PSY 205 - Final Exam
Iron is an essential nutrient for brain development, and breast
milk provides a steady source of iron for infants. After weaning,
what nutritional concern arises when children start drinking co
w's milk?
Calcium deficiency
Kwashiorkor
Marasmus
Milk anemia
Answer:Milk anemia
While most human development theorists and researchers hav
e focused on infancy and childhood, and some on adolescence,
others have explored development over the course of one's enti
re life, which aligns with Baltes' key principle of lifespan develo
pment that ________.
development is lifelong
development is changeable
development has gains and losses
development has socio-cultural influences
Answer:development is lifelong***
,Millennials, those born between 1982 and 2000, are considered
tech-savvy because they grew up with technology and rely on it
for daily activities. Millennials are defined by characteristics that
were formed while growing up with advancements in technolog
y as part of their world and culture. Which of Baltes' contextual i
nfluences does this represent?
Normative age-graded influences
Nonnormative influences
Normative contextual intelligence
Normative history-graded influences
Answer:Normative history-graded influences****
In a health class for middle schoolers, the instructor discusses
puberty, to the embarrassment of the students, and reviews the
biological factors involved in how their bodies are changing, the
cognitive factors involved in more advanced thinking skills, the
emotional factors involved in regulating feelings, and the social
factors involved in navigating relationships. This illustrates whic
h of Baltes' key principles of lifespan development?
Development is plastic.
Development is multidisciplinary.
Development has gains and losses.
Development is multidimensional
Answer:multidimensional
,A group of friends get together and their conversation revolves
around love and work: relationships, planning for future marriag
e and children, finishing formal education and establishing their
careers, developing independence, and feeling like an adult. Th
is group of friends is in the ________ period of human develop
ment.
adolescence
middle adulthood
mid-life crisis
early adulthood
Answer:Early adulthood
Research indicates that family education, income, and occupati
on strongly influence the academic achievement gap across rac
ial/ethnic groups. Which contextual influence on development d
oes this exemplify?
Culture
Cohort
History
Socioeconomic status
Answer: Socioeconomic status
The campaign to increase back-sleeping awareness in infants a
ttempts to address which of the following sleep concerns?
, Sleeping through the night
Sleep disruptions
Co-sleeping
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Answer: SIDS
Parents who opt out of vaccinating their children, and later send
them to school, increase the risk to other children by reducing t
he overall community immunity rate, known as what?
Herd immunity
Proportional immunity
Disease eradication
Total immunity
Answer: Herd Immunity
9-month old Fred concentrates on picking up small pieces of ro
und cereal and placing them in a cup, using his fingers. What m
otor skill is he practicing?
Locomotion
Reaching
Gross motor skills
The pincer grasp
Answer: Pincer grasp
Iron is an essential nutrient for brain development, and breast
milk provides a steady source of iron for infants. After weaning,
what nutritional concern arises when children start drinking co
w's milk?
Calcium deficiency
Kwashiorkor
Marasmus
Milk anemia
Answer:Milk anemia
While most human development theorists and researchers hav
e focused on infancy and childhood, and some on adolescence,
others have explored development over the course of one's enti
re life, which aligns with Baltes' key principle of lifespan develo
pment that ________.
development is lifelong
development is changeable
development has gains and losses
development has socio-cultural influences
Answer:development is lifelong***
,Millennials, those born between 1982 and 2000, are considered
tech-savvy because they grew up with technology and rely on it
for daily activities. Millennials are defined by characteristics that
were formed while growing up with advancements in technolog
y as part of their world and culture. Which of Baltes' contextual i
nfluences does this represent?
Normative age-graded influences
Nonnormative influences
Normative contextual intelligence
Normative history-graded influences
Answer:Normative history-graded influences****
In a health class for middle schoolers, the instructor discusses
puberty, to the embarrassment of the students, and reviews the
biological factors involved in how their bodies are changing, the
cognitive factors involved in more advanced thinking skills, the
emotional factors involved in regulating feelings, and the social
factors involved in navigating relationships. This illustrates whic
h of Baltes' key principles of lifespan development?
Development is plastic.
Development is multidisciplinary.
Development has gains and losses.
Development is multidimensional
Answer:multidimensional
,A group of friends get together and their conversation revolves
around love and work: relationships, planning for future marriag
e and children, finishing formal education and establishing their
careers, developing independence, and feeling like an adult. Th
is group of friends is in the ________ period of human develop
ment.
adolescence
middle adulthood
mid-life crisis
early adulthood
Answer:Early adulthood
Research indicates that family education, income, and occupati
on strongly influence the academic achievement gap across rac
ial/ethnic groups. Which contextual influence on development d
oes this exemplify?
Culture
Cohort
History
Socioeconomic status
Answer: Socioeconomic status
The campaign to increase back-sleeping awareness in infants a
ttempts to address which of the following sleep concerns?
, Sleeping through the night
Sleep disruptions
Co-sleeping
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Answer: SIDS
Parents who opt out of vaccinating their children, and later send
them to school, increase the risk to other children by reducing t
he overall community immunity rate, known as what?
Herd immunity
Proportional immunity
Disease eradication
Total immunity
Answer: Herd Immunity
9-month old Fred concentrates on picking up small pieces of ro
und cereal and placing them in a cup, using his fingers. What m
otor skill is he practicing?
Locomotion
Reaching
Gross motor skills
The pincer grasp
Answer: Pincer grasp
