Life Span Mid-Term Review (Jersey
College) Exam Questions And Correct
Answers|| GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE
2026
Common chromosomal abnormalities -CORRECTANSWER Down's Syndrome,
Klinefelter syndrome, Turner's syndrome
What does Rousseau believe about children? -CORRECTANSWER Children come into
the world as a tabula rasa- "a blank tablet" or clean slate.
The field of biology that studies heredity is called -CORRECTANSWER Genetics
What are the 3 prenatal stages? -CORRECTANSWER Germinal, Embryonic, Fetal
What are teratogens? -CORRECTANSWER environmental influences or agents that
can damage the embryo or fetus
Examples: drugs taken by mother, and substances that the mother's body produces,
such as Rh-positive antibodies
Piaget's stages of cognitive development -CORRECTANSWER sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
,Examples of Social Cognition -CORRECTANSWER Observing others, reading, viewing
characters in the media, watching parents cook, clean, or repair a broken appliance
Microsystem -CORRECTANSWER involves the interactions of the child and other
people in the immediate setting, such as the home, the school, or the peer group
Macrosystem -CORRECTANSWER involves the interaction of children with the beliefs,
values, expectations, and lifestyles of their cultural settings
What did Skinner introduce? -CORRECTANSWER The key concept of positive and
negative reinforcement in operant conditioning
What is classical conditioning? -CORRECTANSWER is a simple from of learning in
which an originally neutral stimulus comes to bring forth by a second stimulus as a
result of being paired repeatedly with the second stimulus
What is Vgotsky zone theory? -CORRECTANSWER refers to the range of tasks that a
child can carry out with the help of someone who is more skilled, as in an
apprenticeship
What are the five stages of psychosexual development? -CORRECTANSWER Oral,
Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital
, What does Locke believe about behavior? -CORRECTANSWER That social approval
and disapproval are powerful shapers of behavior.
What is Rh incompatibility? -CORRECTANSWER Antibodies produced by the mother
are transmitted to a fetus or newborn infant and cause brain damage or death
Where is Rh found? -CORRECTANSWER is a blood protein found in the red blood cells
of some individuals
What occurs in Meosis? -CORRECTANSWER Sperm and ova(egg cells) are produced
Also called reduction division
46 chromosomes within the cell nucleus first line up into 23 pairs
When the cell divides one member of each pair goes to each newly formed cell.
What is sickle cell anemia caused by? -CORRECTANSWER caused by a recessive
gene
Who is sickle cell anemia most common in? -CORRECTANSWER African Americans
College) Exam Questions And Correct
Answers|| GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE
2026
Common chromosomal abnormalities -CORRECTANSWER Down's Syndrome,
Klinefelter syndrome, Turner's syndrome
What does Rousseau believe about children? -CORRECTANSWER Children come into
the world as a tabula rasa- "a blank tablet" or clean slate.
The field of biology that studies heredity is called -CORRECTANSWER Genetics
What are the 3 prenatal stages? -CORRECTANSWER Germinal, Embryonic, Fetal
What are teratogens? -CORRECTANSWER environmental influences or agents that
can damage the embryo or fetus
Examples: drugs taken by mother, and substances that the mother's body produces,
such as Rh-positive antibodies
Piaget's stages of cognitive development -CORRECTANSWER sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
,Examples of Social Cognition -CORRECTANSWER Observing others, reading, viewing
characters in the media, watching parents cook, clean, or repair a broken appliance
Microsystem -CORRECTANSWER involves the interactions of the child and other
people in the immediate setting, such as the home, the school, or the peer group
Macrosystem -CORRECTANSWER involves the interaction of children with the beliefs,
values, expectations, and lifestyles of their cultural settings
What did Skinner introduce? -CORRECTANSWER The key concept of positive and
negative reinforcement in operant conditioning
What is classical conditioning? -CORRECTANSWER is a simple from of learning in
which an originally neutral stimulus comes to bring forth by a second stimulus as a
result of being paired repeatedly with the second stimulus
What is Vgotsky zone theory? -CORRECTANSWER refers to the range of tasks that a
child can carry out with the help of someone who is more skilled, as in an
apprenticeship
What are the five stages of psychosexual development? -CORRECTANSWER Oral,
Anal, Phallic, Latency, and Genital
, What does Locke believe about behavior? -CORRECTANSWER That social approval
and disapproval are powerful shapers of behavior.
What is Rh incompatibility? -CORRECTANSWER Antibodies produced by the mother
are transmitted to a fetus or newborn infant and cause brain damage or death
Where is Rh found? -CORRECTANSWER is a blood protein found in the red blood cells
of some individuals
What occurs in Meosis? -CORRECTANSWER Sperm and ova(egg cells) are produced
Also called reduction division
46 chromosomes within the cell nucleus first line up into 23 pairs
When the cell divides one member of each pair goes to each newly formed cell.
What is sickle cell anemia caused by? -CORRECTANSWER caused by a recessive
gene
Who is sickle cell anemia most common in? -CORRECTANSWER African Americans
