Lifespan Developmental psychology exam 1

Infants root, a reflex, in order to:
Find something to suck

Infants root, a reflex, in order to:
​ Calm down.
​ Find something to grasp.
​ Find something to suck.
​ Go to sleep.

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Which of the following is an example of how
development is contextual?
​ Older adults call on experience to guide their decision making.
​ Reasoning ability is biologically finite and cannot be improved through
retraining.
​ Intelligence may be studied by looking at genetics, anthropology,
sociology, and other disciplines.
​ Parents in the United States are more likely to rear children to be
independent than parents in Japan.

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Su-Fang would like to hang one picture above her
baby's crib. Which of the following would attract the
most attention from the infant?
​ A red circle
​ A bright yellow oval
​ A bright white square
​ A drawing of a face

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A psychologist designs an experiment to determine if
the number of adults' eye contact with children would
increase the number of children's smiles. In this
study, the number of
​ children's smiles is the correlative variable.
​ adults' eye contact with children is the dependent variable.
​ children's smiles is the independent variable.
​ adults' eye contact with children is the independent variable.

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All of a person's genetic material makes up the
______, whereas the ______ consists of only
observable characteristics.
​ recessive gene; dominant gene
​ phenotype; genotype
​ dominant gene; recessive gene
​ genotype; phenotype

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Which of the following is the least likely to influence
genetic expression?
​ stress
​ exercise
​ personality
​ sleep