Psy 230 midterm UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Adults demonstrating excessive activities such as eating, talking, or chewing gum may be
experiencing a(n) __________ fixation. - CORRECT ANSWER -oral
Freud believed that if children are unable to gratify themselves in a particular stage of
development, or if they are over-gratified in a particular stage of development ______ may
occur. - CORRECT ANSWER -fixation
If a researcher was interested in learning how children's moral development changes between the
ages of 3 and 15, The researcher may followed them until they are 15, testing them periodically.
This research strategy is known as _____ research. - CORRECT ANSWER -Longitudinal
"Nature" refers to - CORRECT ANSWER -Traits, abilities, and capacities inherited from
parents.
A lifespan developmentalist whose topical focus is the body's makeup is interested in ______
development - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical
Advocates of the __________ perspective believe that much of behavior is motivated by inner
forces, memories, and conflicts of which a person has little awareness or control - CORRECT
ANSWER -psychodynamic
In an experiment, researchers manipulate the _____, and the variable that the researchers
measure to see if it changes is the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER -independent variable;
dependent variable
Erikson's psychosocial theory of developmental proposes _____ distinct stages. - CORRECT
ANSWER -8
, A _____ is a prediction stated in the way that permit it to be testing. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Hypothesis
According to Freud, which part of everyone's personalities operates according to the "pleasure
principle" - CORRECT ANSWER -Id
The group of participants chosen to receive the independent variable is called a(n) - CORRECT
ANSWER -Experimental group
Erickson proposed a ________ theory, which emphasized that society and culture influence and
shape us. - CORRECT ANSWER -Psychosocial
operant conditioning was formulated and championed by - CORRECT ANSWER -Skinner
Development that occurs and distinct steps or stages, which each stage bringing about behavior
that is assumed to be qualitatively different from behavior at earlier stages is called______
change. - CORRECT ANSWER -Discontinuous
Who was one of the first American psychologists to advocate a behavioral approach to
development? - CORRECT ANSWER -Watson
A child displays some, although not all, of the problems of fetal alcohol syndrome due to the
mother's consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. The child is born with - CORRECT
ANSWER -Fetal alcohol effects (FAE)
A trait within an organism that is present but not expressed is called - CORRECT
ANSWER -recessive
All genes are composed of specific sequences of _______ molecules - CORRECT
ANSWER -DNA
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Adults demonstrating excessive activities such as eating, talking, or chewing gum may be
experiencing a(n) __________ fixation. - CORRECT ANSWER -oral
Freud believed that if children are unable to gratify themselves in a particular stage of
development, or if they are over-gratified in a particular stage of development ______ may
occur. - CORRECT ANSWER -fixation
If a researcher was interested in learning how children's moral development changes between the
ages of 3 and 15, The researcher may followed them until they are 15, testing them periodically.
This research strategy is known as _____ research. - CORRECT ANSWER -Longitudinal
"Nature" refers to - CORRECT ANSWER -Traits, abilities, and capacities inherited from
parents.
A lifespan developmentalist whose topical focus is the body's makeup is interested in ______
development - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical
Advocates of the __________ perspective believe that much of behavior is motivated by inner
forces, memories, and conflicts of which a person has little awareness or control - CORRECT
ANSWER -psychodynamic
In an experiment, researchers manipulate the _____, and the variable that the researchers
measure to see if it changes is the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER -independent variable;
dependent variable
Erikson's psychosocial theory of developmental proposes _____ distinct stages. - CORRECT
ANSWER -8
, A _____ is a prediction stated in the way that permit it to be testing. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Hypothesis
According to Freud, which part of everyone's personalities operates according to the "pleasure
principle" - CORRECT ANSWER -Id
The group of participants chosen to receive the independent variable is called a(n) - CORRECT
ANSWER -Experimental group
Erickson proposed a ________ theory, which emphasized that society and culture influence and
shape us. - CORRECT ANSWER -Psychosocial
operant conditioning was formulated and championed by - CORRECT ANSWER -Skinner
Development that occurs and distinct steps or stages, which each stage bringing about behavior
that is assumed to be qualitatively different from behavior at earlier stages is called______
change. - CORRECT ANSWER -Discontinuous
Who was one of the first American psychologists to advocate a behavioral approach to
development? - CORRECT ANSWER -Watson
A child displays some, although not all, of the problems of fetal alcohol syndrome due to the
mother's consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. The child is born with - CORRECT
ANSWER -Fetal alcohol effects (FAE)
A trait within an organism that is present but not expressed is called - CORRECT
ANSWER -recessive
All genes are composed of specific sequences of _______ molecules - CORRECT
ANSWER -DNA
