Developmental Psychology Midterm Quiz Chapters 1-5
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Review of ch 1 and 2 then more extensive questions on chapters 3-5. Questions are from the book human development, eleventh edition by Diane papalia, Sally wendkos-olds, Ruth duskin-feldman.
- 1.The concept of a lifelong process of development that can be studied scientifically is known as what?
- A.
Longtime development
- B.
Life-span development
- C.
Childhood development
- D.
Social development
- 2.Life-span studies are based on which of the following ideas?
- A.
There is little continuity over the life span
- B.
Development occurs early in life, not during adulthood
- C.
Every portion of the life span is influenced by earlier events and will affect later events
- D.
There is no development that takes place in the late adulthood stage
- 3.Name the 3 major domains of development that developmental scientists study: (separate them by commas =] )
- 4.Division of the lifespan into periods is a
- A.
Social construction
- B.
Intellectual construction
- C.
Physical construction
- D.
Cognitive construction
- 5.Tentative explanations or predictions that can be scientifically tested are called
- A.
Research findings
- B.
Theories
- C.
Conclusions
- D.
Hypotheses
- 6.Organismic theorists emphasize ____________ change, while mechanistic theorists emphasize ____________ change
- 7.
- 8.___________ __________ also called fraternal twins are conceived by te union of two different ova with two different sperm cells. ___________ _________ also called identical twins result from the dvision of a single zygote after fertilization.
- A.
Monozygotic twins; dizygotic twins
- B.
Fertilization; zygote
- C.
Dizygotic twins; monozygotic twins
- D.
Triplets; quadruplets
- 9.The unique cell divion of the sex cells is called
- A.
Meiosis
- B.
Mitosis
- C.
Autosome
- D.
Human genome
- 10.How many pairs of chromosomes does the normal human being have?
- A.
22
- B.
23
- C.
44
- D.
46
- 11.The increased use of fertility drugs, along with delayed childbearing, has resulted in:
- A.
An increase in fetal deaths
- B.
A decrease in fetal deaths
- C.
A decrease in multiple births
- D.
An increase in multiple births
- E.
No change
- 12.A person's observable characteristics are his/her:
- A.
Genotype
- B.
Phenotype
- C.
Genetic imprint
- D.
Alleles
- 13.The most common chromosomal abnormality is _________ _________ where there is an extra chromosome # __. (separate answers by a comma)
- 14.Tendancy of a person, especially after early childhood, to seek out environments compatible with his or her genotype.
- A.
Genotype-environment correlation
- B.
Active correlation
- C.
Passive correlation
- D.
Niche-picking
- 15.A psychological disorder marked by loss of contact with reality and demonstrating such symptoms as hallucinations and delusions, which also seem to have a strong genetic component, is:
- A.
Neuroticism
- B.
Depression
- C.
Schizophrenia
- D.
Mental retardation
- 16.What are the names of the stages of prenatal development and give the time/duration of each and a brief description of what happens during that period:
- 17.The name for a leading cause of mental retardation caused by mothers who drink alcohol heavily during their pregnancies is:
- A.
Drinker's syndrome
- B.
Fetal alcohol syndrome
- C.
Drunk woman's syndrome
- D.
Mental retardation syndrome
- 18.The genetic-environment correlation where children with different genetic makeups evoke responses from adults that strengthen the child's genetic inclinations is called:
- A.
Passive correlations
- B.
Active correlations
- C.
Reactive correlations
- D.
Niche-picking
- 19.THE PROCESS OF GIVING BIRTH IS CALLED ________
- 20.What are the stages in the childbirth process
- 21.How many stages are in the birthing process
- A.
6
- B.
2
- C.
4
- D.
3
- 22.An apparently normal infant who dies in his or her sleep probably suffered from
- A.
Respiratory distress syndrome
- B.
Hyaline membrane syndrome
- C.
Suddent infant death syndrome
- D.
Down's syndrome
- 23.Cesarean deliveries have ________ since 1996. It is commmonly performed when labor progresses too ___________.
- A.
Increased; rapidly
- B.
Decreased; rapidly
- C.
Increased; slowly
- D.
Decreased; slowly
- 24.A baby can: typically hold its head at ____ monthspick up a moderate sized object at about _____ monthstypcially develop a pinsor grasp at ______ months.
- A.
3; 3 1/2; 7-11
- B.
3 1/2; 7-11; 3
- C.
2 1/2; 4; 6-12
- D.
2 1/2; 3 1/2; 9 1/2
- 25.According to the class notes, at what age can a child:build a tower of 2 cubes sit (unassisted)roll overcrawlwalk (unassisted)
- 26.What are gross motor skills?what are fine motor skills?
- 27.Looking to cargivers for clues as to whether a situation is secure or frightening is
- A.
Self locomotion
- B.
Habituation
- C.
Dishabituation
- D.
Social referencing
- 28.Name 3 of the 5 characteristics of early speech.
- 29.What are the three memory systems?
- A.
Behaviorist, psychometric, information-processing
- B.
Implicit, explicit, working
- C.
Causality, categorization,object permenance
- 30.Unconscious recall, generally of habits and skills is:
- A.
Implicit memory
- B.
Explicit memory
- C.
Working memory
- 31.Intentional and conscious memory, generally of facts names and events is :
- A.
Implicit memory
- B.
Explicit memory
- C.
Working memory
- 32.Short-term storage of information beign processed is
- A.
Implicit memory
- B.
Explicit memory
- C.
Working memory
- 33.Which one of these is not a type of reading style?
- A.
Describer
- B.
Comprehender
- C.
Code swithcing
- D.
Performance-oriented
- 34.Piaget's term for the understanding that when a person or object still exists when out of sight:
- A.
Object concept
- B.
Object permenance
- C.
Dual representation hypothesis
- D.
Syntax
- 35.Increase in responsiveness after presentation of a new stimulus is:
- A.
Dishabituation
- B.
Habituation
- C.
Visual preference
- D.
Novelty preference
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