (including requesting that no funeral be held).
Text Section: 9.4 Death and Dying
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 12
Question 12
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Question 12
Madeline is seven months old. Her mother is eating a cookie and Madeline wants some. Her mother hides the cookie under a napkin, but Madeline is not fooled. She knows the cookie is still there. What does this exemplify?
egocentrism
object permanence
reversibility
stranger anxiety
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 13
Question 13
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Points
Question 13
________ are concepts (mental models) that are used to help us categorize and interpret information.
Categories
Cognitions
Prototypes
Schemata
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 14
Question 14
3.34
Points
Question 14
Which theorist is credited with proposing the psychosexual stages of development?
Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lawrence Kohlberg
Sigmund Freud
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 15
Question 15
3.34
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Question 15
When development proceeds in a stepwise fashion with periods of growth interrupted by periods where growth is not occurring, we’d say that development is taking a(n) ________ trajectory.
continuous
unidirectional
discontinuous
bidirectional
Text Section: 9.1 What is Lifespan Development?
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 16
Question 16
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Points
Question 16
Early maturing girls are ________.
at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders
less likely to drop out of high school
more confident
more likely to go to college
Text Section: 9.3 Stages of Development
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 17
Question 17
3.34
Points
Question 17
________ development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity.
Artistic
Cognitive
Emotional
Psychosocial
Text Section: 9.1 What is Lifespan Development?
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Question 18
Question 18
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Points
Question 18
Jules is participating in the Strange Situation experiment. When his mother returns, he freezes, and then behaves erratically. In fact, he runs away from his mother. What kind of attachment is this?
avoidant
disorganized
resistant
secure
Text Section: 9.3 Stages of Development
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
autonomy vs. shame/doubt
identity vs. confusion
industry vs. inferiority
trust vs. mistrust
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 2
Question 2
3.34
Points
Question 2
Age-specific approximations of when a certain skill or ability should first occur in normal development are called developmental ________.
milestones
norms
markers
boundaries
Text Section: 9.1 What is Lifespan Development?
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Question 3
Question 3
3.34
Points
Question 3
Adolescents (ages 12–18) experiment with and develop a sense of who they are and what roles they want to play. Erik Erikson would argue that during this period adolescents face the________ task of development.
generativity vs. stagnation
identity vs. confusion
isolation vs. intimacy
trust vs. mistrust
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Question 4
Question 4
3.34
Points
Question 4
Which of the following illustrates conservation?
Deirdre believes that five pennies have more value than two nickels but he doesn’t know the value of either coin by itself.
Joseph saves his energy by brushing his teeth in the shower but doesn’t realize that he is wasting water that way.
Rebekah recycles her glass bottles but not her cell phone batteries because she doesn’t think they can be recycled.
Scott knows that one piece of pizza cut into two slices is the same amount as cutting the same piece of pizza into three slices.
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 5
Question 5
3.34
Points
Question 5
During adolescence there is a tendency to see people engage in higher levels of risk-taking behavior. Emotional outbursts are also quite common. This is explained by the relative underdevelopment of the ________ lobe of the cerebral cortex.
occipital
temporal
frontal
parietal
Text Section: 9.3 Stages of Development
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 6
Question 6
3.34
Points
Question 6
During Piaget’s proposed ________ stage of development, children understand events and analogies logically, and they can perform simple mathematical operations. At the same time they lack the ability to think abstractly.
concrete operational
formal operational
preoperational
sensorimotor
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 7
Question 7
3.34
Points
Question 7
A(an) ________ begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge.
embryo
placenta
fetus
zygote
Text Section: 9.3 Stages of Development
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 8
Question 8
3.34
Points
Question 8
Which of the following is not a developmental issue children face during the preoperational stage?
egocentrism
language development
object permanence
pretend play
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 9
Question 9
3.34
Points
Question 9
18-month-old Gordon learned the schema for apples. When Gordon sees tomatoes at the grocery store, he says, “Look mommy, apples!” His mother tells him that the food he sees at the store is a tomato, not an apple. He now has separate schemata for tomatoes and apples. This exemplifies ________.
accommodation
assimilation
seriation
reversibility
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 10
Question 10
3.34
Points
Question 10
________ development involves growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness.
Cognitive
Learning
Physical
Psychosocial
Text Section: 9.1 What is Lifespan Development?
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Question 11
Question 11
3.34
Points
Question 11
What is an advanced directive?
A legal document that bars anyone from providing resuscitative care if one’s heart should stop or they stop breathing.
A statement of what a person wants done with their estate, including who their possessions should go to.
A legal document that provides specific interventions that a person wants.
An indication of what a person wants for their own funeral ceremonies (including requesting that no funeral be held).
Text Section: 9.4 Death and Dying
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 12
Question 12
3.34
Points
Question 12
Madeline is seven months old. Her mother is eating a cookie and Madeline wants some. Her mother hides the cookie under a napkin, but Madeline is not fooled. She knows the cookie is still there. What does this exemplify?
egocentrism
object permanence
reversibility
stranger anxiety
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 13
Question 13
3.34
Points
Question 13
________ are concepts (mental models) that are used to help us categorize and interpret information.
Categories
Cognitions
Prototypes
Schemata
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Difficult
Question 14
Question 14
3.34
Points
Question 14
Which theorist is credited with proposing the psychosexual stages of development?
Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lawrence Kohlberg
Sigmund Freud
Text Section: 9.2 Lifespan Theories
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 15
Question 15
3.34
Points
Question 15
When development proceeds in a stepwise fashion with periods of growth interrupted by periods where growth is not occurring, we’d say that development is taking a(n) ________ trajectory.
continuous
unidirectional
discontinuous
bidirectional
Text Section: 9.1 What is Lifespan Development?
Bloom’s Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 16
Question 16
3.34
Points
Question 16
Early maturing girls are ________.
at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders
less likely to drop out of high school
more confident
more likely to go to college
Text Section: 9.3 Stages of Development
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Question 17
Question 17
3.34
Points
Question 17
________ development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity.
Artistic
Cognitive
Emotional
Psychosocial
Text Section: 9.1 What is Lifespan Development?
Bloom’s Level: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Question 18
Question 18
3.34
Points
Question 18
Jules is participating in the Strange Situation experiment. When his mother returns, he freezes, and then behaves erratically. In fact, he runs away from his mother. What kind of attachment is this?
avoidant
disorganized
resistant
secure
Text Section: 9.3 Stages of Development
Bloom’s Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Answers
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Here are the answers to your questions based on Erikson’s developmental theory and other relevant theories of lifespan development:
**Question 1**
- **Correct answer:** **trust vs. mistrust**
**Question 2**
- **Correct answer:** **milestones**
**Question 3**
- **Correct answer:** **identity vs. confusion**
**Question 4**
- **Correct answer:** **Scott knows that one piece of pizza cut into two slices is the same amount as cutting the same piece of pizza into three slices.** (This illustrates conservation.)
**Question 5**
- **Correct answer:** **frontal**
**Question 6**
- **Correct answer:** **concrete operational**
**Question 7**
- **Correct answer:** **zygote**
**Question 8**
- **Correct answer:** **object permanence** (This is not a developmental issue faced during the preoperational stage since it is typically achieved in the sensorimotor stage.)
**Question 9**
- **Correct answer:** **accommodation**
**Question 10**
- **Correct answer:** **Physical**
**Question 11**
- **Correct answer:** **A legal document that provides specific interventions that a person wants.**
**Question 12**
- **Correct answer:** **object permanence**
**Question 13**
- **Correct answer:** **Schemata**
**Question 14**
- **Correct answer:** **Sigmund Freud**
**Question 15**
- **Correct answer:** **discontinuous**
**Question 16**
- **Correct answer:** **at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders**
**Question 17**
- **Correct answer:** **Cognitive**
**Question 18**
- **Correct answer:** **disorganized**
If you have further questions or need additional explanations, feel free to ask!
**Question 1**
- **Correct answer:** **trust vs. mistrust**
**Question 2**
- **Correct answer:** **milestones**
**Question 3**
- **Correct answer:** **identity vs. confusion**
**Question 4**
- **Correct answer:** **Scott knows that one piece of pizza cut into two slices is the same amount as cutting the same piece of pizza into three slices.** (This illustrates conservation.)
**Question 5**
- **Correct answer:** **frontal**
**Question 6**
- **Correct answer:** **concrete operational**
**Question 7**
- **Correct answer:** **zygote**
**Question 8**
- **Correct answer:** **object permanence** (This is not a developmental issue faced during the preoperational stage since it is typically achieved in the sensorimotor stage.)
**Question 9**
- **Correct answer:** **accommodation**
**Question 10**
- **Correct answer:** **Physical**
**Question 11**
- **Correct answer:** **A legal document that provides specific interventions that a person wants.**
**Question 12**
- **Correct answer:** **object permanence**
**Question 13**
- **Correct answer:** **Schemata**
**Question 14**
- **Correct answer:** **Sigmund Freud**
**Question 15**
- **Correct answer:** **discontinuous**
**Question 16**
- **Correct answer:** **at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders**
**Question 17**
- **Correct answer:** **Cognitive**
**Question 18**
- **Correct answer:** **disorganized**
If you have further questions or need additional explanations, feel free to ask!
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