PSYCHOLOGY 1100 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND EXPECTED ANSWERS
A baby is overdue when her length of gestation is
43 weeks
T or F? According to Bandura, modeling refers to
reinforcing another person's behavior
False
According to Bronfenbrenner's theory, our:
lives are shaped by many different influences- friends,
family, school system, culture, and so forth.
A cohort refers to a:
group of people who were born around the same time.
All are true of emerging adulthood EXCEPT it:
a) refers to the time from high school graduation age
18 through the late 20s
b) was promoted by the fact we now live a long time
c) is an unhappy life stage
d) is the time when we are exploring our place in the
adult world
C) is an unhappy life stage
An obstetrician is giving a talk about teratogens.
Choose the statement this doctor is MOST likely to
make:
a) "damage from a given teratogen is identical fro
every women."
b) "damage from a given teratogen is most likely
during the third trimester"
c) "damage from a given teratogen always shows up
,soon after birth."
d) "damage from a given teratogen is most likely at
high levels of exposure."
D) " damage from a given teratogen is most likely at high
levels of exposure"
T OR F: Approximately equal numbers of female and
male babies are conceived
False
A pregnant friend thinks, I cant wait for this baby to be
born! This feeling is apt to be MOST intense during
the:
a) embryonic phase
b) first trimester
c) second trimester
d) third trimester
D) third trimester
As a nurse practitioner, to predict the emotional
experience of a pregnant patient, you might ask all of
the following questions EXCEPT:
a) do you have serious money worries?
b) do you feel loved by your mate?
c) do you have a caring, loving support system?
d) are you married?
"are you married?"
is a poisonous substance that crosses the placenta,
harming the fetus
A teratogen
Carlos asks Clarisa, "What is the main function of the
placenta?" Clarisa should answer:
a) to support the pregnant women's health
b) to remove waste from the mother
,c) to provide nutrients to the fetus
d) to keep the fetus from sliding out of the uterus
" to provide nutrients to the fetus."
Choose the correct sequence of events during the
germinal stage.
a) fertilization, blastocyst, implantation
b) fertilization, implantation, blastocyst
c) implantation, fertilization, blastocyst
d) blastocyst, fertilization, implantation
A) fertilization, blastocyst, implantation
T or F: Cross- sectional studies compare different age
groups at the same time.
False
Dr. Johnson is studying the effects of alcohol
consumption on memory. He randomly assigns
people to four groups. Three groups consume varying
amounts of alcohol, and one group is given only soft
drinks. This research design is called a(n):
a) longitudinal study
b) naturalistic study
c) experiment
d) correlational study
C) experiment
T or F:during implantation, the blastocyst embeds
itself in the uterine wall
True
Erikson's MAJOR contribution to the field of human
development was:
a)showing that children think and reason differently
than adults
b) making freud's work accessible to the public
, c) spelling out the principle that we develop
throughout the lifespan
d) showing that human behavior obeys basic laws of
learning
C) spelling out the principle that we develop throughout
the lifespan
If Martha goes into labor and gives birth during her
twenty- fifth week of pregnancy, you can predict:
a) the baby will probably not survive
b) the baby has more than a fifty- fifty chance of
surviving (with excellent medical care)
c) the baby is almost certain to survive
d) you can't make any predictions at all
B) the baby has more than fifty- fifty chance of surviving
( with excellent medical care)
if Tikana explores the relationship between college
students' height and happiness and finds taller
students are happier, she can conclude:
a) being happy causes people to grow taller(because
they are less stressed out)
b) being tall causes people to be happy
c) happiness cannot be measured
d) not much other than that there is a relationship.
there may be many reasons to explain this
association.
D) not much other than that there is a relationship. There
may be many reasons to explain this association
if you are describing the rate of development during
the embryonic stage, choose the best phrase:
a) fast-paced
b)sometimes slow- and sometimes fast-paced
QUESTIONS AND EXPECTED ANSWERS
A baby is overdue when her length of gestation is
43 weeks
T or F? According to Bandura, modeling refers to
reinforcing another person's behavior
False
According to Bronfenbrenner's theory, our:
lives are shaped by many different influences- friends,
family, school system, culture, and so forth.
A cohort refers to a:
group of people who were born around the same time.
All are true of emerging adulthood EXCEPT it:
a) refers to the time from high school graduation age
18 through the late 20s
b) was promoted by the fact we now live a long time
c) is an unhappy life stage
d) is the time when we are exploring our place in the
adult world
C) is an unhappy life stage
An obstetrician is giving a talk about teratogens.
Choose the statement this doctor is MOST likely to
make:
a) "damage from a given teratogen is identical fro
every women."
b) "damage from a given teratogen is most likely
during the third trimester"
c) "damage from a given teratogen always shows up
,soon after birth."
d) "damage from a given teratogen is most likely at
high levels of exposure."
D) " damage from a given teratogen is most likely at high
levels of exposure"
T OR F: Approximately equal numbers of female and
male babies are conceived
False
A pregnant friend thinks, I cant wait for this baby to be
born! This feeling is apt to be MOST intense during
the:
a) embryonic phase
b) first trimester
c) second trimester
d) third trimester
D) third trimester
As a nurse practitioner, to predict the emotional
experience of a pregnant patient, you might ask all of
the following questions EXCEPT:
a) do you have serious money worries?
b) do you feel loved by your mate?
c) do you have a caring, loving support system?
d) are you married?
"are you married?"
is a poisonous substance that crosses the placenta,
harming the fetus
A teratogen
Carlos asks Clarisa, "What is the main function of the
placenta?" Clarisa should answer:
a) to support the pregnant women's health
b) to remove waste from the mother
,c) to provide nutrients to the fetus
d) to keep the fetus from sliding out of the uterus
" to provide nutrients to the fetus."
Choose the correct sequence of events during the
germinal stage.
a) fertilization, blastocyst, implantation
b) fertilization, implantation, blastocyst
c) implantation, fertilization, blastocyst
d) blastocyst, fertilization, implantation
A) fertilization, blastocyst, implantation
T or F: Cross- sectional studies compare different age
groups at the same time.
False
Dr. Johnson is studying the effects of alcohol
consumption on memory. He randomly assigns
people to four groups. Three groups consume varying
amounts of alcohol, and one group is given only soft
drinks. This research design is called a(n):
a) longitudinal study
b) naturalistic study
c) experiment
d) correlational study
C) experiment
T or F:during implantation, the blastocyst embeds
itself in the uterine wall
True
Erikson's MAJOR contribution to the field of human
development was:
a)showing that children think and reason differently
than adults
b) making freud's work accessible to the public
, c) spelling out the principle that we develop
throughout the lifespan
d) showing that human behavior obeys basic laws of
learning
C) spelling out the principle that we develop throughout
the lifespan
If Martha goes into labor and gives birth during her
twenty- fifth week of pregnancy, you can predict:
a) the baby will probably not survive
b) the baby has more than a fifty- fifty chance of
surviving (with excellent medical care)
c) the baby is almost certain to survive
d) you can't make any predictions at all
B) the baby has more than fifty- fifty chance of surviving
( with excellent medical care)
if Tikana explores the relationship between college
students' height and happiness and finds taller
students are happier, she can conclude:
a) being happy causes people to grow taller(because
they are less stressed out)
b) being tall causes people to be happy
c) happiness cannot be measured
d) not much other than that there is a relationship.
there may be many reasons to explain this
association.
D) not much other than that there is a relationship. There
may be many reasons to explain this association
if you are describing the rate of development during
the embryonic stage, choose the best phrase:
a) fast-paced
b)sometimes slow- and sometimes fast-paced
