Developmental Psychology MCQs

Option A: Haldol

Option B: Thorazine

Option C: Ritalin

Option D: Valium

Correct Answer: Ritalin ✔

Option A: trust versus mistrust

Option B: initiative versus guilt

Option C: autonomy versus shame and doubt

Option D: relatedness versus isolation

Correct Answer: trust versus mistrust ✔

Option A: a person’s body is frozen upon death

Option B: drugs are administered to hasten death

Option C: body temperature is lowered to delay death

Option D: death is allowed but not caused

Correct Answer: death is allowed but not caused ✔

Option A: are mildly retarded

Option B: act on impulse and cannot concentrate

Option C: must take stimulants which shorten attention span

Option D: are given sedatives which make them listless

Correct Answer: act on impulse and cannot concentrate ✔

Option A: enuresis

Option B: analism

Option C: encopresis

Option D: anorexia nervosa

Correct Answer: encopresis ✔

Option A: they represent the outcome of major biological changes

Option B: they present a set of developmental tasks to be mastered

Option C: they provide insight into the values and aspirations of particular cultures

Option D: their beginning and end a perfectly correlated with chronological age

Correct Answer: they present a set of developmental tasks to be mastered ✔

Option A: James coleman

Option B: Lawrence Kohlberg

Option C: Erik Erikson

Option D: Sigmund Freud

Correct Answer: Erik Erikson ✔

Option A: recessive

Option B: dominant

Option C: polygenic

Option D: sex-linked

Correct Answer: dominant ✔

Option A: formula

Option B: enrichment

Option C: colostrum

Option D: amniocentesis

Correct Answer: colostrum ✔

Option A: artificial insemination

Option B: in vitro fertilization

Option C: eugenics

Option D: genetic engineering

Correct Answer: in vitro fertilization ✔

Option A: sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, post operational

Option B: preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational sensorimotor

Option C: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

Option D: preoperational, informal operational, formal operational, post operational

Correct Answer: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational ✔

Option A: Internal

Option B: External

Option C: Both internal and external

Option D: Generation after generation

Correct Answer: External ✔

Option A: affection, anger, fear

Option B: excitement, jealousy, anger

Option C: delight, jealousy, fear

Option D: anger, fear, joy

Correct Answer: anger, fear, joy ✔

Option A: Externally

Option B: Internally

Option C: Both externally and internally

Option D: Generation after generation

Correct Answer: Externally ✔

Option A: Avoidant

Option B: Negative attached

Option C: Ambivalent/Resistant

Option D: Securely attached

Correct Answer: Negative attached ✔

Option A: Normative age

Option B: Chronological age

Option C: Developmental age

Option D: Mental age

Correct Answer: Developmental age ✔

Option A: Blastula

Option B: Embryo

Option C: Fetus

Option D: Zygote

Correct Answer: Zygote ✔

Option A: Generativity vs stagnation

Option B: Trust vs mistrust

Option C: Identity vs role confusion

Option D: Intimacy vs isolation

Correct Answer: Intimacy vs isolation ✔

Option A: verbal ability

Option B: mathematical ability

Option C: intelligence

Option D: visual-spatial abilities

Correct Answer: intelligence ✔

Option A: less cerebral specialization, smaller corpus callosum

Option B: less cerebral specialization; larger corpus callosum

Option C: more cerebral specialization; smaller corpus callosum

Option D: more cerebral specialization; larger corpus callosum

Correct Answer: more cerebral specialization; larger corpus callosum ✔

Option A: Development

Option B: Growth

Option C: Environment

Option D: Heredity

Correct Answer: Development ✔

Option A: Environment

Option B: Parents

Option C: Ovum

Option D: Sperms

Correct Answer: Parents ✔

Option A: 20

Option B: 21

Option C: 23

Option D: 24

Correct Answer: 23 ✔

Option A: one-half; one-half

Option B: two-thirds; three-quarters

Option C: two-thirds; one-third

Option D: three-quarters; one-tenth

Correct Answer: two-thirds; one-third ✔

Option A: Keen interest of the teacher to the studies of the students

Option B: Use of appropriate method of teaching

Option C: Solution of the problems of students

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Exhibit extraconditionary performance

Option B: to know

Option C: Solve their problems easily

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: They develop interest in education

Option B: They start creating problem for their parents

Option C: They becomes problematic for their parents

Option D: Both (a) and (b)

Correct Answer: They develop interest in education ✔

Option A: The aptitude of the students must be honored

Option B: All students should not be treated as possessing equal abilities

Option C: Their abilities should be given importance

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Social conditions

Option B: Economic conditions

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b) ✔

Option A: Cannot find favorable environment at home

Option B: Are emotionally disturbed

Option C: Have to face the cruelty of steepness

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Not expect the same response from different students

Option B: Consider the difference in earning abilities of students

Option C: should keep in mind the individual difference

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Are not balanced

Option B: Become irritated soon

Option C: Are disappointed

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: They should be taught to control their emotions

Option B: They should be provided emotional learning

Option C: Their emotions should be respected

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Environment

Option B: Heredity

Option C: Law of similarity

Option D: Law of modification

Correct Answer: Environment ✔

Option A: Freud

Option B: Skinner

Option C: Watson

Option D: Pavlov

Correct Answer: Watson ✔

Option A: Extreme to middle

Option B: Middle to extreme

Option C: Middle to outer

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Extreme to middle ✔

Option A: Average students will lose interest in teaching process

Option B: Border line students will lose interest in teaching process

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b) ✔

Option A: Genetically

Option B: Before the birth of child

Option C: At the time of adolescence

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Before the birth of child ✔

Option A: Before the birth of child

Option B: After the birth of child

Option C: At the time of adolescence

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: After the birth of child ✔

Option A: Similarity

Option B: Dissimilarity

Option C: Recurrence

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Similarity ✔

Option A: Affected

Option B: Not affected

Option C: Changed

Option D: Harmed

Correct Answer: Not affected ✔

Option A: Height

Option B: Color of skin and hair

Option C: Structure of bones

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Require social attention

Option B: Cannot get advantage of educational opportunities

Option C: Do not succeed socially

Option D: Cannot earn livelihood

Correct Answer: Require social attention ✔

Option A: Parents

Option B: Environment

Option C: Educational institution

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Parents ✔

Option A: Participate in the educative process actively

Option B: Can only perform simple tasks

Option C: Can solve their problems

Option D: Both (a) and (c)

Correct Answer: Both (a) and (c) ✔

Option A: Environment

Option B: Education

Option C: Grooming

Option D: Heredity

Correct Answer: Heredity ✔

Option A: 50

Option B: 60

Option C: 70

Option D: 80

Correct Answer: 70 ✔

Option A: Ridiculed

Option B: Victims of inferiority complex

Option C: Poor in educational achievement

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Special schools should be established

Option B: Special curriculum should be developed

Option C: Special teachers should be appointed

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Gifted

Option B: Intelligent

Option C: Average

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Gifted ✔

Option A: Heredity only

Option B: Environment only

Option C: Interaction between heredity and environment

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Interaction between heredity and environment ✔

Option A: Environment

Option B: Identity

Option C: Heredity

Option D: Way of thinking

Correct Answer: Environment ✔

Option A: Rebellious

Option B: Truant

Option C: Abnormal

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: All of these ✔

Option A: Starts performing instinctive functions

Option B: Starts effecting other organisms

Option C: Completes training

Option D: Enable to perform social functions

Correct Answer: Starts performing instinctive functions ✔

Option A: Activity

Option B: Growth

Option C: Maturation

Option D: Adolescence

Correct Answer: Growth ✔

Option A: Heredity

Option B: Environment

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Build his personality

Option B: Succeed in life

Option C: Develop his potentials

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Quantitative changes

Option B: Qualitative changes

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b) ✔

Option A: Increase in height and weight

Option B: Increase in size

Option C: Strengthening of human skeleton

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Parents

Option B: Teachers

Option C: Educational administration

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Experiences

Option B: Incidents

Option C: Rearing

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Development is a complicated process

Option B: Development is an integrated process

Option C: Development includes observable changes

Option D: Development is a continuous process

Correct Answer: Development includes observable changes ✔

Option A: Positive

Option B: Negative

Option C: Both positive and negative

Option D: Neutral

Correct Answer: Both positive and negative ✔

Option A: grasping

Option B: complementary

Option C: rooting

Option D: startle

Correct Answer: rooting ✔

Option A: post operational

Option B: sensorimotor

Option C: preoperational

Option D: formal operations

Correct Answer: preoperational ✔

Option A: Birth

Option B: Childhood

Option C: Adolescence

Option D: Old age

Correct Answer: Old age ✔

Option A: Physical

Option B: Cognitive

Option C: Social and emotional

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Democrats; Republicans

Option B: men; women

Option C: socialists; capitalists

Option D: African Americans; white Americans

Correct Answer: men; women ✔

Option A: conventional morality

Option B: theory of mind

Option C: concept of conservation

Option D: secure attachment

Correct Answer: theory of mind ✔

Option A: the nine months after birth

Option B: the nine months before birth

Option C: the time period before conception take place

Option D: the period of time immediately after birth

Correct Answer: the nine months before birth ✔

Option A: zygote and finally develops into a fetus

Option B: zygote and finally develops into an embryo

Option C: fetus and finally develops into an embryo

Option D: embryo and finally develops into a fetus

Correct Answer: zygote and finally develops into a fetus ✔

Option A: preconventional

Option B: egocentric

Option C: conventional

Option D: postconventional

Correct Answer: preconventional ✔

Option A: begins approximately eight years earlier on the average in girls than in boys

Option B: begins approximately four years earlier on the average in boys than in girls

Option C: is about the same time for boys and girls

Option D: begins approximately two years earlier on the average in girls than in boys

Correct Answer: begins approximately two years earlier on the average in girls than in boys ✔

Option A: Empathy vs selfishness

Option B: Initiative vs guilt

Option C: Trust vs mistrust

Option D: Identity vs confusion

Correct Answer: Empathy vs selfishness ✔

Option A: the end of the formal operations stage

Option B: the lose of male sexual potency

Option C: the cessation of menstruation

Option D: irregular timing of menstrual periods

Correct Answer: the cessation of menstruation ✔

Option A: insecure attachment

Option B: object permanence

Option C: curiosity

Option D: basic trust

Correct Answer: insecure attachment ✔

Option A: Abstract reasoning

Option B: Conservation

Option C: Egocentrism

Option D: Reversibility

Correct Answer: Abstract reasoning ✔

Option A: Fluid

Option B: Crystallized

Option C: Emotional

Option D: practical

Correct Answer: Fluid ✔

Option A: Telegraphic

Option B: Operational

Option C: Semantic

Option D: Pre-grammatical

Correct Answer: Telegraphic ✔

Option A: Frontal lobe

Option B: Hypothalamus

Option C: Temporal lobe

Option D: Corpus callosum

Correct Answer: Frontal lobe ✔

Option A: Maturation

Option B: Accommodation

Option C: Growth

Option D: Assimilation

Correct Answer: Accommodation ✔

Option A: Conservational

Option B: Concrete operations

Option C: Sensorimotor

Option D: preoperational

Correct Answer: Conservational ✔

Option A: Egocentrism

Option B: Object permanence

Option C: Abstract reasoning

Option D: Conservation

Correct Answer: Conservation ✔

Option A: Babinski

Option B: Startle

Option C: Rooting

Option D: Moro

Correct Answer: Rooting ✔

Option A: Crisis management

Option B: Attachment

Option C: Bonding

Option D: Depth perception

Correct Answer: Depth perception ✔

Option A: accommodation

Option B: going from bad to worse

Option C: association

Option D: assimilation

Correct Answer: assimilation ✔

Option A: object permanence

Option B: the rooting reflex

Option C: insecure attachment

Option D: habituation

Correct Answer: insecure attachment ✔

Option A: Just before conception

Option B: Second trimester

Option C: First two months

Option D: First trimester

Correct Answer: First two months ✔

Option A: concrete operational

Option B: preconventional

Option C: conventional

Option D: postconventional

Correct Answer: conventional ✔

Option A: movement

Option B: delight

Option C: affection

Option D: excitement

Correct Answer: excitement ✔

Option A: interpretation of new information in terms of existing schemas

Option B: adjustment of current schemas to make sense of new information

Option C: awareness that things continue to exist when not perceived

Option D: decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed

Correct Answer: decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed ✔

Option A: have low self-esteem and completely dependent

Option B: have high self-esteem and are self-reliant

Option C: are rebellious and have low self-esteem

Option D: have high self-esteem but are somewhat dependent

Correct Answer: have high self-esteem and are self-reliant ✔

Option A: their cohabitation will not influence the success of their marriage

Option B: but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce

Option C: they have more positive attitudes toward the institution of marriage than the average couple

Option D: most of their college friends and acquaintances have viewed their cohabitation negatively

Correct Answer: but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce ✔

Option A: basic trust

Option B: egocentrism

Option C: imprinting

Option D: inner speech

Correct Answer: inner speech ✔

Option A: preoperational

Option B: formal

Option C: sensorimotor

Option D: Piaget does not say what stage the example would fit into

Correct Answer: preoperational ✔

Option A: slightly advanced language skills and an increased rate of aggressiveness

Option B: no influence on language skills or aggressiveness

Option C: slightly advanced language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness

Option D: slightly inferior language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness

Correct Answer: slightly advanced language skills and an increased rate of aggressiveness ✔

Option A: formal operations; concrete operations

Option B: crystallized intelligence; fluid intelligence

Option C: concrete operations; formal operations

Option D: fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence

Correct Answer: fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence ✔

Option A: temperament

Option B: genetic makeup

Option C: gene type

Option D: phenotype

Correct Answer: phenotype ✔

Option A: Piaget may have underestimated the cognitive skills of children in some areas

Option B: Piaget may have underestimate the influence of cultural factors on cognitive development

Option C: The theory does not clearly address the issue of individual differences in development

Option D: Evidence for the theory is based on children’s answer to

Correct Answer: D. Evidence for the theory is based on children’s answer to ✔

Option A: conventional

Option B: post-conventional

Option C: pre-conventional

Option D: unconventional

Correct Answer: conventional ✔