DEP 3053 QUIZZES QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Zygote - Answers - About an hour or so after a sperm enters the ovum, these two cells
suddenly fuse, becoming one cell called __________.
Monozygotic twins - Answers - Marissa and Melissa are twins and are genetically
identical. Which term would a geneticist use to describe them?
Dominant Trait - Answers - What is the term used for the one trait that is expressed
when two competing traits are present?
First Trimester Screen - Answers - Huela talks to her physician about assessing the
health of her unborn child. The physician recommends a test that combines a blood test
and ultrasound sonography. Which procedure did the physician recommend?
Temperament - Answers - What do developmentalists call patterns of arousal and
emotionality that represent consistent and enduring characteristics in an individual?
Heredity and environment - Answers - Monozygotic twins who are raised in different
adoptive households would provide an opportunity to disentangle the relative effects of
which two developmental factors?
Germinal - Answers - Which stage of prenatal development formally starts when the
differentiation of the major organs has occurred?
An environmental factor that produces birth defects - Answers - What is a teratogen?
A father's use of alcohol or illegal drugs can affect his sperm, which in turn may lead to
chromosomal damage that affects the fetus. - Answers - How can a father's habits affect
the health of an unborn child during prenatal development?
Transition - Answers - During the final part of the first stage of labor, contractions
increase to their greatest intensity. What is this period known as?
Weight has tripled since birth - Answers - What does an average infant's birth weight
look like by her or his first birthday?
Rhythms - Answers - Waking, eating, sleeping, and elimination are all examples of
which aspect of an infant's experience?
By age 11 - Answers - Across the lifespan, which period is the only time when girls are,
on average, taller than boys?
, Secondary sex characteristics - Answers - Which term refers to the visible signs of
sexual maturity that do not directly involve a person's sex organs?
Secondary aging - Answers - Which term is used to describe changes in physical and
cognitive functioning that are due to illness, health habits, and other individual
differences, but which are not due to increased age itself and are not inevitable?
Young old - Answers - Norma is a 91-year-old woman who lives independently, has no
major illnesses, and is able to take daily walks to the local grocery store. Which
category best describes Norma's functional age?
Prefrontal Cortex - Answers - Which area of the brain undergoes considerable
development during the adolescent years?
Rooting Reflex - Answers - Which reflex allows an infant to turn its head toward things
that touch its cheek?
Crawling - Answers - Natasha is just over 8 months old. Which skill is she likely to begin
demonstrating?
Sound Localization - Answers - Ivanhoe has difficulty hearing but also has a problem
identifying the direction and origin of a sound. What function is Ivanhoe having trouble
with?
Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, Formal operational - Answers -
What is the correct sequence of developmental stages that Jean Piaget claimed all
infants pass through?
Schema - Answers - What did Piaget call mental structures that formed the basic
building blocks of how children understand the world?
Level of physical maturation and cognitive development of the child - Answers - Piaget
believed that the exact timing of a stage reflected an interaction between which two
aspects of an infant's experience?
Secondary circular reactions - Answers - A baby who examines her stuffed elephant
first from the top, then from the side, then from the bottom, then from the top again, is
demonstrating
Object permanence - Answers - What did Jean Piaget think appears during Substage 4
of the sensorimotor period, and enables an infant to realize that people and objects
exist even when they cannot be seen?
Centration - Answers - Which term describes the process of concentrating on one
limited aspect of a stimulus and ignoring other aspects?
ANSWERS
Zygote - Answers - About an hour or so after a sperm enters the ovum, these two cells
suddenly fuse, becoming one cell called __________.
Monozygotic twins - Answers - Marissa and Melissa are twins and are genetically
identical. Which term would a geneticist use to describe them?
Dominant Trait - Answers - What is the term used for the one trait that is expressed
when two competing traits are present?
First Trimester Screen - Answers - Huela talks to her physician about assessing the
health of her unborn child. The physician recommends a test that combines a blood test
and ultrasound sonography. Which procedure did the physician recommend?
Temperament - Answers - What do developmentalists call patterns of arousal and
emotionality that represent consistent and enduring characteristics in an individual?
Heredity and environment - Answers - Monozygotic twins who are raised in different
adoptive households would provide an opportunity to disentangle the relative effects of
which two developmental factors?
Germinal - Answers - Which stage of prenatal development formally starts when the
differentiation of the major organs has occurred?
An environmental factor that produces birth defects - Answers - What is a teratogen?
A father's use of alcohol or illegal drugs can affect his sperm, which in turn may lead to
chromosomal damage that affects the fetus. - Answers - How can a father's habits affect
the health of an unborn child during prenatal development?
Transition - Answers - During the final part of the first stage of labor, contractions
increase to their greatest intensity. What is this period known as?
Weight has tripled since birth - Answers - What does an average infant's birth weight
look like by her or his first birthday?
Rhythms - Answers - Waking, eating, sleeping, and elimination are all examples of
which aspect of an infant's experience?
By age 11 - Answers - Across the lifespan, which period is the only time when girls are,
on average, taller than boys?
, Secondary sex characteristics - Answers - Which term refers to the visible signs of
sexual maturity that do not directly involve a person's sex organs?
Secondary aging - Answers - Which term is used to describe changes in physical and
cognitive functioning that are due to illness, health habits, and other individual
differences, but which are not due to increased age itself and are not inevitable?
Young old - Answers - Norma is a 91-year-old woman who lives independently, has no
major illnesses, and is able to take daily walks to the local grocery store. Which
category best describes Norma's functional age?
Prefrontal Cortex - Answers - Which area of the brain undergoes considerable
development during the adolescent years?
Rooting Reflex - Answers - Which reflex allows an infant to turn its head toward things
that touch its cheek?
Crawling - Answers - Natasha is just over 8 months old. Which skill is she likely to begin
demonstrating?
Sound Localization - Answers - Ivanhoe has difficulty hearing but also has a problem
identifying the direction and origin of a sound. What function is Ivanhoe having trouble
with?
Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, Formal operational - Answers -
What is the correct sequence of developmental stages that Jean Piaget claimed all
infants pass through?
Schema - Answers - What did Piaget call mental structures that formed the basic
building blocks of how children understand the world?
Level of physical maturation and cognitive development of the child - Answers - Piaget
believed that the exact timing of a stage reflected an interaction between which two
aspects of an infant's experience?
Secondary circular reactions - Answers - A baby who examines her stuffed elephant
first from the top, then from the side, then from the bottom, then from the top again, is
demonstrating
Object permanence - Answers - What did Jean Piaget think appears during Substage 4
of the sensorimotor period, and enables an infant to realize that people and objects
exist even when they cannot be seen?
Centration - Answers - Which term describes the process of concentrating on one
limited aspect of a stimulus and ignoring other aspects?
