GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
THE LIFESPAN TEST PAPER FULL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● A researcher is gathering information for a study to determine if
adolescents experience depression more than middle-aged adults. The
researcher observes and records behavior exhibited by both groups.
Which research design does this exemplify?
Answer: Descriptive research
●● A child who treats peers with aggression elicits hostility from those
peers.
What type of heredity environment correlation does this exemplify?
Answer: Evocative genotype-environment correlation
●● During which period of prenatal development do the connections
form between neurons?
Answer: Fetal period
●● What are two ways exposure to teratogens can affect standard fetal
development?
, Choose 2 answers
Answer: By causing physical defects
By impairing cognitive and behavioral function
●● How do genotypes and phenotypes differ in relation to the variability
of human characteristics?
Answer: Genotypes represent the genetic makeup of individuals;
phenotypes are physical characteristics.
●● Which genetic condition is characterized by an abnormal
accumulation of lipids in the nervous system, leading to deceleration of
mental and physical development?
Answer: Tay-Sachs disease
●● Which teratogen is commonly associated with low birth weight,
subnormal length and head circumference, excitability, and subnormal
reflexes?
Answer: cocaine
●● What is an example of the cephalocaudal pattern of growth and
motor development in infants?
Answer: Controlling trunk muscles before controlling legs and feet
THE LIFESPAN TEST PAPER FULL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● A researcher is gathering information for a study to determine if
adolescents experience depression more than middle-aged adults. The
researcher observes and records behavior exhibited by both groups.
Which research design does this exemplify?
Answer: Descriptive research
●● A child who treats peers with aggression elicits hostility from those
peers.
What type of heredity environment correlation does this exemplify?
Answer: Evocative genotype-environment correlation
●● During which period of prenatal development do the connections
form between neurons?
Answer: Fetal period
●● What are two ways exposure to teratogens can affect standard fetal
development?
, Choose 2 answers
Answer: By causing physical defects
By impairing cognitive and behavioral function
●● How do genotypes and phenotypes differ in relation to the variability
of human characteristics?
Answer: Genotypes represent the genetic makeup of individuals;
phenotypes are physical characteristics.
●● Which genetic condition is characterized by an abnormal
accumulation of lipids in the nervous system, leading to deceleration of
mental and physical development?
Answer: Tay-Sachs disease
●● Which teratogen is commonly associated with low birth weight,
subnormal length and head circumference, excitability, and subnormal
reflexes?
Answer: cocaine
●● What is an example of the cephalocaudal pattern of growth and
motor development in infants?
Answer: Controlling trunk muscles before controlling legs and feet
