Q 01/05

Which bird lays its eggs in other species' nests, leaving the hosts to raise its chicks?

A) Common cuckoo

B) Eurasian magpie

C) Barn swallow

D) European robin

Answer · why

A) Common cuckoo

The common cuckoo is a brood parasite: the female lays an egg in a host nest, often a reed warbler's, and the hatchling evicts the host's eggs so the ...

Q 02/05

Which psychologist's research defined three classic parenting styles, among them the 'permissive' parent?

A) Diana Baumrind

B) Jean Piaget

C) Erik Erikson

D) Sigmund Freud

Answer · why

A) Diana Baumrind

Diana Baumrind defined three styles; Maccoby and Martin later sorted parents on two scales, how demanding and how responsive they are, which made room...

Q 03/05

Which land animal has the longest pregnancy of any mammal, lasting up to 22 months?

A) Giraffe

B) Elephant

C) Rhinoceros

D) Camel

Answer · why

B) Elephant

Elephant mothers carry a calf for up to 22 months and then wait years for the next one: a cow's calves arrive at least three or four years apart.

Q 04/05

What adoption arrangement has no contact between birth parents and adoptive family?

A) Semi-open adoption

B) Open adoption

C) Closed adoption

D) Independent adoption

Answer · why

C) Closed adoption

A closed adoption seals the records: the child's original birth certificate is locked away and an amended one names the new parents; the practice peak...

Q 05/05

In 'Centuries of Childhood' (1960), Philippe Ariès argued medieval Europeans saw children as what?

A) Divine messengers

B) Innocent angels

C) Property of the state

D) Little adults

Answer · why

D) Little adults

Ariès read medieval paintings of small, adult-dressed figures as evidence that children were seen as little adults and childhood was not a separate st...