PSY 322 Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
Developmental Trajectory Correct Answer: when we arrange skills into a
developmental sequence like fewer skills to more skills
Development Correct Answer: once someone gets better at said skills
Developmental mechanisms Correct Answer: explain how and why
skills/depositions change over time in the manner that they do
Developmental progressions Correct Answer: they lay out precursor concepts
and skill and all subsequent skills that build upon the foundational skills
8 processes of brain development Correct Answer: proliferation, migration,
differentiation, growth, synaptogenesis, myelination, apoptosis, axon retraction
Proliferation Correct Answer: Increasing the number of early-state brain cells
during brain development
Migration Correct Answer: when cells move from the proliferative zone to the
correct area of the brain where they will stay
Differentiation Correct Answer: ensuring the right type of cell is produced
Growth Correct Answer: cells now have to grow to their adult length, width, and
weight to function properly and start making connections with other
cells/neurons
Synaptogenesis Correct Answer: growing in length to connect to other neurons
and forming synapses
, Synapse Correct Answer: site of communication between cells via electrical or
chemical signal
Myelination Correct Answer: the process of forming a myelin sheath around
axons
Apoptosis Correct Answer: death of cells
Axon retraction / synaptic pruning Correct Answer: pruning or cutting back of
excess synapses
factors that affect brain development Correct Answer: Genetics, chemical
signaling, environmental experience, nutrition, steroids, teratogens
Thorndike's Theory Correct Answer: knowledge grows by continually presenting
new information via the senses, repeatedly pairing bits of information, and
introducing satisfying states of affairs after correct answers; rote learning
Law of exercise Correct Answer: Law of use- the more often two items of
information co-occur/repeated together, the stronger the associative bond
Law of disuse- when pairings no longer occur, the association is weakened
Law of effect- If a pairing is followed by something satisfying, the positive event
helps amplify the bond
Skinner's theory Correct Answer: when trying to predict/control behavior, it is
better to appeal to the environment rather than the mental constructs
Answers
Developmental Trajectory Correct Answer: when we arrange skills into a
developmental sequence like fewer skills to more skills
Development Correct Answer: once someone gets better at said skills
Developmental mechanisms Correct Answer: explain how and why
skills/depositions change over time in the manner that they do
Developmental progressions Correct Answer: they lay out precursor concepts
and skill and all subsequent skills that build upon the foundational skills
8 processes of brain development Correct Answer: proliferation, migration,
differentiation, growth, synaptogenesis, myelination, apoptosis, axon retraction
Proliferation Correct Answer: Increasing the number of early-state brain cells
during brain development
Migration Correct Answer: when cells move from the proliferative zone to the
correct area of the brain where they will stay
Differentiation Correct Answer: ensuring the right type of cell is produced
Growth Correct Answer: cells now have to grow to their adult length, width, and
weight to function properly and start making connections with other
cells/neurons
Synaptogenesis Correct Answer: growing in length to connect to other neurons
and forming synapses
, Synapse Correct Answer: site of communication between cells via electrical or
chemical signal
Myelination Correct Answer: the process of forming a myelin sheath around
axons
Apoptosis Correct Answer: death of cells
Axon retraction / synaptic pruning Correct Answer: pruning or cutting back of
excess synapses
factors that affect brain development Correct Answer: Genetics, chemical
signaling, environmental experience, nutrition, steroids, teratogens
Thorndike's Theory Correct Answer: knowledge grows by continually presenting
new information via the senses, repeatedly pairing bits of information, and
introducing satisfying states of affairs after correct answers; rote learning
Law of exercise Correct Answer: Law of use- the more often two items of
information co-occur/repeated together, the stronger the associative bond
Law of disuse- when pairings no longer occur, the association is weakened
Law of effect- If a pairing is followed by something satisfying, the positive event
helps amplify the bond
Skinner's theory Correct Answer: when trying to predict/control behavior, it is
better to appeal to the environment rather than the mental constructs
