PSYC 4220 Final UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
one of the issues that is critical especially in designing studies for developmental
investigations is - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔change
changes during development that are orderly, patterned, and enduring are described as -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔systematic
the continuities of development are aspects that - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔remain stable
over time or reflect the past
two important processes that underline developmental changes are - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔maturation and learning
in the first week after hatchout, chicks improve their accuracy of pecking for seeds,
regardless of their visual experience. this refelcts development from - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔maturation
suppose researchers found that the average American baby begins to stand by itself at the age
of ten months. this finding is related to ______ development - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔normative
the strength of a ________ research design is that is selects participants of different cohorts
and follows each cohort over time - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔sequential
generational differences in child-rearing practices suggest that researchers must pay attention
to - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔historical context
_______ research design can provide information about development changes in behavior
over a short period of time (e.g. changes in a day/week) - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔microgenetic
, Rita's parents are concerned about the fact that she is not speaking as well as her older brother
did when he was 2 years old. At a visit to the doctor, Rita's parents learn that her speech delay
is likely due to her frequent ear infections, which have, at time impaired her hearing. this is
an example of the concept of ? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔holistic development
suppose that the plasticity principal did not apply to development, if this were true, it would
imply that - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔children who grew up in terrible circumstances
would suffer inevitably from their deficiencies
the study of cohort effects recognizes the importance of ____ on development - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔historical context
an example of maturational change would be - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔disappearance of
an infant reflex at a predictable age
for Bendura's cognitive social-learning theory, which of these is not among the necessary
steps for behavioral imitation of an observed models actions? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔the model must do positive, socially approved actions
behaviorism and its learning viewpoint assert that - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔development
is totally flexible and is influenced by the child's experiences
subsequent researchers found that piaget tended to ______ the intellectual abilities of children
at each age level - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔underestimate
watsons behavioral learning viewpoint presents development as a(n) _____ process -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔continuous
a child feels guilty because she bought a cheap toy as a birthday gift for a friend so that she
could use all the remaining money to buy a toy for herself. psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud
would claim that her guilty feelings - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔arise from the superego
children who witness domestic violence at home are more likely than others to become
abusive adults later. This outcome is best understood in terms of _____ theory - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔bandura's cognitive social-learning
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
one of the issues that is critical especially in designing studies for developmental
investigations is - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔change
changes during development that are orderly, patterned, and enduring are described as -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔systematic
the continuities of development are aspects that - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔remain stable
over time or reflect the past
two important processes that underline developmental changes are - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔maturation and learning
in the first week after hatchout, chicks improve their accuracy of pecking for seeds,
regardless of their visual experience. this refelcts development from - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔maturation
suppose researchers found that the average American baby begins to stand by itself at the age
of ten months. this finding is related to ______ development - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔normative
the strength of a ________ research design is that is selects participants of different cohorts
and follows each cohort over time - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔sequential
generational differences in child-rearing practices suggest that researchers must pay attention
to - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔historical context
_______ research design can provide information about development changes in behavior
over a short period of time (e.g. changes in a day/week) - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔microgenetic
, Rita's parents are concerned about the fact that she is not speaking as well as her older brother
did when he was 2 years old. At a visit to the doctor, Rita's parents learn that her speech delay
is likely due to her frequent ear infections, which have, at time impaired her hearing. this is
an example of the concept of ? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔holistic development
suppose that the plasticity principal did not apply to development, if this were true, it would
imply that - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔children who grew up in terrible circumstances
would suffer inevitably from their deficiencies
the study of cohort effects recognizes the importance of ____ on development - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔historical context
an example of maturational change would be - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔disappearance of
an infant reflex at a predictable age
for Bendura's cognitive social-learning theory, which of these is not among the necessary
steps for behavioral imitation of an observed models actions? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔the model must do positive, socially approved actions
behaviorism and its learning viewpoint assert that - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔development
is totally flexible and is influenced by the child's experiences
subsequent researchers found that piaget tended to ______ the intellectual abilities of children
at each age level - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔underestimate
watsons behavioral learning viewpoint presents development as a(n) _____ process -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔continuous
a child feels guilty because she bought a cheap toy as a birthday gift for a friend so that she
could use all the remaining money to buy a toy for herself. psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud
would claim that her guilty feelings - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔arise from the superego
children who witness domestic violence at home are more likely than others to become
abusive adults later. This outcome is best understood in terms of _____ theory - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔bandura's cognitive social-learning
