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Westcott Developmental Psychology - Life Span Exam with accurate
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What term is used to describe how characteristics are a result of several genes?
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Incomplete dominance ||
Recessive
Correct! Polygenic ||
Dominant - ✔✔ || ||
What two components are significant early on in the psychosocial domain? -
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✔✔Temperament and Attachment || ||
What kind of development is gradual? - ✔✔Continuous Development
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Whart term is not considered a "family structure" by the U.S. Census Bureau? -
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✔✔Coexisting families ||
What needs to be assessed in order to understand the role family members have in
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individual development? - ✔✔Processes, Functions, and Family Structures
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What is not a part of the universal "family functions"? - ✔✔Nutrition Support
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Parents who are ____, ___, and ____ help support their children's autonomy. - ✔✔More
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agreeable, less anxious, and less negative
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What child characteristic is not a part of what affects child-rearing behaviors and roles? -
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✔✔Birth Defects ||
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Over time, parents of more difficult children may become ___ punitive and ___ patient with
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their children. - ✔✔More, Less
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How many stages of development do developmetlists believe there are? - ✔✔8 Stages
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At what stage of development does conception occur? - ✔✔Prenatal Development
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What are the three stages of prenatal delopment? - ✔✔Germinal, embryonic, and fetal
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periods
What two things influence infants and toddlers' interactions with primary caregivers (or
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others)? - ✔✔Separation anxiety and attachment styles
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What three aging processes can late adulthood individuals experience? - ✔✔Optimal,
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Normal, and Impaired aging || || ||
At what age does a brain reach adult size? - ✔✔7 years
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At what developmental stage are we at most risk for involvement in violent crimes and
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substance abuse? - ✔✔Early Adulthood || || || ||
What are the two key concepts in the scientific approach? - ✔✔Theory and hypothesis
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What key issue debates the role of early experiences on later development in opposition to
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current behavior reflecting present experiences? - ✔✔Passive versus active issue
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Which early scholar had an environmentalist position on human behavior? - ✔✔John
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Locke
Which of the following options does not drive our actions according to Freud:
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-Distastes
-Unconscious Motives ||
-Fears
-Dislikes - ✔✔Distastes || ||
Who conducted the famous "Little Albert" experiment? - ✔✔John B. Watson
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According to Freud, person dominated by their __ might be narcissistic and impulsive. -
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✔✔Id
What major conflict occurs during the phallic stage of psychosexual development? -
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✔✔Oedipus/Electra complex ||
What does this quote demonstrate: "Chris often cheats on her boyfriend because she
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suspects he is already cheating on her"? - ✔✔Projection
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What stage of the psychosocial theory encompasses a main task of developing a sense of
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self? - ✔✔Identity vs. Role Confusion
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Behaviorism is a theory of ___? - ✔✔Learning || || || || || || ||
Is the following statement an example of classical conditioning: "You try a new brand of
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peanut butter and you don't like it." - ✔✔No
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Westcott Developmental Psychology - Life Span Exam with accurate
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detailed solutions ||
What term is used to describe how characteristics are a result of several genes?
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Incomplete dominance ||
Recessive
Correct! Polygenic ||
Dominant - ✔✔ || ||
What two components are significant early on in the psychosocial domain? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Temperament and Attachment || ||
What kind of development is gradual? - ✔✔Continuous Development
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Whart term is not considered a "family structure" by the U.S. Census Bureau? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Coexisting families ||
What needs to be assessed in order to understand the role family members have in
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individual development? - ✔✔Processes, Functions, and Family Structures
|| || || || || || ||
What is not a part of the universal "family functions"? - ✔✔Nutrition Support
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Parents who are ____, ___, and ____ help support their children's autonomy. - ✔✔More
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agreeable, less anxious, and less negative
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What child characteristic is not a part of what affects child-rearing behaviors and roles? -
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✔✔Birth Defects ||
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Over time, parents of more difficult children may become ___ punitive and ___ patient with
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their children. - ✔✔More, Less
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How many stages of development do developmetlists believe there are? - ✔✔8 Stages
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At what stage of development does conception occur? - ✔✔Prenatal Development
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What are the three stages of prenatal delopment? - ✔✔Germinal, embryonic, and fetal
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periods
What two things influence infants and toddlers' interactions with primary caregivers (or
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
others)? - ✔✔Separation anxiety and attachment styles
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What three aging processes can late adulthood individuals experience? - ✔✔Optimal,
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Normal, and Impaired aging || || ||
At what age does a brain reach adult size? - ✔✔7 years
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At what developmental stage are we at most risk for involvement in violent crimes and
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substance abuse? - ✔✔Early Adulthood || || || ||
What are the two key concepts in the scientific approach? - ✔✔Theory and hypothesis
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What key issue debates the role of early experiences on later development in opposition to
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current behavior reflecting present experiences? - ✔✔Passive versus active issue
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Which early scholar had an environmentalist position on human behavior? - ✔✔John
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Locke
Which of the following options does not drive our actions according to Freud:
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-Distastes
-Unconscious Motives ||
-Fears
-Dislikes - ✔✔Distastes || ||
Who conducted the famous "Little Albert" experiment? - ✔✔John B. Watson
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According to Freud, person dominated by their __ might be narcissistic and impulsive. -
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✔✔Id
What major conflict occurs during the phallic stage of psychosexual development? -
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✔✔Oedipus/Electra complex ||
What does this quote demonstrate: "Chris often cheats on her boyfriend because she
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suspects he is already cheating on her"? - ✔✔Projection
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What stage of the psychosocial theory encompasses a main task of developing a sense of
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self? - ✔✔Identity vs. Role Confusion
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Behaviorism is a theory of ___? - ✔✔Learning || || || || || || ||
Is the following statement an example of classical conditioning: "You try a new brand of
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peanut butter and you don't like it." - ✔✔No
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