Psych 200 Exam Questions and
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Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that... - ✔✔begins
at conception and continues through the human life span.
Who among the following is most likely taking the traditional approach to the study of
development - ✔✔Helga who emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence,
little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age
On your first day of class, Prof. Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused on the
development of young children, especially infants. She argues that the development of
adults and elderly people is just as important. This professor is articulating a(n)______
approach. - ✔✔Life-span
Divya is 65 years old. She undergoes training and uses effective strategies to improve
her memory. As a result, her memory does not decline but rather improves as she ages.
According to Paul Baltes's view, which of the following aspects of the life-span
perspective most likely explains the improvement in Divya's memory? -
✔✔Development is plastic.
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,Psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, neurologists, and medical researchers all
share an interest in unlocking the mysteries of development through the lifespan. This
indicates how lifespan development is x - ✔✔Multidisciplinary
Influences that generally affect a generation (for example, the effect of the Vietnam war
on the baby boomers) are considered _____ influences. - ✔✔normative age-graded
_______ encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a
particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation -
✔✔Culture
In the continuity-discontinuity issue in development, continuity refers to _____, while
discontinuity implies _____ - ✔✔Gradual change; distinct stags
Dr. Berenstein holds the view that behavior is merely a surface characteristic and that a
true understanding of development requires analyzing the symbolic meanings of
behavior and the deep inner workings of the mind. Dr. Berenstein can be described as a
psychoanalytic theorist - ✔✔True
Edwin was a neglected child in his infancy. Now, at 31 years of age, he is highly cynical
about the world and feels that no one can be relied upon. Whenever he is in a
relationship with a woman, he has tremendous feelings of suspicion toward his partner,
and these feelings eventually lead to the breakup of the relationship. According to
Erikson's psychosocial theory, this is a good indication that Edwin did not successfully
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, resolve the trust versus mistrust stage of development, which in turn is causing him to
experience isolation in his current developmental stage. - ✔✔True
Piaget's theory emphasizes how culture and history guides cognitive development -
✔✔False
Vygotsky's theory emphasizes how genetic makeup guides cognitive development -
✔✔False
The idea that no singular theory can explain life-span development as a whole, but that
each theory plays an important role, is referred to as a eclectic theoretical orientation -
✔✔True
A group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share similar
experiences as a result is referred to as - ✔✔A cohort
A characteristic feature of information-processing pychologists is that they are most
likely to ___ - ✔✔Emphasize that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and
strategize about it similarly to how a computer processes information.
Each molecule of DNA is called a(n) - ✔✔Chromosome
Each human body cell contains: - ✔✔46 chromosomes
Brothers and sisters from the same parent share only half the same genes, making the
possible combinations: - ✔✔in the millions
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Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that... - ✔✔begins
at conception and continues through the human life span.
Who among the following is most likely taking the traditional approach to the study of
development - ✔✔Helga who emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence,
little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age
On your first day of class, Prof. Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused on the
development of young children, especially infants. She argues that the development of
adults and elderly people is just as important. This professor is articulating a(n)______
approach. - ✔✔Life-span
Divya is 65 years old. She undergoes training and uses effective strategies to improve
her memory. As a result, her memory does not decline but rather improves as she ages.
According to Paul Baltes's view, which of the following aspects of the life-span
perspective most likely explains the improvement in Divya's memory? -
✔✔Development is plastic.
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,Psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, neurologists, and medical researchers all
share an interest in unlocking the mysteries of development through the lifespan. This
indicates how lifespan development is x - ✔✔Multidisciplinary
Influences that generally affect a generation (for example, the effect of the Vietnam war
on the baby boomers) are considered _____ influences. - ✔✔normative age-graded
_______ encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a
particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation -
✔✔Culture
In the continuity-discontinuity issue in development, continuity refers to _____, while
discontinuity implies _____ - ✔✔Gradual change; distinct stags
Dr. Berenstein holds the view that behavior is merely a surface characteristic and that a
true understanding of development requires analyzing the symbolic meanings of
behavior and the deep inner workings of the mind. Dr. Berenstein can be described as a
psychoanalytic theorist - ✔✔True
Edwin was a neglected child in his infancy. Now, at 31 years of age, he is highly cynical
about the world and feels that no one can be relied upon. Whenever he is in a
relationship with a woman, he has tremendous feelings of suspicion toward his partner,
and these feelings eventually lead to the breakup of the relationship. According to
Erikson's psychosocial theory, this is a good indication that Edwin did not successfully
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, resolve the trust versus mistrust stage of development, which in turn is causing him to
experience isolation in his current developmental stage. - ✔✔True
Piaget's theory emphasizes how culture and history guides cognitive development -
✔✔False
Vygotsky's theory emphasizes how genetic makeup guides cognitive development -
✔✔False
The idea that no singular theory can explain life-span development as a whole, but that
each theory plays an important role, is referred to as a eclectic theoretical orientation -
✔✔True
A group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share similar
experiences as a result is referred to as - ✔✔A cohort
A characteristic feature of information-processing pychologists is that they are most
likely to ___ - ✔✔Emphasize that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and
strategize about it similarly to how a computer processes information.
Each molecule of DNA is called a(n) - ✔✔Chromosome
Each human body cell contains: - ✔✔46 chromosomes
Brothers and sisters from the same parent share only half the same genes, making the
possible combinations: - ✔✔in the millions
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