PSY 210 Final Exam questions and answers A+ Grade
Begins at conception and continues through the human life span
- correct answer Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that:
biological inheritance; environmental experiences
- correct answer In the nature-nurture issue, nature refers to an organism's _____, nurture to its _____.
culture and social interaction
- correct answer Vygotsky's theory emphasizes how _____ guide(s) cognitive development.
Intimacy vs. Isolation
- correct answer During early adulthood, Erik Erikson's developmental stage of ___ occurs
Despair
- correct answer Roger looks back on his life and feels that he failed to reach his potential, squandered
opportunities, and hurt a lot of people. At 82 years of age, he knows it is too late to make amends.
Roger is slipping into:
Rewards and Punishments
- correct answer B.F. Skinner was a behaviorist; as such he would argue that the most important things
that shape development are:
Person/Cognition
- correct answer In Bandura's most recent model of learning and development, the part that refers to
thinking, planning, and individuals' belief that they can control their own experiences is:
Susceptibility; Longevity
- correct answer _____ genes are those that make the individual more vulnerable to specific diseases or
acceleration of aging, whereas ____ genes make the individual less vulnerable to certain diseases and
more likely to live to an older age.
, Birth Defects
- correct answer A teratogen is any agent that can cause:
The Embryonic Period
- correct answer During which period of development is the unborn baby most at risk of developing a
structural defect due to the effects of a teratogen?
one-fifth; one-half
- correct answer By two years of age, children have reached about _____ of their adult weight and about
_____ of their adult height.
Gross
- correct answer ___ motor skills involve large-muscle activities, such as moving ones arms and walking.
fine motor skills
- correct answer When four-year-old Melanie ties shoelaces on her own and skillfully uses a fork and
spoon, she is demonstrating:
actions or mental representations that organize knowledge
- correct answer Jean Piaget believed that children actively construct their own cognitive world. In
Piaget's theory, schemes are:
object permanence
- correct answer The understanding that things continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard,
or touched is:
watching television with your child
- correct answer All of the following are elements of a rich verbal environment EXCEPT:
a) reading to your child
b) watching television with your child
c) paying attention to your child
d) labeling things in your child's environment
Begins at conception and continues through the human life span
- correct answer Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that:
biological inheritance; environmental experiences
- correct answer In the nature-nurture issue, nature refers to an organism's _____, nurture to its _____.
culture and social interaction
- correct answer Vygotsky's theory emphasizes how _____ guide(s) cognitive development.
Intimacy vs. Isolation
- correct answer During early adulthood, Erik Erikson's developmental stage of ___ occurs
Despair
- correct answer Roger looks back on his life and feels that he failed to reach his potential, squandered
opportunities, and hurt a lot of people. At 82 years of age, he knows it is too late to make amends.
Roger is slipping into:
Rewards and Punishments
- correct answer B.F. Skinner was a behaviorist; as such he would argue that the most important things
that shape development are:
Person/Cognition
- correct answer In Bandura's most recent model of learning and development, the part that refers to
thinking, planning, and individuals' belief that they can control their own experiences is:
Susceptibility; Longevity
- correct answer _____ genes are those that make the individual more vulnerable to specific diseases or
acceleration of aging, whereas ____ genes make the individual less vulnerable to certain diseases and
more likely to live to an older age.
, Birth Defects
- correct answer A teratogen is any agent that can cause:
The Embryonic Period
- correct answer During which period of development is the unborn baby most at risk of developing a
structural defect due to the effects of a teratogen?
one-fifth; one-half
- correct answer By two years of age, children have reached about _____ of their adult weight and about
_____ of their adult height.
Gross
- correct answer ___ motor skills involve large-muscle activities, such as moving ones arms and walking.
fine motor skills
- correct answer When four-year-old Melanie ties shoelaces on her own and skillfully uses a fork and
spoon, she is demonstrating:
actions or mental representations that organize knowledge
- correct answer Jean Piaget believed that children actively construct their own cognitive world. In
Piaget's theory, schemes are:
object permanence
- correct answer The understanding that things continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard,
or touched is:
watching television with your child
- correct answer All of the following are elements of a rich verbal environment EXCEPT:
a) reading to your child
b) watching television with your child
c) paying attention to your child
d) labeling things in your child's environment
