OLDROYD PSYCHOLOGY 1010 FINAL EXAM
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Most psychologists believe that development, like
intelligence or personality, reflects the action and mutual
influence of genes and the environment. Thus, the most
important question concerning nature and nurture is:
1. how much does each contribute?
2. how do nature and nurture interact?
3. how can environmental factors be maximised?
4. which is more important, nature or nurture?
1. how much does each contribute?
Times that are more important to subsequent human
development than others, although not the absolute
gatekeepers of psychological growth, are referred to as:
1. developmental stages
2. critical periods
3. growth spurts
4. sensitive periods
4. sensitive periods
Brainpower
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"The idea that changes in behaviour and body occur as a
result of biologically based changes that follow an orderly
sequence, is referred to as:"
a. veridical transformation.
,b. development.
c. the Piagetian theory of development.
d. maturation.
d. maturation.
"According to the information-processing approach to
cognitive development, in memory tasks, young children
tend to rely on strategies such as:"
a. imagery.
b. rote repetition.
c. mnemonic devices.
d. arranging lists into categories.
b. rote repetition.
Relatively discrete steps in development through which
everyone passes in the same sequence are referred to as:
1. Sensitive periods
2. Stages
3. Critical periods
4.Cohorts.
2. Stages
Having a conversation, a back and fourth verbal discussion,
is impossible with children at the stage?
1. Preoperational
2.Sensorimotor
3. Formal operational
4. Concrete operational
2.Sensorimotor
The research method that looks at different groups of people
at the same point in time is called the:
1. Cross-sectional design
2. Observe national design
3. Cohort-sequential design
4. Longitudinal design
1. Cross-sectional design
Which of the following is a developmental milestone for
adolescent girls?
, 1. Menstruation
2. Breast development
3. All the above
4. Increase in height and weight
3. All the above
You are sitting in a cafe at uni and you overhear two
lecturers talking. One says her students are just like infants.
The comparison is most likely related to:
1. Motor control
2. Attention span
3. Formal operations
4. Object performance
2. Attention span
Piaget did NOT fully appreciate the role of this/these factor(s)
in cognitive development ?
1. Parenting style
2. Genetic and cultural influences
3. Peer influences
4. Individual difference
2. Genetic and cultural influences
A criticism of Piaget is that he failed to acknowledge the
influence of culture. It has been shown that in _________
societies, cognitive development occurs at slower pace.
1. Preliterate
2. Technological
3. Western
4. Industrial
1. Preliterate
The ability to hold in mind multiple dimensions at once, is to:
1. prioritise
2. conserve
3. transcentre
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Most psychologists believe that development, like
intelligence or personality, reflects the action and mutual
influence of genes and the environment. Thus, the most
important question concerning nature and nurture is:
1. how much does each contribute?
2. how do nature and nurture interact?
3. how can environmental factors be maximised?
4. which is more important, nature or nurture?
1. how much does each contribute?
Times that are more important to subsequent human
development than others, although not the absolute
gatekeepers of psychological growth, are referred to as:
1. developmental stages
2. critical periods
3. growth spurts
4. sensitive periods
4. sensitive periods
Brainpower
Read More
"The idea that changes in behaviour and body occur as a
result of biologically based changes that follow an orderly
sequence, is referred to as:"
a. veridical transformation.
,b. development.
c. the Piagetian theory of development.
d. maturation.
d. maturation.
"According to the information-processing approach to
cognitive development, in memory tasks, young children
tend to rely on strategies such as:"
a. imagery.
b. rote repetition.
c. mnemonic devices.
d. arranging lists into categories.
b. rote repetition.
Relatively discrete steps in development through which
everyone passes in the same sequence are referred to as:
1. Sensitive periods
2. Stages
3. Critical periods
4.Cohorts.
2. Stages
Having a conversation, a back and fourth verbal discussion,
is impossible with children at the stage?
1. Preoperational
2.Sensorimotor
3. Formal operational
4. Concrete operational
2.Sensorimotor
The research method that looks at different groups of people
at the same point in time is called the:
1. Cross-sectional design
2. Observe national design
3. Cohort-sequential design
4. Longitudinal design
1. Cross-sectional design
Which of the following is a developmental milestone for
adolescent girls?
, 1. Menstruation
2. Breast development
3. All the above
4. Increase in height and weight
3. All the above
You are sitting in a cafe at uni and you overhear two
lecturers talking. One says her students are just like infants.
The comparison is most likely related to:
1. Motor control
2. Attention span
3. Formal operations
4. Object performance
2. Attention span
Piaget did NOT fully appreciate the role of this/these factor(s)
in cognitive development ?
1. Parenting style
2. Genetic and cultural influences
3. Peer influences
4. Individual difference
2. Genetic and cultural influences
A criticism of Piaget is that he failed to acknowledge the
influence of culture. It has been shown that in _________
societies, cognitive development occurs at slower pace.
1. Preliterate
2. Technological
3. Western
4. Industrial
1. Preliterate
The ability to hold in mind multiple dimensions at once, is to:
1. prioritise
2. conserve
3. transcentre
