PSY 205: Test 1 questions well
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
What does the science of human development seek to understand? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔How and why people change over time
What is epigenetics? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The study of how the environment affects which
genes are expressed
The life-span perspective takes into account development from: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Conception to death
The human fetus develops fingers and toes between 28 and 54 days after conception but
cannot develop fingers and toes before or after that time. This is an example of - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔A critical period.
In Bronfenbrenner's ecological-systems approach, the __________ refers to the interactions
among systems. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Mesosystem
High school classmates are part of the same: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cohort
A system of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, behaviors, expectations, and symbolic
representations is the definition of: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Culture
A systematic statement of principles and generalizations that provides a framework for
understanding how and why people change over time is a: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Developmental theory.
, Social learning is also called: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Modeling
The foundation of cognitive theory is: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A person's' ideas and beliefs
According to evolutionary theory, people: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Have the same basic need
and drives.
A researcher studies the relationship between two variables and determines the likelihood that
a change in one variable is related to a change in the other variable. What type of research did
this person conduct? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔correlational
IRB stands for: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Institutional Review Board
Reproductive cells are called: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔gametes.
Each individual inherits 23 chromosomes from their mother and 23 chromosomes from their
father. In addition, epigenetic effects create an individual's appearance and behavior to create a:
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔phenotype.
The name of the full set of genes that provide the instructions for making living organisms is
the: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔genome.
The neural tube will become the: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔brain and spinal cord.
In the fourth week after conception, a minuscule blood vessel that is the start of the ________
system begins to pulsate. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cardiovascular
The age of viability is the time when the preterm newborn: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔might
survive outside the uterus.
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
What does the science of human development seek to understand? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔How and why people change over time
What is epigenetics? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The study of how the environment affects which
genes are expressed
The life-span perspective takes into account development from: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Conception to death
The human fetus develops fingers and toes between 28 and 54 days after conception but
cannot develop fingers and toes before or after that time. This is an example of - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔A critical period.
In Bronfenbrenner's ecological-systems approach, the __________ refers to the interactions
among systems. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Mesosystem
High school classmates are part of the same: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cohort
A system of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, behaviors, expectations, and symbolic
representations is the definition of: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Culture
A systematic statement of principles and generalizations that provides a framework for
understanding how and why people change over time is a: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Developmental theory.
, Social learning is also called: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Modeling
The foundation of cognitive theory is: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A person's' ideas and beliefs
According to evolutionary theory, people: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Have the same basic need
and drives.
A researcher studies the relationship between two variables and determines the likelihood that
a change in one variable is related to a change in the other variable. What type of research did
this person conduct? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔correlational
IRB stands for: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Institutional Review Board
Reproductive cells are called: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔gametes.
Each individual inherits 23 chromosomes from their mother and 23 chromosomes from their
father. In addition, epigenetic effects create an individual's appearance and behavior to create a:
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔phenotype.
The name of the full set of genes that provide the instructions for making living organisms is
the: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔genome.
The neural tube will become the: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔brain and spinal cord.
In the fourth week after conception, a minuscule blood vessel that is the start of the ________
system begins to pulsate. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cardiovascular
The age of viability is the time when the preterm newborn: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔might
survive outside the uterus.
