PSYCH 201 Chapter 5 Human Development
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
If you were conducting a cross-sectional study of development, what would you do?
A) Compare people to monkeys and chimpanzees.
B) Compare people from several cultures.
C) Compare a group at one time to the same group at a later time.
D) Compare people of different ages at the same time. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
If you were conducting a longitudinal study of development, what would you do?
A) Compare people to monkeys and chimpanzees.
B) Compare people from several cultures.
C) Compare a group at one time to the same group at a later time.
D) Compare people of different ages at the same time. - CORRECT ANSWER - C
Which best characterizes the typical course of human development?
A) Development occurs in distinct stages characterized by abrupt changes in physical, mental, and social
growth.
B) Gradually unfolding changes throughout the ages and stages of life characterize human development.
C) Development is viewed as occurring in four distinct stages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, and
adulthood.
D) Biological factors cause environmental factors to shape the course of development. - CORRECT
ANSWER - B
At the moment of conception, each person begins life as a single cell, which is called a(n):
, A) embryo.
B) fetus.
C) placenta.
D) zygote. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
Most developmental psychologists believe that gene expression is:
A) inflexible and unresponsive to both internal and external factors.
B) primarily influenced by the fixed, master plan, or genotype that people are born with.
C) flexible and responsive to both internal and external factors.
D) determined by the genetic blueprint people are born with and unfolds in an inevitable manner over the
lifespan. - CORRECT ANSWER - C
Which of the following is NOT one of the teratogens describe in class?
A) radiation exposure
B) viruses and bacteria
C) drugs, such as alcohol, cocaine, and heroin
D) deoxyribonucleic acid - CORRECT ANSWER - D
People with a particular genetic configuration will be more or less sensitive to particular environmental
factors. This is referred to as a person's _____ to develop in a particular way.
A) epigenetic tendency
B) genetic blueprint
C) environmental predisposition
D) genetic predisposition - CORRECT ANSWER - D
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
If you were conducting a cross-sectional study of development, what would you do?
A) Compare people to monkeys and chimpanzees.
B) Compare people from several cultures.
C) Compare a group at one time to the same group at a later time.
D) Compare people of different ages at the same time. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
If you were conducting a longitudinal study of development, what would you do?
A) Compare people to monkeys and chimpanzees.
B) Compare people from several cultures.
C) Compare a group at one time to the same group at a later time.
D) Compare people of different ages at the same time. - CORRECT ANSWER - C
Which best characterizes the typical course of human development?
A) Development occurs in distinct stages characterized by abrupt changes in physical, mental, and social
growth.
B) Gradually unfolding changes throughout the ages and stages of life characterize human development.
C) Development is viewed as occurring in four distinct stages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, and
adulthood.
D) Biological factors cause environmental factors to shape the course of development. - CORRECT
ANSWER - B
At the moment of conception, each person begins life as a single cell, which is called a(n):
, A) embryo.
B) fetus.
C) placenta.
D) zygote. - CORRECT ANSWER - D
Most developmental psychologists believe that gene expression is:
A) inflexible and unresponsive to both internal and external factors.
B) primarily influenced by the fixed, master plan, or genotype that people are born with.
C) flexible and responsive to both internal and external factors.
D) determined by the genetic blueprint people are born with and unfolds in an inevitable manner over the
lifespan. - CORRECT ANSWER - C
Which of the following is NOT one of the teratogens describe in class?
A) radiation exposure
B) viruses and bacteria
C) drugs, such as alcohol, cocaine, and heroin
D) deoxyribonucleic acid - CORRECT ANSWER - D
People with a particular genetic configuration will be more or less sensitive to particular environmental
factors. This is referred to as a person's _____ to develop in a particular way.
A) epigenetic tendency
B) genetic blueprint
C) environmental predisposition
D) genetic predisposition - CORRECT ANSWER - D
