Developmental Psychology

38. In comparison with Formal Operational Thought, Post-Formal Thought is characterized as the ability to do what? a. Focus on several things at once b. Make a choice based on experience c. Deal with relative and subjective knowledge d. Reduce the number of problems that one considers 39. Which of the following examples shows a toddler using a gross motor skill? a. Mike, who is sitting on the rug and methodically picking up every piece of paper and examining it b. Sam, who is walking on all fours “like a dog” c. Joy, who is laughing uncontrollably while reading d. Steve, who is eating spaghetti with his hands 40. Understanding object permanence, what can now occur? a. Understand there are equal amounts of water in vases of two different sizes b. Look for the ball that rolled under the couch c. Solidify Post-Formal Thoughts d. Understand that a round object contains the same amount of material when it is flattened into a pancake 41. A pathologist is performing an autopsy. The patient displayed steady mental deterioration prior to his death. It was found that some of his brain cells clumped together in tangles, and some other had shrunk. What did the patient more than likely develop? a. Age-related senility 42. Sally went to the pediatrician, and the doctor was preparing to give sally her shot. Sally decides to bolt out of the exam room and hides behind the box of toys that are in the waiting room. The mother decides to use the authoritarian style of child-rearing, so what would happen? a. Acknowledge Sally’s feelings, help her to understand why the shot is necessary, and take her back into the exam room b. Yell at her c. Promise to buy her a new doll if she goes back into the exam room d. Pick Sally up and carry her screaming into the doctor’s exam room Alzheimer’s Disease b. Parkinson’s Disease c. Huntington’s Disease d.

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