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The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:

A. Identical twins reared together

B. Fraternal twins reared together

C. Identical twins reared apart

D. Nontwins reared together

Correct answer is: B. Fraternal twins reared together

During the second year of life, toddlers begin to take some personal responsibility for feeding, dressing, and bathing themselves in an attempt to establish what Erikson calls a sense of:

A. Superiority

B. Generativity

C. Industry

D. Autonomy

Correct answer is: D. Autonomy

Main purpose of guidance is:

A. To make student dependent on guidance

B. To develop the power of self guidance

C. To guide maladjusted pupils only

D. To guide the counselor

Correct answer is: B. To develop the power of self guidance

Five year old David watches as you pour water from a short, wide glass into a tall, narrow one. He says there is now more water than before. This response demonstrates that:

A. David understands the concept of conservation

B. David does not understand the concept of conservation

C. David’s cognitive development is "behind" for his age

D. b and c

Correct answer is: B. David does not understand the concept of conservation

Guidance helps the:

A. Pupil adjustment and development

B. Selection of vocation

C. Reducing dropout

D. Reducing misbehavior

Correct answer is: A. Pupil adjustment and development

Which of the following is not one of the criticisms of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?

A. Piaget may have underestimated the cognitive skills of children in some areas

B. Piaget may have underestimated the influence of cultural factors on cognitive development

C. The theory does not clearly address the issue of individual differences in development

D. Evidence for the theory is based on children’s answers to questions

Correct answer is: D. Evidence for the theory is based on children’s answers to questions

Guidance should be emphasized because it:

A. Gives jobs to pupils

B. Places pupil in college

C. Gives employment to teacher

D. Helps pupils to help himself

Correct answer is: D. Helps pupils to help himself

If a child’s primary reason for not drawing pictures on the living room wall with crayons is to avoid the punishment that would inevitably follow this behavior, she would be said to be at which level of moral development?

A. Preconventional

B. Conventional

C. Postconventional

D. Unconventional

Correct answer is: C. Postconventional

In guidance, the role of teacher is as:

A. A judge

B. A moralist

C. A helper

D. A mirror

Correct answer is: C. A helper

The Featured Study on the effects of early family relations on sexual maturation found:

A. No association between early family stress and the timing of puberty

B. That early family stress was strongly associated with earlier sexual maturation in females

C. The early family stress was moderately associated with earlier sexual maturation in females

D. No support for the evolutionary hypothesis posited by Belsky

Correct answer is: C. The early family stress was moderately associated with earlier sexual maturation in females