Ryann J. Lasota

According to Erikson's Psychosocial stages the stage when one establishes basic sense of trust is the __________ stage.
A. school
B. anal
C. INFANCY
D. phallic
E. adolescence

Answer: c
From notes 11/17/98
 

In the famous "stranger situation" study when the mother returns to the room the ________ child ignores the mother and is mad.
A. anxious
B. AVOIDANT
C. secure
D. both A and B
E. none of the above

Answer: b
From notes 11/17/98
 

In Erikson's childhood stage the child gains self-actualization. This stage corresponds with Freud's ___________ stage.
A. ANAL
B. phallic
C. oral
D. latency
E. none of the above

Answer: a
From notes 11/17/98

Kelly M. McVerry

Which of the following would NOT effect a cohort during longitudinal testing?
a. The depression
b. Vietnam War
c. Kennedy’s assassination
d. Individual unemployment
e. Baby Boom

Answer: d
From: Lecture notes, Nov. 12

Amy Kaczkowski

All are examples of a cohort EXCEPT
a. all people born in 1970
b. the graduation class of 1921
c. all of the people aboard the Titanic
d. all Steeler fans
e. the population alive during the Depression

Answer: d
From: Textbook, p. 351

Jennifer Kroll

_______________ is the research strategy used to study two or more groups assumed to be at different stages of development.

a. cross-sectional
b. cross-sectional longitudinal
c. panel longitudinal
d. simple longitudinal
e. both a and b

Answer: a
From: Lecture notes, 11/12/98

Nicole Annarella

An example of a cross-sectional study would include:
a. An IQ test given to first graders/sixth graders in a certain school
b. A study on Maria when she was six and again when she is twelve
c. Any data collected at more than one point in time
d. IQ evaluation of a Monday freshman psychology class and the Thursday freshman psychology class
e. Only a and d

 
Answer: a
From Lecture notes, p. 1

 
Birth order can affect:
a. The level of power motivation
b. Achievement motivation
c. The emphasis a child puts on goals
d. Relationship orientation
e. All of the above

Answer: e
From: Lecture notes, p. 1

Gabby Bednarczyk

During __________, intimacy and generativity develop.
a. infancy
b. childhood
c. adolescence
d. adulthood
e. All of the above

Answer: d
From: Text, p. 382

Lori Brickner

Jen is totally broke but while shopping she sees a pair of great black knee high boots. She immediately tries them on and buys them using her charge card. Jen is demonstrating the personal trait of
a. Infancy psychosocial stage
b. low impulse control
c. her Social Clock
d. Stability of personality
e. retrospect

Answer: b
From: Lecture notes, 11/17/98

Kimberly Carroll

An infant and her/his mother are placed in a room. The mother exits the room and the infant begins to cry and show signs of distress. When the mother enters the room the infant stops crying and feels much more comfortable. this infant is judged to be
a. Anxious avoidant
b. secure attached
c. Anxious resistant
d. Identity foreclosed
e. None of the above

Answer: b
From: Text, p. 372

 
Infants learn either to trust that others will care of their basic needs, including nourishment, warmth, cleanliness, and physical contact, or to lack confidence in the care of others. Which of Eriksons’s psychosocial stages does this describe?
a. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
b. Trust vs. Isolation
c. Initiative vs. Guilt
d. Trust vs. Mistrust
e. None of the above

Answer: d
From: Text, p. 369

 
Pam Charrington

A study is performed to test the level of attachment a daughter has towards her mother. After leaving her daughter alone in the room playing for a short period of time, the mother reenters the room. Smiling, her daughter acknowledges her with a quick hug before she comfortably returns to her toys. Which form of attachment is her daughter most likely showing?
a. comfort
b. secure
c. anxious
d. avoidance
e. none of the above

Answer: b
From: Lecture notes, 11/17/98

Tom is a 19 year old who has not made a decision on what he wants to do with the rest of his life, but is involved in many activities while he happily explores his many options. According to James Marcia, Tom fits into which identity status?
a. identity diffusion
b. identity achievement
c. moratorium
d. identity foreclosure
e. identity confusion

Answer: c
From: Lecture, 11/17/98

 
Paula Gamble

Which of the following reactions would a secure child express in the strange situation?
a. When mom leaves the room child acts like it is not a big deal and continues to play
b. When mom leaves the room child begins to cry.
c. When mom comes back into room child acts like mom is not there, completely ignores her and continues playing.
d. When mom comes back into room child runs to mom, is clinging to her and refuses to leave her aside.
e. None of the above

Answer: b
From: Lecture notes, 11/17/98

What is defined as "a group of people who experience the same events when they are the same age (for example, born in the same year)?
a. period effect
b. longitudinal research design
c. cohort
d. age effect
e. moratorium

Answer: c
From: Text, p. 382

 
Elisa Grochowski

In Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages, the development of "industry", otherwise known as the achievement motivation is developed in which age?
a. Play Age
b. School Age
c. Adolescence
d. Social Age
e. Old Age

Answer: b
From Lecture notes, 11/12/98
 

In assessing the role of biology in personality, which biological factors are used?
a. genes
b. hormones
c. anatomy
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

Answer: d
From lecture notes, 11/19

 
Miguel Hernandez

Which of the following are misconceptions about heredity and traits?
a. If a trait is inherited, it is responsible for differences that are observed between men and women and among various racial groups.
b. It is a waste of effort to try to influence a trait that has a strong hereditary component.
c. If the heritability of a trait is high, it shows that society has had little influence on the trait.
d. If a trait is inherited it will have similar effects in the various people who inherit it.
e. All of the above

 Answer: e
From Text, pp. 399-400

Nick likes "the great outdoors". He often goes on trips that involve rock climing, sky-diving, and even bungee jumping off very high altitudes. It seems that he constantly craves activities that generate arousal. Nick is said to be a/an
a. excessively anxious person
b. sensation seeker
c. Neurotic
d. Introvert
e. None of the above

Answer: b
From Text, p. 410

 
Mandy Montgomery

A _________ is a type of research strategy that looks at two groups of people in different stages of development.
a. panel
b. cross-sectional
c. retrospective longitudinal
d. simple longitudinal
e. IQ test

Answer: b
From Lecture notes, 11/12

 
Jaclyn Pritts

Which of the following attributes is considered to be very unstable?
a. general happiness
b. hardiness
c. concrete and abstract thinking
d. impulse control
e. all of the above are relatively stable attributes

Answer: d
From Lecture, 11/12 and Text, p. 389

Which of the following types of studies measures one group of individuals over a period of time?
a. cross-sectional
b. longitudinal
c. retrospective
d. cross-sectional longitudinal
e. None of the above

Answer: b
From Lecture notes, 11/12

Dennis Pastorius

Which longitudinal research method involves people’s recall of what they were like years before by reporting about past experience?
a. cross-sectional
b. panel
c. simple
d. retrospective
e. perceptive

 Answer: d
From Text, p. 355 and Lecture, 11/12

According to James Marcia, a person that shows no evidence of exploration nor having a clear identity is in which identity status?
a. Identity Foreclosure
b. Identity Achievement
c. Identity Illusion
d. Identity Exclusion
e. Identity Diffusion

Answer: e
From Text, pp. 376-377 and Lecture notes 11/17

Eric Smith

In Erikson’s stages of Psychological Development, _________ is coupled with mistrust, while in the "Play age" stage, industry is coupled with _________.
a. trust; inferiority
b. trust; guilt
c. shame; autonomy
d. autonomy; isolation
e. autonomy; inferiority

Answer: a
From Text, p. 370

Erin Tully

Three-year-old Joey and his younger brother are eating a snack. Their mother gave each of them ten animal crackers. Joey finished first and really wanted to take one of his brother’s crackers. However, Joey decided not to take it. According to Kohlberg, why didn’t Joey steal the cookie?
a. He did not have the right to take it.
b. Everyone would think that was a bad kid for stealing.
c. He would be sent to his room for stealing.
d. He thinks that it is wrong to steal.
e. Any of these reasons could be why he did not steal.

Answer: c
From Text, p. 369