Psych 101 quiz 3 Question and
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- 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? - correct
answer ✔Developmental Psychology
The fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo - correct
answer ✔zygote
(literally, "monster maker") agents such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus
during prenatal developmental and cause harm - correct answer ✔Teratogens
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 - correct answer ✔Stress Hormone
biogical growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
- correct answer ✔Maturation
a concept or framkework that organizes and interprets information - correct answer ✔Schema
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". - correct
answer ✔Jean Piaget
, interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas - correct answer ✔Assimilation
adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information - correct answer
✔Accommodation
the awareness that objects continue to exist even when not perceived - correct answer ✔Object
Performance
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 - correct answer ✔Preoperational Stage
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
- correct answer ✔Postconventional
In pPiagets theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 7 -11) during which children gain the
mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events - correct answer
✔Concrete Operational Stage
(normally beginnign aroung age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract thinking -
correct answer ✔Formal Operational Stage
Lev Vygotsky was an early 20th century developmental psychologist who developed a sociocultural
theory of child development designed to account for the influence of culture on a child's growth and
development. - correct answer ✔Lev Vygotsky
an emotional tie with another person: showon in young children by thier seeking closeness to the
caregiver and showing distress on separation - correct answer ✔Attachment
answers rated A+ 2025/2026
- 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? - correct
answer ✔Developmental Psychology
The fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo - correct
answer ✔zygote
(literally, "monster maker") agents such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus
during prenatal developmental and cause harm - correct answer ✔Teratogens
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 - correct answer ✔Stress Hormone
biogical growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
- correct answer ✔Maturation
a concept or framkework that organizes and interprets information - correct answer ✔Schema
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". - correct
answer ✔Jean Piaget
, interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas - correct answer ✔Assimilation
adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information - correct answer
✔Accommodation
the awareness that objects continue to exist even when not perceived - correct answer ✔Object
Performance
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 - correct answer ✔Preoperational Stage
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
- correct answer ✔Postconventional
In pPiagets theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 7 -11) during which children gain the
mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events - correct answer
✔Concrete Operational Stage
(normally beginnign aroung age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract thinking -
correct answer ✔Formal Operational Stage
Lev Vygotsky was an early 20th century developmental psychologist who developed a sociocultural
theory of child development designed to account for the influence of culture on a child's growth and
development. - correct answer ✔Lev Vygotsky
an emotional tie with another person: showon in young children by thier seeking closeness to the
caregiver and showing distress on separation - correct answer ✔Attachment
