Midterm Quiz
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Question 1
1. Developmental psychologists are most interested in:
cultural value systems
behavior modification
the processes of change and
constancy
children's behavior patterns
2 points
Question 2
1. The following fundamental human development issue focuses on
the degree to which genetic or hereditary influences and experiential
or environmental influences determine the kind of person one is:
nature-nurture issue
continuity-discontinuity issue
universal versus context-specific
development issue
psychodynamic-psychosocial issue
2 points
Question 3
1. The first comprehensive life-span view was developed by _____.
Lawrence
Kohlberg
Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
2 points
Question 4
1. Piaget's theory is associated with which perspective?
psychodynamic
learning
cognitive-
developmental
life course
2 points
, Question 5
1. According to the life-span perspective,
development is essentially complete by adolescence.
every period of a person's life can be understood apart
from its origins.
human development is multiply determined.
all behavior is consistent across the life span.
2 points
Question 6
1. When conducting scientific research, the _____ of a measure
refers to whether it really measures what researchers think it
measures.
reliability
validity
correlati
on
sample
2 points
Question 7
1. When scores on a test are very inconsistent from one
administration to another, there is reason to be concerned about the
test's
correlation
coefficient.
cohort effects.
validity.
reliability.
2 points
Question 8
1. Dr. Wong assessed the memory skills of the same group of
children when they were 3, 5, 7, and 9 years of age. Dr. Wong
conducted a _____ study.
longitudinal
cross-
sectional
sequential
confounded
2 points
Question 9
, 1. Intelligence is determined by a number of different genes.
Therefore, intelligence follows a _____ pattern of inheritance.
dominant-
recessive
sex-linked
polygenic
co-dominant
2 points
Question 10
1. The forces within a family that make children different from each
other are called
nonshared environmental
influences.
niche-picking.
polygenic inheritance.
a reaction range.
2 points
Question 11
1. When looking at growth in a human embryo, the head develops
before the rest of the body. Such growth from the head to the base of
the spine illustrates the _____ principle.
cephalocau
dal
proximodist
al
vernix
cerebral
2 points
Question 12
1. Maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with _____ in
babies.
central nervous system damage
chromosomal abnormalities
increased vulnerability to illness
premature birth and low birth
weight.
2 points
Question 13
1. Postpartum depression affects approximately
Save and Submit
Question 1
1. Developmental psychologists are most interested in:
cultural value systems
behavior modification
the processes of change and
constancy
children's behavior patterns
2 points
Question 2
1. The following fundamental human development issue focuses on
the degree to which genetic or hereditary influences and experiential
or environmental influences determine the kind of person one is:
nature-nurture issue
continuity-discontinuity issue
universal versus context-specific
development issue
psychodynamic-psychosocial issue
2 points
Question 3
1. The first comprehensive life-span view was developed by _____.
Lawrence
Kohlberg
Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
2 points
Question 4
1. Piaget's theory is associated with which perspective?
psychodynamic
learning
cognitive-
developmental
life course
2 points
, Question 5
1. According to the life-span perspective,
development is essentially complete by adolescence.
every period of a person's life can be understood apart
from its origins.
human development is multiply determined.
all behavior is consistent across the life span.
2 points
Question 6
1. When conducting scientific research, the _____ of a measure
refers to whether it really measures what researchers think it
measures.
reliability
validity
correlati
on
sample
2 points
Question 7
1. When scores on a test are very inconsistent from one
administration to another, there is reason to be concerned about the
test's
correlation
coefficient.
cohort effects.
validity.
reliability.
2 points
Question 8
1. Dr. Wong assessed the memory skills of the same group of
children when they were 3, 5, 7, and 9 years of age. Dr. Wong
conducted a _____ study.
longitudinal
cross-
sectional
sequential
confounded
2 points
Question 9
, 1. Intelligence is determined by a number of different genes.
Therefore, intelligence follows a _____ pattern of inheritance.
dominant-
recessive
sex-linked
polygenic
co-dominant
2 points
Question 10
1. The forces within a family that make children different from each
other are called
nonshared environmental
influences.
niche-picking.
polygenic inheritance.
a reaction range.
2 points
Question 11
1. When looking at growth in a human embryo, the head develops
before the rest of the body. Such growth from the head to the base of
the spine illustrates the _____ principle.
cephalocau
dal
proximodist
al
vernix
cerebral
2 points
Question 12
1. Maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with _____ in
babies.
central nervous system damage
chromosomal abnormalities
increased vulnerability to illness
premature birth and low birth
weight.
2 points
Question 13
1. Postpartum depression affects approximately
