DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Nature -CORRECT ANSWER a person's inherited traits, determined by
genetics
Nurture -CORRECT ANSWER a person's experiences in the environment
Expectancy Bias -CORRECT ANSWER The researcher allowing his or her
expectations to affect the outcome of a study.
Single Blind -CORRECT ANSWER A testing procedure in which the
administrators do not tell the subjects if they are being given a test treatment or
a control treatment in order to avoid bias in the results.
Double Blind -CORRECT ANSWER When the participants and the
psychologists do not know the purpose of the study
Developmental Psychology -CORRECT ANSWER a branch of psychology
that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout a life span
Heredity -CORRECT ANSWER The passing of traits from parents to
offspring
Adoption Studies -CORRECT ANSWER research studies that assess
hereditary influence by examining the resemblance between adopted children
and both their biological and their adoptive parents
Longitudinal Study -CORRECT ANSWER research in which the same people
are restudied and retested over a long period
, Cross Sectional Study -CORRECT ANSWER a study in which people of
different ages are compared with one another
Innate -CORRECT ANSWER natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
Prenatal Period -CORRECT ANSWER The period from conception to birth,
usually encompassing nine months of pregnancy
Neonatal Period -CORRECT ANSWER The first month of life after birth
Infancy -CORRECT ANSWER first month -eighteen months
Fetal Stage -CORRECT ANSWER The third stage of prenatal development,
lasting from three months through birth.
Critical Period -CORRECT ANSWER an optimal period shortly after birth
when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experience produces proper
development
Synaptic Pruning -CORRECT ANSWER A process whereby the synaptic
connections in the brain that are used are preserved, and those that are not used
are lost.
Attachment -CORRECT ANSWER The strong bond a child forms with his or
her primary caregiver.
Imprinting -CORRECT ANSWER The process by which certain animals form
attachments during a critical period very early in life.
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Nature -CORRECT ANSWER a person's inherited traits, determined by
genetics
Nurture -CORRECT ANSWER a person's experiences in the environment
Expectancy Bias -CORRECT ANSWER The researcher allowing his or her
expectations to affect the outcome of a study.
Single Blind -CORRECT ANSWER A testing procedure in which the
administrators do not tell the subjects if they are being given a test treatment or
a control treatment in order to avoid bias in the results.
Double Blind -CORRECT ANSWER When the participants and the
psychologists do not know the purpose of the study
Developmental Psychology -CORRECT ANSWER a branch of psychology
that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout a life span
Heredity -CORRECT ANSWER The passing of traits from parents to
offspring
Adoption Studies -CORRECT ANSWER research studies that assess
hereditary influence by examining the resemblance between adopted children
and both their biological and their adoptive parents
Longitudinal Study -CORRECT ANSWER research in which the same people
are restudied and retested over a long period
, Cross Sectional Study -CORRECT ANSWER a study in which people of
different ages are compared with one another
Innate -CORRECT ANSWER natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
Prenatal Period -CORRECT ANSWER The period from conception to birth,
usually encompassing nine months of pregnancy
Neonatal Period -CORRECT ANSWER The first month of life after birth
Infancy -CORRECT ANSWER first month -eighteen months
Fetal Stage -CORRECT ANSWER The third stage of prenatal development,
lasting from three months through birth.
Critical Period -CORRECT ANSWER an optimal period shortly after birth
when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experience produces proper
development
Synaptic Pruning -CORRECT ANSWER A process whereby the synaptic
connections in the brain that are used are preserved, and those that are not used
are lost.
Attachment -CORRECT ANSWER The strong bond a child forms with his or
her primary caregiver.
Imprinting -CORRECT ANSWER The process by which certain animals form
attachments during a critical period very early in life.
