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Question 1 

Riley’s authoritarian parents interrupt him and put down his ideas. When Riley makes choices they disagree with, his parents withdraw their affection. Riley’s parents are using _______ control to manipulate him.
A)   direct
B)   authoritative
C)   psychological
D)   permissive

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Question 2 

Growth norms
A)   should be applied universally to assess secular trends.
B)   are particularly applicable to ethnic minorities.
C)   must be applied cautiously.
D)   consider height but not weight.

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Question 3 

Warmth and responsiveness, competence and power, and consistency between assertions and behavior are all
A)   characteristics of a model that increase a child’s willingness to imitate the model’s behavior.
B)   characteristics of emotional development that are necessary for moral behavior to occur.
C)   important characteristics of inductive discipline.
D)   characteristics of a prosocial child who has learned empathy-based guilt.

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Question 4 

According to Freud, children obey the _________ to avoid guilt.
A)   id
B)   superego
C)   ego
D)   other-sex parent

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Question 5 

Some researchers have suggested that children with autism are __________ and, therefore, deficient in human sociability.
A)   mindblind
B)   animistic thinkers
C)   flexible thinkers
D)   poor problem solvers

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Question 6 

Becca is making cookies all by herself after making them with the help of her mother many times in the past. Becca has learned this new skill through
A)   cooperative learning.
B)   intersubjectivity.
C)   guided participation.
D)   transitive inference.

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Question 7 

Reaching is largely controlled by
A)   vision.
B)   proprioception.   
C)   gross-motor development.
D)   depth perception.

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Question 8 

Most 3-year-olds
A)   use an adult grip pattern to hold a pencil.
B)   vary their pencil grip, depending on the location of marks they are trying to make.
C)   use a constant pencil angle across a range of drawing and writing.
D)   grip pencils indiscriminately in either their left or right hand.

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Question 9 

The heritability of attachment is
A)   virtually nil.
B)   moderately low.
C)   moderately high.
D)   very high.

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Question 10 

When measuring brain functioning with _____________, researchers use a geodesic sensor net to hold interconnected electrodes in place.
A)   the EEG
B)   fMRI
C)   PET
D)   NIRS

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