Westcott Developmental
Psychology - Life Span Actual
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What term is used to describe how characteristics are a result of several genes?
Incomplete dominance
Recessive
Correct! Polygenic
Dominant - Ans✔✔-
What two components are significant early on in the psychosocial domain? -
Ans✔✔-Temperament and Attachment
What kind of development is gradual? - Ans✔✔-Continuous Development
Whart term is not considered a "family structure" by the U.S. Census Bureau? -
Ans✔✔-Coexisting families
,What needs to be assessed in order to understand the role family members
have in individual development? - Ans✔✔-Processes, Functions, and Family
Structures
What is not a part of the universal "family functions"? - Ans✔✔-Nutrition
Support
Parents who are ____, ___, and ____ help support their children's autonomy. -
Ans✔✔-More agreeable, less anxious, and less negative
What child characteristic is not a part of what affects child-rearing behaviors
and roles? - Ans✔✔-Birth Defects
Over time, parents of more difficult children may become ___ punitive and ___
patient with their children. - Ans✔✔-More, Less
How many stages of development do developmetlists believe there are? -
Ans✔✔-8 Stages
At what stage of development does conception occur? - Ans✔✔-Prenatal
Development
What are the three stages of prenatal delopment? - Ans✔✔-Germinal,
embryonic, and fetal periods
, What two things influence infants and toddlers' interactions with primary
caregivers (or others)? - Ans✔✔-Separation anxiety and attachment styles
What three aging processes can late adulthood individuals experience? -
Ans✔✔-Optimal, Normal, and Impaired aging
At what age does a brain reach adult size? - Ans✔✔-7 years
At what developmental stage are we at most risk for involvement in violent
crimes and substance abuse? - Ans✔✔-Early Adulthood
What are the two key concepts in the scientific approach? - Ans✔✔-Theory and
hypothesis
What key issue debates the role of early experiences on later development in
opposition to current behavior reflecting present experiences? - Ans✔✔-
Passive versus active issue
Which early scholar had an environmentalist position on human behavior? -
Ans✔✔-John Locke
Which of the following options does not drive our actions according to Freud:
-Distastes
-Unconscious Motives
-Fears
-Dislikes - Ans✔✔-Distastes
Psychology - Life Span Actual
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What term is used to describe how characteristics are a result of several genes?
Incomplete dominance
Recessive
Correct! Polygenic
Dominant - Ans✔✔-
What two components are significant early on in the psychosocial domain? -
Ans✔✔-Temperament and Attachment
What kind of development is gradual? - Ans✔✔-Continuous Development
Whart term is not considered a "family structure" by the U.S. Census Bureau? -
Ans✔✔-Coexisting families
,What needs to be assessed in order to understand the role family members
have in individual development? - Ans✔✔-Processes, Functions, and Family
Structures
What is not a part of the universal "family functions"? - Ans✔✔-Nutrition
Support
Parents who are ____, ___, and ____ help support their children's autonomy. -
Ans✔✔-More agreeable, less anxious, and less negative
What child characteristic is not a part of what affects child-rearing behaviors
and roles? - Ans✔✔-Birth Defects
Over time, parents of more difficult children may become ___ punitive and ___
patient with their children. - Ans✔✔-More, Less
How many stages of development do developmetlists believe there are? -
Ans✔✔-8 Stages
At what stage of development does conception occur? - Ans✔✔-Prenatal
Development
What are the three stages of prenatal delopment? - Ans✔✔-Germinal,
embryonic, and fetal periods
, What two things influence infants and toddlers' interactions with primary
caregivers (or others)? - Ans✔✔-Separation anxiety and attachment styles
What three aging processes can late adulthood individuals experience? -
Ans✔✔-Optimal, Normal, and Impaired aging
At what age does a brain reach adult size? - Ans✔✔-7 years
At what developmental stage are we at most risk for involvement in violent
crimes and substance abuse? - Ans✔✔-Early Adulthood
What are the two key concepts in the scientific approach? - Ans✔✔-Theory and
hypothesis
What key issue debates the role of early experiences on later development in
opposition to current behavior reflecting present experiences? - Ans✔✔-
Passive versus active issue
Which early scholar had an environmentalist position on human behavior? -
Ans✔✔-John Locke
Which of the following options does not drive our actions according to Freud:
-Distastes
-Unconscious Motives
-Fears
-Dislikes - Ans✔✔-Distastes
