PSYCH 140 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

PSYCH 140 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 Zeke's father is a volleyball coach and Zeke grew up wanting to play volleyball. In fifth grade, he asked his father to show him how to play and teach him basic skills. By the time that he reaches junior high, he's skilled enough to make the varsity volleyball team. What type of genotype-environment interaction best explains Zeke's sports success? A. active B. passive C. evocative - Answers A. active Jillian's mother is a librarian and her father is a high school English teacher. When Jillian began elementary school, her teacher found her reading fourth-grade level books in the school library. The teacher then encouraged Jillian to read high quality fiction books. By high school, Jillian is one of her school's top English students. What type of genotype-environment interaction might best explain how this occurred? A. active B. passive C. evocative - Answers C. evocative a researcher follows a group of children over a period of 10 years to assess socioemotional development. Which research design is the researcher using? A.cross-sectional B. interview C. experiment D. longitudinal - Answers D. longitudinal delivery of the placenta occurs during stage ____ of childbirth - Answers three place the following prenatal events in order, from earliest to latest. eyebrows form responsive to light swallowing is possible - Answers a. swallowing is possible b. eyebrows form c. responsive to light All but one of the following are possible negative effects of a mother smoking during pregnancy. which effect does not belong on the list? A. miscarriage B. preterm birth C. low birth weight D. infertility - Answers D. infertility a/an ____ is an agent that causes a birth defect - Answers teratogen T/F maternal age has nothing to do with birth defects in babies - Answers false what is the major disadvantage of a correlational study? - Answers it cannot determine causation for the following scenario, identify whether the study's design is cross sectional or longitudinal teenagers in a study are interviewed regarding who are the most popular peers in a grade - Answers cross-sectional for the following scenario, identify whether the study's design is cross sectional or longitudinal a researcher is studying a group of baby boomers to see whether, as they age, they become increasingly religious - Answers longitudinal for the following scenario, identify whether the study's design is cross sectional or longitudinal Shayla's children participated in a research study from the time that they were in preschool until they reached middle school - Answers longitudinal Dan's parents both perform in the city orchestra. When Dan was three, they bought him his first violin and began giving him music lessons. Dan shows early promise as a musician. What type of genotype-environment interaction best explains Dan's musical prowess? A. active B. passive C. evocative - Answers B. passive which research design would best investigate the everyday behaviors of children in a middle school math class? A. naturalistic observation B. case study C. survey D. correlational study E. experiment - Answers A. naturalistic observation what is Lamaze - Answers the use of breathing techniques and education to help control pain and fear place the following prenatal events in order, from earliest to latest heartbeat can be heard with a stethoscope basic spinal cord begins to develop lanugo is nearly gone - Answers 1. basic spinal cord begins to develop 2. heartbeat can be heard with a stethoscope 3. lanugo is nearly gone T/F the risk of miscarriage following amniocentesis is roughly 1 in 300 - Answers true which of the following are typical reasons for undertaking chorionic villus sampling ? A. maternal age (35 or younger) B. desire to confirm and date the pregnancy C. family history of genetic disease D. all of the above - Answers C. family history of genetic disease during which trimester does spinal cord formation begin - Answers first in which type of genotype-environment interaction does the child take very little role in personally choosing and seeking out environments that will foster a particular interest? A. active B. passive C. evocative - Answers B. passive which research design would best address the following question: are age and wisdom related to one another? A. naturalistic observation B. case study C. survey D. correlational study - Answers D. correlational study T/F maternal stress is not an example of a teratogen - Answers false which of the following is not an example of a transabdominal ultrasoung? - Answers transcervical procedure which of the following are true about amniotic fluid? A. helps raise baby's temperature B. protects baby from infection C. helps constrict movement D. all of the above - Answers B. protects baby from infection which research design could give a researcher a large amount of information about one autistic child's level of functioning? A. nautralistic observation B. case study C. survey D. correlational study E. experiment - Answers B. case study T/F the postpartum period is considered by many to be the final and fourth stage of childbirth - Answers true T/F if a teratogen is introduced after a particular organ has formed, it may not have much of an effect on the structure of that particular organ - Answers true this prenatal test depends on the use of soundwaves to develop an image of a baby - Answers ultrasound T/F a mother's psychological adjustments following childbirth are typically not worth focusing on - Answers false during which trimester does the brain begin forming? - Answers first T/F low birth weight is associated with newborns whose mothers have herpes - Answers true T/F it is common for new mothers (and fathers) to go through significant psychological adjustments following the birth of a child - Answers true what type of study would best address the following question: Do adults become more emotionally mature with age? - Answers correlational study