DFST 1013 FINAL EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Kindergarten students spend much of their time learning how to negotiate peer
relationships. What period of development are they in?
A. Prenatal
B. Infancy
C. Early Childhood
D. Middle/late adulthood - ANSWER-Early Childhood
The development period during which changes are rapid and primarily biological is:
A. Prenatal
B. Infancy
C. Adolescence
D. Late adulthood - ANSWER-Prenatal
Which of the following statements is NOT true of a theory?
A. A theory is an interrelated, coherent set of ideas that helps explain phenomena and
make predictions
B. Different theories contain many ideas that may compliment as well as contradict
other theories
C. When studying a topic, it is advisable to choose one development theory and
disregard all others
D. No one theory will account for all aspect of life-span development - ANSWER-When
studying a topic, it is advisable to choose one development theory and disregard all
others
It has been shown that people who eat bananas eventually die. This does not prove that
bananas are fatal because _____ does not equal ______.
A. Experimentation; causation
B. Experimentation; correlation
C. Causation; correlation
D. Correlation; causation - ANSWER-Correlation; causation
Life-span dev. covers the period from _____ to _____.
A. Birth; middle adulthood
B. Conception; old age
C. Infancy; early adulthood
D. Conception; death - ANSWER-Conception; death
,What development period is marked by sizable losses in cognitive potential and a high
prevalence of Alzheimer's?
A. Oldest old
B. Young Old
C. Late adulthood
D. Middle adulthood - ANSWER-Young old
Angela describes her friend as tall and slender with blue eyes and red hair. She is
describing her friend's:
A. Genotype
B. Phenotype
C. Reaction range
D. Gamete expression - ANSWER-Phenotype
Stephanie and Pamela love to reminisce about their childhood experiences. They laugh
about their parents' personalities and different mishaps in their old neighborhood. Their
experiences would be labeled:
A. Shared environmental
B. Non-shared environmental
C. Shared heritable
D. Non-shared heritable - ANSWER-Shared environmental
According to the proximodistal growth pattern, which of the following is likely to show
growth earlier?
A. Toes
B. Fingers
C. Fine motor skills
D. Gross motor skills - ANSWER-Gross motor skills
Baby Kassie can slap the tray of the highchair but cannot pick up small pieces of cereal
with her fingers yet. This is an example of:
A. A neurological disorder
B. Cephalocaudal growth
C. a congenital birth defect
D. Proximodistal growth pattern - ANSWER-Proximodistal growth pattern
Kevin has curly hair, but both of his parents have straight hair. What might account for
their differing phenotypes?
A. Polygenic inheritance
B. Reaction Range
C. Sex-linked genes
D. Dominant-recessive genes - ANSWER-Dominant-recessive genes
Brent is an athlete who loves to play catch or shoot baskets with his son Todd. Todd is
quickly developing the same affinity for sports. This is an example of which type of
genotype-environment correlation?
, A. Active
B. Passive
C. Evocate
D. Niche-picking - ANSWER-Passive
Maura is genetically predisposed to be of above-average intelligence. Her cognitive
abilities lead to additional educational opportunities and eventually success and wealth.
This is an example of a(n):
A. environment canalization
B. Reaction range coefficient
C. Heredity-environment correlation
D. Correlation coefficient - ANSWER-Heredity-environment correlation
Which of the following paternal characteristics is LEAST likely to affect a child's
development?
A. Exposure to lead and radiation
B. Exposure to certain pesticides and petrochemicals
C. Cigarette smoking
D. Age - ANSWER-Age
Baby Alec was born during his mother's 38th week of pregnancy and weighed 5 lbs 2
oz. He is considered:
A. preterm
B. low birth weight
C. Very low birth weight
D. Large for date - ANSWER-Low birth weight
Anya is growing up in an orphanage and receives very little emotional, mental or
physical stimulation and nurture. Anya's brain development will likely be:
A. the same as peers raised in enriched environments
B. Greater than peers raised in enriched environments
C. depressed compared to peers raised in enriched environments
D. Greater than her biological parents - ANSWER-Depressed compared to peers raised
in enriched environments
Adolescents are often characterized as impulsive and emotional. This behavior may be
due to immature development in which part of the brain?
A. Temporal lobe
B. Right hemisphere
C. Left hemisphere
D. Prefrontal Cortex - ANSWER-Prefrontal cortex
Dr. LaRossa hypothesizes that as we age our cells become increasingly less capable of
dividing. Which theory of aging does he expouse?
A. Telomerase injection
B. Cellular clock
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Kindergarten students spend much of their time learning how to negotiate peer
relationships. What period of development are they in?
A. Prenatal
B. Infancy
C. Early Childhood
D. Middle/late adulthood - ANSWER-Early Childhood
The development period during which changes are rapid and primarily biological is:
A. Prenatal
B. Infancy
C. Adolescence
D. Late adulthood - ANSWER-Prenatal
Which of the following statements is NOT true of a theory?
A. A theory is an interrelated, coherent set of ideas that helps explain phenomena and
make predictions
B. Different theories contain many ideas that may compliment as well as contradict
other theories
C. When studying a topic, it is advisable to choose one development theory and
disregard all others
D. No one theory will account for all aspect of life-span development - ANSWER-When
studying a topic, it is advisable to choose one development theory and disregard all
others
It has been shown that people who eat bananas eventually die. This does not prove that
bananas are fatal because _____ does not equal ______.
A. Experimentation; causation
B. Experimentation; correlation
C. Causation; correlation
D. Correlation; causation - ANSWER-Correlation; causation
Life-span dev. covers the period from _____ to _____.
A. Birth; middle adulthood
B. Conception; old age
C. Infancy; early adulthood
D. Conception; death - ANSWER-Conception; death
,What development period is marked by sizable losses in cognitive potential and a high
prevalence of Alzheimer's?
A. Oldest old
B. Young Old
C. Late adulthood
D. Middle adulthood - ANSWER-Young old
Angela describes her friend as tall and slender with blue eyes and red hair. She is
describing her friend's:
A. Genotype
B. Phenotype
C. Reaction range
D. Gamete expression - ANSWER-Phenotype
Stephanie and Pamela love to reminisce about their childhood experiences. They laugh
about their parents' personalities and different mishaps in their old neighborhood. Their
experiences would be labeled:
A. Shared environmental
B. Non-shared environmental
C. Shared heritable
D. Non-shared heritable - ANSWER-Shared environmental
According to the proximodistal growth pattern, which of the following is likely to show
growth earlier?
A. Toes
B. Fingers
C. Fine motor skills
D. Gross motor skills - ANSWER-Gross motor skills
Baby Kassie can slap the tray of the highchair but cannot pick up small pieces of cereal
with her fingers yet. This is an example of:
A. A neurological disorder
B. Cephalocaudal growth
C. a congenital birth defect
D. Proximodistal growth pattern - ANSWER-Proximodistal growth pattern
Kevin has curly hair, but both of his parents have straight hair. What might account for
their differing phenotypes?
A. Polygenic inheritance
B. Reaction Range
C. Sex-linked genes
D. Dominant-recessive genes - ANSWER-Dominant-recessive genes
Brent is an athlete who loves to play catch or shoot baskets with his son Todd. Todd is
quickly developing the same affinity for sports. This is an example of which type of
genotype-environment correlation?
, A. Active
B. Passive
C. Evocate
D. Niche-picking - ANSWER-Passive
Maura is genetically predisposed to be of above-average intelligence. Her cognitive
abilities lead to additional educational opportunities and eventually success and wealth.
This is an example of a(n):
A. environment canalization
B. Reaction range coefficient
C. Heredity-environment correlation
D. Correlation coefficient - ANSWER-Heredity-environment correlation
Which of the following paternal characteristics is LEAST likely to affect a child's
development?
A. Exposure to lead and radiation
B. Exposure to certain pesticides and petrochemicals
C. Cigarette smoking
D. Age - ANSWER-Age
Baby Alec was born during his mother's 38th week of pregnancy and weighed 5 lbs 2
oz. He is considered:
A. preterm
B. low birth weight
C. Very low birth weight
D. Large for date - ANSWER-Low birth weight
Anya is growing up in an orphanage and receives very little emotional, mental or
physical stimulation and nurture. Anya's brain development will likely be:
A. the same as peers raised in enriched environments
B. Greater than peers raised in enriched environments
C. depressed compared to peers raised in enriched environments
D. Greater than her biological parents - ANSWER-Depressed compared to peers raised
in enriched environments
Adolescents are often characterized as impulsive and emotional. This behavior may be
due to immature development in which part of the brain?
A. Temporal lobe
B. Right hemisphere
C. Left hemisphere
D. Prefrontal Cortex - ANSWER-Prefrontal cortex
Dr. LaRossa hypothesizes that as we age our cells become increasingly less capable of
dividing. Which theory of aging does he expouse?
A. Telomerase injection
B. Cellular clock
