You are walking into a room to evaluate a 14-month-old child for developmental delay. You have lots of toys with you. The child seems interested, but runs to his mother, who encourages him to play. This is an example of:
a. The attachment scenario of Ainsworth
b. Skinner's behaviorism theory
c. Kohlberg's theory
d. Sears and Bandura's social learning theory
Question 2Which of the following theorists is NOT associated with a perceptual theory?
a. Gibson
b. Helmholtz
c. Dewey
d. Gestalt school
Question 3The Flynn effect discussed in the chapter as describing changes in intelligence quotients among cohorts is an
example of:
a. Age-normative influence
b. History-normative influence
c. Nonnormative influence
d. Heritability
Question 4In the dynamical systems theory of motor control, which of the following is the most representative statement?
a. Movement is preprogrammed and not affected by the environment.
b. If a movement has a large number of degrees of freedom, it is likely to be very stereotypical in form.
c. Movement emerges in the context of control parameters.
d. Learned movements are exactly the same every time they are produced.
Question 5Which of the following is NOT a true statement about obesity?
a. Obesity has some basis in genotype.
b. Obesity is expressed irrespective of environmental factors.
c. Obesity is modified by physical activity and diet.
d. Genotypic variance causes different responses to caloric restriction, that is, dieting.
Question 6Epigenetics is the study of:
a. Mapping the human genome
b. Determining what causes genes to express themselves
c. Patterns of inheritance
d. None of these
Question 7Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the human genome?
a. There are large areas of noncoding sequences.
b. Mutations occur frequently and can influence traits.
c. Genes are determinant and are not influenced by triggers, such as environmental events.
d. Alleles are the various forms of a gene that might be on a chromosome.
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