FMST 210 UBC Final Exam | Questions and Answers |
2025 Update | 100% Correct.
/. Psychoanalytic theories - Answer-behaviour is internally motivated and influenced by
unconscious inner thoughts and conflicts
/.(Behaviourist) Operant Conditioning - Answer-behaviour becomes more or less
probable depending on its consequences - rewards and punishments
/.(Behaviourist) Social Learning Theory - Answer-observe behaviour through other's
rewards and punishments - observational learning and reciprocal determinism (bobo
doll experiment)
/.observational learning - Answer-people learn through observing and imitating models
/.reciprocal determinism - Answer-individuals and environment interact and influence
each other (parents behaviour influences children who influence parents)
/.cognitive theories - Answer-motivated by how we think about and understand things in
the world - development/behaviour are the result of thought/cognition
/.major cognitive theories/theorists - Answer-Piaget and Information Processing Theory
/.Piaget's cognitive Developmental Theory - Answer-children and adults are active
explorers of their world and organize what they learn in a certain way in their head
/.Information Processing Theory - Answer-we behave the way we do because we've
learned certain things and processed them in a certain way (thinking is information
processing)
/.sociocultural systems theory - Answer-behaviour is motivated by multiple
environments in which we exist both direct (people) and indirect (political) - people
inseparable from multiple contexts where they exist
/.major sociocultural systems theories - Answer-Vygotsky's sociocultural systems theory
and Bronfenbrenner's bioecological systems theory
/.Vygotsky's Sociocultural Systems theory - Answer-examines how culture is transmitted
from one generation to the next through social interaction (formal and informal contacts
teach children culture)
, /.Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory - Answer-addresses both the role of the
individual and that individual's social interactions (individual as active participant in
developing in contexts)
/.parts of genetic inheritance - Answer-genes, chromosomes, and what we inherit from
our parents
/.how do genes come? - Answer-in pairs
/.dominant genes - Answer-always expressed regardless of gene pairing
/.recessive genes - Answer-expressed dependent on other gene pairing
/.examples of dominant/recessive genes - Answer-hair colour, eye colour,
/.trends in maternal age - Answer-women getting pregnant later (30-40)
/.age and risks of high risk pregnancy - Answer-35, down syndrome, stillborn
/.how many calories pregnant women need - Answer-2/3000 per day
/.B vitamin crucial in pregnancy - Answer-Folic acid linked with spinobifida
/.role of stress in pregnancy - Answer-poses risk to fetus of low birth weight, premature,
longer hospital stay, raised heart rate and activity
/.long term effects of stress in pregnancy - Answer-ADHD, anxiety, aggression
/.what prenatal care does - Answer-improves outcomes through basic services
/.what prenatal care is - Answer-nutrition, doctor visits,
/.ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in access to prenatal care - Answer-lack of
health insurance, transportation, job flexibility,
/.mothers unsure about pregnancy and with prior negative experiences - Answer-dont
access prenatal care
/.contextual influences on pubertal timing - Answer-nutrition, stress, SES, difference in
ration of fat to body size (girls) and muscle to body size (boys)
/.effects of stress on puberty - Answer-early onset (sexual abuse, poor familial
relationships, high anxiety)
/.triggers menarche - Answer-leptin (found in fat)
2025 Update | 100% Correct.
/. Psychoanalytic theories - Answer-behaviour is internally motivated and influenced by
unconscious inner thoughts and conflicts
/.(Behaviourist) Operant Conditioning - Answer-behaviour becomes more or less
probable depending on its consequences - rewards and punishments
/.(Behaviourist) Social Learning Theory - Answer-observe behaviour through other's
rewards and punishments - observational learning and reciprocal determinism (bobo
doll experiment)
/.observational learning - Answer-people learn through observing and imitating models
/.reciprocal determinism - Answer-individuals and environment interact and influence
each other (parents behaviour influences children who influence parents)
/.cognitive theories - Answer-motivated by how we think about and understand things in
the world - development/behaviour are the result of thought/cognition
/.major cognitive theories/theorists - Answer-Piaget and Information Processing Theory
/.Piaget's cognitive Developmental Theory - Answer-children and adults are active
explorers of their world and organize what they learn in a certain way in their head
/.Information Processing Theory - Answer-we behave the way we do because we've
learned certain things and processed them in a certain way (thinking is information
processing)
/.sociocultural systems theory - Answer-behaviour is motivated by multiple
environments in which we exist both direct (people) and indirect (political) - people
inseparable from multiple contexts where they exist
/.major sociocultural systems theories - Answer-Vygotsky's sociocultural systems theory
and Bronfenbrenner's bioecological systems theory
/.Vygotsky's Sociocultural Systems theory - Answer-examines how culture is transmitted
from one generation to the next through social interaction (formal and informal contacts
teach children culture)
, /.Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory - Answer-addresses both the role of the
individual and that individual's social interactions (individual as active participant in
developing in contexts)
/.parts of genetic inheritance - Answer-genes, chromosomes, and what we inherit from
our parents
/.how do genes come? - Answer-in pairs
/.dominant genes - Answer-always expressed regardless of gene pairing
/.recessive genes - Answer-expressed dependent on other gene pairing
/.examples of dominant/recessive genes - Answer-hair colour, eye colour,
/.trends in maternal age - Answer-women getting pregnant later (30-40)
/.age and risks of high risk pregnancy - Answer-35, down syndrome, stillborn
/.how many calories pregnant women need - Answer-2/3000 per day
/.B vitamin crucial in pregnancy - Answer-Folic acid linked with spinobifida
/.role of stress in pregnancy - Answer-poses risk to fetus of low birth weight, premature,
longer hospital stay, raised heart rate and activity
/.long term effects of stress in pregnancy - Answer-ADHD, anxiety, aggression
/.what prenatal care does - Answer-improves outcomes through basic services
/.what prenatal care is - Answer-nutrition, doctor visits,
/.ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in access to prenatal care - Answer-lack of
health insurance, transportation, job flexibility,
/.mothers unsure about pregnancy and with prior negative experiences - Answer-dont
access prenatal care
/.contextual influences on pubertal timing - Answer-nutrition, stress, SES, difference in
ration of fat to body size (girls) and muscle to body size (boys)
/.effects of stress on puberty - Answer-early onset (sexual abuse, poor familial
relationships, high anxiety)
/.triggers menarche - Answer-leptin (found in fat)
