UBC FMST 210 Final Exam Questions &
Answers 2025/2026
Psychoanalytic theories - ANSWERSbehaviour is internally motivated and influenced by
unconscious inner thoughts and conflicts
(Behaviourist) Operant Conditioning - ANSWERSbehaviour becomes more or less probable
depending on its consequences - rewards and punishments
(Behaviourist) Social Learning Theory - ANSWERSobserve behaviour through other's rewards
and punishments - observational learning and reciprocal determinism (bobo doll experiment)
observational learning - ANSWERSpeople learn through observing and imitating models
reciprocal determinism - ANSWERSindividuals and environment interact and influence each
other (parents behaviour influences children who influence parents)
cognitive theories - ANSWERSmotivated by how we think about and understand things in the
world - development/behaviour are the result of thought/cognition
major cognitive theories/theorists - ANSWERSPiaget and Information Processing Theory
Piaget's cognitive Developmental Theory - ANSWERSchildren and adults are active explorers of
their world and organize what they learn in a certain way in their head
Information Processing Theory - ANSWERSwe behave the way we do because we've learned
certain things and processed them in a certain way (thinking is information processing)
,sociocultural systems theory - ANSWERSbehaviour is motivated by multiple environments in
which we exist both direct (people) and indirect (political) - people inseparable from multiple
contexts where they exist
major sociocultural systems theories - ANSWERSVygotsky's sociocultural systems theory and
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological systems theory
Vygotsky's Sociocultural Systems theory - ANSWERSexamines how culture is transmitted from
one generation to the next through social interaction (formal and informal contacts teach
children culture)
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory - ANSWERSaddresses both the role of the individual and
that individual's social interactions (individual as active participant in developing in contexts)
parts of genetic inheritance - ANSWERSgenes, chromosomes, and what we inherit from our
parents
how do genes come? - ANSWERSin pairs
dominant genes - ANSWERSalways expressed regardless of gene pairing
recessive genes - ANSWERSexpressed dependent on other gene pairing
examples of dominant/recessive genes - ANSWERShair colour, eye colour,
trends in maternal age - ANSWERSwomen getting pregnant later (30-40)
age and risks of high risk pregnancy - ANSWERS35, down syndrome, stillborn
, how many calories pregnant women need - ANSWERS2/3000 per day
B vitamin crucial in pregnancy - ANSWERSFolic acid linked with spinobifida
role of stress in pregnancy - ANSWERSposes risk to fetus of low birth weight, premature, longer
hospital stay, raised heart rate and activity
long term effects of stress in pregnancy - ANSWERSADHD, anxiety, aggression
what prenatal care does - ANSWERSimproves outcomes through basic services
what prenatal care is - ANSWERSnutrition, doctor visits,
ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in access to prenatal care - ANSWERSlack of health
insurance, transportation, job flexibility,
mothers unsure about pregnancy and with prior negative experiences - ANSWERSdont access
prenatal care
contextual influences on pubertal timing - ANSWERSnutrition, stress, SES, difference in ration of
fat to body size (girls) and muscle to body size (boys)
effects of stress on puberty - ANSWERSearly onset (sexual abuse, poor familial relationships,
high anxiety)
triggers menarche - ANSWERSleptin (found in fat)
Answers 2025/2026
Psychoanalytic theories - ANSWERSbehaviour is internally motivated and influenced by
unconscious inner thoughts and conflicts
(Behaviourist) Operant Conditioning - ANSWERSbehaviour becomes more or less probable
depending on its consequences - rewards and punishments
(Behaviourist) Social Learning Theory - ANSWERSobserve behaviour through other's rewards
and punishments - observational learning and reciprocal determinism (bobo doll experiment)
observational learning - ANSWERSpeople learn through observing and imitating models
reciprocal determinism - ANSWERSindividuals and environment interact and influence each
other (parents behaviour influences children who influence parents)
cognitive theories - ANSWERSmotivated by how we think about and understand things in the
world - development/behaviour are the result of thought/cognition
major cognitive theories/theorists - ANSWERSPiaget and Information Processing Theory
Piaget's cognitive Developmental Theory - ANSWERSchildren and adults are active explorers of
their world and organize what they learn in a certain way in their head
Information Processing Theory - ANSWERSwe behave the way we do because we've learned
certain things and processed them in a certain way (thinking is information processing)
,sociocultural systems theory - ANSWERSbehaviour is motivated by multiple environments in
which we exist both direct (people) and indirect (political) - people inseparable from multiple
contexts where they exist
major sociocultural systems theories - ANSWERSVygotsky's sociocultural systems theory and
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological systems theory
Vygotsky's Sociocultural Systems theory - ANSWERSexamines how culture is transmitted from
one generation to the next through social interaction (formal and informal contacts teach
children culture)
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory - ANSWERSaddresses both the role of the individual and
that individual's social interactions (individual as active participant in developing in contexts)
parts of genetic inheritance - ANSWERSgenes, chromosomes, and what we inherit from our
parents
how do genes come? - ANSWERSin pairs
dominant genes - ANSWERSalways expressed regardless of gene pairing
recessive genes - ANSWERSexpressed dependent on other gene pairing
examples of dominant/recessive genes - ANSWERShair colour, eye colour,
trends in maternal age - ANSWERSwomen getting pregnant later (30-40)
age and risks of high risk pregnancy - ANSWERS35, down syndrome, stillborn
, how many calories pregnant women need - ANSWERS2/3000 per day
B vitamin crucial in pregnancy - ANSWERSFolic acid linked with spinobifida
role of stress in pregnancy - ANSWERSposes risk to fetus of low birth weight, premature, longer
hospital stay, raised heart rate and activity
long term effects of stress in pregnancy - ANSWERSADHD, anxiety, aggression
what prenatal care does - ANSWERSimproves outcomes through basic services
what prenatal care is - ANSWERSnutrition, doctor visits,
ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in access to prenatal care - ANSWERSlack of health
insurance, transportation, job flexibility,
mothers unsure about pregnancy and with prior negative experiences - ANSWERSdont access
prenatal care
contextual influences on pubertal timing - ANSWERSnutrition, stress, SES, difference in ration of
fat to body size (girls) and muscle to body size (boys)
effects of stress on puberty - ANSWERSearly onset (sexual abuse, poor familial relationships,
high anxiety)
triggers menarche - ANSWERSleptin (found in fat)
