2 points
2 points
2 points
2 pointsDEP2004 Midterm and Final Exam Answered Questions Question 1
1.Developmental psychologists are most interested in:
cultural value systems
behavior modification
the processes of change and constancy
children's behavior patterns
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
Question 3
1.The first comprehensive life-span view was developed by .
Lawrence
Kohlberg
Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Question 4
1.Piaget's theory is associated with which perspective? psychodynamic
learning
cognitive- developmental
life course 2 points
2 points
2 points
2 pointsQuestion 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.
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
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.
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
Question 9 2 points
2 points
2 points
2 points1.Intelligence is determined by a number of different genes.
Therefore, intelligence follows a pattern of inheritance.
dominant-
recessive
sex-linked
polygenic
co-dominant
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.
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
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.
Question 13
1.Postpartum depression affects approximately
2 points
2 points
2 pointsDEP2004 Midterm and Final Exam Answered Questions Question 1
1.Developmental psychologists are most interested in:
cultural value systems
behavior modification
the processes of change and constancy
children's behavior patterns
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
Question 3
1.The first comprehensive life-span view was developed by .
Lawrence
Kohlberg
Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Question 4
1.Piaget's theory is associated with which perspective? psychodynamic
learning
cognitive- developmental
life course 2 points
2 points
2 points
2 pointsQuestion 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.
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
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.
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
Question 9 2 points
2 points
2 points
2 points1.Intelligence is determined by a number of different genes.
Therefore, intelligence follows a pattern of inheritance.
dominant-
recessive
sex-linked
polygenic
co-dominant
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.
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
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.
Question 13
1.Postpartum depression affects approximately
