DEP2004 MIDTERM ESSENTIAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ ________ is a brain-neuroendocrine process occurring primarily in
early adolescence that provides stimulation for the rapid physical
changes that occur in this period of development.
A: Menarche
B: Puberty
C: Myelination
D: Estrogen.
Answer: B: Puberty
◉ Improvements in attention, memory, effortful and goal-directed
thinking, and behavior have been linked to:
A: anaerobic exercise.
B: aerobic exercise.
C: increased media/screen time.
D: less required physical activity at school..
Answer: B: aerobic exercise.
◉ When watching preschool children on the playground, Petra
notices that most of the girls are ________ the boys.
,A: slightly smaller than
B: much heavier than
C: about the same size as
D: considerably taller than.
Answer: A: slightly smaller than
◉ generativity.
Answer: generating, creating, growing, being productive
◉ Zygote.
Answer: All humans begin life as a single cell; the result of the
fertilization of an egg cell (ovum) by a sperm cell.
◉ Norm.
Answer: An average, or typical, standard of behavior or
accomplishment, such as the norm for an age of walking or the norm
for greeting a stranger.
◉ development.
Answer: pattern or movement or change that begins at conception
and continues through the human life span
◉ social smile.
,Answer: a smile evoked by a human face, normally first evident in
infants about 6 weeks after birth
◉ stagnation.
Answer: self-absorption, lack of interest in others or the world
◉ Why is it important to study life span development?.
Answer: prepares us to take responsibility for children and gives us
insight about our own lives
◉ Psychoanalytic Theory.
Answer: - Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- A grand theory of human development that holds that irrational,
unconscious drives and motives, often originating in childhood,
underlie human behavior.
• inner drives, deep motives, & unconscious needs rooted in
childhood.
~ make us aware of the impact of early-childhood experiences,
remembered or not, on subsequent development.
◉ Chromosomes.
, Answer: the rod-shaped portions of DNA that are organized into 23
pairs. Each person gets 23 pairs from each parent.
◉ Which is true of studies of height in children from around the
world?
A: Ethnic origin is a stronger predictor than socioeconomic status.
B: Later-born children are generally taller than first-born children.
C: Children from a rural area are generally taller than children from
an urban area.
D: Socioeconomic status is a stronger predictor than nutrition..
Answer: A: Ethnic origin is a stronger predictor than socioeconomic
status.
◉ All of the following are associated with childhood obesity in the
United States EXCEPT:
A: the availability of food.
B: parents' eating habits.
C: having overweight parents.
D: the part of the country where the child lives..
Answer: D: the part of the country where the child lives.
◉ empty nest.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ ________ is a brain-neuroendocrine process occurring primarily in
early adolescence that provides stimulation for the rapid physical
changes that occur in this period of development.
A: Menarche
B: Puberty
C: Myelination
D: Estrogen.
Answer: B: Puberty
◉ Improvements in attention, memory, effortful and goal-directed
thinking, and behavior have been linked to:
A: anaerobic exercise.
B: aerobic exercise.
C: increased media/screen time.
D: less required physical activity at school..
Answer: B: aerobic exercise.
◉ When watching preschool children on the playground, Petra
notices that most of the girls are ________ the boys.
,A: slightly smaller than
B: much heavier than
C: about the same size as
D: considerably taller than.
Answer: A: slightly smaller than
◉ generativity.
Answer: generating, creating, growing, being productive
◉ Zygote.
Answer: All humans begin life as a single cell; the result of the
fertilization of an egg cell (ovum) by a sperm cell.
◉ Norm.
Answer: An average, or typical, standard of behavior or
accomplishment, such as the norm for an age of walking or the norm
for greeting a stranger.
◉ development.
Answer: pattern or movement or change that begins at conception
and continues through the human life span
◉ social smile.
,Answer: a smile evoked by a human face, normally first evident in
infants about 6 weeks after birth
◉ stagnation.
Answer: self-absorption, lack of interest in others or the world
◉ Why is it important to study life span development?.
Answer: prepares us to take responsibility for children and gives us
insight about our own lives
◉ Psychoanalytic Theory.
Answer: - Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- A grand theory of human development that holds that irrational,
unconscious drives and motives, often originating in childhood,
underlie human behavior.
• inner drives, deep motives, & unconscious needs rooted in
childhood.
~ make us aware of the impact of early-childhood experiences,
remembered or not, on subsequent development.
◉ Chromosomes.
, Answer: the rod-shaped portions of DNA that are organized into 23
pairs. Each person gets 23 pairs from each parent.
◉ Which is true of studies of height in children from around the
world?
A: Ethnic origin is a stronger predictor than socioeconomic status.
B: Later-born children are generally taller than first-born children.
C: Children from a rural area are generally taller than children from
an urban area.
D: Socioeconomic status is a stronger predictor than nutrition..
Answer: A: Ethnic origin is a stronger predictor than socioeconomic
status.
◉ All of the following are associated with childhood obesity in the
United States EXCEPT:
A: the availability of food.
B: parents' eating habits.
C: having overweight parents.
D: the part of the country where the child lives..
Answer: D: the part of the country where the child lives.
◉ empty nest.
