PSYCH 101 QUIZ 3 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND
UPDATED)
Developmental Psychology - ANS - A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive,
and social change throughout the life span.
- with a focus on three major issues:
* Nature and nurture: how does our genetic inheritance (our nature) interact with our
experiences (our nurture) to influence our development?
* Continuity and stages: What parts of development are gradual and continuous like riding an
escalator? What parts change abruptly in separate stages, like climbing rungs on a ladder?
* Stability and change: which of our traits persist through life? How do we change as we age?
zygote - ANS The fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops
into an embryo
Teratogens - ANS (literally, "monster maker") agents such as chemicals and viruses, that can
reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal developmental and cause harm
Stress Hormone - ANS When women experience stress during pregnancy the stress
hormones flooding her body may indicate a survival threat to the fetus and produce an earlier
delivery
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, Maturation - ANS biogical growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior,
relatively uninfluenced by experience
Schema - ANS a concept or framkework that organizes and interprets information
Jean Piaget - ANS a Swiss clinical psychologist known for his pioneering work in child
development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together
called "genetic epistemology".
Assimilation - ANS interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
Accommodation - ANS adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new
information
Object Performance - ANS the awareness that objects continue to exist even when not
perceived
Preoperational Stage - ANS in piagets theory, the stage (from about 2-6/7) during which a
child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete
logic
Postconventional - ANS Postconventional level is the third and final level of Kohlberg's moral
development taxonomy where individuals enter the highest level of morale development.
People who have reached this stage of development are concerned with the innate rights of
humans and guided by their own ethical principles
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND
UPDATED)
Developmental Psychology - ANS - A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive,
and social change throughout the life span.
- with a focus on three major issues:
* Nature and nurture: how does our genetic inheritance (our nature) interact with our
experiences (our nurture) to influence our development?
* Continuity and stages: What parts of development are gradual and continuous like riding an
escalator? What parts change abruptly in separate stages, like climbing rungs on a ladder?
* Stability and change: which of our traits persist through life? How do we change as we age?
zygote - ANS The fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops
into an embryo
Teratogens - ANS (literally, "monster maker") agents such as chemicals and viruses, that can
reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal developmental and cause harm
Stress Hormone - ANS When women experience stress during pregnancy the stress
hormones flooding her body may indicate a survival threat to the fetus and produce an earlier
delivery
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Maturation - ANS biogical growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior,
relatively uninfluenced by experience
Schema - ANS a concept or framkework that organizes and interprets information
Jean Piaget - ANS a Swiss clinical psychologist known for his pioneering work in child
development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together
called "genetic epistemology".
Assimilation - ANS interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
Accommodation - ANS adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new
information
Object Performance - ANS the awareness that objects continue to exist even when not
perceived
Preoperational Stage - ANS in piagets theory, the stage (from about 2-6/7) during which a
child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete
logic
Postconventional - ANS Postconventional level is the third and final level of Kohlberg's moral
development taxonomy where individuals enter the highest level of morale development.
People who have reached this stage of development are concerned with the innate rights of
humans and guided by their own ethical principles
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
