A. alleles
B. dominant genes
C. clones
D. zygotes
Psychology Mcqs
The nature/nurture controversy considers the degree to which traits and behaviors are determined by _______________?
A. genes or experience
B. continuity or stages
C. life-span stability or change
D. maturation or genes
Piaget is to cognitive development as Kohlberg is to ______________ development?
A. emotional
B. physical
C. moral
D. social
Which of the following is not associated with smoking during pregnancy?
A. mental retardation
B. lower birth weight
C. miscarriage
D. visual defects
According to Piaget, cognitive development occurs through a fixed sequence of stages, each distinguished from the prior stage by a ________________?
A. larger number of schemes
B. new kind of scheme
C. increasing use of accommodation
D. increasing use of assimilation
In Erikson’s theory, the achievement of integrity is the primary task of ______________?
A. adolescence
B. young adulthood
C. middle adulthood
D. late adulthood
An elderly person who can look back on life with satisfaction and reminisce with a sense of completion has attained Erikson’s stage of ________________?
A. generativity
B. intimacy
C. isolation
D. integrity
Choosing a marriage partner and deciding whether or not to have children may be related to Erikson’s psychosocial stage of ______________?
A. trust vs. mistrust
B. generativity vs. isolation
C. intimacy vs. isolation
D. integrity vs. despair
30-year-old woman tells a friend that she doesn’t want to marry because she is afraid of losing her freedom and independence. Erikson would say that she is having difficulty with the psychosocial task of ______________?
A. trust vs. mistrust
B. autonomy vs. doubt
C. intimacy vs. isolation
D. identity vs. role confusion
Which of the following abnormalities is most likely related to the mother’s condition at the time of conception?
A. oxygen deprivation during prenatal development
B. fetal alcohol syndrome
C. Down’s syndrome
D. prenatal smoking