All of the following are cone sensitivity color pairs predicted by the opponent-process theory of color EXCEPT:
a. red-green.
b. yellow-blue.
c. yellow-green.
d.black-white.
Frequency determines the _____________ of a sound, while amplitude determines the _____________ of a sound.
a. loudness; pitch
b. loudness; decibels
c. pitch; loudness
d.hertz; pitch
Studies examining newborn infants’ visual preferences suggest that an infant would be most interested in which of the following?
a. a white circle
b. a black circle
c. a circle with a simple pattern inside of it.
d.a circle with a complex pattern inside of it.
Jean Piaget used the term __________ to refer to organized patterns of thought and action that guide children’s interactions with the world.
a. norm
b. schema
c. reflex
d.mental representation
Susan is a young child and she happens to know that fish swim. One day at the zoo, Susan sees a penguin swimming in a pool. Susan turns to her mother and says, “Look, the black-and-white fish is swimming!” The fact that Susan calls the penguin a fish best illustrates:
a. conservation.
b. the process of assimilation.
c. egocentric thinking.
d.a failure to understand object permanence.
Which of the following is most strongly associated with Jean Piaget’s sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?
a. object permanence
b. conservation
c. egocentricism
d.animism
A child who has developed object permanence but does not yet fully grasp the idea of conservation is most likely in Jean Piaget’s ____________ stage.
a. formal operational
b. sensorimotor
c. concrete operational
d.preoperational
Which of the following placements of a hypothetical third eye would be most characteristic of a child in the concrete operational stage?
a. between her other two eyes
b. on her hand
c. on the back of her head
d.on top of her head
The concept “theory of mind” is most closely related to which of the following constructs?
a. egocentrism
b. zone of proximal development
c. object permanence
d.conservation
The text defines _____________ as a biologically based predisposition to react to the environment in specific behavioral and emotional ways.
a. temperament
b. egocentrism
c. a zone of proximal development
d.conservation
In his research with monkeys, Harry Harlow found results suggesting that the process of animal attachment is facilitated by:
a. the first object that moves after a monkey is born.
b. receiving nutrition from the mother.
c. receiving social reinforcement from both parents.
d.body contact with a comforting object.
Which of the following lists John Bowlby’s phases of attachment behaviors in the proper order, from earliest to latest?
a. indiscriminate, discriminate, and specific
b. indiscriminate, specific, and discriminate
c. discriminate, indiscriminate, and specific
specific, indiscriminant, and discriminate
Which of the following statements concerning attachment is TRUE?
a. Stranger anxiety and separation anxiety occur at approximately the same time, when the child is about 6 or 7 months old.
b. Stranger anxiety and separation anxiety occur at approximately the same time, when the child is between 12 and 16 months old.
c. Stranger anxiety develops around the age of 6 or 7 months, whereas separation anxiety develops somewhere between the ages of 12 and 16 months.
d.Separation anxiety develops around the age of 6 or 7 months, whereas stranger anxiety develops somewhere between the ages of 12 and 16 months.