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PSYC 1120
Due Date:
Quiz 2
2A
March 22, 2012
5A
March 27, 2012
7B
March 26, 2012
Name: _______________________________________________________________________
Please identify the best answer for each question.
1. Between 8–15 percent of all women experience postpartum depression in the days and weeks
after giving birth.
A) True
B) False
2. During prenatal development, a particular organ or body part is most vulnerable to exposure to
teratogens during its
A) critical period.
B) vulnerability period.
C) period of viability.
D) fetal period.
3. During which of Piaget's stages do children begin to express their internal experience in terms of
symbols such as speaking?
A) sensorimotor
B) preoperational
C) formal operational
D) concrete operational
4. Dizygotic twins are also known as:
A) identical twins.
B) fraternal twins.
C) conjoined twins.
D) triplets.
5. The third period of gestation is the:
A) zygotic period.
B) embryonic period.
C) germinal period.
D) fetal period.
6. After watching a new Jackie Chan movie, Rob tries some of the karate moves he saw in the
film. Social learning theorists would say that ______ has occurred.
A) operant conditioning
B) classical conditioning
C) reinforcement
D) modeling
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7. Marsha has twins, a boy and a girl. The twins are:
A) identical.
B) dizygotic.
C) the result of one zygote splitting in two.
D) monozygotic.
8. Social learning theory emphasizes:
A) cooperation with others.
B) observation and imitation.
C) reinforcers.
D) understanding how one's behavior affects other people.
9. Cognitive theories emphasize the:
A) development of thought processes and their effect on behavior, attitudes, and beliefs.
B) role of unconscious urges and impulses.
C) control that external forces have over the direction of human development.
D) crisis that each individual must resolve at each stage of life.
10. According to psychoanalytic theories, human development is mainly determined by:
A) the choices we make for ourselves.
B) the environment in which we are raised.
C) our unconscious motives and drives.
D) the way we think about and understand the world.
11. According to Erikson, an infant must resolve the crisis of:
A) industry vs. inferiority.
B) trust vs. mistrust.
C) autonomy vs. shame and doubt.
D) independence vs. dependence.
12. Erikson believed that the main crisis during adolescence involved:
A) trying to find an intimate relationship.
B) establishing a sense of self-control.
C) learning to trust others in the world.
D) trying to determine what roles to play.
13. According to Piaget, two types of adaptation are:
A) object permanence and decentering.
B) concrete and formal operations.
C) equilibrium and disequilibrium.
D) assimilation and accommodation.
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14. Monozygotic twins are produced when:
A) two ova are fertilized by a single sperm.
B) one ovum is fertilized by one sperm, and then splits to form two clusters.
C) two ova are fertilized by two different sperm.
D) one ovum is fertilized by two sperm, and then splits to form two clusters.
15. The germinal period ends approximately:
A) two days after conception.
B) two months after conception.
C) two weeks after conception.
D) twelve weeks after conception.
16. According to Freud, who is most likely to be in the genital stage?
A) a 6-month-old girl
B) a 1-year-old boy
C) a 7-year-old girl
D) a 16-year-old boy
17. A first baby is born, on average, 12 hours after the start of labor.
A) True
B) False
18. The theory that arose in direct opposition to psychoanalytic theory is:
A) cognitive theory.
B) behaviorism.
C) sociocultural theory.
D) ecological theory.
19. A teratogen is:
A) damage sustained to the placenta.
B) a substance or a condition that can increase the risk of prenatal abnormalities.
C) a cell with extra chromosomes.
D) waste products from the embryo.
20. During the sensorimotor stage, the main task is to:
A) learn to use language to express sensations.
B) think of past and future events.
C) use senses and motor skills to understand the world.
D) think logically and critically to understand the world.
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