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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Prepared and Screened by: Prof. Gabrielle Anne Canlas, RPm Instructions: Read and analyze each of the following statements carefully. Choose the best answer among the presented options 1) Stage theories of development assume that __________ a) Development is like climbing a staircase, with each step corresponding to a more mature reorganized way functioning. b) People undergo rapid periods of transformation as they move from one stage to the next. c) All individuals follow the same sequence of development. d) All the options are correct. 2) Which stage of labor is the longest? Lasting up to 12 to 14 hours for the first birth and 4 to 6 hours with later birth. a) Stage 1 b) Stage 2 c) Stage 3 d) Stage 4 3) If there is family history of intellectual disability, psychological disorders, physical defects, or inherited diseases, a genetic counselor interviews the couple and prepares a __________, a chart that diagrams the inheritance of a trait or health condition through generations of a family. This picture is then used to estimate the likelihood that parents will have an affected child. a) Family tree b) Genogram c) Pedigree d) Punnett Square 4) Which among the following is an age-graded influence primarily determined by social customs? a) The age of menarche b) The age of puberty c) The age of alcohol drinking d) The age of menopause 5) What is the function of the Moro reflex? a) It may have helped infants cling to their mother. b) Allows child to take in nutrients; protects against choking. c) Help babies find the nipple for nursing. d) Assist the baby move from danger in water and survive until a caregiver can come to its rescue. 6) Jennifer is a 24-year-old African American woman with 4 children from a previous marriage. Their family is known in their hometown for having lots of twins and triplets. Which among the following factors about Jennifer is least likely linked to multiple pregnancies? a) Her race b) Her number of children c) Her age d) Her heredity 7) __________ was coined by Jeffrey Arnett to refer to a distinct phase between adolescence and adulthood. a) Mid-life crisis b) Emerging adulthood c) Moratorium d) Senescence 8) Which psychological figure described adolescence to be a period of “storm and stress”? a) Erik Erikson b) G. Stanley Hall c) Anna Freud d) Margaret Mahler 9) According to the evolutionary perspective, women tend to prioritize the following traits the most when choosing a male partner, except __________ a) Emotionally committed. b) Earning power. c) Ambition. d) Capacity for reproduction. 10) Negative stereotypes of aging __________ a) More likely affect women than men. b) Equally affect men and women. c) More likely affect men than women. d) Equally effect all women, regardless of social class. 11) The term “crack baby” is a term used to refer to __________ a) Babies who have received prenatal exposure drugs like cocaine, heroin, and methadone. b) Babies who are born with hairline skull fractures as a result extreme pressure during normal delivery. c) Babies who suffer from a range of mental, physical, and behavioral outcomes because of being dropped on their heads as a baby. d) Babies who suffer from cyanosis or blueness of the skin due to low oxygen levels in the blood. 12) Jenna and Mike cohabitated when they were both 19 years old before getting married at the age of 26. Based on the research on cohabitation, what is their greatest risk factor for divorce? a) Premarital cohabitation at an early age. b) Length of cohabitation. c) Premarital cohabitation per se. d) Both a and b are correct. 13) Martial Law under the Marcos Regime was declared on September 21, 1972. Generation X babies born in the mid-1960s to early 1980s, and Silent Generation” babies born in between 1928 to 1945 would most likely have a very different experience of this day. Their difference in experience is due to __________ a) Age-graded influences b) History-graded influences c) Non-normative influences d) None of the options are correct. No difference in their experience should have been observed. 14) A skipped generation family means __________ a) A family that extends beyond the nuclear family of parents and their children to include aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, or other relatives. b) Children live with relative or nonrelative adults who have been approved by the State, or by an agency licensed by the State, to provide them with shelter and care. c) Instead of having biological children, couples decide to adopt a child with whom they have no relation to. d) Grandparents take care of their grandchildren in the absence of parents. 15) What is the strongest predictor of frequent, face-to-face interaction of grandparents and their young grandchildren? 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