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TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY 13TH EDITION DAVIDG. MYERS NATHAN C. DEWALL

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TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY
13TH EDITION DAVIDG. MYERS
NATHAN C. DEWALL

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,TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY 13TH EDITION DAVID
G. MYERS NATHAN C. DEWALL
TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY 13TH EDITION DAVID
G. MYERS NATHAN C. DEWALL
1. The branch of psychology that systematically focuses on the physical, cognitive, and
social changes that occur throughout the human life-span cycle is called
A) social psychology.
B) personality psychology.
C) developmental psychology.
D) biological psychology.
Ans: C

2. Professor Conrad is a research specialist in the study of identity formation during
adolescence. It is most likely that the professor is a psychologist.
A) developmental
B) biological
C) psychodynamic
D) clinical
Ans: A

3. Ross believes that personality development is a matter of sudden qualitative changes at
various turning points in the life span. His viewpoint is most directly relevant to the issue
of
A) stability and change.
B) nature and nurture.
C) stimulation and habituation.
D) continuity and stages.
Ans: D

4. Researchers who emphasize learning and experience tend to view development as
A) a continuous process, while those who emphasize maturation often view
development as a sequence of stages.
B) a sequence of stages, while those who emphasize maturation often view
development as a continuous process.
C) a cognitive process, while those who emphasize maturation often view
development as a social process.
D) a social process, while those who emphasize maturation often view development as
a cognitive process.
Ans: A

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,TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY 13TH EDITION DAVID
G. MYERS NATHAN C. DEWALL

5.A stage theory of development was advanced by
A) Kohlberg.
B) Erikson.
C) Piaget.
D) all of these psychologists.
Ans: D

6. Stage theories of adult development are most likely to be criticized for exaggerating the
A) importance of social influence.
B) predictability of development.
C) importance of epigenetic effects.
D) interaction of nature and nurture.
Ans: B

7. One of the three major issues in developmental psychology involves a focus on
A) stimulation and habituation.
B) conception and prenatal development.
C) embryonic and fetal development.
D) stability and change.
Ans: D

8. Exceptionally timid and cautious infants tend to become shy and unassertive
adolescents. This best illustrates the long-term stability of
A) temperament.
B) individualism.
C) teratogens.
D) habituation.
Ans: A

9. One research team observed that out-of-control 3-year-olds were the most likely to
become out-of-control adult gamblers. This finding is most central to the issue of
A) stability and change.
B) habituation and attention.
C) continuity and stages.
D) nature and nurture.
Ans: A

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G. MYERS NATHAN C. DEWALL

10. As boys with explosive tempers grow older, they are especially likely to have difficulty
maintaining good jobs and happy marriages. This fact is most relevant to the issue of
A) nature and nurture.
B) cognitive or social development.
C) stability and change.
D) continuity or stages.
Ans: C

11. Human personality shows the greatest stability during
A) preschool years.
B) late childhood.
C) teenage years.
D) adulthood.
Ans: D

12. Sperm cells release
A) placentas
B) teratogens
C) enzymes
D) zygotes
Ans: C

that eat away a mature egg cell's protective
coating.
13. Boys first begin producing sperm during
A) embryonic development.
B) fetal development.
C) the first year after birth.
D) puberty.
Ans: D

14. Mature eggs first begin to be released from the ovaries of human females a short time
after the onset of
A) conception.
B) habituation.
C) puberty.
D) fetal development.

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