Primary sex characteristics are to_______as secondary sex characteristics are to_______.
A. assimilation; accommodation B. male testes; adrenal glands C. male testes; female ovaries D. female ovaries; depended male voice
Developmental Psychology MCQs
The 23rd chromosome determines the sex of the child. A male pattern is:
A. XYX B. XXX C. XX D. XY
Compared to mothers, fathers spend more time:
A. playing with the infant B. feeding and care giving their infants C. providing routine child care D. that does not involve visual contact with the infant
Sixteen-year-old Foster wants to spend a few years experimenting with different lifestyles and careers before he settles on who and want he wants to be foster’s behavior illustrates the identity status of:
A. identity moratorium B. identity foreclosure C. identity achievement D. identity diffusion
According to Chomsky, humans have a________to develop language.
A. perceptual set B. telegraphic readiness C. learning set D. biological predisposition
The grasping rooting, and sucking reflexes of infants are best described as:
A. fixed action patterns B. instincts C. conditioned reflexes D. adaptive reflexes
Which of the following must clearly demonstrates the existence of emotional attachment?
A. separation anxiety B. learning to walk C. imprinting D. language development
When parents around the world use a short, sharp rhythm, they are:
A. warning their body B. comforting their body C. calling attention to objects D. praising their body
Newborn children:
A. have limited sense abilities at birth and cannot feel pain at all B. can follow a moving object with their eyes C. cannot learn and must depend on the adaptive reflexes in order to survive D. have extremely poor hearing
Which reflex probably helps prevent falling?
A. More reflex B. grasping reflex C. rooting reflex D. sucking reflex